CAIRO/GAZA, March 21 — At least 91 Palestinians were killed and dozens wounded in airstrikes across Gaza yesterday after Israel resumed bombing and ground operations, the enclave's health ministry said, effectively ditching a two-month-old ceasefire.

WASHINGTON, March 20 — The United States today issued new Iran-related sanctions, targeting one individual and several entities including a Chinese “teapot” oil refinery for purchasing and processing Iranian crude oil, the Treasury Department website showed.

CALIFORNIA, March 20 — Tesla is recalling 46,096 Cybertruck vehicles in the United States — nearly all Cybertrucks made up to February — to fix an exterior panel that could detach while driving, adding to a series of callbacks for the pickup truck since last year.

PYLOS, March 20 — Organisers of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics (LA28) today moved to ease concerns among International Olympic Committee (IOC) members over visas and entry requirements for athletes and officials for those Games.

MANILA, March 20 — The Philippines remains an independent nation, the Malacañan Palace said today, rejecting claims that it has surrendered its sovereignty following former president Rodrigo Duterte’s transfer to the International Criminal Court (ICC).

TOKYO, March 20 — Former Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and his predecessors are facing scrutiny over the practice of distributing gift vouchers, following revelations that Kishida’s office handed out 100,000 yen (RM2,983) vouchers to Parliamentary vice ministers during a 2022 meal gathering.

WASHINGTON, March 20 — United States (US) President Donald Trump will sign a long-anticipated executive order on Thursday that aims to shut down the Department of Education, acting on a key campaign pledge, according to a White House summary seen by Reuters.

BRUSSELS, March 19 — Apple was ordered by European Union antitrust regulators today to open up its closed ecosystem to rivals, with the latter spelling out details on how to go about it in line with the bloc’s landmark rules and where non-compliance could lead to an investigation and fines.

FRANKFURT, March 19 — Swiss drugmaker Roche has abandoned global targets for a more diverse workforce to avoid penalties from recent United States executive orders, the latest in a slew of companies to do so.

WASHINGTON, March 19 — Nasa astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams returned to Earth in a SpaceX capsule yesterday with a soft splashdown off Florida's coast, nine months after their faulty Boeing Starliner craft upended what was to be a week-long stay on the International Space Station.

WASHINGTON, March 19 — Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday agreed to stop attacking Ukrainian energy facilities temporarily but declined to endorse a full 30-day ceasefire that President Donald Trump hoped would be the first step toward a permanent peace deal.

BANGKOK, March 19 — Despite a weeks-long multinational crackdown, scam centres along the Thai-Myanmar border are still operating with up to 100,000 people working there, the top police general leading Thailand's operations against the fraud compounds told Reuters.

SEOUL, March 19 — South Korean food company Samyang Foods Inc announced today that its exports exceeded the 1 trillion won (RM3 billion) mark for the first time in its history last year, driven by the growing global demand for its popular ‘Buldak’ spicy ramyeon.

JERUSALEM, March 19 — Itamar Ben-Gvir's planned return to Israel's government brings back a West Bank settler who has pressed for an intensification of the war in the Gaza Strip, even as the Palestinian death toll has exceeded 48,000.

GENEVA, March 19 — The UN human rights chief said yesterday he was horrified by Israeli strikes on Gaza which Palestinian authorities say have killed hundreds of people, threatening the complete collapse of a ceasefire with Hamas.

JERUSALEM, March 19 — Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday defended the resumption of airstrikes in Gaza, saying that negotiations on restoring the ceasefire would continue "only under fire".

GENEVA, March 18 — The United Nations migration agency said today that unprecedented cuts in donor funding this year will force it to scale back or shut down projects around the world, resulting in a severe impact on migrants.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, March 18 — Alphabet said today that it would buy Wiz for US$32 billion (RM142.2 billion) in its biggest deal as the Google parent doubles down on cybersecurity to sharpen its edge in the cloud-computing race against Amazon.com and Microsoft.

MAE SOT, March 18 — Despite a weeks-long multinational crackdown, scam centres along the Thai-Myanmar border are still operating with up to 100,000 people working there, the top police general leading Thailand’s operations against the fraud compounds told Reuters.

JAKARTA, March 18 — Indonesia is set to pass contentious revisions to a military law this week that will allow armed forces personnel to hold more civilian posts, a move that has triggered concern in a country once dominated by its all-powerful military.