LONDON, March 3 - Foreign minister Yvette Cooper said on Tuesday that Britain was working with airlines on increasing capacity out of Muscat, Oman to prioritise the evacuation of vulnerable British nationals.
GENEVA, March 3 - The U.N. human rights office on Tuesday urged what it called the forces behind a deadly attack on a girls' school in Iran to investigate and share insights into the incident, without saying who it believed was responsible.
GENEVA, March 3 - At least 30,000 displaced people have sought protection in shelters in Lebanon since hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah escalated this week, the United Nations refugee agency said on Tuesday, while many more were expected to join them.
In several recent instances, AI has disrupted court proceedings in India and elsewhere.
MOSCOW, March 3 - The Bushehr nuclear power plant in Iran is under threat as a result of the escalating conflict, the head of Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom said on Tuesday, according to the RIA state news agency.
LONDON, March 3 - Britain has yet to decide whether it will send a warship to defend its Royal Air Force Akrotiri base in Cyprus, a source close to the matter said on Tuesday after the Times newspaper reported ministers had discussed such a deployment.
TOKYO/TAIPEI/SYDNEY, March 3 - Japanese lawmakers reeling from attacks on Iran by the United States and Israel gathered on Monday at the ruling party's offices in Tokyo to question bureaucrats about evacuation plans, energy stocks and the legal basis for U.S. action.
ANKARA, March 3 - Turkey is engaging with all parties to find a way to end the war in Iran and return to negotiations, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said, adding that Ankara was also in talks with Oman on the matter as the Gulf nation works for the same goal.
MOSCOW, March 3 - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday that Moscow had still seen no evidence that Iran was developing nuclear weapons as the U.S. and Israel pursue their attack.
VIENNA, March 3 - Entrances to Iran's underground and previously bombed uranium-enrichment plant at Natanz have been struck as part of the U.S.-Israeli military attacks on the country, the U.N. nuclear watchdog confirmed on Tuesday.
ANKARA, March 3 - Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said work was underway with the United States to lift sanctions imposed on Ankara before the U.S. midterm elections in November, but added Israel was opposed to the potential move.
The helicopter was carrying five people when it went down in a grassy area of a residential district in Pililla, a small town in Rizal province.
From data centres in the sky to commercial space travel, ambitions once seen as distant are becoming part of the country’s broader economic strategy.
One of the passages refers to behind-the-scenes events from the 2020 India–China border stand-off.
Yusei Kajiwara was visiting a client’s home when he allegedly commited the crime.
The conflict in the Middle East has rattled energy markets and driven up prices for crude and gas.
March 3 - A fuel tank at Oman’s Duqm commercial port was hit on Tuesday when the facility came under attack from several unmanned aircraft, the state news agency said, citing a security source, on the fourth day of U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran, which has responded by targeting
Tel Aviv, March 3 - The Israeli military has prepared for a campaign against Iran that could last several weeks but is unlikely to see the deployment of ground forces, a military spokesperson told reporters on Tuesday.
The escalating crisis tests China’s Gulf partnerships, oil security and ties with the United States, yet analysts say Beijing is more likely to recalibrate its language than its policy.
US President Donald Trump has summed up his rationale for attacking Iran fairly simply, saying, “This was our last best chance to strike.” Not known for adhering to any particular lasting strategy, Trump sees each day in the White House as an episode in a reality show in which
TEL AVIV, March 3 - The Israeli military deployed additional forces to southern Lebanon overnight, to take up what a military spokesperson on Tuesday described as defensive positions to protect Israeli civilians and strategic sites from any potential Hezbollah attack.
But as artificial intelligence tools become more sophisticated and widespread, experts warn of potential risks like deepfakes.
Authorities gave no explanation for the ousters but they come as purges of military top brass pick up pace.
The alleged plan involved using the media, publishing legal analyses questioning government measures, influencing parliamentary questions, and using the influence of international bankers to question the prime minister’s motives, the premier told Parliament.
DUBAI, March 3 - The U.S. on Tuesday ordered non-emergency government personnel and their family members to leave Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Iraq and Jordan and closed several diplomatic missions across the region as tensions with Iran escalated.
Beneath the waves of the Pacific, China is quietly building a layered undersea warfare system designed not just to contest US submarines, but to secure its nuclear deterrent and reshape the region’s strategic balance. In testimony before the US-China Economic and Security
PARIS, March 3 - French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot held a call on Monday with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi to discuss the Iran war and both agreed to work on de-escalation, Barrot's office said in a statement.
The quake rattled residents but caused no serious damage.
He said it is too early to decide on the need for a Royal Commission of Inquiry into allegations.
People argue back and forth about when artificial superintelligence will arrive. The truth is that it’s already here. Go back a hundred years, and the popular notion of “intelligence” would probably include things like calculating speed and memorization. Then we invented
Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim's reform bid faces setbacks, including a bid to cap the prime minister's term to 10 years.
Airline websites show that tickets on many popular routes are booked out for days.
The helicopter was carrying five people, including two Malaysians.
WASHINGTON, March 3 - U.S. President Donald Trump hosts German Chancellor Friedrich Merz at the White House on Tuesday for talks on sensitive topics ranging from U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran to Trump's new tariff threats and the German leader's recent visit to China.
March 3 - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he expected the war against Iran was \"not going to take years\", as the conflict widened with Israel attacking Iran-backed Hezbollah targets in Lebanon and Iran hitting Gulf states that host U.S. bases.
The move comes as Beijing escalates a sweeping purge of military officials.
KUALA LUMPUR, March 3 - Malaysia's prime minister said a suspect in an alleged plot to topple the government had engaged an international public relations firm to launch a coordinated attack aimed at undermining national institutions before the next election.
He said the plot began in August 2024 and was to run till the next general election, due by 2028.
The female stand-up comedian "stirred up gender conflicts and created anxiety over marriage and childbirth … and was banned", read a statement by Chinese social media giant Weibo.
Thai authorities accused Ben Smith and his wife of “cross-border investment fraud” dating back to 2016.
A remarkable 80% of the country's lanterns are still made by hand in one small town in Hebei Province.
The Afghan defence ministry said "the fighting is still ongoing" against Pakistani forces.
WASHINGTON/BEIJING, March 3 - The U.S. military campaign against Iran has put Chinese leader Xi Jinping on the back foot ahead of an expected summit with U.S. President Donald Trump, who for the second time in as many months has turned America's military against one of
Taiwan also condemns Iran’s recent “indiscriminate military attacks".
TAIPEI, March 3 - Taiwan supports the international community's efforts to help Iran's people pursue freedom and democracy and hopes that they can enjoy these things soon, the island's foreign ministry said on Tuesday, offering its backing to the U.S. and Israel.
Healthcare app AQ, or Afu in Chinese, now has more than 1,000 expert digital doubles.