The return of El Nino weather conditions are expected from as early as May this year, potentially affecting global temperatures and rainfall patterns, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said.

Only five ships, including one Iranian oil products tanker, have passed through the Strait of Hormuz in the past 24 hours, shipping data showed yesterday, after Iran seized two container ships this week and the US continues to blockade Iranian ports.

Oil prices had climbed earlier on fears of stalled talks and Hormuz closure

Netanyahu delayed release of his medical report

Between April 22 and early April 23, seven vessels transited the strait, six of which were involved in Iran-related trade

US logistics and security team is already in Islamabad for talks

The first flights to resume will be to Istanbul and Muscat

Official announcement cites the need to ‘end armed terrorism’ and restore ‘the rule of law’

266 million people in 47 countries and territories faced high levels of acute food insecurity in 2025

Pakistan accuses Afghanistan of providing a safe haven to militants

Trump's remarks 'uninformed, inappropriate and in poor taste', says Indian Foreign Ministry

The figure, compiled till midnight on April 23, signals the highest voter participation recorded in the state so far

Hezbollah wants truce to continue, says Israel must comply

Britain and France have agreed a new three-year deal to stop undocumented migrants making the risky journey across the Channel in small boats, the two sides announced.

A group of militants killed at least 10 people, including a Turkish national, at a copper and gold mining project in Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province, officials said yesterday, with another Turk taken hostage.

Voting began yesterday in two of India’s politically key opposition-held states, with tens of millions casting ballots in West Bengal and the southern Tamil Nadu.

Cyber criminals hacked into the Sri Lankan finance ministry’s computer system and siphoned off $2.5 million, the government said yesterday, the most amount of cash ever stolen by hackers from a state institution in the debt-saddled country.

Lebanon’s president and prime minister yesterday accused Israel of a war crime, after an airstrike killed a Lebanese journalist in the country’s south, where Israeli forces occupy several areas.

Environment ministers from G7 nations yesterday launched a two-day meeting in Paris, with climate change kept off the agenda to avoid a row with the United States.

Iran showcased its tightened grip over the Strait of Hormuz yesterday, releasing footage of commandos storming a large cargo ship and announcing its first proceeds from tolls imposed on vessels transiting the waterway.