President Donald Trump reposted a social media message on Sunday suggesting that US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, born to Cuban...
The United States could run Venezuela and tap into its oil reserves for years, President Donald Trump said in an...
Foreign ministers of several countries, including Egypt, said the talks were a "real opportunity" to achieve a comprehensive and sustainable...The diplomatic push follows Hamas's positive response to Trump's roadmap for an end to the fighting and the release of hostages in exchange for Palestinians in Israeli jails.
The White House said Trump had also sent two envoys to Egypt -- his son-in-law Jared Kushner and Middle East negotiator Steve Witkoff.
- Dhaka, Bangladesh -- Bangladesh's defense force said it has deployed warships and patrol aircraft as part of a special surveillance...
The herring-like hilsa return from the Bay of Bengal to rivers each year to lay eggs.
Bangladeshi authorities said on Saturday they had imposed a three-week ban on fishing from October 4-25 to safeguard the spawning areas.
Damascus, Syria -- Syria will select members of its first post-Assad parliament on Sunday in a process criticized as undemocratic,...more than 1,500 candidates -- just 14 percent of them women -- are running for the assembly, which will have a renewable 30-month mandate.
Sharaa is to appoint 70 representatives out of the 210-member body.
The increase was less than many analysts expected, with the cartel seeking to avoid pressuring prices amid weak demand. OPEC+...Opec+'s priority at the start of the year was to maintain prices high by limiting supply, but it changed strategy starting in April.
Since April, the V8 group -- comprising Saudi Arabia, Russia, Iraq, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Algeria and Oman -- has boosted production by 2.5 mbpd in total.
Huge numbers turned out at pro-Palestinian rallies in Europe on Saturday, calling for an immediate end to the war in...Organisers of the protest in Rome said hundreds of thousands of people had turned out for a fourth day running, after Israel intercepted the flotilla seeking to reach Gaza
Elsewhere, several thousand people marched through the centre of the Irish capital, Dublin, to mark what organisers said was "two years of genocide" in Gaza
Jerusalem, Undefined - Israel said on Saturday that it had deported 137 more activists who were detained while taking part...The Israeli foreign ministry said those deported were citizens of the United States, Italy, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Jordan and several other countries
The Global Sumud Flotilla set sail last month, ferrying politicians and activists including Swedish campaigner Greta Thunberg towards Gaza, where the United Nations says famine is
Trump's peace proposal, backed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, calls for a halt to hostilities in the nearly two-year..."President Trump's statements on the immediate cessation of Israeli bombings in the Gaza Strip are encouraging," Hamas spokesman Taher al-Nunu told AFP
"Hamas is ready to immediately begin negotiations to achieve a prisoner exchange, end the war and ensure the withdrawal of the (Israeli) army from the Gaza Strip," he added
- The Ramallah-based Palestinian Water Authority said Friday that running water would return to central Gaza after damage to supply lines...
Almost all Gazans have been displaced during the nearly two years of war, increasing the population density in central Gaza, which has been less affected by airstrikes
The repairs on the water main took time, the Water Authority said, because of military activity and the presence of Israeli forces, and had to be done in coordination with Israel
- "If this LAST CHANCE agreement is not reached, all HELL, like no one has ever seen before, will break out...
In the post, Trump said "innocent Palestinians" should evacuate an unspecified area in anticipation of a potential assault on Hamas's remaining forces.
Trump's deal calls for a ceasefire, the release of hostages within 72 hours, Hamas's disarmament and a gradual Israeli withdrawal from Gaza.
Stockholm, Sweden -- Some Nobel laureates were straight-A students from the get-go. But others AFP spoke to recounted how they...Many Nobel laureates had unconventional academic starts, including cutting classes, getting expelled, or performing poorly in their studies.
Laureates like Einstein and Frances Arnold overcame early educational struggles to achieve groundbreaking scientific recognition.
