Australia PM heckled at Sydney mosque Ramadan event

The government's response to the Israel-Gaza war and rising Islamophobia has angered many Muslim Australians.

Is Pakistan building ICBMs? Non-proliferation experts dispute US warning

A US intelligence assessment warning of a potential threat from Pakistan’s prospective intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) has been challenged by nuclear non-proliferation experts, who say Islamabad’s defence programme is focused on regional deterrence rather than targeting the American “homeland”. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard told the US Senate on Wednesday that Pakistan – along with China, Iran, North Korea and Russia – has been “researching and developing an arra...

By Tom Hussain

Several die in tunnel accident in Mie Prefecture

The accident that included a large cargo truck occurred at around 2:20 a.m. in the Nonobori tunnel in Kameyama, Mie Prefecture, sparking a fire, police said.