World
Iran's foreign minister arrived in Istanbul on Saturday, Tasnim news agency reported, for a meeting with Arab League diplomats to discuss Tehran's escalating conflict with Israel.Around 40 diplomats are slated to join the weekend gathering of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), as...
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From Gaza to the Democratic Republic of Congo, violence against children in conflict zones reached "unprecedented levels" in 2024, a United Nations annual report said Thursday."In 2024, violence against children in armed conflict reached unprecedented levels, with a staggering 25 perc...
Japan's core inflation rate accelerated to 3.7 percent in May, official data showed Friday, posing a threat to Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's leadership ahead of July elections.Rice prices were more than twice as high compared to a year previously, despite the government releasing its emerg...
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Oil prices tumbled Friday and equity traders fought to end a volatile week on a positive note after Donald Trump said he would consider over the next two weeks whether to join Israel's attacks on Iran.Speculation had been swirling that Trump would throw his lot in with Israel, but on Thursday he...
World,Politics
European powers on Friday urged Iran to continue diplomacy with the United States to find a solution in the standoff over its nuclear programme as Israel keeps up its bombardment of the Islamic republic."The good result today is that we leave the room with the impression that the Iranian ...
Gaza's civil defence agency said 31 Palestinian aid seekers were among at least 60 people killed Friday by Israeli forces, the latest in a string of deadly incidents near aid distribution sites.Civil defence spokesman Mahmud Bassal told AFP that five people were killed while waiting for aid in t...
Iranian police announced the arrest on Thursday of 24 people accused of spying for Israel and of seeking to tarnish the country's image, according to a statement carried by Tasnim news agency.“Twenty-four individuals who were spying for the Zionist enemy offline and online, and who were......
Sports,Football
Paris Saint-Germain goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma warned Wednesday that the newly crowned European champions were "hungry" for more success at the Club World Cup as they prepared to face Brazil's Botafogo.The French giants launched their Group B campaign in impressive style on Sunday...
Governments around the world are attempting to evacuate thousands of their nationals caught up in the rapidly spiralling Israel-Iran conflict, organising buses and planes and in some cases assisting people crossing borders on foot.Foreigners have rushed to leave both countries after Israel launched ...
North Korea on Thursday slammed Israel's launching of strikes to spark its conflict with Iran, and warned the United States and European powers against "fanning up the flames of war", according to a foreign ministry spokesperson.The North expressed "serious concern" over &quo...
Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra faced mounting calls to resign on Thursday after a leaked phone call she had with former Cambodian leader Hun Sen provoked widespread anger and a key coalition partner to quit.The coalition government led by Shinawatra's Pheu Thai party is on the brink ...
One of tech billionaire Elon Musk's SpaceX Starships exploded during a routine test late Wednesday in Texas, law enforcement said, adding that no one was injured.The Starship 36 suffered "catastrophic failure and exploded" at the Starbase launch facility shortly after 11:00 pm (0400 GM...
More than 200 victims of last week's Air India jet crash have been identified through DNA testing, a hospital official said Wednesday, inching towards ending an agonising wait for relatives. There was one survivor out of 242 passengers and crew on board the London-bound plane on Thursday w...
AFP, TEHRAN: Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei announced the beginning of battle in a post on X, declaring, “In the name of the noble Haidar, the battle begins.”The name Haidar refers to Ali, regarded by Shia Muslims as the first Imam and rightful successor to the P...
A Russian attack on Ukraine killed at least 14 people and wounded dozens in the capital, authorities said Tuesday, with more wounded reported in the Odesa and Chernigiv regions.Interior Minister Igor Klymenko wrote on Telegram: "27 locations in different districts of the capital came under enem...
Goals from two Argentine internationals denied Boca Juniors victory over Benfica on Monday, as the Buenos Aires side were forced to settle for a 2-2 draw in a stormy Club World Cup Group C clash.An Angel Di Maria penalty on the stroke of half-time and an 86th-minute header from Nicolas Otamendi earn...
US President Donald Trump was on Monday leaving a Group of Seven summit early as he hinted of greater involvement in the Israel-Iran conflict and warned Tehran residents to evacuate.Before flying out of Canada in the middle of the G7 gathering, Trump took to social media to back Israel and issue an ...
Chinese President Xi Jinping will meet Central Asian leaders at a summit in Kazakhstan on Tuesday, his second trip to the region in under a year as Beijing competes with Russia for influence there.The summit in the Kazakh capital brings together Xi -- who arrived in Astana on Monday -- and the leade...
Education & Culture
A judge on Monday extended a restraining order pausing Donald Trump's ban on Harvard bringing in and hosting foreign students as part of the US president's escalating campaign against the elite university.Trump has tried a host of different tactics to block the Ivy League institution enrolli...
Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz warned Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Tuesday he could suffer a fate "similar to" Iraqi president Saddam Hussein, who was toppled and later executed.Katz warned Khamenei risked "a fate similar to Saddam Hussein" during a m...
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