Voting started in Kazakhstan on Sunday for its new unicameral parliament, the Kurultai, with 545 candidates from seven political parties contesting the election.According to Kazakhstan's Central Election Commission, voting began at 7 a.m. local time (0200 GMT). A total of 10,423 polling stations

China and Arab states have launched a five-year action plan to combat drought, desertification and land degradation, which expand their cooperation beyond traditional desertification control to technological innovation in areas such as grassland conservation, watershed management and wetland

Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian said Sunday the country is in an "all-out" economic, military, and security war with the "enemies."Despite the U.S. pressure, "we are standing and making efforts to serve the people in the face of this unequal war," Pezeshkian said in a televised speech carried by

The continuing turmoil in the Middle East has once again showed motorists how vulnerable petrol and diesel prices remain to global events.With the end of the conflict between Iran and the US remaining elusive as the two sides continue hostilities, and renewed concerns over shipping through the

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz on Sunday ordered the military to take "forceful action" against kites launched from Gaza, after several were sent toward southern Israel in recent days.Katz said in a statement that the military should target the people who launch the kites as well as Hamas

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday said holding elections is impossible under the country's current conditions, the Ukrinform news agency reported."Elections right now would be a tsunami for the country that would tear Ukraine apart. So, my strategy is to bring the country to the end

Fire and medical officials have issued warnings about a supplement offered to Western wildland firefighters who have been exposed to toxic chemicals while battling some of the country's biggest blazes.The supplement glutathione, given through an IV or an inhaler-like machine called a nebulizer, has

Indonesian authorities arrested 72 people suspected of starting some of the forest and peatland fires as huge blazes in central and west Indonesia triggered choking haze.Indonesia has been battling fires driven by an intensifying El Niño pattern and a prolonged dry season, generating dense smoke

A new international study shows that Antarctica's ice sheet gained 695 billion metric tonnes of mass between 2021 and 2023, slowing down its long-term ice loss against the backdrop of climate warming.Researchers from China, the United States, Hungary and Japan found that the ice gain was the

Faced with rising long‑term borrowing costs and wild swings in its government‑bond market, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent unveiled market‑calming measures in August 2026.

Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir will depart for Iran on Monday at the head of an official delegation for talks with senior Iranian officials, according to Iran's Foreign Ministry.The visit aims to deepen bilateral cooperation and advance Pakistan's mediation efforts to

"Wo hui lai le!" ("I'm back!") Early Sunday morning at Beijing Capital International Airport, a white-haired elderly American man uttered these words in imperfect Putonghua.

Canada will impose "dollar-for-dollar" tariffs on about 20 billion U.S. dollars' worth of American goods from Sept. 8 in retaliation for Washington's latest duties, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Saturday.The 50-percent U.S. tariffs, covering an equivalent value of Canadian goods, took effect just

Tourists visit Bergama ancient city in Bakircay Basin, Türkiye