China and Russia began joint naval drills in the Sea of Japan yesterday as they seek to reinforce their partnership and counterbalance what they see as a US-led global order.
More than 120 firefighters were trying to extinguish a blaze at an oil depot in the Russian city of Sochi that was sparked by a Ukrainian drone attack, regional Governor Veniamin Kondratyev said yesterday on the Telegram messaging app.
India’s intelligence failure was central to the hour-long air battle between Pakistan and India in May, which led to the downing of Rafale aircraft by the Pakistan Air Force’s J-10 fighters using PL-15s missiles, according to a report.
Israel’s military said yesterday ground troops had operated in southern Syria, seizing weapons and questioning individuals suspected of arms trafficking, in the latest cross-border raid since the fall of Bashar al-Assad in December.
Saudi Arabia has executed eight people in a single day, state media said, amid a surge in the use of the death penalty in the Gulf monarchy particularly over drug-related convictions.
A volcano erupted for the first time in 450 years in Russia’s eastern Kamchatka region, the nation’s emergency authority said yesterday, days after one of the strongest earthquakes on record hit the region.
US officials have opened an investigation into Jack Smith, the former special counsel who led two federal criminal cases against President Donald Trump, US media reported Saturday.
Since the beginning of 2025, Saudi Arabia has executed 230 people, according to an AFP tally of official reports.
Since his January 20 return to power, the US president "has brokered, on average, one peace deal or ceasefire per month"
Some of those attending the march, called by its organisers the 'March for Humanity', carried pots and pans as symbols of the hunger.
US President Donald Trump ordered the deployment of two nuclear submarines Friday in an extraordinary escalation of what had been an online war of words with a Russian official over Ukraine and tariffs.
Cambodia will nominate US President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize, its deputy prime minister said yesterday, following his direct intervention in halting the Southeast Asian country’s recent border conflict with Thailand.
Southeast Asian countries breathed a sigh of relief yesterday after the US announced tariffs on their exports that were far lower than threatened and levelled the playing field with a rate of about 19 percent across the region’s biggest economies.
The UN human rights office said yesterday that 1,373 Palestinians have been killed while waiting for aid in the shortage-stricken Gaza Strip since late May, most of them by the Israeli military.
US President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order increasing tariffs on Canadian goods to 35% from 25% on all products not covered by the US-Mexico-Canada trade agreement, the White House said.
It also said 159 people were wounded in Thursday's strikes, including 16 children
Washington has given Moscow until the end of next week to cease hostilities in Ukraine, under threat of severe economic sanctions
Trump ordered stiff tariffs on dozens of trading partners in an effort to reshape global trade in favour of the US economy
The United States and Pakistan hailed a trade deal on Thursday that Islamabad said would lead to lower tariffs and increased investment, but without specifying the level of tariff to be levied on Pakistani exports.
President Donald Trump ordered massive tariffs on Brazil Wednesday and sanctions against the judge overseeing a trial of his far-right ally Jair Bolsonaro, who is accused of attempting a coup in Latin America's biggest economy.
