International

AFP/APP Washington: Severe weather battered the United States Tuesday, spinning off tornadoes and reportedly killing three people in the South as high winds and blizzards buffeted the North and hundreds of thousands lost power. Heavy…

AFP/APP Washington: The United States (US) and British forces claimed to have shoot down 18 drones and three missiles on Tuesday that were launched by Yemen's Huthi rebels toward international shipping lanes in the Red Sea, the US…

AFP/APP Beijing: Chinese military officials told US counterparts at talks this week that Beijing will "never compromise" on the issue of Taiwan and urged them to stop "provocative actions" in the South China Sea, the defense ministry…

AFP/APP Beirut: Lebanon's Hezbollah said it targeted a command base in northern Israel on Tuesday in retaliation for the killings of one of its commanders and a Hamas leader. Hezbollah said the attack was part of its response to the…

News Desk United Nations: With no let-up in Israeli bombardments across Gaza, the UN health agency pleaded on Tuesday for better access across the enclave, where relief is arriving "too little, too late" to help civilians caught up in…

AFP/APP New York: Boeing Chief Executive Dave Calhoun took responsibility for a near-catastrophic Alaska Airlines incident Tuesday, vowing "complete transparency" as the aviation giant tries to pivot from its latest crisis. "We're…

AFP/APP Washington: A private US lunar lander mission is doomed to fail, and NASA pushes back plans to return astronauts to the Moon. The twin developments Tuesday represent blows to America's ambitions to stimulate a commercial space…

AFP/APP Tel Aviv: The Israeli army bombed Gaza and battled fighters on Tuesday as US top diplomat Antony Blinken was back in Israel on a regional tour aimed at stopping the war from escalating across the Middle East. An AFP…

News Desk Islamabad: At least 21 persons were injured after an explosion rippled through the bottom floors of a hotel building in downtown Fort Worth, taexas, as reported in USA Today. One of the injured persons was stated to be critical…

AFP/APP Niamey: Salem Bazoum, the son of Niger president Mohamed Bazoum, who was toppled in a coup last year, was provisionally released on Monday, according to a Niamey military tribunal. In a court document seen by the AFP, Salem Bazoum…