International

AFP/APP Washington: The US Department of Education said Tuesday its was slashing staff numbers by almost half, as President Donald Trump presses ahead with reshaping the federal government. The move appears to be the opening gambit in…

AFP/APP Tehran: Iran said Monday it would not negotiate under "intimidation", after US President Donald Trump sought to ratchet up pressure on Tehran by ending a sanctions waiver that had allowed Iraq to buy electricity from its…

AFP/APP Ottawa: Voting closed Sunday in the race to lead Canada's Liberal Party, with a former central banker and political novice favored to replace Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Mark Carney, who served as the governor of the Bank…

AFP/APP Australia: Torrential rain from the remnants of Cyclone Alfred flooded swathes of Australia's east coast on Monday, as workers battled to restore power to more than 200,000 homes and businesses. Even as the weather system…

APP Beijing: The Chinese Defense Ministry announced on Sunday that China will soon hold a joint naval exercise with Iran and Russia near Iran, with the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy sending a destroyer and a replenishment…

AFP/APP Washington: Since Donald Trump's election, many ordinary voters have been desperate for an effective resistance to his aggressive drive to downsize the US government and recalibrate its foreign policy. But they are bristling…

AFP/APP Washington: Could support for Ukraine have survived the bitter and increasingly polarized politics of Washington? When Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky made Washington his first foreign destination after Russia invaded…

AFP/APP Sydney: Torrential rain and powerful gusts have plunged more than 300,000 properties into darkness and inundated parts of Australia's east coast, officials said Sunday. One driver has been confirmed dead, and a dozen soldiers…

AFP/APP Palestine: Hamas reiterated on Sunday its insistence on moving directly into negotiating a second phase of the Gaza truce, as Israel announced it would dispatch a delegation to Doha for further talks. Representatives of the…

Rehan Khan Makkah: The second edition of the international conference, Building Bridges between Islamic Schools of Thought, commenced in Makkah under the patronage of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al…