International

AFP/APP Paris: World leaders on Tuesday sounded the alarm over fears of a wider war after Lebanon suffered its deadliest day in two decades due to Israeli air strikes on Hezbollah strongholds. Following nearly a year of cross-border…

AFP/APP Beirut, Lebanon: Israeli air strikes on Hezbollah strongholds in Lebanon killed 182 people and wounded 727 others on Monday, in by far the deadliest cross-border escalation since war erupted in Gaza on October 7. According to…

AFP/APP Liverpool: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has ruled out austerity measures and pledged to protect public services as Labour's annual conference commenced on Sunday in Liverpool. This marks Labour's first conference since…

AFP/APP Tehran: A devastating explosion caused by a gas leak at a coal mine in Iran has claimed the lives of at least 51 workers, marking one of the country's deadliest industrial accidents in recent years, state media reported Sunday.…

AFP/APP Colombo: Cash-strapped Sri Lanka's main Marxist politician, Anura Kumara Dissanayaka, has taken a comfortable lead in the presidential election, which has turned into a referendum on an unpopular IMF bailout. Early results…

AFP/AP Jerusalem: The Israeli military has reported that more than 100 rockets were fired from Lebanon early Sunday morning, prompting fire services to combat blazes ignited by the falling munitions in northern Israel. The Lebanese group…

AFP/APP Beirut: Hezbollah was left reeling on Saturday after Israel targeted two leaders of its elite Radwan Force during a strike on a command meeting in a stronghold in southern Beirut. The Lebanese Health Minister, Firass Abiad,…

News Desk New York: Former US President Donald Trump, the Republican candidate, and Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris are tied in a pair of recent polls, although Harris maintains a narrow lead in the key battleground state of…

AFP/APP Brasília: Elon Musk's X social media platform went offline again in Brazil on Thursday, just a day after it resumed service in defiance of a judicial ban, internet providers confirmed. Brazil's Supreme Court had earlier…

AFP/APP Beirut, Lebanon: Israel reported striking hundreds of targets in Lebanon, hours after Hezbollah's leader vowed retaliation for two "unprecedented" attacks on its operatives' communication devices. Israel has yet to comment on…