Politics
Israel pounds Gaza as fighting enters second week
Israel bombed what it said were underground tunnels used by Hamas and Palestinian militants fired rocket barrages at Israeli cities as fighting ...Israel air strikes kill 33 Palestinians, rockets fired from Gaza
Israeli air strikes killed 33 Palestinians, including 13 children, in Gaza early on Sunday, Gaza health officials said, and militants fired rockets ...COVID-19: Biden hails ‘great day’ as US ends mandatory masks for vaccinated people
President Joe Biden has hailed a “great day for America” as US officials said vaccinated people can go mask-less in most indoor ...Israel masses troops along Gaza as rocket fire, air strikes escalate
Israel was preparing ground troops along the Gaza border on Thursday and Hamas launched rocket barrages at southern Israel as the fiercest ...Western powers clash with China at U.N. over Xinjiang
The United States, Germany and Britain clashed with China at the United Nations on Wednesday over the treatment of Uyghur Muslims in ...Uganda army to join Congo in offensive against Islamist rebels
The Ugandan and Congo armies are setting up an operations centre in the east of Democratic Republic of Congo for a joint ...Putin reviews Russian military might as tensions with West soar
President Vladimir Putin reviewed Russia’s traditional World War Two victory parade on Sunday, a patriotic display of raw military power that this ...Former Maldives president treated for wounds after blast outside home
The speaker of parliament in Maldives, former President Mohamed Nasheed, was being treated for shrapnel wounds and in stable condition after a ...Trump Facebook ban remains but oversight board rips company policies
Facebook Inc’s oversight board on Wednesday upheld the company’s suspension of former U.S. President Donald Trump but said the company was wrong ...India’s ruling BJP party loses key race in regional elections amid COVID-19 maelstrom
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu-nationalist party suffered a setback Sunday when it lost a fiercely contested state poll. Over the past ...