Poland holds local elections in test for Tusk
Warsaw [Poland], April 8: Poles voted in local elections, selecting councillors and mayors who will play a key role in allocating billions in European Union...
Rwanda's president leads genocide commemoration 30 years on
Kigali [Rwanda], April 8: Rwanda's president led commemorations to mark 30 years since the 1994 genocide that killed more than 1 million people and said...
Record flood waters rise in Russia's Urals
Moscow [Russia], April 8: Flood waters were rising in two cities in Russia's Ural mountains after Europe's third longest river burst through a dam, flooding...
Authorities issue alert as early forest fires rage in Greece
Athens [Greece], April 8: Fires raging across central Greece and the island of Crete have been brought under control as the country battles the fallout...
British Navy ship deployed in Gaza aid effort amid £9.7mn funding
London [UK], April 8: A Royal Navy ship will be deployed to help get more aid into Gaza, the UK has announced. Alongside the vessel,...
Venezuela FM slams US and Canada silence on Mexican embassy storming
Caracas [Venezuela], April 8: Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yvan Gil on Sunday slammed "the complicit silence" of the United States and Canada on the storming of...
Russia-friendly populist Peter Pellegrini elected Slovak prez
Bratislava [Slovakia], April 8: Populist Peter Pellegrini has been elected president of Slovakia, succeeding the liberal Zuzana Caputova.
Drone explodes over eastern Ukraine's Zaporizhzhya nuclear plant
Kyiv [Ukraine], April 8: Russian authorities on Sunday blamed Ukrainian forces for a drone attack that threatened the Zaporizhzhya nuclear plant.
Third UAE aid ship bound for Gaza arrives at Al Arish Port...
Al-Arish [Egypt], April 8: The third UAE aid ship carrying 4,630 tonnes of relief supplies arrived at the Port of Al Arish, after being dispatched...
Shakhboot bin Nahyan Al Nahyan meets Transitional President of Gabon
Libreville [Gabon], April 8: Sheikh Shakhboot bin Nahyan Al Nahyan, Minister of State, met with General Brice Olgie Nguema, transitional President of Gabon, in the...
UAE Team Emirates secure overall of Tour of the Basque Country 2024
Eibar [Spain], April 8: UAE Team Emirates rider Juan Ayuso secured the overall title in a dominant performance at the Tour of the Basque Country...
Shakhboot bin Nahyan attends 30th anniversary of Genocide against the Tutsi in...
Kigali [Rwanda], April 8: Sheikh Shakhboot bin Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of State, met with Paul Kagame, President of the Republic of Rwanda,...
UN chief alarmed by Ecuador's raid of Mexican Embassy
United Nations, April 7: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was alarmed by Ecuador's raid of the Mexican Embassy late Friday, said his spokesman on Saturday.
Indonesia operates 2,800 extra flights for Eid homecoming
Jakarta [Indonesia], April 7: Indonesia has operated 2,800 extra flights for the Eid el-Fitr homecoming season, according to Transportation Minister Budi Karya Sumadi.
Thousands join funeral for Iranian general killed in Damascus strike
Tehran [Iran], April 7: Iranian Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Zahedi, who was killed in a rocket attack in Damascus, was buried on Saturday in his...
Slovakia goes to polls for run-off to choose next president
Bratislava [Slovakia], April 7: Voters in Slovakia were casting ballots on Saturday to decide a tight race for president.
US, Israeli military on high alert for Iran to strike back at...
Washington [US], April 7: The United States and Israel have put their armed forces on high alert amid reports of a possible retaliation from Iran...
Al-Shifa Hospital 'an empty shell with human graves': WHO
Gaza City [Gaza], April 7: WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said the UN agency and other partner organisations have managed to reach the Al-Shifa...
Feeding a million people in Gaza every month: WFP
Gaza [Palestine], April 7: As the war approaches its six-month mark, the World Food Programme is providing meals to more than a million Palestinians each...
Desperate to dodge dengue, Argentines run out of repellent
Buenos Aires [Argentina], April 7: Insect repellent has become a hot commodity in Argentina, which is besieged by dengue-carrying mosquitoes and facing shortages that have...
Eight dead in two Russian strikes on Kharkiv, officials say
Kyiv [Ukraine], April 7: Two Russian strikes on Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city, killed eight civilians and injured at least 10 early on Saturday and in...
Biden campaign raises over $90 million in March, $187 million in first...
Washington [US], April 7: U.S. President Joe Biden's re-election campaign announced Saturday it raised over $187 million in the first quarter 2024, almost double what...
Tens of thousands march in Budapest against Orban
Budapest [Hungary], April 7: Tens of thousands protested against the government of Viktor Orban in downtown Budapest on Saturday, led by a lawyer formerly close...
Biden steps up pressure on Gaza cease-fire deal
New York [US], April 7: US President Joe Biden has written to the leaders of Egypt and Qatar, calling on them to press Hamas to...
US-China relationship on 'more stable footing' Yellen says
Guangzhou [China], April 7: US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Chinese Premier Li Qiang sounded cautiously confident on Sunday that ties between the world's two...
Public Prosecution explains penalties for illegal trade in fireworks
Abu Dhabi [UAE], April 7: The Public Prosecution's Criminal Information Centre (Waey) explained, through a video post on its social media accounts, the penalties for...
'Birds of Goodness' executes 26th humanitarian aid airdrop in north Gaza
Gaza [Palestine], April 7: The Joint Operations Command of the Ministry of Defence announced the implementation of the 26th airdrop of humanitarian and relief aid...