Kremlin spokesperson says Russia will aid North Korea militarily if needed under treaty obligations

No time period was given. Government officials did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

A White House official confirmed the report and indicated the move would be made official on Tuesday.

Trading in currency markets in Asian hours thinned owing to a holiday in Japan

Following the eruption, Phivolcs raised the volcano’s status from alert level 0 (normal) to alert level 1 (low-level unrest), warning of the possibility of further phreatic eruptions

At least 142 people were prosecuted in 2024 for helping or rescuing migrants across Europe, a report by a group defending migrants' rights warned on Tuesday

In its annual report, Amnesty charged that Israel had acted with 'specific intent to destroy Palestinians in Gaza, thus committing genocide'

China's commerce ministry said, "Relevant Chinese airlines and Boeing in the United States have suffered greatly."

With birthing centres out of reach, medical equipment failing, and roads often impassable, home births remain a dangerous norm in remote villages

On Sunday, Netanyahu filed an affidavit of his own to the court calling Bar a 'liar'

Some Kashmir residents have also spoken out against the move by the authorities to destroy several homes of militants' families, like that of Rifat Sheikh.

Several others were injured and transported to hospital

Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre conceded defeat

Electricity had been restored to more than 90 percent of mainland Spain early Tuesday

Concerns in Indian-run Kashmir grew yesterday over sweeping detentions in the hunt for the gunmen who carried out a deadly attack last week that New Delhi blames on arch-rival Pakistan.

Russia yesterday said it was ready to negotiate directly with Ukraine, but that recognition of its claims over five Ukrainian regions, including Crimea, was “imperative” to resolving the conflict.

Firefighters in Iran battled raging fires yesterday at the country’s largest commercial port, two days after a massive explosion killed at least 46 people, state TV reported.

Catholic cardinals will meet on May 7 to start voting for a new pope, the Vatican announced yesterday, a week after the death of Pope Francis.

Huthi rebel-controlled media in Yemen yesterday said that US strikes targeted a migrant detention centre in the movement’s stronghold of Saada, killing at least 68 people.

A top Palestinian official yesterday told the International Court of Justice that Israel was blocking humanitarian aid to Palestinians in Gaza as a “weapon of war”, at the start of a week of hearings at the UN’s top court.