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Middle East conflict continues to expand

Gulf states call on Iran to refrain...

WHO raises alarm over attacks on health care in Iran, Lebanon

GENEVA - The World Health Organization (WHO)...

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Middle East conflict continues to expand

Gulf states call on Iran to refrain from retaliatory strikes as turmoil deepensAmid incessant attacks and diplomatic restraints, the Middle East remained in turmoil on Thursday after the United...

WHO raises alarm over attacks on health care in Iran, Lebanon

GENEVA - The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday that it has verified...

Indian Air Force’s fighter jet goes missing in northeastern India

NEW DELHI - A Sukhoi Su-30 MKI of the (IAF) on Thursday went...

Japan begins 18th ocean discharge of Fukushima nuclear-tainted wastewater

TOKYO - Japan on Friday began the 18th discharge of nuclear-contaminated wastewater from the...

Venezuela resumes diplomatic relations with US

WASHINGTON - The US State Department announced on Thursday that the United States and...

Japan’s opposition parties criticize PM Takaichi’s lower house dissolution

TOKYO - Leaders of multiple Japanese opposition parties slammed on Friday as lacking "justification".Japan's House of Representatives was formally dissolved on Friday, marking...

Japan’s lower house formally dissolved for Feb 8 election

Japan's House of Representatives was formally dissolved on Friday at the outset of the ordinary parliamentary session, with a general election set for Feb...

To Lam re-elected Vietnam’s communist party chief

HANOI - To Lam has been re-elected general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee, an official press release said on Friday.

Trump touts ‘massive’ US forces heading toward Iran

WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump said Thursday that the United States has a "massive" naval force heading toward Iran, while suggesting it may...

WSJ: White House considers full withdrawal of US troops from Syria

WASHINGTON - The White House is weighing a full withdrawal of US troops from Syria as Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa moves to assert control...

Trump launches ‘Board of Peace’, draws criticism for undermining UN

DAVOS, Switzerland/GAZA/BRUSSELS/LONDON/MOSCOW/JERUSALEM -formally launched his so-called "Board of Peace" on Thursday at a charter-signing ceremony during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.The move...

Gunman at large after three shot dead in eastern Australia

SYDNEY - A gunman remained at large on Thursday night after three people were shot dead west of Sydney in the Australian state of...

Japan’s cabinet approves decision to dissolve lower house

TOKYO - Japanese Prime Minister 's cabinet on Friday adopted a decision to dissolve the House of Representatives.Later in the afternoon, the lower house...

Report: Iran officially counts 3,117 deaths in Dec-Jan unrest

TEHERAN - Iran's state television IRIB reported on Wednesday that 3,117 people were killed during recent unrest, citing the country's Forensic Medical Organization.The figure...

Six more bodies found at plane crash site in Indonesia

JAKARTA - Indonesian rescuers on Thursday recovered six more bodies at the crash site of an ATR 42-500 aircraft on the slopes of Mount...

Israel: Hamas suspects targeted, 11 Palestinians killed across Gaza

GAZA/JERUSALEM - Eleven Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire on Wednesday across Gaza amid escalating tensions, according to Palestinian sources.An Israeli drone strike targeted...

Malaysia weighs social media rule change after Grok AI uproar

Malaysia is reviewing its rules for regulating social media platforms after an outcry over sexualized images of people generated by Elon Musk’s artificial...

Operation suspended at TEPCO’s just-restarted nuke plant as alarm goes off

TOKYO - Japan's Tokyo Electric Power Company () said Thursday it suspended operation at the just-restarted reactor of a nuclear power plant in Niigata...

Australia’s conservative coalition ends political alliance

CANBERRA – 's two most prominent conservative political parties have ended their long-standing alliance amid a disagreement over hate speech laws introduced in response...

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