Once-in-a-century flooding swamps Somalia after historic drought
The United Nations has described floods that uprooted hundreds of thousands of people in Somalia and neighbouring countries in East Africa following a historic...
UAE plans to maintain ties with Israel despite Gaza outcry, sources...
The United Arab Emirates plans to maintain diplomatic ties with Israel despite international outcry over the mounting toll of the war in Gaza and...
Arab and Muslim leaders demand immediate end to Gaza war
Saudi Arabia and other Muslim countries have called for an immediate end to military operations in Gaza, rejecting Israel’s justification of its actions against...
Hezbollah says front with Israel will remain active
The head of Lebanon’s powerful Hezbollah party said that its armed wing had used new types of weapons and struck new targets in Israel,...
WWII veterans eye 80th anniversary of D-Day as Europe salutes war...
As many nations around the world commemorate last century’s wars and other conflicts during a weekend of remembrance, preparations are already under way to...
Trump plans sweeping undocumented immigrant round-ups, detention camps – report
Former US president Donald Trump, if re-elected in 2024, would expand his first-term immigration crackdown to include sweeping round-ups of people who would be...
US House Republicans eye plan to avert government shutdown as Moody’s...
US House of Representatives Republicans are due to unveil a stopgap measure aimed at averting a government shutdown, the latest in a series of...
Japanese island holds disaster drill in shadow of Taiwan threat
Japan on Sunday conducted a tsunami evacuation drill on its westernmost island, an exercise that could also help residents respond to an emergency arising...
In very rare move, Pope dismisses conservative US bishop
Pope Francis dismissed Bishop Joseph E Strickland of Tyler, Texas, one of his fiercest critics among US Roman Catholic conservatives, after he refused to...
Australia says ports operator cyber incident ‘serious’
The Australian government on Sunday described as “serious and ongoing” a cybersecurity incident that forced ports operator DP World Australia to suspend operations at...
