International

AFP/APP United Nations: After week-long, closed-door negotiations at the UN Security Council, the United States has indicated it will back a watered-down resolution on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, calling for more lifesaving aid for…

Xinhua/APP Tokyo: Japan, like many other regions of the world, experienced the highest average temperatures ever recorded in the year 2023 amid unprecedented climate conditions, the country's weather agency said on Friday. Japan's…

AFP/ APP United Nations: There are no functioning hospitals in the north of Gaza, and injured patients who need surgery and cannot be moved are “waiting to die," the UN World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Thursday in a plea for a…

AFP/APP United Nations: With UN Security Council members still unable to agree on a ceasefire resolution, mainly over US objections, the head of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned that without safe water, “many more children” in…

News Desk India: Experts suggest that the rise in global cases indicates the potential dominance of JN.1, an Omicron sub-lineage, owing to its significant ability to evade immunity. This classification as a "variant of interest" (VOI)…

Xinhua/APP Beijing: China's national observatory on Wednesday continued to issue a blue alert for gales as strong winds of varying intensity are expected to lash parts of the country. From 8 a.m. Wednesday to 8 a.m. Thursday, strong winds…

AFP/APP Gaza Strip: The head of Hamas was due in Egypt on Wednesday for talks on a fresh ceasefire in Gaza after Israel said it was willing to agree to another pause in exchange for more hostages. International pressure is mounting…

AFP/APP Reykjavik: A volcanic eruption began Monday night in Iceland, south of the capital Reykjavik, following an earthquake swarm, Iceland's Meteorological Office said. For weeks, the Nordic country has been on high alert for a…

AFP/APP Gaza: Hamas's military wing on Monday released footage it claimed showed three Israeli hostages held in Gaza since the Palestinian group's October 7 attacks on Israel. The Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades video, titled "Don't let us…

APP Beijing: A 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck Jishishan County in Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture of Northwest China’s Gansu Province on Monday midnight. As of 4 am on Tuesday, the earthquake has caused 100 fatalities and 96…