International

News Desk Washington/Tehran: US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he had been informed the recent killings in Iran’s crackdown on protests were easing and indicated there was no current plan for large-scale executions. …

APP/Reuters London: The UK is preparing for a severe Arctic cold wave next week, with forecasters warning of heavy snowfall and plunging temperatures across large parts of the country. The Met Office has issued alerts that some areas…

AFP/APP Berlin: Germany’s defence ministry said on Thursday that a reconnaissance mission to Greenland by several European NATO members is intended to explore security options in response to what it described as growing Russian and…

AFP/APP Washington: Beneath the surface of forests, grasslands, and farms across the world, vast fungal webs form underground trading systems to exchange nutrients with plant roots, acting as critical climate regulators as they draw down…

News Desk  On Dec. 28, shopkeepers in Tehran’s Grand Bazaar did something that has historically rattled Iran’s rulers: they refused to open their doors. The strike was a protest against runaway inflation, the collapse of the national…

AFP/APP Washington: Greenhouse gas emissions in the United States rose last year, snapping a two-year streak of declines, as cold winter temperatures drove demand for heating fuel and the artificial intelligence (AI) boom led to a surge…

News Desk  Tashken: A joint team of archaeologists from Uzbekistan and China has uncovered a section of the remaining walls of the ancient Kuva settlement in Uzbekistan, dating from between the 3rd century BC and the 10th century AD.…

AFP/APP Paris, France: Iranians took to the streets in new protests against the clerical authorities overnight despite an internet shutdown, as rights groups warned on Sunday that authorities were committing a "massacre" to quell the…

News Desk  New York: US President Donald Trump has been briefed on military options for a potential strike on Iran amid continuing protests in several Iranian cities, but has not yet made a final decision, according to reports by The New…

AFP/APP Lyon, Jan: Two separate avalanches claimed the lives of three off-piste skiers in the French Alps, local officials said on Saturday. In one incident, two French off-piste skiers died after being buried by an avalanche at…