People stand near the razed house of Kashmiri militant Ahsan Ul Haq Sheikh’s family house in Murran area of Pulwama district on April 26, 2025. Bilal Kuchay/NPR hide caption toggle caption Bilal Kuchay/NPR PULWAMA, India — Indian authorities have detained…
Soaring prices of basic foodstuffs, diminishing stocks of medical supplies and sharp cuts to aid distribution threaten newly catastrophic conditions across Gaza, Palestinians and international aid officials in the battered territory are warning. Humanitarian organisations including the World Food Programme…
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — For nearly 60 days, no food, fuel, medicine or other item has entered the Gaza Strip, blocked by Israel. Aid groups are running out of food to distribute. Markets are nearly bare. Palestinian families…
Archibald Gracie wrote a letter from aboard the Titanic five days before it sank. It has sold at auction for the equivalent of $399,000. Henry Aldridge & Son/via AP hide caption toggle caption Henry Aldridge & Son/via AP When first-class…
MUSCAT, Oman (AP) — A massive explosion and fire rocked a port Saturday in southern Iran purportedly linked to a shipment of a chemical ingredient used to make missile propellant, killing 14 people and injuring around 750 others. Helicopters and…
Vatican Radio – Vatican News will provide live coverage of the funeral of Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Square, followed by the procession through the streets of Rome to the Basilica of Saint Mary Major, offering broadcasts in 15 languages,…
Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday named a veteran aide and confidant as his new vice-president. It’s a major step by the ageing leader to designate a successor. The appointment of Hussein al-Sheikh as vice-president of the Palestine Liberation Organisation…
CNN — At least 14 people have been killed and 750 injured in a huge explosion at the port of Bandar Abbas in southwestern Iran, according to official Iranian media citing the country’s interior ministry. The explosion sent a huge…
EPA Russia’s army chief made the claims in a video meeting with President Vladimir Putin Russia’s military says it has regained full control of the country’s western Kursk region – a claim denied by Ukraine. Top Russian commander Valery Gerasimov…
A third round of talks between Iran and the United States over Tehran’s nuclear activities concluded Saturday after several hours of negotiations, partly in writing, between senior officials and teams of technical experts from both sides. Abbas Araghchi, Iran’s foreign…