Militants abducted and shot dead at least nine bus passengers travelling through Pakistan's restive southwestern Balochistan province, government officials said on Friday (July 11). Security forces are battling a rise in ethnic and separatist violence in impoverished but

The reported suicide of Russia’s transport minister hours after he was dismissed by President Vladimir Putin and amid speculation he would be arrested on corruption charges, has shocked the country’s elite. Several hundred mourners, including some ministers and state

As Israel fell in line with US President Donald Trump and his optimism about the prospects for a ceasefire and prisoner-release deal in Gaza, Hamas called the talks difficult due to Israel’s “intransigence”, but said it was working seriously to overcome hurdles. The

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi met with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Jeddah on Tuesday, marking the first high-level Iranian visit to the kingdom since the recent Israel-Iran conflict.  The talks, described as “fruitful” by Iran’s Foreign

In a high-stakes diplomatic push, US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened for a second time within 24 hours at the White House, intensifying efforts to broker a ceasefire in Gaza.  The Tuesday evening meeting, held behind closed doors and

United States President Donald Trump said on Monday (Jul 7) the US would be sending more weapons to Ukraine to help the war-torn country defend itself against Russian attacks. Speaking to reporters at the White House, Trump said Ukraine was getting hit very hard by Russia and needed to

Thailand’s Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) has issued an urgent weather alert for 33 provinces across the North, Northeast, Central and South, warning of flash floods, forest runoff, landslides and rising water levels in major rivers, particularly the Mekong,

The death toll from catastrophic flooding in Texas rose to more than 100 on Monday, as rescuers continued their grim search for people swept away by torrents of water. Among the dead were at least 27 girls and counselors who were staying at a youth summer camp on a river when disaster

Erin Patterson, 50, has been found guilty of three counts of murder and one count of attempted murder after a closely watched trial that revolved around a fatal family lunch involving poisonous mushrooms.  The verdict, delivered in Morwell on Monday after a 10-week trial, closed a

At least 82 people were killed across Gaza on Sunday, including 39 in Gaza City alone, in one of the deadliest days in recent weeks, as Israeli forces ramped up their military campaign.  The intensified bombardment comes amid cautious optimism from U.S. President Donald Trump, who

At least 78 lives have been lost and 41 people remain unaccounted for after catastrophic flash floods struck central Texas early Friday, overwhelming communities and washing away a beloved girls' summer camp in Kerr County. The heaviest blow came at Camp Mystic, nestled beside the

Israel launched airstrikes early Monday on multiple Houthi-controlled sites across Yemen, targeting three key ports—Hodeidah, Ras Isa, and Salif—as well as the Ras Qantib power plant.  According to the Israeli military, the strikes came in response to ongoing missile

A tragic building collapse in Pakistan’s southern port city of Karachi has left at least 27 people dead, following days of intensive rescue efforts.  The five-story structure crumbled on Friday in Lyari, a densely populated and historically neglected neighborhood near the

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has dispatched a negotiation team to Qatar for renewed talks over a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release, responding to Hamas’s latest signal that it is ready to engage “immediately and seriously” in fresh dialogue.  The

Elon Musk has announced the formation of a new political entity—the America Party—marking a dramatic shift in his political stance following a public fallout with President Donald Trump.  The tech billionaire made the declaration on his platform X, positioning the

In one of the deadliest natural disasters to strike central Texas in recent memory, flash floods have claimed 51 lives, including 15 children, and left dozens missing.  The catastrophe unfolded on Friday, with Kerr County emerging as the epicenter of the devastation—43

An extensive search and rescue operation is underway in Texas following catastrophic flash floods that have claimed at least 24 lives and left many children missing at a Christian summer camp. The Guadalupe River surged dramatically—rising 26 feet (7.9m) in under an

A five-story building collapse in Pakistan on Friday killed at least five people and left six injured, with more victims trapped under the rubble, police said. Rescuers and residents in the mega port city of Karachi worked together to pull people from the debris after the incident at

Pakistan’s army said Friday it had killed 30 militants attempting to cross the border from Afghanistan over the last three days, after 16 soldiers died in a suicide attack in the same frontier region last week. The militants belonged to the Pakistan Taliban or its affiliated

Russia on Thursday became the first country to formally recognise the Taliban government in Afghanistan. Moscow’s special representative for Afghanistan, Zamir Kabulov, told the state news agency Ria Novosti that the government had “recognised” the Taliban. In a