WASHINGTON, July 24 — President Donald Trump said yesterday that the US would begin using frozen Iranian assets to pay for ships and cargo damaged by strikes in and around […]

NEW YORK, July 24 — Two people were stabbed yesterday in New York by a man who shouted “Allahu akbar” (“God is the greatest” in Arabic) during the attacks before

LÈGE-CAP-FERRET (France), July 24 — Wildfires fanned by scorching temperatures and strong winds swept through parts of Italy, France and Spain yesterday, forcing thousands of people to flee as hundreds

TEHRAN, July 24 — The United States launched a fresh wave of strikes on Iranian military targets early today, marking the thirteenth night of active combat in the region as

KHARTOUM, July 23 — In Sudan’s capital, young militiamen, some no older than 15, ride around in pickup trucks mounted with missiles: a familiar sight to civilians who remember how

TOKYO, July 23 — Tokyo recorded on Wednesday the most daily heat-related hospitalisations since 2010, emergency services said as Japan sweltered in a severe heatwave, with one person dead and

NEW DELHI, July 23 — Supporters from across India are literally feeding “cockroach” education-reform protesters camped in the capital, sending a deluge of pizzas, burgers, sandwiches and tea. As activists

BRUSSELS, July 23 — The European Union on Thursday slapped Google with fines worth 890 million euros (US$1 billion) in a move that risks escalating tensions with the United States.

MANILA, July 23 — The Philippines accused China’s coast guard of firing water cannon and using a “dangerous manoeuvre” on Thursday to block vessels bringing aid to Filipino fishermen near

MANILA, July 23 — Foreign ministers from fuel-stressed Southeast Asia will call for freedom of navigation in international straits when they wrap a week of meetings largely overshadowed by the