A Palestinian man sits on the rubble at the site of a residential building targeted overnight by an Israeli strike, following a warning from the Israeli military to evacuate, in Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, on May 24, 2026. | Photo Credit: AFP A pre-dawn Israeli airstrike killed three members of a Palestinian…
U.S. President Donald Trump. File | Photo Credit: AP U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday (May 24, 2026) that he had told U.S. negotiators “not to rush into a deal” with Iran, amid anticipation — and mounting criticism — of an agreement to end the war in the Middle East. Follow the Iran-Israel war…
Officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo updated the death toll from the Ebola outbreak to 204 late Saturday, hours after the Red Cross said three volunteers had died there and Uganda confirmed three new Ebola cases. A Health Ministry statement said 204 deaths had been recorded in three provinces of the vast central African…
Turkish riot police enter the headquarters of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) to evict its ousted leadership, after authorities ordered enforcement of a court ruling removing the party’s leadership from the building, in Ankara, Turkiye, on May 24, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Turkish riot police fired tear gas and forced their way…
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian meets with the Chief of Defence Forces of Pakistan, Field Marshal Asim Munir, in Tehran, May 23, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Iran’s Ambassador to Pakistan, Reza Amiri Moghadam, said on Sunday (May 24, 2026) that a “positive stride” was taking place, apparently towards a peace deal between his country and…
Demonstrators protest against the high cost of living, in Madrid, Spain. | Photo Credit: Reuters Thousands of people rallied in central Madrid on Sunday (May 24, 2026) against spiralling housing costs that have priced many Spaniards out of the housing market despite a recent economic boom, particularly in cities such as the capital and Barcelona….
Rescuers work at the site following a gas explosion at Liushenyu coal mine in Qinyuan county, Shanxi province, China on May 23, 2026. Photo: cnsphoto via Reuters The chaos in the aftermath of China’s worst mine disaster in 17 years led to a revision in the death toll to 82 killed, local officials said at…
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Sunday (May 24, 2026) described the United States as a “welcoming country” and termed the racist comments made against Indians as the actions of “stupid” people. Addressing a joint press conference with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar in New Delhi, Mr. Rubio stated that he takes such comments…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Sunday (May 24, 2026) that Russia used the powerful hypersonic Oreshnik ballistic missile during a mass drone and missile attack on Kyiv on Sunday (May 24), which killed at least two people, marking the third time the weapon has been used in the four-year war. The intense aerial assault…
A view of the Iran Embassy in New Delhi. File | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar The Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in India on Sunday (May 24, 2026), rejected the recent remarks made by the U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and emphasised that such allegations constitute a clear attempt to distort…