The United States has imposed sanctions on companies and vessels that are allegedly engaged in trading and transporting Iranian oil, in order to punish Tehran for its recent missile attack on military sites in Israel. The US Treasury and State Department announced the sanctions on

Israeli attacks and injury of UNIFIL peacekeepers in southern Lebanon over the past two days have been condemned as “unjustifiable” by France, Italy, Spain and other countries. At least 22 people were killed in an Israeli strike on the Jabalia refugee camp in north Gaza

US President Joe Biden has said he is "absolutely, positively" urging Israel to stop firing at UN peacekeepers during its conflict with Hezbollah in Lebanon, following two incidents in 48 hours. On Friday, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said its troops were responsible for

At least 12 coaches of Bagmati Express, a superfast train from Mysuru to Darbhanga in Bihar, derailed after colliding with a stationary goods train at Kavaraipettai, around 42 km from Chennai, Friday evening. No casualties were reported as per railway officials. Seven to eight

Russia said Friday its forces had captured the frontline villages of Zhelanne Druge and Ostrivske in east Ukraine, the latest in a string of territorial gains for Moscow. “The settlements of Zhelannoye Vtoroye and Ostrovskoye were liberated,” the Russian defense ministry

This year’s Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Japanese organisation Nihon Hidankyo of survivors of the World War II atomic bombings. “This grassroots movement of atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki, also known as Hibakusha, is receiving the Peace Prize for

Germany will supply more weapons to Israel soon, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Thursday, after a significant drop in deliveries this year prompted opposition accusations that Berlin deliberately delayed the exports. “We have not decided not to supply weapons. We have supplied

At least 22 people have been killed and 117 others wounded in Israeli air strikes on two densely-populated areas of central Beirut. The air raids in the centre of the Lebanese capital apparently targeted two residential buildings in separate neighbourhoods simultaneously, that the

At least four people were confirmed killed as a result of two tornadoes triggered by Hurricane Milton on the east coast of the US state of Florida, local authorities said Thursday. In a statement on its website, St. Lucie County confirmed "four fatalities as a result of these

After three days of Nobel prizes honouring work in the sciences, the Literature award has been announced by the Nobel Committee at the Swedish Academy. South Korean author Han Kang has won this year's Nobel Prize for Literature “for her intense poetic prose that confronts

US Vice President Kamala Harris has pulled in more than $1bn in fundraising since becoming her party’s presidential nominee in July, according to US media reports. While the Harris campaign has yet to disclose the exact total, several sources familiar with the figures, cited by

Bolivia has formally joined South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), according to the court in The Hague. The South American nation filed an application on Tuesday to intervene in the case, which accuses Israel of perpetrating

A Turkish Airlines pilot died after collapsing mid-flight, forcing the Turkish national carrier to make an emergency landing in New York, the airline said on Wednesday. The plane had taken off from the western US coastal city of Seattle on Tuesday evening, airline spokesman Yahya Ustun

A group of Sub-Saharan African men are playing bingo in a conference room of a hotel near the northern Spanish city of León. They laugh and celebrate when their numbers are called out, but many of these asylum seekers have harrowing stories. Among them is Michael, who fled

Two civilians have been killed and several others wounded after the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah fired at least 150 rockets into northern Israel. Paramedics said a man and a woman in their 40s were fatally wounded by shrapnel in the border town of Kiryat Shmona. They were a couple

Hurricane Milton has made landfall in Florida, with US officials warning that "life-threatening storm surge, extreme winds and flash flooding" are occurring in central parts of the southern state. The "extremely dangerous" category three hurricane is one of the most

The Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act or AFSPA was extended in four districts of Assam for six months in view of the "recent disturbances" in Bangladesh and its potentially inimical effect on the internal law and order situation, according to a notification issued on Tuesday.

Russian attacks on Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-biggest city, have killed at least two people and injured more than 30, including a teenager. Russian forces dropped about four guided bombs on the northeastern city, about 30km (18 miles) from the border with Russia, on Tuesday

Florida residents are rushing to finish emergency preparations - or just leave - as Hurricane Milton races toward landfall on the heavily-populated Tampa Bay. Milton is currently a category five storm, packing ferocious winds of up to 165mph (270km/h). It is expected to hit with full

Israel's prime minister has made a direct appeal to urge the Lebanese people to throw out Hezbollah and avoid "destruction and suffering like we see in Gaza". Benjamin Netanyahu's appeal on Tuesday came as Israel expanded its ground invasion against Hezbollah by