The United States has partially paid approximately $160 million of its more than $4 billion debt to the United Nations. Reuters, citing a UN spokesperson, reported that the payment was received last week as part of the United States’ outstanding arrears to the UN’s regular budget. Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump, speaking at the inaugural More

At least 18 people have been killed and three others injured in a traffic accident in Egypt’s northeastern Port Said Governorate. Al Jazeera reported that the incident occurred on Thursday when a truck collided with a passenger pickup vehicle. Sources confirmed that 18 people lost their lives and three were injured in the crash. The More

A 29-year-old Brazilian footballer Kathleen Souza, who plays for Saudi Arabian team Al-Nassr, has converted to Islam. The Al-Nassr Women’s team shared a post on X handle saying: “We share a special moment in her life with Kathleen Souza by announcing her conversion to Islam, and we ask God to grant her stability and fill More

At least 10 people have been killed and 14 others injured after a gas cylinder exploded in the Soldier Bazaar area of Karachi, Pakistan. According to Aaj TV, the explosion occurred late on Wednesday night in a three-storey residential building. The blast, which took place on the ground floor, was so powerful that a large More

At least 37 miners have died and 25 others were hospitalised due to suffocation at a mining site in Plateau State, Nigeria, media reports said. The incident occurred on Wednesday morning in a mining pit in Kampani, a community in the Wase area, Reuters reported. Dele Alake, Nigeria’s Minister of Solid Minerals Development, said the More

The United States plans to withdraw around 1,000 remaining troops from Syria over the next two months, a media report said on Thursday. US officials told CBS News that Washington intends to end its roughly decade-long military presence in the country, which has been part of the campaign against the Islamic State (IS). The security More

Oman’s Foreign Minister, who is mediating the nuclear negotiations between Iran and the United States, says the second round of talks between the two countries ended with “good progress in identifying shared objectives and the relevant technical issues.” The second round of negotiations between Iran and the United States, mediated by Oman, concluded last night More

At least six people have been killed and 46 others injured after a passenger bus overturned on a highway in southeastern Brazil, a media report said on Tuesday. Al Jazeera reported the accident occurred early on Monday on the BR-153 highway near the city of Marilia. It said bus was carrying farm ⁠workers from the More

Pakistani media have reported that two people were killed and 12 others injured in an explosion near a police checkpoint in Bannu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Aaj TV reported today that the explosion occurred near the Miryan police checkpoint in Bannu city, killing two people, including a child, and injuring 12 others. Sources said that according to More

Seyed Abbas Araghchi, Iran’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, has traveled to Geneva, Switzerland, leading a diplomatic and technical delegation for the second round of nuclear negotiations with the United States. The first round of talks between Iran and the United States was held on 6 February this year in Muscat, the capital of Oman. Following More