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WASHINGTON:...
JERUSALEM: Israeli forces began firing tear gas at Palestinian trade school in East Jerusalem Tuesday, marking their second targeting of a UN facility.
Earlier, forces...
NEW DELHI: Tesla CEO Elon Musk has sharply criticised OpenAI’s chatbot ChatGPT, calling it the ‘devil’. The comment made by Musk comes after reports...
WASHINGTON: An unexpectedly sturdy world economy is likely to shrug off President Donald Trump's protectionist trade policies this year, thanks partly to a surge...
DUBAI: Hackers disrupted Iranian state television satellite transmissions to air footage supporting the country's exiled crown prince and calling on security forces to not...
NEW DELHI: Scientists have produced the most comprehensive map yet of the terrain beneath Antarctica's massive ice cover, revealing a dynamic landscape of mountains,...
Above, the Prothom Alo daily newspaper which was set on fire by protesters in Dhaka, Bangladesh on Dec. 19, 2025. (AP)
DHAKA: Journalists, editors and...
COPENHAGEN: A bipartisan US congressional delegation on Saturday sought to reassure Denmark and Greenland of their support following President Donald Trump’s threat to punish...
LONDON: UN chief Antonio Guterres Saturday deplored a host of “powerful forces lining up to undermine global cooperation” in a London speech marking the...
CARACAS: Venezuela’s interim president on Friday dismissed businessman Alex Saab, a close ally of deposed leader Nicolas Maduro, from his post as minister of...
DOHA: Amid Washington’s reported calls for military intervention in Iran as the Islamic Republic deals with widespread anti-governmental protests, several US allies in the...
Talks with US highlight ‘disagreement’ over island’s future
NUUK (GREENLAND): Troops from several European countries, including France, Germany, Norway and Sweden, are arriving in Greenland...
GAZA: A senior Hamas official on Thursday welcomed the formation of a technocratic committee to govern post-war Gaza, saying it would help consolidate the...
A displacement camp sheltering Palestinians on a beach amid stormy weather in Gaza City on Tuesday. (AP)
CAIRO: US President Donald Trump is expected on...
DUBAI: Geoeconomic confrontation has emerged as the top global risk this year, followed by state-based armed conflict, according to a new World Economic Forum...
WASHINGTON: A sharp diplomatic exchange has emerged after Greenland’s leadership publicly rejected any move towards the United States, prompting a blunt response from US...
WASHINGTON: Nasa and the US Department of Energy (DOE) have reaffirmed their partnership to develop a nuclear fission surface power system intended for use...
Rattles India, China, Gulf allies; Beijing opposes threat
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump announced a sweeping 25 per cent tariff on any country doing business...
Internet access still out after protests
DUBAI: Mobile phones in Iran were able to call abroad Tuesday after a crackdown on nationwide protests in which...
Unveils logo, website for its 2026 presidency
NEW DELHI: India assumed the presidency of the BRICS grouping on January 1 this year. On Tuesday, January...
SYDNEY: One of Australia’s top writers’ festivals was cancelled on Tuesday, after 180 authors boycotted the event and its director resigned saying she could...
DUBAI: Nationwide protests challenging Iran’s theocracy saw protesters flood the streets in the country’s capital and its second-largest city into Sunday, crossing the two-week...
WASHINGTON: Bangladesh said on Saturday it has told the United States that it wants to join the international stabilization force that would be deployed...
WASHINGTON: Elon Musk said that social media platform X will open its new algorithm, including all code for organic and advertising post recommendations, to...
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said on Friday (local time) that Washington is closely watching the situation in Iran and hopes protesters there remain...
WASHINGTON: The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has approved SpaceX's request to deploy up to 15,000 second-generation (Gen2) Starlink satellites, marking a major expansion...