LONDON :Britain will convene a meeting of the government's COBRA emergency response committee on Thursday to consider its strategy and approach towards Gaza and the Israeli-Hamas conflict, Deputy ...

CAIRO : At least 320 foreign passport holders crossed on Wednesday to Egypt from Gaza in a first batch of evacuations from the besieged enclave, three Egyptian security sources and a Palestinian ...

WASHINGTON : Ukraine's top government economic adviser Oleg Ustenko said on Thursday that invading Russian forces have so far destroyed at least US$100 billion worth of infrastructure, buildings and ...

STOCKHOLM : Sweden's right-wing opposition parties were on track to win a narrow majority of 175 seats in the 349-seat parliament on Sunday, beating the ruling centre-left, the country's election ...

TAIPEI : About 10 Chinese and Taiwanese navy boats continued to stay close to the median line of the Taiwan Strait on Sunday morning, a source briefed on the matter told Reuters. The source added ...

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GENEVA : The United Nations humanitarian office said on Friday it was in advanced talks with all parties in the conflict between Israel and Hamas to ensure an aid operation into Gaza starts soon. "We ...

KYIV : Ukrainians are concerned with certain voices in the U.S. Republican party calling to cut back support for Kyiv, President Volodymyr Zelenksiy said on Wednesday. Speaking in an interview by ...

BEIJING : China and United States have agreed to resume high-level communication between their two militaries including working meetings between the departments of defence, Chinese state media said on ...

PUTRAJAYA — Former Malaysian prime minister turned opposition leader Mahathir Mohamad took his campaign to the heart of his rival's stronghold of Putrajaya on Thursday night (May 3), rallying ...

BEIRUT : A Lebanese man who had held six people hostage at gunpoint inside a commercial bank in Beirut for around six hours exited the bank on Thursday evening, a Reuters journalist said. He lifted ...

TOKYO :Nippon Steel Corp is still in talks with Teck Resources, despite Glencore's bid for the Canadian miner, as Japan's top steelmaker remains eager to take a stake in Teck's high-grade coking coal ...