JERUSALEM - Israel imposed a total siege on the Gaza Strip Monday and cut off the water supply as it kept bombing targets in the Palestinian enclave in response to the Hamas surprise assault it has likened to the 9/11 attacks. Reeling from the Islamist group's unprecedented ground, air and sea...
By Ren Ping Economic globalization makes the world economy a whole, where countries are interconnected and interdependent. No country can achieve modernization solely relying on itself and in a closed environment. Strengthening connectivity is essential for common development. Rooted in the...
SINGAPORE, Singapore - Families of death row convicts urged the Singapore government Monday to impose a moratorium on capital punishment to allow for an independent review of the controversial use of executions in the city-state. Five families called for a meeting with Singapore's law and home...
YAOUNDE, Cameroon - At least 27 people have been killed after heavy rains caused a section of a hillside covered in precariously built houses to collapse in Cameroon's capital Yaounde. Rescuers were still searching for victims on Monday after the landslide happened in the district of Mbankolo,...
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran on Monday rejected as unfounded allegations it had a role in the massive assault on Israel by the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas. "The accusations linked to an Iranian role... are based on political reasons," foreign ministry spokesman Nasser Kanani told reporters. The...
BRUSSELS, Belgium - The EU has halted development aid payments to the Palestinians and is placing 691 million euros ($728 million) of support "under review" after the Hamas assault on Israel, Brussels said Monday. "The scale of terror and brutality against Israel and its people is a turning...
TOKYO, Japan -- Japan issued a tsunami advisory for some coastal regions early Monday following a series of shallow earthquakes in the Izu islands in the Pacific Ocean but there were no immediate reports of damage from the minor waves generated, seismologists said. Tsunami waves of 60 centimetres...
Heavy rain clouds are seen over Central district as Hong Kong hoisted typhoon signal no 8 around noon on October 8, 2023 as typhoon Koinu skirted by after the financial hub was affected again by a super typhoon and historic rainstorm last month. (Photo by Peter PARKS / AFP) HONG KONG, China --...
GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories -- The International Committee of the Red Cross said a humanitarian convoy carrying lifesaving medical supplies came under fire in Gaza City on Tuesday. The convoy of five trucks and two Red Cross vehicles was carrying supplies to health facilities, including to...
PARIS, France -- Israel is organising showings for media around the world of a film depicting Hamas' October 7 massacre of hundreds of Israeli citizens, assembling raw footage sourced from victims and perpetrators alike. The harrowing 44-minute montage has already been shown at the UN in New York...
KYIV, Ukraine -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky vowed on Tuesday that his country would "be in the European Union", on the eve of the publication of a report on Kyiv's progress as a candidate country. "Tomorrow is an important day", he said in his daily address to the nation, describing the...
TACLOBAN, Philippines -- Survivors of Super Typhoon Haiyan will hold prayers and light candles in the Philippines on Wednesday to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the storm that left more than 7,000 people dead or missing. Motorists speed past Yolanda (Haiyan) memorial monument showing...
