Japan has accused China of conducting unnotified maritime scientific research within its exclusive economic zone around its southernmost island in the Pacific Ocean, Tokyo said yesterday.

A cholera outbreak has killed over 170 people across Sudan in one week, health authorities said yesterday, amid a collapse of basic infrastructure after over two years of brutal war.

North Korea yesterday slammed US President Donald Trump’s “Golden Dome” missile shield plan as a “very dangerous” threat that could spark nuclear war in space.

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday evening expressed his willingness to talk with India to resolve ongoing disputes between the two countries, including the Kashmir issue and water security, during his visit to Iran.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday threatened to “throttle” Western firms remaining in Russia and acting against its interests, as part of Moscow’s effort to beef up domestic software development.

The Southeast Asian bloc Asean yesterday announced an ambitious strategic plan that includes harmonising trade standards and greater financial integration in an effort to collectively become the world’s fourth-largest economy.

Britain will spend a record 3 billion pounds ($4 billion) to boost training opportunities, the government said yesterday, part of a broader strategy to train locals to fill gaps in the labour market and reduce reliance on foreign workers.

A renewed Israeli military offensive has forcibly displaced almost 180,000 people in just 10 days through to May 25, the International Organization for Migration said yesterday.

The crescent moon was sighted in the Kingdom this evening

The move was a message against terrorism and violence in India’s only Muslim-majority region

Some Palestinian residents of Nablus were seen clashing with the army during the raid

This marks a significant milestone in the bloc's ongoing journey of regional integration.

Four days of fighting in May marked the first time New Delhi and Islamabad utilized unmanned aerial vehicles at scale against each other.

The attacks occurred in three villages between Friday and Sunday

Trump, a Republican, has frozen some $3 billion in federal grants to Harvard in recent weeks

"Now, and for the rest of this decade, China will be more debt collector than banker to the developing world"

President Donald Trump yesterday vowed to prevail in his clash with Harvard and again threatened to take away billions in funding from one of the world’s top universities.

Hamas has agreed to a proposal by US special envoy Steve Witkoff for a Gaza ceasefire, a Palestinian official close to the group told Reuters yesterday, paving the way for a possible end to the war.

India’s coastguard yesterday raced to contain an oil spill from a container ship with hazardous cargo that sank off the southern coast a day earlier, Kerala’s state government said.

Less than 5 percent of Gaza’s cropland can be cultivated due to damage and access restrictions, “exacerbating the risk of famine in the area”, according to a UN assessment published yesterday.