SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw the test of a “new-type weapon” system, touting it as evidence of the country’s advancing military technology, state media reported Tuesday.

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka is set to conclude on Tuesday the trial of 24 men accused of plotting the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings, the ...

Last week, Iowa Representatives Zach Nunn and Mariannette Miller-Meeks, two Republicans facing tough re-election bids for the ...

NEW YORK: President Donald Trump’s trip to New York for a speech at the United Nations started Monday with a detour to Gracie ...

LONDON: An Israeli drone strike killed one Palestinian and wounded several others on Monday evening in central Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, medical officials said. Sources at Nasser Medical ...

LONDON: Successive explosions at a Syrian army weapons depot near Al-Eis, south of Aleppo, caused panic early Monday, with residents describing a night of terror as continuing detonations prevented ...

NEW YORK CITY: More than 2,700 pregnant women in Yemen face the risk of having to give birth without skilled medical care, the UN Population Fund warned on Monday. They are among more than 120,000 ...

France’s UN ambassador has urged the Houthis to halt their military escalation and commit seriously to peace talks, calling ...

British Columbia has initiated legal action against OpenAI in California, seeking accountability over the company’s alleged failure to monitor violent activity on its ChatGPT service. The case is ...

LONDON: Yemen remains on the brink of a humanitarian catastrophe as fighting continues across several front lines and aid needs increase, British charity Action For Humanity has warned.

At least 12 people have been killed and dozens injured as a result of fighting in western Ethiopia near the border with South Sudan, according to Doctors Without Borders (MSF). Intercommunal clashes ...

GROZNY: Ramzan Kadyrov, a ‌close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, has been re-elected to a fifth term as leader ​of ...