International

Israeli officials announced Monday that the government has approved a sweeping plan to seize full control of the Gaza Strip and maintain a long-term military presence, a move likely to intensify the ongoing war with Hamas and draw sharp international backlash. The decision followed a pre-dawn vote by the Israeli Cabinet and came shortly after the military began calling up ...

The Israeli army said Friday it intercepted two missiles in 12 hours fired towards its territory from Yemen, with the Huthi rebels claiming both attacks. An explosion was heard over Jerusalem as the Israeli military said it was intercepting the second projectile. “The (army) has identified the launch of a missile from Yemen toward Israeli territory. Aerial defence systems are ...

Former South Korean Prime Minister Han Duck-soo officially announced his candidacy for the presidency on Friday, entering the race for the June 3 snap election following the impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol. Yoon was removed from office after his controversial declaration of martial law in December, which plunged the nation into political instability and public unrest. Han, who had ...

At least 73 people have been killed in two days of sectarian clashes in Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Thursday. The Britain-based monitor, which relies on a network of sources in Syria, said that the death toll from Jaramana and Sahnaya included 30 members of the security forces, 15 fighters from the Druze minority and one civilian. ...

Operations at the Islamabad International Airport (IIAP) were briefly disrupted late Tuesday night after aviation authorities issued a high alert for undisclosed reasons, official sources confirmed. The alert, issued at 11:48 p.m. local time (1848 GMT) on April 29, remained in effect until 12:21 a.m. (1921 GMT) the following day, halting outbound flights for about 33 minutes. During the shutdown, ...

Chinese authorities say 22 people have been killed and 3 injured in a fire at restaurant in the northern city of Liaoyang, reports AP. No word was given on the cause of the fire, which broke out shortly after noon, but images from the scene showed huge flames spurting from the windows and doors of the two- or three-story building. ...

Monday that US film director Alexander Payne would be president of the competition’s jury this year. Payne, 64, has won two Oscars and two Golden Globes for his screenplays and is best known for films such as “Sideways”, “The Descendants” and “About Schmidt”. “It’s an enormous honour and joy to serve on the jury at Venice,” Payne said in a ...

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation projected Monday that Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberal Party has won Canada’s federal election, marking a stunning political turnaround fueled by rising nationalism in response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s provocative remarks and threats. Initially forecast to lose power following Justin Trudeau’s resignation and mounting economic challenges, the Liberals reversed their fortunes in dramatic fashion. Carney, ...

The death toll from a massive explosion at Iran’s largest commercial port has risen to 46, state media reported, adding that most of the more than 1,000 wounded have been discharged from hospitals, reports AFP. “The death toll in the Shahid Rajaee Port fire has reached 46,” the official IRNA news agency reported, quoting Mehrdad Hassanzadeh, the crisis management director ...

Russia launched a sweeping drone assault across Ukraine overnight into Sunday, targeting multiple regions, officials said, after US President Donald Trump cast doubt over Russian President Vladimir Putin’s willingness to end the war. One person was killed and a 14-year-old girl wounded in the city of Pavlohrad in the Dnipropetrovsk region, which was hit for the third consecutive night, regional ...