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

TEHERAN - Iran's state television IRIB reported...

Six more bodies found at plane crash site in Indonesia

JAKARTA - Indonesian rescuers on Thursday recovered...

Three killed in drone attack on Russian port

MOSCOW - A drone attack on the...

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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 is the first official death...

Six more bodies found at plane crash site in Indonesia

JAKARTA - Indonesian rescuers on Thursday recovered six more bodies at the crash site...

Three killed in drone attack on Russian port

MOSCOW - A drone attack on the Taman port, located on the Black Sea...

Israel: Hamas suspects targeted, 11 Palestinians killed across Gaza

GAZA/JERUSALEM - Eleven Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire on Wednesday across Gaza amid...

Malaysia weighs social media rule change after Grok AI uproar

Malaysia is reviewing its rules for regulating social media platforms after an outcry over...

6 killed, over 20 injured in shopping mall fire in southern Pakistan

ISLAMABAD - At least six people were killed and over 20 others injured after a fire broke out at a shopping mall in Pakistan's...

Drone allegedly flown into DPRK tied to ex-ROK leader Yoon’s former staffers

SEOUL - A drone allegedly flown into the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) was suspected of involving two former staffers of the presidential...

12-year-old boy bitten by shark at Sydney Harbor beach

SYDNEY - A boy, believed to be aged about 12, is in a critical condition after being bitten by a at Sydney Harbor...

Iran’s Khamenei says US-backed ‘sedition’ defeated as schools set to reopen

TEHERAN - Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said on Saturday that the country had defeated the United States and Israel "once again" and had...

India’s largest airline fined $2.45m for mass flight cancellations

NEW DELHI - India's civil aviation watchdog imposed a fine of $2.45 million on IndiGo airline for its mass flight cancellations last month, officials...

Suspected wreckage found after aircraft carrying 10 people lost contact in Indonesia

JAKARTA - Parts believed to be the fuselage and tail of an aircraft carrying 10 people that lost contact Saturday while flying from Yogyakarta...

Israel opposes line-up of US-formed Gaza executive board

JERUSALEM/GAZA/WASHINGTON - Israel expressed dissatisfaction with the United States on Saturday for forming an executive board to oversee Gaza's transitional administration without coordinating with...

Fighting intensifies in N. Syria as Kurdish forces’ withdrawal deal falters

DAMASCUS - Military tensions between Syria's interim authorities and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) sharply escalated on Saturday across northern , as clashes...

Philippine landfill landslide death toll reaches 36 as last missing worker found

MANILA - The body of the last remaining missing person in the Jan. 8 landfill landslide in the central Philippine city of Cebu was...

Iraq takes full control of airbase following US withdrawal

BAGHDAD - The Iraqi Defense Ministry said on Saturday that the Iraqi army has taken full control of the Ayn al-Asad Airbase in western...

Flash flooding prompts evacuations in northern Sydney as houses impacted by landslide

SYDNEY - A landslide impacted three houses in northern Sydney as life-threatening flash flooding prompted evacuation orders on Saturday night.Residents of the Narrabeen Lagoon...

Iran’s supreme leader says US-backed ‘sedition’ defeated as schools set to reopen

TEHERAN - Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said on Saturday that the country had defeated the United States and Israel "once again" and had...

White House names members of Gaza peace board chaired by Trump

WASHINGTON/CAIRO/GAZA/JERUSALEM - The White House on Friday officially announced the names of the members of the Board of Peace for Gaza in a statement.US...

Syrian interim leader issues decree affirming Kurdish rights as tensions escalate

DAMASCUS - Syrian interim leader Ahmad al-Sharaa on Friday issued a decree affirming the cultural, linguistic and civic rights of Syrian Kurds, as tensions...

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