US President Donald Trump’s administration proposed a $163 billion cut to federal spending next year, which would eliminate more than a fifth of the non-military spending excluding mandatory programs, it said in a statement.
Major 7.5-magnitude earthquake strikes off the coast of South America
A group of activists organising an aid boat for Gaza said yesterday it was attacked by drones in international waters off Malta as they headed towards the Palestinian territory, accusing Israel of attacking the vessel.
Israel has escalated military operations in Syria since rebels ousted Bashar al-Assad in December
Pakistan-administered Kashmir yesterday called on residents near the de facto border with the Indian side of the region to stockpile food as tensions flare between the arch-rivals following a deadly attack last month.
Israel has not commented on the allegation.
Reform, led by anti-immigrant firebrand Nigel Farage, won the by-election in Runcorn and Helsby
Paris-based Reporters Without Borders said its main index had fallen to its lowest-ever level.
Beijing is “evaluating” an offer from Washington to hold talks over US President Donald Trump’s 145 percent tariffs, China’s Commerce Ministry said yesterday, although it warned the United States not to engage in “extortion and coercion.”
Syria's Druze spiritual leader has condemned a "genocidal campaign" against his community after sectarian clashes killed 102 people.
The fire broke out on Israel's Memorial Day
India will conduct its first official caste census since independence, the government announced yesterday, a move likely to have far-reaching consequences for its politics and contentious affirmative action policies.
Iran and the United States will hold a fourth round of talks on the Islamic republic’s nuclear programme in Rome on Saturday, Iran’s foreign minister said.
Tensions between India and Pakistan, both nuclear-armed, have escalated since last week following a deadly terrorist attack in Indian-administered Kashmir.
President Vladimir Putin is open to peace in Ukraine and intense work is going on with the United States, but the conflict is so complicated that the rapid progress that Washington wants is difficult to achieve, the Kremlin said on Wednesday.
A US official yesterday told the International Court of Justice there were “serious concerns” about the impartiality of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA.
Donald Trump promised Tuesday that he is just getting started as he marked the radical and vengeful beginning of a presidency that has shaken the world and destabilized the United States.
The man was convicted in the 2022 assassination of a Revolutionary Guards colonel
Both countries have held three rounds of talks aiming for a deal
While seeking to present a more moderate image to the world, Syria's new authorities must also contend with pressures from radical Islamists within their ranks
The ban is designed to counter the movement's activities and stop people supporting the group, the statement added.
