International

United Nations: An isolated US has shot down Palestine's bid to get full UN membership using its veto at the Security Council undermining the keystone of a two-nation solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict. The veto nullified the votes of 12 countries in the 15-member Security...

Dubai: Iran fired air defence batteries early Friday morning after reports of explosions near a major airbase at the city of Isfahan, the state-run IRNA news agency reported. It remained unclear if the country was under attack. However, tensions remain high after Iran's unprecedented missile-and-drone...

Sydney: A 16-year-old boy was charged with a terrorism offence Thursday in connection with a stabbing incident in a Sydney church earlier this week. At around 7:10pm local time Monday, emergency services were called to a church on the corner of Box Road and Welcome...

Tokyo: At least nine people were injured after an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.6 struck a wide area of western Japan, local authorities said Thursday. The quake struck at around 11:14 p.m. local time, registering a lower 6 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale...

Tokyo: The United States ambassador to the United Nations said Thursday that America will stand with Japan until all the Japanese abducted by North Korea decades ago return home to end their painful separation. Linda Thomas-Greenfield made the comments Thursday as she began her visit...

Canberra: Australia's unemployment rate rose slightly to 3.8 per cent in March, official data has revealed. According to figures published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Thursday, the number of employed Australians fell by 6,600 between February and March, driving unemployment up from 3.7...

Islamabad: Islamabad High Court (IHC) Wednesday slammed the federal government over banning X, saying that the social media platform X is banned on mere speculation. Khurram Agha, Secretary Interior appeared before the IHC and submitted a report while responding to a petition questioning and challenging...

Brussels: European Union leaders agreed late Wednesday on new sanctions targeting Iran for the direct attack on Israel. The EU has decided "to put in place sanctions against Iran", European Council President Charles Michel told reporters in the early hours of Thursday morning after the...

Tel Aviv: The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) carried out aerial strikes in the Rafah area during the early hours of Thursday. According to Israeli and Arabic media, many were feared dead and several were injured in the attack. Since Iran carried out missile and drone...

Jerusalem: Iran's president has warned that the “tiniest invasion” by Israel would bring a “massive and harsh” response, as the region braces for potential Israeli retaliation after Iran's attack over the weekend. President Ebrahim Raisi spoke Wednesday at an annual army parade that was relocated...