At least 10 people have died and six are missing after an accident at a coal mine in central China's Henan Province, state media said Saturday

Israel continues to pound the ‘blacked out’ Palestinian territory

Former US president Donald Trump was ordered to pay nearly $400,000 in legal costs to the New York Times and multiple journalists Friday after a lawsuit he brought against them was dismissed

Airlines in the United States canceled more than 2,000 flights on Friday after a massive winter storm knocked out power and affected businesses in 12 states ahead of a likely brutal freeze over the weekend

Israel’s latest attacks on Gaza have killed at least 151 people, including 11 in a single house, Palestinian health officials said yesterday, while the UN humanitarian office accused Israel of blocking its efforts to send aid to the north.

US and British warplanes, ships and submarines launched dozens of air strikes across Yemen overnight in retaliation against Iran-backed Houthi forces for attacks on Red Sea shipping.

Global economic growth will remain “resilient” this year after a stronger-than-expected 2023, the International Monetary Fund said on Thursday, but work is needed to boost global growth rates above an anemic three percent range in the medium term.

Washington announced new sanctions yesterday on two companies in Hong Kong and the United Arab Emirates, moving to crack down on the financial network funding Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met a senior Chinese official in Washington yesterday on the eve of Taiwan’s elections, as the United States seeks to discourage Beijing from taking action against Taipei.

The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced Thursday it is launching a safety probe into Boeing following last week’s near-catastrophic incident on an Alaska Airlines-operated 737 MAX.

Myanmar’s military and an alliance of armed ethnic minority groups announced a China-mediated ceasefire yesterday following months of conflict that has posed the biggest threat to the junta since it seized power in 2021.

Hundreds of thousands of people attended final pre-election rallies in Taiwan yesterday ahead of critical presidential and parliamentary polls, as China’s defence ministry warned it would “smash any Taiwan independence plots”.

More than seven years after an Indian Air Force An-32 aircraft with 29 personnel on board went missing over the Bay of Bengal, its wreckage was found in the sea about 310km off Chennai, the India Defence Ministry said yesterday.

The past 12 months marked a grim year of suppression of human rights, with world leaders ignoring violations in Sudan and Gaza, and against marginalised groups like the Uyghurs, a monitor said Thursday.

American and British air strikes on targets in rebel-held Yemen killed five people and wounded six, the Iran-backed Houthi forces said on Friday

Oil prices surged four percent on Friday after US and UK forces launched strikes against Iran-backed Houthi rebels following their attacks on ships in the Red Sea, fuelling worries about a wider conflict in the crude-rich region.

Russia on Friday condemned strikes by the United States and Britain targeting Huthi rebels in Yemen as an "escalation" with "destructive objectives"

Trade between China and Russia hit a record high in 2023, official data from Beijing showed on Friday, as commerce with the United States fell for the first time in four years on the back of geopolitical tensions

Heavy US and British air strikes pounded targets in rebel-held Yemen early on Friday after weeks of disruptive attacks on Red Sea shipping by Iran-backed Huthi forces

The World Health Organization pleaded with Israel to allow the WHO and other UN agencies access to deliver aid within the Gaza Strip, branding the humanitarian situation “indescribable”.