There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack

"The targeted ISIS senior leader, Hamza al-Homsi, was killed," CENTCOM said in a statement without providing further details

President Joe Biden was declared “fit for duty” by his doctor Thursday after the final annual medical check-up before he is expected to declare he’s running for re-election in 2024, when he will be 82.

Eighteen migrants have been found dead in an abandoned truck, the interior ministry said yesterday, as the Balkan nation struggles with an increase in illicit border crossings.

International aid agencies are stepping up efforts to help millions of homeless people, many sleeping in tents, mosques, schools or cars, 11 days after a massive earthquake hit Turkey and Syria killing more than 43,000.

The money would "allow aid organizations to rapidly scale up vital support," including in the areas of food security, protection, education, water and shelter.

Bangladeshi students Shahriar Khan, Angela Barai and Aryan Dipta were killed in a road accident in Toronto last Monday at 11:30pm local time. Kumar was seriously injured in this incident.

Biden says as he expects to talk to Xi Jinping about Chinese 'spy balloon'

Four Iraqi soldiers were killed yesterday during a counter-terrorism operation north of Baghdad, security forces said, as the majority-Shia country marks a key religious rite.

A teenage girl was pulled alive from the rubble in Turkey yesterday more than 10 days after a devastating earthquake hit the region, but such rescues have become increasingly rare, leaving sorrow and anger to mount as hope dies.

Several German airports said yesterday their websites were down due to suspected cyberattacks, the latest instance of online sabotage in the country.

Dozens of journalists and rights activists protested in the Tunisian capital yesterday, accusing the state of “repression” and attempts to intimidate the media.

An Iranian court has sentenced influential sociology professor Saeed Madani Ghahfarokhi to eight years in prison, his lawyer told AFP yesterday.

The authorities in Mali have begun a crackdown on hookah smoking after giving a grace period to shisha bars to adjust to a ban.

Scientists studying Antarctica’s vast Thwaites Glacier - nicknamed the Doomsday Glacier - say warm water is seeping into its weak spots, worsening melting caused by rising temperatures, two papers published in Nature journal showed on Wednesday.

The United States voiced deep dismay at Israel’s decision to expand Jewish settlements in occupied Palestinian territory but on Thursday also described as “unhelpful” a push for the UN Security Council to denounce the move.

During the first-ever pledging conference for education in emergencies and protracted crises, countries and other donors vowed yesterday to fund $826 million for Education Cannot Wait’s work for the next four years. The UN fund estimates that 222 million

President Volodymyr Zelensky said yesterday it was “obvious” Ukraine would not be the last stop of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion, and that it was vital the West does not delay deliveries of weapons to help repel Russian forces.

The World Health Organization said Wednesday that despite a drop-off in cases

The vast majority of health claims used to advertise baby formula worldwide are not supported by rigorous scientific evidence