PIA suspends use of Iranian airspace after missile attack on Israel

ISLAMABAD (WS News) – The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has instructed all its captains and flight operations to avoid Iranian airspace...

RSF ready to implement ceasefire in Sudan

CAIRO (WS News) – The head of Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces said on Thursday that the faction remained ready to...

France proposes 21-day Lebanon ceasefire in UN push with US

UNITED NATIONS (United States) (WS News) – France on Wednesday unveiled a proposal for a 21-day ceasefire in Lebanon in UN...

Israel says a ground assault on Lebanon is possible; diplomats scramble to avert war

BEIRUT (WS News) – Israel’s military chief told troops on Wednesday (Sep 25) that its heavy air strikes on Lebanon were...

Heavy rains paralyse Mumbai, at least four dead

MUMBAI (WS News) – Torrential rain lashed India’s financial capital Mumbai, triggering floods and killing at least four people as well...

Pulitzer winner Jhumpa Lahiri declines award over New York museum’s keffiyeh ban

WASHINGTON (WS News) – Pulitzer Prize winning author Jhumpa Lahiri declined to accept an award from New York City’s Noguchi Museum...

China to give one-off handouts to needy

BEIJING (WS News) – China will distribute a one-time allowance to disadvantaged people ahead of a national holiday next week, a...

Hurricane Helene may hit Florida as a ‘catastrophic’ Category 4 storm

(WS News) – Hurricane Helene is forecast to rapidly strengthen and could hit Florida on Thursday as a Category 4 storm,...

Russia launches overnight drone strike on Kyiv

KYIV (WS News) – Russia unleashed an overnight drone strike on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on Thursday, causing damage to civilian...

North Korea may be able to produce a double-digit number of nuclear weapons, MP says

SEOUL (WS News) – North Korea has enough plutonium and uranium to produce at least a double-digit number of nuclear weapons,...