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Houthi missile hits US-owned ship off Yemen: US military
After the Western strikes against rebel targets last Friday, the Houthis said they would not be deterred and declared that US and British interests were "legitimate targets".
Former New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern weds longtime partner
She became a global icon for left-leaning politics and women in leadership as prime minister from 2017 to January last year.
More queens in store for European royalty as Gen Z rises
Belgium's Princess Elisabeth, born in 2001; Catharina-Amalia of the Netherlands (2003)...half of the hereditary monarchies on the Continent are likely to be led by a queen before too long.
Five Pakistan troops killed by blast in Balochistan
The incident happened Saturday in Kech district of the turbulent province, where the military has been fighting a low-level insurgency for decades.
Brunei’s Prince Abdul Mateen’s lavish wedding ceremony
Mateen's father is Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, the world's longest-reigning monarch and once the richest man on the planet.
Two Navy SEALs are missing after a night mission off the coast of Somalia
The SEALs were on an interdiction mission, climbing up a vessel when one got knocked off by high waves. Under their protocol, when one SEAL is overtaken the next jumps in after them.
Taiwan tells China to ‘face reality’ after election
Lai, of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), had vowed to defend the island from China's "intimidation" and on Sunday Taipei's foreign ministry told Beijing to accept the result.
Chinese FM in Egypt calls for Gaza ceasefire, Palestinian statehood
In Gaza, at least 23,968 people have been killed, the majority of them women and children, according to the health ministry in the besieged Hamas-ruled territory.
Maldives tells India to withdraw troops by March 15 as row deepens
The March deadline was set during talks with Indian officials in the Maldives on Sunday, a top aide to President Mohamed Muizzu said, honouring the leader's long-standing election pledge.
Israel detains two sisters of killed Hamas leader Aruri
The Israeli army said on Sunday it had detained the two women in the occupied West Bank "after they incited to terrorism against the state of Israel", without elaborating.
Suicide bomber in western Afghanistan targets governor’s office, wounds three guards
The IS group has carried out major assaults on schools, hospitals and mosques and also has attacked Shiite areas across the country in the last few years.
Ramaphosa rallies South Africans for votes after 30 years of ANC rule
Infighting and widespread disillusionment with ANC rule threaten to significantly erode its share of the vote and force it into a possibly uncomfortable power-sharing agreement.
Ruling party candidate opposed by China emerges victorious in Taiwan presidential election
President-elect Lai Ching-te vowed to defend the self-ruled island from Chinese "intimidation" and pledged to maintain peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait.
US struggles to sway Israel over its assault on Palestinians with Netanyahu unlikely to yield
Though the United States, as Israel's closest ally and largest weapons supplier, has stronger means to apply pressure on Israel, it shows no willingness to use them.
Gaza ministry says dozens killed in Israeli strikes on 99th day of war
Witnesses in the Gaza Strip reported Israeli bombardment in the early morning. Fewer than half of Gaza's hospitals are partly functioning, the World Health Organization says.
Turkey launches airstrikes against Kurdish militants in Iraq and Syria after nine soldiers were…
Three weeks ago, PKK-affiliated militants tried to break into a Turkish base in northern Iraq, according to Turkish officials, leaving six soldiers dead.
In a setback to Maldives President Muizzu, pro-India opposition MPD wins Male Mayoral poll
The MDP is headed by pro-India former president Mohammad Solih, who was defeated by Muizzu, a pro-China leader, in the presidential elections.
33 people, mostly children, killed in a landslide in Colombia
Images shared on social networks and on television channels showed part of a mountain detaching and crashing down onto a line of cars, while screams are heard.
US carries out fresh strike against Yemen’s Houthi rebels over rising tensions in Red Sea
The strike on a Houthi radar site came a day after US and British forces hit scores of targets across the country. Analysts said the Western strikes are unlikely to stop the rebels.
South Africa tells the UN top court Israel is committing genocide in Gaza as a landmark case begins
The two-day hearing is the public side of a landmark case, one of the most significant to be heard in an international court and which goes to the heart of one of the world's most intractable conflict