International

Al Jazeera :At least 11 Iranian security personnel have been killed in an attack on a police station in the southeastern border province of Sistan-Baluchestan, state television reported. Alireza Marhamati, deputy governor of the...

AFP, Tokyo : A worker at Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant has had a high radiation level detected in his nose, authorities said, in a reminder of the hazards involved in cleaning up the facility...

AFP, Washington : The US Congress approved a staggering defense budget of $886 billion for 2024 on Thursday, while also extending a controversial overseas electronic surveillance system widely used by US intelligence services.The vast...

Al Jazeera :Global coal use is expected to reach a record high in 2023 as demand in emerging and developing economies remains strong, the International Energy Agency (IEA) has said. The demand for coal...

News Desk :Urgent action is needed to control e-cigarettes to protect children, as well as non-smokers and minimise health harms to the population, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) statement published on Thursday.E-cigarettes...

AFP :Israel bombed Gaza on Thursday in its war against Hamas fighters as a top White House adviser travelled to Jerusalem with a rift growing over civilian casualties.The war, now in its third month,...

AP :Hunter Biden on Wednesday defied a congressional subpoena to appear privately for a deposition before Republican investigators who have been digging into his business dealings, insisting outside the US Capitol that he will...

Reuters :Israeli warplanes and tanks pounded southern Gaza overnight and on Tuesday, and the UN said aid distribution to Gazans facing growing hunger had largely stopped because of the intensity of fighting in the...

AFP :China’s President Xi Jinping called on Tuesday for a “new stage” in relations with Vietnam as he began his first visit in six years, seeking to counter the United States’ growing influence with...