MALE: The Maldives announced Tuesday it was banning the entry of Israelis from the luxury tourist archipelago in “resolute solidarity” with the Palestinian people.
President...
WASHINGTON: Several international students who have had their visas revoked in recent weeks have filed lawsuits against the Trump administration, arguing the government denied...
WASHINGTON: Elon Musk, one of the most influential entrepreneurs of the 21st century, has maintained close ties with the US federal government and has...
Calls for ceasefire, humanitarian relief grow
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza: Israel struck a hospital in northern Gaza early Sunday, forcing patients to evacuate as attacks intensified.
The...
ISLAMABAD: More than 860,000 Afghans have left Pakistan since September 2023, with more than half a million entering Afghanistan through border crossings in Khyber...
NAYPITAW: A 5.5 magnitude earthquake rattled Myanmar on Sunday morning. The epicentre was recorded in Wundwin township near Meiktila in central Myanmar. The quake...
KABUL: Fresh US cuts to food assistance risk worsening already widespread hunger in Afghanistan, according to the World Food Programme, which warned it can...
WASHINGTON: A US man posting content online as “Mr Satan” has been charged with threatening to assassinate President Donald Trump and other government officials,...
WASHINGTON: More than 100 Chinese citizens fighting for the Russian military against Ukraine are mercenaries who do not appear to have a direct link...
WASHINGTON: Twelve protesters were charged with felony vandalism for their actions during a June 2024 pro-Palestinian protest at Stanford University in which demonstrators barricaded...
ANTALYA: Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan said on Friday aid entry to Gaza cannot be linked to a ceasefire.
Prince Faisal also said...
BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday urged the European Union to join hands with Beijing in resisting "unilateral bullying".
Xi, who met Spanish Prime...
WASHINGTON: The Trump administration has added over 6,000 immigrants to a database of dead Social Security recipients, effectively cutting off benefits and their ability...
KUALA LUMPUR: Economic ministers of the ASEAN regional bloc committed on Thursday “to not impose any retaliatory measures” against the United States over sweeping...
DHAKA: The investigations into charges of "crimes against humanity" against Bangladesh's deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina are almost ready and will soon be filed...
BEIJING: China on Wednesday promised to take “resolute and forceful” measures to safeguard its rights and interests, after net total tariffs of 104 per...
WASHINGTON: The Trump administration is seeking to spend up to $45 billion to expand immigrant detention on an unprecedented scale, according to The New...
NEW DELHI: Amid increasing scrutiny of international students, the United States may now revoke student visas for minor traffic violations. According to a report...
Naturalised in 2002, Musk’s path from South Africa to becoming a key figure in US government highlights the complexities of immigration and influence
WASHINGTON: Elon...
‘Few bullets into that empty skull’
WASHINGTON: It reads like fiction.
In Tehran, Kayhan, a hardline Iranian newspaper closely aligned with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei,...
UNITED NATIONS, United States: The United States has ended emergency food aid for 14 countries, endangering the lives of millions of hungry or starving...
JERUSALEM/CAIRO: Palestinian militant group Hamas said it fired a barrage of rockets at cities in Israel’s south on Sunday in response to Israeli “massacres”...