The United States, joined by Arab mediators, yesterday sought to conclude an agreement between Israel and Hamas to halt the 14-month-old offensive in the Gaza Strip where medics said Israeli strikes killed at least 20 Palestinians overnight.

Iranian lawmakers have asked to amend a bill that would impose tougher penalties on women who refuse to wear the mandatory hijab, local media reported yesterday.

Malaysia’s foreign minister will be issued a fine for puffing a cigarette in a non-smoking area, the country’s health minister said yesterday.

Dutch authorities fined video streaming giant Netflix 4.75 million euros ($4.98 million) Wednesday over the handling of subscribers' personal data

The first flight since the ouster of Syria's president Bashar al-Assad took off on Wednesday from Damascus airport to Aleppo in the country's north, AFP journalists saw

Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov was killed outside an apartment building when a bomb hidden in an electric scooter went off

Scientists have warned that planet-warming greenhouse gases will have to be drastically slashed to limit global heating to avoid catastrophic impacts on the Earth and humanity.

Regulators have long warned that cryptocurrencies like bitcoin are high-risk assets, with limited uses in the real world. High volatility has been another barrier to wide adoption as a means of payment.

Bajabu had been arrested in 2007 and was accused of belonging to Al-Qaeda's East Africa branch.

Frigid weather is expected to persist, with cold daytime temperatures and even colder nighttime lows, particularly in rural and desert areas.

For years major drug barons have brazenly run their operations out of the city's skyscrapers and luxury villas without fear of extradition.

Xi will attend the inauguration of Macau's new administration during his trip and "also conduct an inspection tour", state news agency Xinhua reported.

There were no suspects at large, police said, indicating the shooter was someone within the family.

Mouaz Moustafa, speaking to Reuters in a telephone interview from Damascus, said the site at al Qutayfah, 25 miles (40 km) north of the Syrian capital, was one of five mass graves that he had identified over the years.

Israeli military strikes across the Gaza Strip killed at least 14 Palestinians yesterday, at least 10 of them in one house in Gaza City, medics said as tanks pushed deeper towards the western area of Rafah in the south.

A top Russian general accused by Ukraine of being responsible for the use of chemical weapons against Ukrainian troops was assassinated in Moscow by Ukraine’s SBU intelligence service yesterday morning in the most high-profile killing of its kind.

Authorities in Mayotte were racing yesterday to stop hunger, disease and lawlessness from spreading in the French overseas territory after the weekend’s devastating cyclone, while Mozambique reported dozens of deaths from the storm.

India’s ruling party yesterday tabled a parliamentary bill to synchronise state and national elections, a proposal that would vastly extend what is already the world’s largest democratic exercise.

China is ready to work with India to enhance mutual trust through dialogue and communication, and manage differences with sincerity and integrity, the foreign ministry said yesterday.

A Myanmar ethnic rebel group said yesterday it had recaptured its headquarters from the Myanmar military, almost 30 years after it was forced out.