ANKARA, March 18 — Gaza’s local authorities said today that over 322 Palestinians were killed or missing within five hours across the Gaza Strip as Israel resumed its genocide, breaking a ceasefire of nearly two months.

BRUSSELS, March 18 — Donors at a European Union-led conference yesterday pledged €5.8 billion (RM28.09 billion) to help Syria’s new authorities as they struggle with humanitarian and security problems after the fall of Bashar al-Assad.

WASHINGTON, March 18 — NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams departed the International Space Station early today in a SpaceX capsule for a long-awaited trip back to Earth, nine months after their faulty Boeing Starliner craft upended what was to be a roughly week-long test mission.

WASHINGTON, March 18 — United States President Donald Trump said he would speak to Russia’s Vladimir Putin today about ending the Ukraine war, with territorial concessions by Kyiv and control of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant likely to feature prominently in the talks.

WASHINGTON, March 18 — Washington’s decision to pause US foreign aid has “substantially disrupted” supply of HIV treatments in eight countries, which could soon run out of these life-saving medicines, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said yesterday.

BEIJING/CHICAGO, March 18 — Beijing has renewed registrations that allow hundreds of US pork and poultry facilities to export to China, industry groups said yesterday, after lapses threatened shipments to the world’s largest meat importer.

PARIS, March 18 — The United States reported the first outbreak of the deadly H7N9 bird flu on a poultry farm since 2017, as the country continues to grapple with another bird flu strain that has infected humans and caused egg prices to hit record highs.

CAIRO, March 17 — An Israeli air strike killed three Palestinian men in Gaza on Monday as they tried to gather firewood, medics said, with no sign of progress from renewed talks on sustaining a ceasefire deal between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas.

ATLANTA, March 17 — Portions of Pennsylvania, New York and Mid-Atlantic and Southeast states were still under a National Weather Service watch for damaging wind and tornadoes, as the death toll from weekend storms rose to 36 people across six states.

RIYADH, March 17 — Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman has launched the Saudi Architecture Characters Map blueprint, showcasing 19 distinct architectural styles inspired by the Kingdom’s diverse geography and heritage.

TOKYO, March 17 — Public support for Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's government dropped to a record low after he handed out gift vouchers to some ruling party lawmakers, a poll conducted by the Asahi newspaper showed today.

WASHINGTON, March 17 — The Trump administration is considering issuing sweeping travel restrictions for the citizens of dozens of countries as part of a new ban, according to sources familiar with the matter and an internal memo seen by Reuters.

SEOUL, March 17 — South Koreans gathered in huge numbers in the capital Seoul on Saturday to support or oppose impeached president Yoon Suk Yeol before a court decides whether his short-lived declaration of martial law disqualifies him from office.

MOSCOW, March 16 — Russia battled to drive the last Ukrainian soldiers from western Russia on Sunday, Russian officials said, after a seven-month incursion by Ukraine that aimed to distract Moscow's forces, gain a bargaining chip and rile President Vladimir Putin.

CAIRO, March 16 — Israeli military strikes have killed at least 14 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours, the enclave's Health Ministry said on Sunday, as Arab and United States (US) mediators work to shore up a fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.

KYIV, March 16 — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has ruled out any territorial concessions to Russia as a potential step towards a ceasefire, reported Xinhua, citing the UNIAN News Agency.

WASHINGTON/ADEN, March 16 — United States (US) President Donald Trump launched large-scale military strikes against Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis on Saturday over the group's attacks against Red Sea shipping, killing at least 24 people at the start of a campaign expected to last many days.

BANGKOK, March 15 — Five people were confirmed dead and at least 27 others injured when a construction crane for an expressway project collapsed in Bangkok’s Chom Thong district early Saturday morning.

NEW YORK, March 15 — UN humanitarians said on Friday that 63,000 metric tonnes of food await an end to the Gaza aid blockade, enough for 1.1 million people for two to three months, reported Xinhua.

WASHINGTON, March 15 — The US Senate on Friday passed a stopgap spending bill, averting a partial government shutdown, after Democrats backed down in a standoff driven by anger over President Donald Trump's campaign to slash the federal workforce.