Says Kremlin as West-made missiles hits Russia; US, some Nato allies ‘shut embassies’ in Kyiv fearing retaliation

Chinese President Xi Jinping yesterday called for a ceasefire in Gaza, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported

Twenty-five countries at the COP29 climate summit yesterday pledged not to build any new unabated coal-power plants, in a push to accelerate the phase-out of the highly polluting fossil fuel.

Demographic shifts, worsening climate change and rapid technological transformation risk creating a bleak future for youth in the mid-21st century, the United Nations agency for children warned Tuesday in an annual report.

A court in Pakistan has granted bail to jailed former prime minister Imran Khan in a case relating to the illegal sale of state gifts

The Pakistani Taliban Hafiz Gul Bahadur armed group claimed responsibility for the attack

Putin previously gifted Kim 24 purebred horses, known to be Kim's favourite, while Kim sent Putin a pair of local dogs

The 76-year-old has been in prison for almost four years and faces the possibility of spending the rest of his life there.

Now, she is the latest athlete to become a casualty of Israeli strikes, which already forced the Lebanese Football Association to postpone all domestic football competitions indefinitely.

Moscow has reacted furiously to a decision by US President Joe Biden to change policy on Ukraine and allow Kyiv to use US-supplied long-range missiles to strike Russian territory for the first time.

The latest draft of the resolution demands "an immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire" in the war between Israel and Hamas and "the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages."

In October, the ministry announced the commission had identified 400 books "that conflicted with Islamic and Afghan values, most of which have been collected from the markets".

Decades of sporadic conflict between the military and ethnic rebel groups have left the Southeast Asian country littered with deadly landmines and munitions.

A 93-page report from the New York-based group describes how Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has asserted control over the Public Investment Fund (PIF), which now manages assets worth around $925 billion compared with $84 billion a decade ago.

Eight soldiers were killed and seven police officers kidnapped in separate attacks in northwest Pakistan, police and intelligence officials told AFP yesterday.

Two telecommunications cables cut in the Baltic Sea in 48 hours have prompted Nordic and German officials to say they suspect “sabotage” and “hybrid warfare” stemming from Russia.

India will deploy an extra 5,000 paramilitary troops to quell unrest in Manipur, authorities said yesterday, a week after 16 people were killed in fresh clashes in the troubled state.

Negotiators yesterday sought to break a deadlock at UN climate talks after G20 leaders backed the need for “trillions” of dollars for poorer countries but left key sticking points unresolved.

Over 200 children have been killed and 1,100 injured in Lebanon in the past two months, a spokesperson for the UN children’s agency (Unicef) said yesterday.

Foreign Ministers of India and China today deliberated on the next steps, including resumption of data-sharing on trans-border rivers, to further normalise bilateral ties in the first high-level engagement since the militaries of the two countries disengaged from Demchok and Depsang along their unresolved border in eastern Ladakh