WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the ceasefire between Iran and Israel is “NOW IN EFFECT.” “THE CEASEFIRE IS NOW IN EFFECT. PLEASE DO NOT VIOLATE IT!” he…
Gold rates fell to a near two-week low on Tuesday as risk appetite improved after U.S. President Donald Trump said Iran and Israel had agreed to a ceasefire, denting demand…
Sirens sounded in several areas of northern Israel on Monday, after the army reported a fresh barrage of Iranian missiles, at least the third salvo in less than two hours.…
At least 20 people were killed Sunday in a suicide attack on a church in Damascus, authorities said. The international community condemned the attack, the first of its kind in…
The reaction of world leaders after U.S. forces struck three Iranian nuclear sites on Sunday Iran time ranged from Israel lauding President Donald Trump’s decision to the U.N. calling for…
Turkiye’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan says the Israeli government led by Prime Minister Netanyahu is the biggest obstacle to regional peace. Speaking at a foreign ministers’ meeting of the Organisation…
The horrors in Gaza show no signs of abating, the United Nations said Thursday, noting that the enclave’s Ministry of Health reports that over 46,000 Palestinians have been killed there…
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is scheduled to be sentenced on Friday for his criminal conviction stemming from hush money paid to a porn star, a case that for a time…
U.S. and Arab mediators have made some progress in their efforts to reach a ceasefire accord between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, but not enough to seal a deal, Palestinian…
Lebanon’s parliament elected army chief Joseph Aoun head of state on Thursday, filling the vacant presidency with a general who enjoys U.S. approval and showing the diminished sway of the…
The Singaporean passport is the most powerful in the world, having visa-free entry to 195 out of 227 international countries followed by Japan’s which gets visa-free travel to 193 nations,…
New Zealand opening batter Martin Guptill announced his retirement from international cricket with intentions to continue playing franchise cricket. “As a young kid it was always my dream to play…
COLOMBO: A Sri Lankan court jailed a politically influential, firebrand Buddhist monk on Thursday, putting him behind bars for a second time for insulting Islam and stoking religious hatred in…
Sri Lankan spinner Mahish Teekshana took a hat-trick in second one day international (ODI) of three match series against New Zelanad, becoming the seventh Sri Lankan to achieve this feat.…
Former Pakistan captain Younis Khan has been appointed as the Afghanistan cricket team’s mentor for the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy 2025, starting from February 19, the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB)…
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday dismissed a suggestion by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump that he might use “economic force” to make Canada the 51st U.S. state. “There isn’t…