Typhoon Bavi, the most powerful storm to strike mainland China this year, brought heavy rain to the eastern coast yesterday and lashed densely populated cities with violent winds, testing the country’s ability to cope with extreme weather.

Gaza’s civil defence and hospitals said an Israeli drone strike and gunfire killed five people and injured several others yesterday.

Strait of Hormuz to be closed, Iran says

Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani ruled Qatar from 1995 to 2013, before abdicating to his son Sheikh Tamim, the current leader of the gas-rich Gulf country.

A series of attacks between the US and Iran over the past several days led President Donald Trump to declare the end of a ceasefire meant to halt the fighting that the US and Israel began on February 28, though Trump has left the door open to continued negotiations.

Two people were killed Saturday and at least four more were wounded in a shooting at a salsa festival in Toronto

Iran’s supreme leader yesterday vowed revenge for the US-Israeli killing of his father and predecessor, hours after President Donald Trump warned against any attempt to assassinate him.

White House and intelligence officials had met to discuss election commission's future

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Saturday that Tehran had "kept its word" on a ceasefire with the United States, after Donald Trump insisted the truce was over but that he had agreed to further negotiations with the Islamic republic

Apple alleges coordinated effort to steal designs and manufacturing processes

Thousands more are listed as missing

Parliament speaker says Tehran remains prepared to defend its rights after fresh exchanges of fire

A contingent from Sri Lanka has joined the new international Gang Suppression Force (GSF) in Haiti, a spokesperson for the UN-backed entity said Thursday.

China and the southern United States were hit last year by some of the worst sand and dust storms in decades, the United Nations yesterday.

Meta must change Facebook’s and Instagram’s “addictive design” or face a heavy fine, the EU warned yesterday.

President Donald Trump fired on Thursday the last two federal election officials in charge of the agency that ensures accurate, secure votes ahead of midterms in November, US media reported.

Fighting paused in the Middle East yesterday after two days of deadly strikes between the United States and Iran, as Qatari negotiators travelled to Tehran in an attempt to get diplomacy back on track.

At least one million women and girls have lost access to life-saving support within the last year due to global donor aid cuts, a new United Nations report found yesterday.

Gaza’s civil defence agency and health officials said Israeli attacks killed six people across the Palestinian territory on Thursday evening.

Police in Greece yesterday said they had arrested three people in connection to attacks this month that targeted ruling party politicians, killing a woman in a car explosion.