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Israeli air strikes and artillery pounded Rafah on yesterday, despite the International Court of Justice ordering an immediate halt to its military offensive in the southern Gazan city. Palestinian witnesses and AFP teams reported…

Two top rivals of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi who accuse his government of targeting them in unjustified criminal probes cast their votes in New Delhi yesterday as the country's six-week election resumed. Hindu nationalist…

Presidential candidate Donald Trump was booed and heckled by many in a raucous audience at the Libertarian National Convention on Saturday night, a marked change from the adulation he receives at rallies from his fervently loyal…

Does the path to 10 Downing Street run through Scotland? The Labour leader, Sir Keir Starmer, appears to think so. Campaigning in Glasgow, he argued that only a strong Scotland can ensure "national renewal". He added: "There is no…

Israel bombed the Gaza Strip, including Rafah, on Saturday, a day after the top UN court ordered it to halt military operations in the southern city as efforts get underway in Paris to seek a ceasefire in the war sparked by Hamas's October…

Israel was ordered by the World Court on Friday to halt its military assault on the city of Rafah during the Gaza war. Here are some reactions: HAMAS OFFICIAL BASEM NAIM "We welcome the decision by the World Court that calls on the…

A man killed eight people and wounded one more with a knife in central China, state media reported Friday, citing local authorities. The stabbing took place on Thursday morning in the city of Xiaogan in Hubei province, state broadcaster…

British police said they had arrested 16 people on suspicion of aggravated trespass at the University of Oxford on Thursday, after pro-Palestinian protesters held a sit-in at the university vice-chancellor's office. The Oxford Action…

More than 80 illegal immigrants, including a six-month-old baby, were arrested in a three-day operation involving three districts in Johor. State Immigration Department Acting Director Mohd Faizal Shamsudin said they were arrested…

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei yesterday led prayers in Tehran at the funeral of the late president Ebrahim Raisi, as the clerical establishment hurried to organise an early election that could further erode its legitimacy…