Despite Trump's optimism, Iran has yet to respond to a new US proposal, with its chief negotiator warning that Washington was seeking to force the Islamic republic's "surrender."

The Pakistani navy reportedly responded to a distress call from an Indian ship stranded in the Arabian Sea after a critical technical failure, assisting the crew with food, medical and other emergency support.

President Volodymyr Zelensky yesterday said that Russia had decided to reject efforts to halt fighting and save lives by launching fresh attacks on Ukraine, which had called a unilateral ceasefire.

An Israeli strike in Lebanon’s eastern Bekaa valley killed four people yesterday, while the Israeli army said it struck Hezbollah targets in the south, after warning residents of a dozen towns to evacuate.

A teenager shot dead two staff members and injured two other people, including an 11-year-old girl, on Tuesday in the latest school shooting to rock Brazil.

The United States and Pakistan, a key mediator in the Middle East war, expressed new hope of talks leading to a peace deal with Iran yesterday, after sources said Washington and Tehran were closing in on a one-page memorandum to end the war in the Gulf.

The UN yesterday called on Israel to immediately release two activists taken from a Gaza-bound flotilla, and demanded an investigation into “disturbing accounts” that they had been severely mistreated.

North Korea has deleted all references to uniting with South Korea from its constitution, a document reviewed by AFP yesterday showed, underscoring Pyongyang’s push for a more hostile policy towards Seoul.

The trade ministers of the Group of Seven leading industrialised nations yesterday criticised “economic coercion” by powers placing arbitrary restrictions on exports, particularly critical minerals, in a clear swipe at China.

Ted Turner created CNN in 1980, revolutionizing the way America, and the world, got their news, and then went on to become one of the most prominent business leaders and philanthropists of his era

Ted Turner, the flamboyant US entrepreneur who transformed television news with the creation of CNN in 1980, has died at the age of 87, the network said Wednesday

President Donald Trump issued an ultimatum Wednesday for Iran to accept a deal to end the war or face renewed, more intense US bombing, in the latest of a series of abrupt policy shifts

The WHO chief told AFP Wednesday he did not believe a deadly hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship, which has sparked international alarm, has similarities with the start of the Covid pandemic

Washington is reportedly awaiting a response from Tehran on several key points in the next 48 hours

Earlier, Trump announced a pause to "Project Freedom"

New Delhi aims to build global electronics hub and cut import dependence by 2030

Attenborough's natural history series, such as "Life on Earth", in which he had a famous encounter with mountain gorillas in Rwanda, have brought the most remote corners of the planet into living rooms worldwide.

Two seriously ill crew members on a cruise ship stricken by a deadly hantavirus outbreak will be evacuated via Cape Verde to the Netherlands

The company has emerged as a key player -- alongside domestic rival SK hynix -- in the supply of high-performing chips

Russian attacks hit cities in eastern Ukraine as deadline runs out