DOHA, Aug 13 — Qatar Charity (QC) has delivered 21,500 food parcels via 39 convoys to the Gaza Strip, Xinhua quoted the Qatar News Agency report yesterday.

SINGAPORE, Aug 13 — A study released yesterday using data from Nasa’s Mars InSight lander shows evidence of liquid water far below the surface of the fourth planet, advancing the search for life there and showing what might have happened to Mars' ancient oceans.

SINGAPORE, Aug 13 — Singapore's economy grew 2.9 per cent in the April to June quarter from a year earlier, matching the official advance estimate and above market expectations, government data showed today.

LONDON, Aug 13 — Global sales of fully electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles rose by a yearly 21 per cent in July, thanks to China's strongest growth this year and despite dropping demand in Europe, market research firm Rho Motion said yesterday.

LONDON, Aug 13 — A man has been arrested after an 11-year-old girl and 34-year-old woman were stabbed in London’s famous Leicester Square, reported the German news agency (dpa).

BRUSSELS, Aug 12 — Social media platform X today was the target of complaints in nine European Union countries over artificial intelligence (AI) company xAI allegedly collecting personal data without users’ consent, Anadolu Agency reported.

JAKARTA, Aug 12 — Indonesia President Joko Widodo held his first cabinet meeting in his planned new capital Nusantara today, as the outgoing leader seeks to reassure investors his US$32 billion (RM142.3 billion) megaproject stays on track before he steps down in October.

PARIS, Aug 12 — The United States topped the medals table at the Paris Olympics with 40 golds after the final title was decided on Sunday, finishing above China only by virtue of their 44 silvers.

PARIS, Aug 12 — Movie star Tom Cruise rappelled from the roof of France's national stadium and received the Olympic flag, bringing a heavy dose of Hollywood to the closing ceremony of the Paris Games as the French capital handed over to the next host Los Angeles.

BEIJING, Aug 11 — China supports Iran in defending its "sovereignty, security and national dignity", Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told Iran's acting Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani in a phone call today, according to a statement by China's Foreign Ministry.

MANILA, Aug 11 — Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr has condemned the Chinese air force's actions in waters of the South China Sea claimed by both countries, calling the actions "unjustified, illegal and reckless".

CAIRO, Aug 11 — An Israeli airstrike on a Gaza City school compound housing displaced Palestinian families killed around 100 people, the Gaza Civil Emergency Service said yesterday, while Israel said the toll was inflated and 19 militants were among the dead.

MANILA, Aug 11 — The Philippines and China traded accusations yesterday following an encounter between their aircraft over a contested area of the South China Sea.

DHAKA, Aug 10 — Bangladesh’s chief justice and central bank governor have resigned, officials said on Saturday, as student protests that forced Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to flee have widened to target more officials appointed during her time in office.

BANGKOK, Aug 10 — A drone attack on Rohingya fleeing Myanmar killed many dozens of people, including families with children, several witnesses said, describing survivors wandering between piles of bodies to identify dead and injured relatives.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 10 — United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini reiterated that schools, UN facilities, and civilian infrastructure must never be targeted in attacks.

VINHEDO, Brazil, Aug 10 — Brazilian civil defence teams worked through the night removing the remains of passengers on a plane that crashed on Friday near Sao Paulo, killing all 62 people on board.

ISTANBUL, Aug 10 — At least 100 Palestinians were killed early Saturday when the Israeli military bombed the Al-Taba'een school in the Al-Daraj neighbourhood in eastern Gaza City, Anadolu Agency (AA) reported.

PARIS, Aug 10 — Imane Khelif won the gold medal in the women’s welterweight boxing in front of a roaring crowd that rallied round the Algerian who has been at the centre of a gender eligibility dispute.

RAMALLAH, Aug 10 — Official Palestinian Media on Friday (August 9) mourned Palestine Voice Radio correspondent Tamim Muammar, who was killed along with a large number of his family in an Israeli airstrike on their house in Khan Younis, the Palestinian news agency (Wafa) reported.