No amount of planning or aid deliveries can justify an Israeli offensive into Rafah, the Gaza city where more than 1 million Palestinians are seeking refuge as the death toll from the Israel-Hamas war continues to rise, the United Nations humanitarian chief said Tuesday.
The internationally recognized government of Yemen is nearing a licensing deal with Elon Musk’s Starlink to provide satellite internet service to the war-torn country, according to a senior government official.
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong called on Singaporeans to rally behind his successor as he prepares to step aside later this month after a two decades-long stint in power.
Mexico’s decision to slap tariffs on some goods from countries with which it doesn’t have trade agreements will only affect about $48 billion of the country’s imports, around 7% of the total, according to a Finance Ministry official.
Malaysia will increase salaries for its civil servants by more than 13% from December, according to Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, as the government looks to counter rising living costs and a weak currency.
President Joe Biden is forgiving $6.1 billion in student loans for more than 300,000 attendees of the Art Institutes, a shuttered group of private colleges accused of fraud — the latest effort to deliver on his promise of easing student-loan debt ahead of November’s election.
Ukrainian drones hit a major oil refinery owned by state-controlled Rosneft PJSC in Ryazan, southeast of Moscow, just as the facility’s crude-processing had recovered from a previous strike.
President Joe Biden desperately needs Israel and Hamas to agree to a cease-fire, a first step toward resolving a conflict that has shaken the region and harmed his chances of reelection.
The U.S. and the Philippines are in discussions over ways to prevent China from dominating nickel processing in the Southeast Asian nation, a key supplier of the metal that’s crucial for electric vehicle batteries.
A sword attack in northeast London that left a 14-year-old boy dead has propelled Mayor Sadiq Khan’s record on tackling knife crime to the forefront of the election campaign a day before the capital’s voters decide whether to renew their faith in him for a record third term.
Between sips of coffee in Banqo Café in the center of Darlington, Catalin Cirimpei lauds the improvement the northeastern town has seen in recent years. Investment has poured in, police response times have sped up and he approves of Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen’s rescue of the regional airport.
South Korea is discussing participation in the Aukus security pact as a research partner, Defense Minister Shin Wonsik said, the latest major country in the Indo-Pacific to examine cooperating with the US-led group.
The Premier League is seen as a big spending competition with global reach. Off the pitch, owners and politicians are railing against how it’s managed.
Shortly after 9 p.m. on Tuesday evening, New York City police officers entered a Columbia University building that pro-Palestinian demonstrators had barricaded themselves inside. Dozens of people were arrested and loaded into buses.
China’s largest and most advanced warship has begun its first sea trial, paving the way for the country to enhance its navy’s capability to project power amid US concerns of Beijing’s assertiveness in the Indo-Pacific region.
The Senate voted Tuesday evening to approve legislation banning the import of enriched uranium from Russia, sending the measure to the White House which has said it supports efforts to block the Kremlin’s shipments of the reactor fuel.
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