The military's Central Command announced the strikes were complete about four hours after they began shortly after midnight in Tehran

Sri Lanka’s public security minister told parliament yesterday the nation’s ex-intelligence chief directed the 2019 Easter Sunday attack, in the first official statement linking him directly to the bombings that killed 279 people.

US President Donald Trump yesterday said Iran had taken too long to negotiate a deal and would now “have to pay the price”, while Tehran said it would reassess diplomatic engagement with Washington after overnight tit-for-tat strikes.

The United Nations said yesterday a boy was shot dead during a women’s rights rally in Afghanistan’s Herat city a day earlier, when witnesses told AFP security forces dispersed protesters with live fire.

Discussions between Palestinian factions and mediators in Cairo aimed at reaching a permanent end to the war in Gaza have stalled over the pivotal question of disarming the territory and Hamas, Palestinian sources told AFP yesterday.

Says because peace talks have failed to make progress, he is getting closer to targeting Iran's power plants and bridges

An Mi-17 helicopter of Pakistan Army Aviation crashed near Muzaffarabad today

Several other high-profile figures have also appeared before the committee

Residents face water shortages amid temperatures of up to 50°C

Probe found widespread failures in fire safety measures

More than 10 gunmen reportedly involved in the assault

The 7.8-magnitude tremor just off the coast of Mindanao on Monday brought down buildings, triggered landslides and set off tsunami warnings across a swathe of the southern island

All 94 municipal elementary and junior high schools have been temporarily closed since Monday and will remain closed through Wednesday

China's president made a rare visit to diplomatically isolated North Korea on Monday after hosting a series of world leaders, including US President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin, in Beijing.

The Epstein files include a 2013 draft email in which the financier appeared to suggest he had helped Gates manage the fallout from extramarital affairs

Afghan officials say children, woman and elderly man among dead

Iranian media reported at least two series of explosions along Iran's southern coast near the Strait of Hormuz.

Accounts include rape, other forms of sexual violence under custody

Overall trade gap narrowed to $55.9bn, says its commerce department

The world saw the highest number of state conflicts since the Second World War in 2025, a Norwegian study said yesterday, warning of a surge in attacks targeting civilians.