Striking Boeing workers have rejected a new offer from the plane-making giant, which included a 35% pay rise over four years. The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) union said 64% of its members voted against the proposed deal. More than 30,000 of

Hezbollah confirmed on Wednesday that Israel killed Hashem Safieddine, the apparent successor of its slain leader Hassan Nasrallah, in a strike, without saying when or where it happened. The announcement came a day after Israel said he was killed along with other Hezbollah leaders in

Billionaire Elon Musk’s America PAC has been warned by the Justice Department that its $1 million daily giveaways to registered voters may violate federal law, US media reported Wednesday. Musk, the world’s richest man, announced the contest on Saturday in Pennsylvania, one

Chinese President Xi Jinping told Russia’s Vladimir Putin that the international situation was gripped by chaos but that Beijing’s strategic partnership with Moscow was a force for stability amid the most significant changes seen in a century. “At present, the world

Richer countries must put more money on the table to support the world's developing and emerging market economies tackle climate and development challenges, or risk undoing recent progress, the G24 group of nations said Tuesday. "The global community is falling short of

The Israeli military say they killed the cleric tipped to succeed the late Hezbollah leader, Hassan Nasrallah, in an air strike nearly three weeks ago. Hashem Safieddine died in air strikes on the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital, Beirut, according to the Israel Defense Forces

Kamala Harris said Tuesday that America is “absolutely” ready to elect its first woman president but downplayed her historic bid, saying she simply wants to turn the page for a nation “exhausted” by Donald Trump. With two weeks to Election Day, Harris and Trump

Washington state authorities said on Monday that five people were killed in a shooting at a home near Seattle and that a 15-year-old boy is in custody for the killings. Three children and two adults were killed, the King County Sheriff’s department said in a statement. A girl who

Two dozen world leaders are gathering in Russia on Tuesday for the opening of a summit of the BRICS group, an alliance of emerging economies that the Kremlin hopes will challenge Western “hegemony.” The summit is the biggest such meeting in Russia since it ordered troops

Questions have been raised about the legality of cash incentives offered by tech billionaire Elon Musk to swing-state voters who sign his petition before the US election on 5 November. The petition was created by Mr Musk’s campaign group America PAC, which was set up to support

Donald Trump is narrowly leading Kamala Harris among Arab Americans as the race for president of the United States enters the final stretch, a new poll suggests, the latest sign that the war in Gaza is costing Democrats support among voters with outsized influence in a key battleground

South Korea has summoned the Russian ambassador, seeking the "immediate withdrawal" of North Korean troops which it says are being trained to fight in Ukraine. About 1,500 North Korean soldiers, including those from the special forces, have already arrived in Russia,

India and China have agreed on patrolling arrangements to de-escalate tensions along a disputed Himalayan border which has seen deadly hand-to-hand clashes in recent years, India’s top diplomat has said. Vikram Misri said on Monday the two sides have agreed on

King Charles faced shouts of "you are not my King" from an independent senator just after he finished an address at Australia's Parliament House on the second official day of his engagements in the country. Lidia Thorpe interrupted the ceremony in the capital city of

Former military general Prabowo Subianto has been sworn in as Indonesia's president, as he announced the country's largest cabinet since the 1960s. The 73-year-old, who had been dogged by allegations of human rights abuse for decades, was inagurated on Sunday as the

Oscar intensified into a Category 1 hurricane on Saturday afternoon just hours after it had formed as the 15th named storm of this year’s Atlantic hurricane season, and the second in less than a day. It had grown a bit stronger and was expected to bring heavy rain to the Caribbean

The US is investigating a leak of highly classified US intelligence about Israel’s plans for retaliation against Iran, according to three people familiar with the matter. One of the people familiar confirmed the documents’ authenticity. The leak is “deeply

Israeli strikes have killed at least 73 people, including women and children, in the city of Beit Lahia in northern Gaza, the strip's Hamas-run authorities say. Dozens of others are injured and many are still trapped under the rubble after the bombing late on Saturday night,

A boat loaded with more than 100 Rohingya refugees was spotted off Indonesia’s westernmost province with at least one dead body seen on board, local officials said Saturday. The mostly Muslim ethnic Rohingya are heavily persecuted in Myanmar, and thousands risk their lives each

Many of Hamas's top leaders have been killed since the group's attack on Israel on 7 October 2023, dealing it a severe blow. Here's what has happened to Hamas's most prominent figures: Yahya Sinwar Yahya Sinwar was the architect of the 7 October attacks, in which