ISTANBUL: Political tensions are escalating in Iraq’s multiethnic northern province of Kirkuk, sparked by a recent vote for governor’s post and the head of the provincial council in the aftermath of an election marred by the absence of several Turkmen…

HAMILTON: The UN chief on Friday stressed the severe humanitarian crisis in Gaza and called for a critical “Polio pause” to facilitate a major vaccination campaign.

Describing Gaza as being in a “humanitarian freefall,” Antonio Guterres told reporter…

WASHINGTON: US House Republicans opened a probe Friday into Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz’s “extensive engagement” with China.

In a letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray, House Oversight and Accountability Committee Chair James Co…