International

AFP/APP Rafah:The UN Security Council was set to convene an emergency meeting Tuesday over an Israeli strike that killed dozens in a displaced persons camp in Rafah, as three European countries were slated to formally recognise a…

AFP/APP Bangladesh: Bangladeshi weather experts said Tuesday that a deadly cyclone that carved a swathe of destruction was one of the quickest-forming and longest-lasting they'd experienced, blaming climate change for the shift.…

News Desk  Islamabad: Global condemnation erupted over an Israeli strike that Gaza officials reported had killed 45 people in a camp housing displaced Palestinians on Monday.  The Israeli military announced it had initiated an…

AFP/APP Patuakhali:Fierce gales and crashing waves smashed into the low-lying coast of Bangladesh and India on Monday, as an intense cyclone started to weaken as it progressed deeper inland. Two people have been killed since Cyclone…

AFP/APP Port Moresby:Rescuers are racing to find survivors after a landslide obliterated a Papua New Guinea village and killed an estimated 670 people, a UN official told AFP on Monday. The once-bustling remote hillside village in…

AFP/APP Houston:At least 15 people were killed across the central United States as tornadoes and other extreme storms hit several states including Texas, Arkansas and Oklahoma, officials said Sunday. Rescue efforts were ongoing and…

AFP/APP Port Moresby: More than 670 people are believed to have died after a massive landslide in Papua New Guinea, a UN official told AFP on Sunday as aid workers and villagers braved perilous conditions in their search for survivors.…

AFP/APP Bangladesh: At least 800,000 Bangladeshis fled their coastal villages to seek refuge in concrete storm shelters further inland, as the nation braced for the impact of an approaching cyclone, according to top government disaster…

AFP/APP Mexico City: Does Mexican presidential front-runner Claudia Sheinbaum want to make circumcision compulsory and close a revered Catholic church? No, it's all part of an election disinformation war. The June 2 vote is not only…

AFP/APP New York:The historic trial of Donald Trump enters its final act Tuesday, with closing arguments to the jury who must then decide whether to hand down the first ever criminal conviction of a former US president. Less than six…