WHO says two hantavirus cases confirmed, five suspected on cruise ship
Two hantavirus cases have been confirmed and five others are suspected among people on a cruise ship stuck off Cape Verde, including three who have...
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US ‘not looking for a fight’
The United States is “not looking for a fight” over the Strait of Hormuz, but any Iranian attack on shipping will be met with a...
Iran will be ‘blown off the face of the Earth’ if it intervenes in Hormuz: Trump says
US President Donald Trump has warned that Iran would be “blown off the face of the Earth” if it attacks American vessels involved in “Project...
Some Iranians fear the regime is now more entrenched – and ready for revenge
They are still there. There is no evading the simple fact. Everywhere the people walk. Wherever they drive. Whenever they switch on the television. The...
Death toll from Turkey school shooting rises to 10
An 11-year-old girl has died of injuries sustained in a school shooting in southern Turkey more than two weeks ago, bringing the death toll to...
Vote counting begins in key Indian state elections, spotlight on West Bengal showdown
Vote counting is underway across four Indian states—West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Assam—along with the union territory of Puducherry, in a set of elections...
Sri Lanka arrests 37 Chinese at suspected scam centre: police
Sri Lankan police have arrested 37 Chinese nationals suspected of running a cyberscam centre in the capital Colombo, a spokesman said on Sunday, in the...
Iran Guards say US options are ‘impossible’ military operation or ‘bad deal’
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said on Sunday that the United States faced a choice between an “impossible” military operation or a “bad deal” with the Islamic...
Rubio to visit Vatican, Rome after Trump row
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will visit Rome and the Vatican this week, an Italian government source said Sunday, just weeks after a clash...
Voters will judge Trump on the economy – how is it doing?
Donald Trump once predicted the US-Israeli war in Iran would last no longer than six weeks. It has now entered its third month. The conflict...
Russian strikes kill 10 as Zelensky says Ukraine hits oil tankers, terminal
Russian drone and missile strikes in Ukraine have killed 10 people and injured at least 76 over the past day, reports say. Officials in five...
Gaza aid flotilla activists appear in Israeli court after abduction
Two activists from a Gaza-bound humanitarian aid flotilla who were detained and abducted by Israeli authorities have appeared in court in Israel, an Israeli rights...