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Lebanon says 3,213 dead since March 2 as Hezbollah drone attacks kill 11 Israeli soldiers Smoke billows following an Israeli strike in Nabatieh, Lebanon May 26, 2026. REUTERS The Israeli military has expanded its ground operations in southern Lebanon beyond a demarcation line that Israel set up several kilometres inside Lebanese territory after an April … Read more
‘The Legend of Maula Jatt’ rakes in $14,739 in opening week on Chinese box office A poster of ‘The Legend of Maula Jatt’ bearing comments by Chinese moviegoers. Photo: CGTN To coincide with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s China visit as the two countries mark the 75th anniversary of diplomatic relations, Pakistan’s highest-grossing film ‘The Legend … Read more
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar on Tuesday called for restraint and de-escalation in the Middle East, warning the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) that another prolonged conflict would endanger regional peace and further strain the fragile international order. Dar arrived in New York on Tuesday to participate in a high-level UNSC debate … Read more
PM says ‘unthinkable for a country like France not to respond using the tools of the rule of law’ Italian activists from the Gaza-bound Global Sumud Flotilla, detained by Israeli forces after their vessels were intercepted in international waters in the Mediterranean, gesture upon arrival at Fiumicino Airport, in Fiumicino, Italy, May 21, 2026. REUTERS … Read more
The country has always stood apart from the continent. Then President Trump started threatening Greenland.
Jungkook, Jin, Jimin, RM, J-Hope, V and Suga of BTS accept the Artist of the Year award onstage at the 52nd American Music Awards in Las Vegas. Photo: REUTERS LAS VEGAS: BTS completed a triumphant return to the global spotlight on Monday night, winning Artist of the Year at the 52nd American Music Awards in … Read more
Supreme leader invites all Islamic countries to friendship; Tehran claims downing US drone TEHRAN/ WASHINGTON/TEHRAN: Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei on Tuesday issued a sweeping call for regional realignment, inviting “all Islamic countries to friendship and cooperation” while urging Middle Eastern states to stop hosting foreign military bases, as tensions escalated sharply over renewed … Read more
Casts himself as more energetic and fitter than his Democratic predecessor Joe Biden US President Donald Trump. Photo: Reuters US President Donald Trump, who turns 80 next month, said “everything checked out perfectly” after having his physical on Tuesday at Walter Reed National Military Medical Centre, following a year of public attention on apparently minor … Read more
[He wrote 31 books, often drawing on his experiences as a pro football publicist, a foreign correspondent and a gun-toting spokesman for the N.Y.P.D.
Pope Leo XIV’s spiritual message on artificial intelligence arrived as Silicon Valley’s A.I. enthusiasts pursue their own spirituality through technology.