[New Times] When one gets home after a long, busy day, they likely cannot recall how many hands they have shaken or how many surfaces they have touched. In all those interactions, microorganisms are constantly exchanged, and they pick some up and pass others on without realising it, says Dr. Eric Niyongira, a public health practitioner,

US State Department spokesperson says Hezbollah is ‘trying to derail talks’ with Israel.

ASEAN leaders have begun meeting in the Philippines as residents say their main concern is living costs.

Pyongyang says its status as nuclear-armed state 'will not change based on external rhetorical claims'.

Police have arrested an anti-war protester after he ended a five-day sit-in atop Washington’s Frederick Douglass bridge.

UN calls on Israel to free two members of Gaza aid flotilla abducted in international waters and held without charge.

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi is in Beijing, seeking support on a deal with the US.

Five Palestinians were killed in one day in separate Israeli strikes across Gaza.

Three deaths reported from South America-related hantavirus as cruise ship remains off Cape Verde coast.

Lawmakers say US policy of ambiguity on Israel's nuclear capabilities heightens risks amid US-Israel war on Iran.

Moscow threatens retaliatory strikes if Ukraine attacks Russia during Victory Day commemorations.

Deal gives IPO-bound SpaceX a marquee customer, while helping Anthropic ease capacity constraints.