The United States and Pakistan, a key mediator in the Middle East war, expressed new hope of talks leading to a peace deal with Iran yesterday, after sources said Washington and Tehran were closing in on a one-page memorandum to end the war in the Gulf.

The UN yesterday called on Israel to immediately release two activists taken from a Gaza-bound flotilla, and demanded an investigation into “disturbing accounts” that they had been severely mistreated.

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Ted Turner, the flamboyant US entrepreneur who transformed television news with the creation of CNN in 1980, has died at the age of 87, the network said Wednesday

President Donald Trump issued an ultimatum Wednesday for Iran to accept a deal to end the war or face renewed, more intense US bombing, in the latest of a series of abrupt policy shifts

The WHO chief told AFP Wednesday he did not believe a deadly hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship, which has sparked international alarm, has similarities with the start of the Covid pandemic

Washington is reportedly awaiting a response from Tehran on several key points in the next 48 hours

Earlier, Trump announced a pause to "Project Freedom"

New Delhi aims to build global electronics hub and cut import dependence by 2030

Attenborough's natural history series, such as "Life on Earth", in which he had a famous encounter with mountain gorillas in Rwanda, have brought the most remote corners of the planet into living rooms worldwide.

Two seriously ill crew members on a cruise ship stricken by a deadly hantavirus outbreak will be evacuated via Cape Verde to the Netherlands

The company has emerged as a key player -- alongside domestic rival SK hynix -- in the supply of high-performing chips

Russian attacks hit cities in eastern Ukraine as deadline runs out

Iranian media showed video of a plume of heavy smoke rising from the site

Rubio's remarks came after Washington's top military officer said American forces remain ready to resume combat operations if ordered, as clashes in the vital waterway threatened to unravel a fragile ceasefire.

There was no immediate reaction from Tehran, where it was very early on Wednesday morning.

US forces are ready to resume combat operations against Iran if ordered, Washington’s top military officer said yesterday, as the Pentagon threatened a “devastating” response to Iranian attacks on commercial shipping in the Hormuz strait.

Nepal’s newly elected Prime Minister Balendra Shah yesterday rejected criticism of his ban on trade and student unions linked to political parties, insisting the move would not infringe on rights.

Israeli strikes killed at least two Palestinians and wounded several others in the Gaza Strip yesterday, health officials said.

A Russian missile and drone attack on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure killed five people overnight, officials said yesterday, as President Volodymyr Zelensky denounced Moscow’s ceasefire offer as cynical amid continuing strikes.