CANBERRA, July 30 — More than 200,000 Australians who failed to cast their mandatory votes in the 2025 general election have paid fines, according to the electoral commission, reported Xinhua. […]

KUMAMOTO, July 30 — Twenty-five cats stuck inside a shopping mall in Japan gutted in an explosion after a major earthquake have been rescued, the operator said today, triggering huge

ISLAMABAD, July 30 — Mediator Pakistan confirmed today that negotiations between the United States and Iran were “ongoing” during a flare-up in fighting across the Middle East. “Negotiations between parties

MADRID, July 30 — Wildfires threatening areas near Madrid have stopped spreading and there are “almost no flames”, Spanish authorities said today. “Night-time weather conditions have made it possible… to

KOLKATA, July 30 — India’s West Bengal state will bring back eggs to free school meals after a backlash against a decision by its Hindu nationalist government to replace them

SYDNEY, July 30 — Australia’s cyber safety watchdog took court action today against Telegram, alleging the global messaging platform had failed to remove terrorism material. Under Australia’s online safety law,

TEHRAN, July 30 — Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said today that two oil tankers attempting to transit the Strait of Hormuz with US support turned back after one of them caught

LONDON, July 30 — A Norwegian teenager was found guilty yesterday in the UK of conspiring to commit murder for Sweden’s most notorious criminal network, whose founder has reported links

KUMAMOTO, July 30 — Japanese emergency workers battled today to rescue any remaining survivors from a devastated shopping mall, as the death toll from a major earthquake hit 30 and

KUMAMOTO, July 30 — Up to 23 people were feared dead today after a major earthquake in Japan, with four bodies now pulled out from the tangled wreckage of a