Japan swelters through hottest July in recorded history

7 months ago

Passersby are seen through a heat haze during hot weather at Sugamo district in Tokyo, Japan on June 27, 2022  Japan has experienced its hottest July in recorded history. ...

Americans freed in Russia prisoner swap land in US

7 months ago

US President Joe Biden watched on as Evan Gershkovich gave his mother Ella Milman a huge hug after disembarking at Joint Base Andrews  Three Americans including Wall Street...

Hamas leader's funeral draws crowds in Iran

7 months ago

Thousands have turned out for the funeral procession in Iran of the Hamas political chief, Ismail Haniyeh, who was killed in a strike in Tehran on Wednesday. Iran's Supreme...

Rain in Delhi, northern India kills 11, hundreds missing

7 months ago

NEW DELHI: At least 11 people died after heavy rain lashed various parts of northern India on Thursday and more than 250 people were missing after downpours in the Himalayas,...

Maduro warns he’ll call for a ‘new revolution’ if forced by ‘North American imperialism’

7 months ago

  Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro warned Wednesday that he will not hesitate to call on the population for a “new revolution” if forced by what he calls “North American...

Myanmar's military regime extends state of emergency by 6 months

7 months ago

Bangkok: The military regime that seized power in Myanmar 3 1/2 years ago on Wednesday extended the state of emergency in the civil war-wracked country for another six months, saying it...

Trump questions whether Harris is ‘Indian or Black’ in heated interview

7 months ago

Former United States President Donald Trump has questioned whether his Democratic rival Kamala Harris is “Indian or Black”, as the 2024 Republican presidential nominee made a contentious appearance at a...

World reacts to killing of Hamas political chief Haniyeh in Iran

7 months ago

Hamas’s political leader Ismail Haniyeh has been killed in Iran’s capital Tehran. His death has been confirmed in separate statements by the Palestinian group that runs the Gaza Strip and...

‘Childless cat ladies’: Has JD Vance taken on 22 million US women?

7 months ago

US Republican Vice Presidential candidate JD Vance has faced a storm of criticism over a three-year-old comment that has resurfaced amid the country’s election campaign, in which he suggests that...

Nearly 1,000 Indigenous children died in US boarding schools, report finds

7 months ago

A list of names of Indigenous students who attended the Ramona Industrial School in Santa Fe, New Mexico, is seen at the Center for Southwest Research at the University of...

Top Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh killed in Iran - group says

7 months ago

Top Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh has been killed in Iran, the group has said. In a statement released on Wednesday, Hamas said Haniyeh was killed in an Israeli raid...

TikTok HQ staff hit by mass food poisoning incident

7 months ago

Dozens of staff at the Singapore office of TikTok's parent company, ByteDance, have been hospitalised in an apparent food poisoning outbreak. Health and food safety officials in the city...

Dozens of Russian mercenaries killed in rebel ambush in Mali, in their worst known loss in Africa

7 months ago

 A frame taken from a video posted to Telegram shows the scene after dozens of Russian Wagner mercenaries were killed in an ambush in Mali.  The video is...

Quad FM meeting ‘creates tensions’ by hyping up ‘China threat’ in South China Sea

7 months ago

By Wang Qi Top diplomats from Quad countries held talks on Monday in Tokyo, expressing so-called concerns about the situation in the East and South China Seas and vowing...

Shot in the eyes, victims of Bangladesh protest violence face dark future

7 months ago

Dhaka, Bangladesh — Within the sterile walls of the National Institute of Ophthalmology and Hospital (NIOH) in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka, a sombre scene unfolds. Dozens of young men, their...