BEIJING, Feb.

MANILA, Feb.

HANOI, Feb.

GAZA, Feb 26 — Israel's relentless bombardment and total siege of the Gaza Strip have worsened the hunger crisis there to a point where Gazan residents have been forced to slaughter horses, eat grass and livestock bran.

THE HAGUE, Feb 26 — As the one-month deadline for Israel to act to prevent possible genocide in Gaza — as ordered by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) — draws to an end, Tel Aviv is expected on Monday to submit its report on the measures it has taken.

GAZA, Feb 25 — Israeli occupation forces committed seven massacres against families in the Gaza Strip during the past 24 hours, resulting in 86 documented Palestinian fatalities and 131 others wounded, according to medical sources.

BETHLEHEM (Palestine), Feb 25 — Israeli occupation forces on Sunday shut down the Container military checkpoint which straddles the only road connecting the southern regions of the occupied West Bank with the central and northern regions of the territory.

MOSCOW, Feb.

TEHRAN, Feb 25 — Iran’s Minister of Culture and Islamic Culture Mohammad Mehdi Esmaili has called for the establishment of a specialised mechanism at the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to precisely document crimes committed by the Israeli regime against Palestinians.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb.

ISTANBUL, Feb 25 — The Extraordinary Session of the Islamic Conference of Information Ministers (ICIM) kicked off today to discuss joint efforts to confront the Israeli occupying authority’s disinformation and hostilities against journalists and media outlets in the occupied Palestian territory.

BERLIN, Feb 24 — Germany has joined the small group of countries and jurisdictions which have legalised cannabis when the Bundestag passed a law yesterday allowing individuals and voluntary associations to grow and hold limited quantities of the drug.

JAKARTA, Feb 24 — Indonesia and Australia hope to sign a "very significant" defence cooperation agreement within the next few months, Australian Defence Minister Richard Marles said yesterday after meeting his counterpart in Jakarta.

NEW YORK, Feb 24 — Shares of Lotus Technology closed up two per cent in their Nasdaq debut yesterday, recouping earlier losses, after the luxury electric car maker completed its merger with a blank-check acquisition company backed by private equity firm L Catterton.

VIENTIANE, Feb.

MANILA, Feb 23 — The Philippines is now the first Asian country to ratify a convention to end workplace violence and harassment, said the International Labour Organisation (ILO) today.

TOKYO, Feb.

SINGAPORE, Feb 23 — The Singapore Airshow included the foreign debuts of new weapons systems, growing interest in systems that could destroy ballistic missiles, and swat down drones — but it was missing any Russian presence and major defence deals were scarce.

ISTANBUL, Feb 23 — Google announced on Thursday that it is temporarily suspending the ability of its artificial intelligence (AI) model, Gemini, to generate images after receiving criticism on social media platforms, reported Anadolu Agency (AA).

VIENTIANE, Feb.