Former US president Jimmy Carter departs after the funeral service for his wife and former first lady Rosalynn Carter at Maranatha Baptist Church, in Plains, Georgia on November 29, 2023. — AFP Former United States president Jimmy Carter became the only American president to ever reach the centennial mark as he celebrated his 100th birthday on … Read more
Shigeru Ishiba, the new head of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), speaks during a press conference at the party’s headquarters in Tokyo on September 30, 2024. — AFP Japan’s former defence minister Shigeru Ishiba on Tuesday was formally elected by the country’s parliament to serve as its prime minister days after beating hardline nationalist Sanae … Read more
TEL AVIV: Israeli said on Wednesday eight of its soldiers were killed in combat in south Lebanon as its forces pushed into its northern neighbour in a campaign against the Hezbollah armed group. The losses were the deadliest suffered by the Israeli military on the Lebanon front in the past year of clashes between Israel … Read more