China to speed up ‘new productive forces’, says vice president
China will accelerate the development of “new productive forces” and bolster stability and security for the global economy, Vice President Han Zheng told an...
Biden, Netanyahu on collision course after Gaza UN vote
Relations between US President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sank to a wartime low on Monday with the US allowing passage...
Baltimore bridge collision a ‘mass-casualty incident’
UPDATE: A container ship smashed into a four-lane bridge in the US port of Baltimore in darkness on Tuesday, causing it to collapse and...
No let-up in Gaza war despite UN ceasefire resolution
Israeli troops battled Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, with no sign of a let-up in the war despite a UN Security...
Turkey’s resurgent opposition trounces Erdogan in pivotal local elections
Turks dealt President Tayyip Erdogan and his party their biggest electoral blow on Sunday in a nationwide local vote that reasserted the opposition as...
Iran alerted Russia to security threat before Moscow attack, sources say
Iran tipped off Russia about the possibility of a major “terrorist operation” on its soil ahead of the concert hall massacre near Moscow last...
Ultra-Orthodox Israelis resist push for military service
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish parties are resisting pressure to lift exemptions of religious students from military duty, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu struggles to preserve his...
Tens of thousands rally against Netanyahu government in Jerusalem
Tens of thousands of people demonstrated in Jerusalem on Sunday against Benjamin Netanyahu’s government and against exemptions granted to ultra-Orthodox Jewish men from military...
Fighting rages across Gaza amid revival of truce talks
Israeli strikes killed 77 Palestinians in Gaza in the past 24 hours, health authorities said on Sunday, as Egypt hosted an Israeli delegation for...
Israeli troops leave Gaza’s Shifa Hospital a wreck in sea of...
Israeli forces have withdrawn from Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza City after a two-week operation, the Israeli military said on Monday, leaving behind a...
