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Former U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday urged Myanmar’s ruling military to take the initiative in finding a way out of the country’s violent political crisis, including releasing political detainees, after a surprise meeting with the army leader who seized power two years ago. Ban met Monday in the Myanmar …

Janet Yellen warned that a default would result in job losses while driving household payments on higher interest rates. US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Tuesday warned that failure by Congress to raise the government’s debt ceiling – and the resulting default – would trigger an “economic catastrophe” that would …

At least 57 bodies have washed ashore after two boats sank in the Mediterranean Sea off different towns in western Libya, a coast guard officer and an aid worker have said. A survivor said there were about 80 passengers on one of the boats that set off for Europe at …

Sweden on Tuesday expelled five Russian diplomats for carrying out activities that are “inconsistent with the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations.” In a statement, the Swedish Foreign Ministry said that Russia’s Ambassador to Stockholm Viktor Tatarintsev was summoned to inform him about the expulsion of the diplomats at the Russian …

Japanese start-up ispace’s Hakuto-R lunar lander began descending Wednesday toward the surface of the Moon, company officials said. The lander was on the backside of the Moon at about 1600 GMT Tuesday and was expected to land and begin sending signals back to Earth within 30 minutes, the company said …

Turkish police on Tuesday detained 110 people over alleged militant ties, security sources said, with a pro-Kurdish lawmaker saying politicians, lawyers, and journalists were among those held in raids that he linked to elections on May 14. The operation was focused on Diyarbakir, the largest city in mainly Kurdish southeast …

Peruvian archaeologists unearthed a more than 1,000-year-old mummy on the outskirts of the modern capital on Monday, in the latest discovery dating back to pre-Inca times. The mummy was probably an adolescent and found in an underground tomb wrapped in a funerary bundle, along with ceramics and rope and bits …

Russia says it might abandon the moratorium on the deployment of intermediate and shorter-range missiles, as a result of the destabilizing military programs of the United States in the region. The Russian foreign ministry’s head of nuclear non-proliferation, Vladimir Yermakov, told the TASS news agency on Tuesday that the destabilizing …

A three-day cease-fire between Sudan’s warring factions went into effect Tuesday after what the United States called “intense negotiation.” Both the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) publicly pledged to uphold the halt in fighting. “To support a durable end to the fighting, the United States …

US President Joe Biden on Tuesday formally announced that he is running for reelection in 2024, asking voters to give him more time to ”finish this job” he began when he was sworn into office and to set aside their concerns about extending the run of America’s oldest president for …

Israeli forces have martyred a young Palestinian man and injured three others during a raid on a refugee camp in the eastern West Bank city of Ariha, amid simmering tensions across the occupied territories. The governor of Ariha and the Jordan Valley, Jihad Abu al-Asal, told the official Palestinian Wafa …

Israeli troops have fatally shot a Palestinian man after at least eight Jewish settlers were wounded in a car-ramming attack in the occupied city of al-Quds, amid heightened tensions between Israeli forces and Palestinians. The regime’s emergency service said in a Monday statement that a settler, in his 70s, is …

A recent report has uncovered the involvement of French oil giant TotalEnergies SE in large-scale pollution of Yemen’s environment by dumping thousands of tons of toxic chemicals into waters around the areas where it operates in the impoverished and conflict-stricken Arab nation. According to the weekly French news magazine L’Obs, …

At least two children have been killed and three others suffered serious injuries when a landmine planted by US occupation forces went off in the Syria’s energy-rich northeastern province of Hasakah. Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA), citing local sources requesting anonymity, reported that the minors were searching for scrap metal …

Sudan’s army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have agreed to a 72-hour truce mediated by the United States and Saudi Arabia. The truce was announced earlier on Monday by US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, who said it followed two days of intense negotiations after the two sides failed to abide by …

Russia has warned that risks of direct nuclear confrontation with the United States are constantly increasing as a result of Washington’s hostile attitude towards Moscow since the beginning of the Ukraine war. Director of Russian Foreign Ministry’s Non-Proliferation and Arms Control Department Vladimir Yermakov raised the alarm in an interview …

A group of Sudanese hackers has targeted the websites of the Israeli spy agency Mossad and several other companies across the occupied territories, amid rising cyber operations against the Tel Aviv regime’s institutions and facilities. Zionist regime’s Hebrew-language Maariv daily reported that various Israeli websites, including those of Mossad and …

Canadians have flocked to food banks as the country is facing a “food crisis” triggered by skyrocketing inflation and the rising cost of living, the CEO of Canada’s largest food bank has warned. “We are absolutely in a food crisis in this country and certainly in the city of Toronto,” …

French protesters have once again taken to the streets banging pots and pans to vent their outrage at the government’s highly unpopular pension law that will delay the age at which people can retire in the European country. People protested to the sound of pots and pans in front of …

Russia says it might abandon the moratorium on the deployment of intermediate and shorter-range missiles, as a result of the destabilizing military programs of the United States in the region. The Russian Foreign Ministry’s head of nuclear non-proliferation, Vladimir Yermakov, told the TASS news agency on Tuesday that the destabilizing military programs …