Net zero goal critical to Earth's stability: study

If left unchecked, global warming could set in motion dangerous and irreversible changes to planetary systems such as the disappearance of ice sheets or a collapse of ocean currents.
1 August 2024, 11:22 AM

Which Hamas leaders have been targeted in assassination attempts?

Israel has assassinated or attempted to kill leaders of Hamas and key operatives since the group was founded in 1987 during the first Palestinian uprising against the occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
1 August 2024, 10:38 AM

Labour MP Tulip Siddiq being investigated over property income

Tulip Siddiq, a British Bangladeshi Labour Party lawmaker and a minister, is being investigated by the UK parliament's standards watchdog over a failure to register rental income on a London property
1 August 2024, 06:27 AM

Japan store pulls 'lazy dad' kid clothes after backlash

A line of kids' clothes featuring slogans about lazy, uninvolved fathers have been pulled from shelves in Japan after the designs sparked an online backlash
1 August 2024, 06:01 AM

Harris unchallenged as Democrats vote for presidential nominee

Less than two weeks after Joe Biden ended his reelection bid, his 52-year-old vice president is in full control of the party
1 August 2024, 06:00 AM

Kerala landslides: Death toll rises to 276

The death toll in the devastating landslides in India's Kerala's Wayanad district shot up to 276 today, the Indian media reported
1 August 2024, 05:12 AM

Iran holds funeral for Hamas chief Haniyeh

Iran held funeral processions on Thursday for Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh after he was killed in a strike in Tehran blamed on Israel
1 August 2024, 04:50 AM

Trump attacks Harris's racial identity, says she opted to 'turn Black'

Donald Trump suggested Wednesday that Vice President Kamala Harris had decided to "turn Black" for political gain, as he attacked his Democratic White House rival during a combative interaction with African American journalists in Chicago
1 August 2024, 04:39 AM

Al Jazeera says reporter, cameraman killed in Israel strike on Gaza

Qatar's flagship Al Jazeera TV said on Wednesday that its reporter Ismail al-Ghoul and cameraman Ramy El Rify were killed in an Israeli strike on Gaza City.
1 August 2024, 03:28 AM

Female sharks make babies alone in Italy

Italian researchers have noted the first case of “virgin birth”, or reproduction without fertilisation, in an endangered shark species, a scientific journal reported this week.
31 July 2024, 18:00 PM

Hamas leader killed in Iran by Israeli air strike

Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated in Iran yesterday morning, the Palestinian group and Tehran said, drawing threats of revenge on Israel in a region already shaken by the offensive in Gaza and a deepening conflict in Lebanon.
31 July 2024, 18:00 PM

Imran offers conditional talks with Pak military

Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan has offered to hold “conditional negotiations” with the powerful military as he serves a year into a jail term that he said he was given on trumped up charges designed to keep him out of power.
31 July 2024, 18:00 PM

Death toll in Kerala landslides rises to 167

Soldiers and rescuers worked through slush and rocks under steady rain, looking for survivors and searching for bodies in the hills of India’s Kerala state yesterday, a day after more than 165 people were killed in monsoon landslides.
31 July 2024, 18:00 PM

Ukraine downs 89 Russian drones

Ukraine’s air force said yesterday it repelled one of Russia’s largest long-range drone attacks of the war overnight, shooting down all 89 drones launched at Kyiv, the surrounding region and other areas.
31 July 2024, 18:00 PM

Israel used waterboarding to torture them: UN report

Israel has detained thousands of Palestinians during the offensive in Gaza and stands accused of numerous cases of torture, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights said in a new report.
31 July 2024, 18:00 PM

Haniyeh was seen as more moderate face of Hamas

Ismail Haniyeh, the Hamas leader who was killed in Iran, was the tough-talking face of the Palestinian group’s international diplomacy as the offensive raged back in Gaza, where three of his sons were killed in an Israeli airstrike.
31 July 2024, 18:00 PM

‘It’s our duty to seek revenge’

The killing of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh in an air strike in Tehran on Wednesday blamed on Israel has stunned the international community
31 July 2024, 13:45 PM

Pakistan's Imran Khan offers conditional talks with the military

Khan has been in jail since last August facing dozens of charges ranging from corruption to leaking state secrets.
31 July 2024, 11:03 AM

World reactions to killing of Hamas leader Haniyeh

Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh was killed on Wednesday in an Israeli strike in Iran, the group said, in an act that has stunned the international community..Israel has not commented on the death but many countries have warned that it will have a major impact on efforts to bring a ce
31 July 2024, 08:44 AM

Australia launches landmark peanut allergy treatment for babies

Eligible babies will receive daily doses of peanut powder for two years to build up their tolerance
31 July 2024, 05:51 AM