The Indian government yesterday presented a bill in parliament that plans sweeping changes in the management of vast tracts of land set aside solely for Muslim use, potentially stoking tensions between the government and minority Muslims.

China’s military yesterday said it had completed two days of exercises that included “live-fire” drills and simulated strikes on key ports and energy sites aimed at Taiwan, the democratic island it claims as its own.

An Israeli airstrike killed four people including a Hezbollah official in Beirut’s southern suburbs on Tuesday, a Lebanese security source said, further testing a shaky ceasefire between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday said that the military was “dissecting” the Gaza Strip and seizing territory to pressure Hamas into freeing hostages still held in the territory.

The World Health Organization is facing a gaping deficit this year and through 2027 following the US decision to withdraw, even after dramatically slashing its budget, a media report indicated yesterday.

Rescuers yesterday pulled a man alive from the rubble five days after Myanmar’s devastating earthquake, as calls grew for the junta to allow more aid in and halt attacks on rebels.

Myanmar’s junta said yesterday its troops fired warning shots at a Chinese Red Cross aid convoy, underlining the challenge of delivering relief amid a civil war as aid groups called for better access to help survivors of a devastating earthquake.

Donald Trump’s second presidency was dealt a spinning blow by voters in Wisconsin Tuesday as they elected a liberal judge to the state’s Supreme Court, despite his powerful advisor Elon Musk pouring millions into the race to sway the polls.

US President Donald Trump was poised to unveil sweeping new “Liberation Day” tariffs yesterday, but kept the world guessing until the last minute about the scope of an onslaught that could spark a global trade war.

Israel announced a major expansion of military operations in Gaza yesterday, saying large areas of the enclave would be seized and added to its security zones, accompanied by large-scale evacuations of the population.

Myanmar's military ruler Min Aung Hlaing says, among the missing, most are assumed to be dead. There is a narrow chance for them to remain alive

Canada will not impose retaliatory tariffs on most US food and other essentials or on components essential to avoiding job loss in key sectors of the economy, the Globe and Mail reported on Tuesday citing comments by two federal trade advisers

The toll is expected to rise significantly as rescuers reach towns and villages where communications have been cut off by the quake

China’s military said it had begun joint army, navy and rocket force exercises around Taiwan to “serve as a stern warning and powerful deterrent against Taiwanese independence”, calling Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-Te a “parasite”.

The Trump administration fired staff at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and at the Food and Drug Administration as part of its plan to cut 10,000 jobs at the Department of Health and Human Services, according to sources.

US President Donald Trump is set to announce a new raft of tariffs against multiple countries as early as tonight, in what he has dubbed a "Liberation Day" to redress supposedly unfair trade imbalances

No deaths were reported but about 50 houses were affected by the blaze, the fire department said

No deaths were reported, but the full extent of the injuries or damage so far was not immediately clear. Authorities had earlier said some people were trapped in their homes

The death toll is reported to have reached 2,719, with around 4,521 people injured and more than 400 people missing

Petronas in a statement said the pipeline had been isolated