RAMALLAH, Feb 8 — The number of Palestinian administrative detainees in Israeli occupation prisons reached 3,484 at the end of January, including at least 40 children and 11 women, the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) said Wednesday.

ISLAMABAD, Feb 8 — Just a day before Pakistan's general elections, two powerful explosions hit election campaign offices in the country's southwest Balochistan province on Wednesday, killing at least 26 people while injuring over 45 others, said police and hospital officials.

AMMAN, Feb 7 — The government office in the Gaza Strip announced Tuesday that a total of 123 journalists have been killed since the beginning of Israel’s aggression in Gaza, Jordan news agency (Petra) reported.

RAMALLAH, February 6 — Palestine’s Education Ministry stated that 4,895 students have been killed and 8,514 injured since the beginning of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip and the West Bank on October 7, 2023.

BEIJING, Feb 6 — Freezing rain, snow, and ice have snarled traffic in central and eastern China as billions travel home ahead of the Spring Festival holiday in the blistering cold weather which has swept through parts of the country over the past week.

RAMALLAH, February 5 — Israeli occupation committed at least 135 crimes, assaults and violations against journalists in Palestine in January, according to a monthly report issued by the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate on Monday.

PATTANI, Feb 6 — The Southern Thailand Peace Dialogue Process resumed in Kuala Lumpur today after a year of hiatus.

LONDON, Feb 6 — King Charles has been diagnosed with a form of cancer and will postpone public engagements to undergo treatment, said Buckingham Palace yesterday, but added he remained "wholly positive" about the scare less than 18 months into his reign.

WASHINGTON, Feb 6 — The Biden administration has sent five senior United States (US) Treasury officials to Beijing this week for economic talks which will include China's "non-market" policies that are adding excess industrial capacity, a Treasury official said yesterday.

BANGKOK, Feb 6 — A new Thailand-led humanitarian initiative aims to pave the way for talks between warring camps in military-ruled Myanmar, a senior Thai official said, three years after a coup triggered instability and a wave of violence nationwide.

HATAY, Feb 5 — Abdullah Yanar planted flowers in front of his container home to make it feel more like a real home for his family, who have been living in temporary shelters in southern Turkiye since last year's devastating earthquake.

GAZA, Feb 5 — Only slightly over 9,800 aid trucks have entered the Gaza Strip since Israel began carrying out intense attacks four months ago, said the Palestine Red Crescent Society.

SEOUL Feb 5 — Samsung Electronics Chairman Jay Y.

LOS ANGELES, Feb 5 — Taylor Swift won the Grammy award yesterday for album of the year, becoming the only artist to win the top music industry prize four times over her career.

WASHINGTON, Feb 3 — International Monetary Fund (IMF) managing director Kristalina Georgieva said that although the IMF raised the global growth forecast, there is still a need "to be mindful of risks," reported Xinhua.

SHANGHAI, Feb 3 — China has said a small civilian vessel from the Philippines had "illegally placed itself on the beach" of an atoll in the South China Sea which both countries claim.

SINGAPORE, Feb 3 — Delivery Hero said on Friday that talks for the potential sale of the company's Foodpanda business in selected markets in Southeast Asia were ongoing.

AMMAN, Feb 2 — Jordan's King Abdullah II warned of a potential explosion in the region due to an “Israeli escalation” in the West Bank and Jerusalem, emphasising the need for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.

HANOI, Feb 2 — All flights to and from the international airport in Vietnam's capital Hanoi have been delayed or diverted to other cities today due to heavy fog and worsening air pollution, said an airport official.

MANILA, Feb 2 — The alliance between Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr and his predecessor Rodrigo Duterte disintegrated this week when they accused each other of using drugs — a rift which threatens Marcos's reform agenda and risks fuelling instability.