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REYKJAVIK: Halla Tomasdottir, an entrepreneur, has won Iceland's presidential election and will take over the mostly ceremonial role from incumbent Gudni Johannesson. Tomasdottir, 55,…

MEXICO CITY: Ruling party candidate Claudia Sheinbaum won Mexico's presidential election and has been elected as the country’s first female president. The victory for Sheinbaum is a major…

LJUBLJANA: Slovenia's government agreed on Thursday to recognize the state of Palestine, following in the footsteps of Spain, Norway and Ireland in a push for Middle East peace. "Today…

WASHINGTON: A New York City hospital fired a Palestinian American Muslim nurse after she called Israel's war in Gaza a "genocide" during an acceptance speech for an award for her work with…

NEW YORK: The United States boycotted a United Nations tribute to Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on Thursday because it said he was "involved in numerous, horrific human rights abuses" and…

NEW YORK: Donald Trump became the first U.S. president to be convicted of a crime when a New York jury found him guilty of falsifying documents to cover up a payment to silence an adult…

BENGALURU: India's Agnikul Cosmos launched its Agnibaan rocket for the first time on Thursday, powered by the only Indian rocket engine to use both gas and liquid fuel in the country's…

JERUSALEM: Israeli forces have taken control of a buffer zone along the border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt, the country's military said on Wednesday, giving Israel effective authority…

LONDON: Britain’s Labour party has ousted its candidate in days after she launched her campaign allegedly for liking a tweet that was critical of Israel. Faiza Shaheen said the Labour…

SEOUL: South Korea accused North Korea on Wednesday of sending a large number of balloons across their heavily fortified border to drop objects including trash and excrement, calling the act…

MEXICO CITY: Rioters set fire to the Israeli Embassy in Mexico on Tuesday during a protest against the Israeli military operation in the southern Gazan city of Rafah. Masked protesters…

‘Dangal’ and ‘Secret Superstar’ star Zaira Wasim announced that her father has passed away. The actor's dad, Zahid Wasim, was once seen accompanying her for a film event a few years ago.…

NEW YORK: Pakistan and Saint Lucia, an island country of the West Indies in the eastern Caribbean, formalized their diplomatic relations in simple ceremony held at the Pakistan Mission to…

JERUSALEM: Israeli military tanks shelled a tent camp west of Rafah on Tuesday after killing at least 21 people there, Gaza health authorities said, in an area Israel has designated a…

BEIJING: The State Council announced the appointment of Hua Chunying as China’s vice foreign minister. Hua was born in 1970 and graduated from Nanjing University. She has worked in the…