Xi was in Moscow as Ukraine accused Russia of violating its own ceasefire within hours.

Karachi international airport remains closed

It comes a day after the worst violence between the nuclear-armed rivals in two decades.

No pope in modern times has been elected on the first attempt.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's order for a three-day truce with Ukraine took effect Thursday, a move the Kremlin said would test Kyiv's readiness for peace but that Ukraine has slammed as a farce

Pakistan Airports Authority said in a statement

Marco Rubio has instructed officials to push for regulatory approvals for Musk's satellite firm, Washington Post reports

The nuclear-armed rivals experienced their worst violence in two decades on Wednesday

At least 40 to 50 students, their hands cuffed with plastic zip-ties, were seen being loaded into New York Police Department vans

The extraordinary heat spell was expected to subside as warmer El Nino conditions faded last year

Trump did not offer more details but said it would be the "first of many."

A drone strike targeted Sudan's biggest naval base yesterday, an army source told AFP, marking the fourth straight day the seat of the army-backed government has come under attack.

Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels said yesterday that they would continue targeting Israeli ships in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden despite a ceasefire deal with the United States.

India and Pakistan exchanged heavy artillery fire along their contested frontier yesterday after New Delhi launched deadly missile strikes on its arch-rival, in the worst violence between the nuclear-armed neighbours in two decades.

Catholic cardinals who will choose the next pope filed into the Sistine Chapel yesterday, before locking themselves away from the world to elect the man they hope can unite a diverse but divided global Church.

Offers to help end the worst violence between the nuclear-armed countries in two decades

Bangladesh has expressed deep concern over the escalating conflict between India and Pakistan, urging both countries to remain calm, exercise restraint, and refrain from taking any actions that could further aggravate the situation.

Israeli strikes on a school housing displaced families in northern Gaza killed 15 Palestinians yesterday, local health authorities said, as Israeli forces continued to demolish homes and buildings in Rafah in the south of the enclave.

Here is a chronology of major military and diplomatic escalations in their troubled relationship since 1999.

Weeks of tension erupted early yesterday morning when India fired missiles into Pakistan and Pakistan-controlled Kashmir, escalating the likelihood of a full-blown military confrontation between the nuclear-armed South Asian neighbours.