Merchants dealing in household and durable goods held a meeting and a protest yesterday against the Minister of Economy and Trade’s decision (Resoluti...

The Department of Support and Development of Medical Services (DSDMS) announced yesterday the arrival of a specialized American paediatric cardiac sur...

Macklemore says ‘being human is not complicated’ as he kicked off his Free Palestine tour on Thursday night.

Authorities warn of 'destructive winds' and urge residents to shelter as the storm passes the island's northeast.

The UN human rights chief Volker Türk says the multiple attacks may amount to war crimes.

Her husband is currently in isolation but has not developed any symptoms, Swiss officials say.

Thirty-four people are also injured in the attack in southern Karak governorate, and a manhunt is now under way.

The soldiers were killed in an attack by two Palestinian gunmen at a checkpoint outside the West Bank city on Friday morning.

Two supertankers using unauthorised Hormuz route hit naval mines, IRGC says Two supertankers struck naval mines while attempting to use an unauthorised route south of the Strait of Hormuz, Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) navy said. The ensuing explosions and intense fires left the engine rooms of both vessels disabled, leaving them stranded in the waterway, IRGC said. Fars news agency, meanwhile, cited an IRGC source as saying that Hormuz traffic by violating vessels has come to a halt, following the strikes on three oil tankers on Thursday, destruction of navigation-aid systems on the violating vessels and the destruction of another violating vessel on Thursday night. The source told Fars agency that if oil smuggling resumes, IRGC's response will be "far more forceful". IRGC Navy: Two supertankers in violation attempted to transit the off-limits southern corridor of the Strait of Hormuz. Both vessels struck a naval mine, and following explosions and intense fires, their engine rooms were disabled, leaving them stranded in place. — IRNA News Agency ☫ (@IrnaEnglish) October 23, 2026

Israeli military shells southern Lebanon towns and villages Israeli military has shelled the southern Lebanese municipality of Khiam, towns of Zawtar al-Sharqiyah and Mayfadoun, as well as the villages of Barashit, Majdal Zoun and Qantara, the official National News Agency (NNA) reported. The agency reported that Israeli artillery shelling also targeted the outskirts of the southern Lebanese town of Beit Yahoun on Friday.

US President Donald Trump on Friday said his country may launch “another little Epic Fury” on Iran, referring to the joint Israeli-American military operation that sparked the war with Iran at the end of February.

In tonight's programme, scramble to get through rubble to trapped survivors after a more than 10 storeys building being built in Nairobi goes down.  Also, Kenya says that there's been a second Ebola death. Earlier this week it had logged 9 cases so far, all traced back to its first Ebola patient who died earlier this month. And in finally the 11th edition of the iconic contemporary art festival Also known as Africa taking place in Paris, we speak to Cape Verde's artist Amadeo Carvalho.

WASHINGTON: The US Defense Department has designated Chinese-funded cultural centers on university campuses known as Confucius Institutes as a threat to US national security, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Friday. Washington has long accused Confucius Institutes of being Chinese propaganda tools and has taken steps to crack down on them. Hegseth, in a video posted on social media, alleged that Confucius Institutes were continuing to operate under disguise at American universities and tha

UNITED NATIONS: The head of the UN nuclear agency said Friday that he expects the use of nuclear power could more than triple by 2060. Rafael Grossi said in the International Atomic Energy Agency’s annual report to the UN General Assembly that this will be driven by electrification, data centers powered by artificial intelligence and “technology companies’ appetite for reliable, carbon-free power.” Nuclear energy is seen by a growing number of countries as key to improving their energy securi

Seventy years after Hungary's 1956 uprising against Soviet rule, Prime Minister Péter Magyar paid tribute to its victims as Ursula von der Leyen highlighted the importance of freedom and democracy.

A sea of purple briefs takes over Johannesburg. Men hit the streets on Friday for the Hollard Daredevil Run, raising awareness about prostate cancer, now the most commonly diagnosed cancer in South Africa.