MYANMAR’S ruling military plans to call up young people for mandatory service from April and require retired security personnel…
UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations (UN) on Tuesday warned against an Israeli ground invasion of Rafah in the…
ISRAEL is planning to expand its ground assault into the city of Rafah, where over 1 million Palestinians have…
JAKARTA — Indonesian authorities were counting votes cast on Wednesday in the world’s biggest single-day election, headlined by the…
MOSCOW/LONDON — Russian President Vladimir Putin’s suggestion of a ceasefire in Ukraine to freeze the war was rejected by…
DOHA/JERUSALEM/WASHINGTON — US President Joseph R. Biden and Jordan’s King Abdullah kept up pressure for a Gaza Strip ceasefire…
CHICAGO — A study of frozen blood samples has turned up a trove of proteins that may predict several…
BRUSSELS — The United Arab Emirates (UAE), host of last year’s COP28 climate summit, and Azerbaijan and Brazil, the…
BANGKOK — Thailand’s controversial billionaire former premier Thaksin Shinawatra has been granted parole after serving six months in detention,…