Police tape is seen as Secret Service and police block streets around the White House, on Saturday, May 23, 2026, in Washington. | Photo Credit: AP A person who approached a White House security checkpoint and began firing at officers has died, according to federal officials. The U.S. Secret Service said in a statement late…
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif with U.S. President Donald Trump and Army Chief and Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir. File | Photo Credit: AFP Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday (May 24, 2026) praised Donald Trump for his diplomatic efforts aimed at promoting peace and stability in West Asia, underlining that the U.S. President held…
The United States works with many countries at a “tactical” level, but those relations will not disturb the strategic partnership with India, said U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio in New Delhi on Sunday (May 24). Addressing a joint press conference at the Hyderabad House lawns, Mr. Rubio said the idea of a “free and…
Smoke rises after an Iranian drone was intercepted over the Bahrain Financial Harbour towers, which house the Israeli Embassy, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Manama, Bahrain, March 6, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters A Bahraini court sentenced nine defendants to life in prison and two others to three years in jail for collaborating…
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….