At least 56 injured in blast on factory premises near Moscow
Moscow [Russia], August 10:The injury toll in a violent explosion that rocked a pyrotechnics warehouse in the town of SergiyevPosad, about 70km north-east of Moscow,...
Amazon summit fails to set concrete targets to stop deforestation
Rio de Janeiro [Brazil], August 10:The eight nations that share the Amazon basin have come under fire for a joint declaration agreed at their summit...
Migrant shipwreck off Italy leaves 41 dead
Rome [Italy], August 10: At least 41 people are dead after a boat accident involving migrants in the Mediterranean Sea, the Italian news agency ANSA...
11 killed in France holiday home blaze
Paris [France], August 10: Eleven people were killed in eastern France on Wednesday when a fire tore through a holiday lodging being used by a...
Saudi embassy resumes work in Iran after 7 years
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], August 10:Saudi Arabia's embassy in Tehran has resumed operations, state media in Iran reported Wednesday, following a thaw in ties seven years...
Norwegian river dam partly collapses
Oslo [Norway], August 10: A dam on a Norwegian river partly collapsed, sending water gushing through a gaping hole in the structure after days of...
US obtained search warrant for Trump's Twitter
Washington [US], August 9: The U.S. special counsel investigating Donald Trump obtained a search warrant for the former president's Twitter account in January and the...
Typhoon Khanun lashes southern Japan
Tokyo [Japan], August 10: Flights were cancelled and trains halted on Wednesday as heavy rain from Typhoon Khanun pounded southern regions of Japan and South...
Six people killed in Maui wildfire as survivors flee into the ocean
Washington, [US], August 10:Wildfires fanned by the winds of a distant hurricane killed at least six people and caused extensive damage on Hawaii's Maui island...
Two killed in clash between Lebanon's Hezbollah, Christian villagers-sources
Beirut [Lebanon], August 10: Two people were killed in Lebanon on Wednesday in an exchange of fire between Hezbollah members and residents of a Christian...
WHO classifies EG.5 as COVID-19 'variant of interest'
Geneva (Switzerland), August 10:The World Health Organization on Wednesday classified the EG.5 coronavirus strain circulating in the United States and China as a "variant of...
COP28 President-Designate stands with Brazil's President in call for protecting and investing...
Brasilia [Brazil], August 10: Dr. Sultan bin Ahmed Al Jaber, Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology and COP28 President-Designate, gave remarks at the Amazon Summit...
July 2023 hottest month on record
Brussels [Belgium], August 9: July was the hottest month ever recorded on Earth with abnormally high temperatures recorded on both land and sea.
Iran to continue nuclear talks with "dignity": president
Tehran [Iran], August 9:Iran's President EbrahimRaisi stated on Tuesday that while the country will continue discussing the revival of the 2015 nuclear deal with "dignity,"...
21 million USD stolen via phishing scams in Japan in H1
Tokyo [Japan], August 9: Phishing scams in Japan in the first half (H1) of 2023 resulted in unauthorized money transfers totaling around 3 billion yen...
Dengue cases in Laos spike amid continuous rainfall
Vientiane [Laos], August 9: Health authorities in Laos have reported a significant increase in dengue fever cases across the country, raising concerns among officials and...
New British sanctions target foreign military supplies to Russia
London [UK], August 9:Britain said it is targeting Russian President Vladimir Putin's access to foreign military supplies by imposing 25 new sanctions on individuals and...
A quarter of the Greek region of Attica burned in six years
Athens [Greece], August 9: Almost a quarter of Greece's most populous region, Attica, which is home to Athens, has been destroyed by forest fires in...
Georgian premier marks 15-year anniversary of brief war with Russia
Tbilisi [Georgia],August 9:Georgian Prime Minister IrakliGaribashvili commemorated on Tuesday the victims of a brief war with Russia 15 years ago and lamented the loss of...
US slams Zionist 'terror'; home of Palestinian razed
Washington [US], August 9: The United States said Monday that West Bank settlers' killing of a 19-year-old Palestinian was "terror", sharpening its tone on far-right...
World must 'wake up' to Taiwan security threats: Japan ex-PM
Taipei [Taiwan], August 9: Former Japanese prime minister Taro Aso warned a Taipei security forum Tuesday that the international community must "wake up" to the...
Portugal battles wildfires amid third heatwave
Lisbon [Portugal], August 9:Firefighters in Portugal are battling to contain wildfires engulfing thousands of hectares amid soaring temperatures.
Niger coup: Wagner taking advantage of instability - Antony Blinken
Washington [US], August 9: Russia's Wagner mercenary group is "taking advantage" of instability in Niger, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has told the BBC.
Seven killed in a Russian missile strike on the eastern town of...
Kyiv [Ukraine], August 9:At least seven people have been killed in a Russian missile attack on residential buildings in the eastern Ukrainian town of Pokrovsk,...
US judge sets hearing on evidence in Trump's 2020 election case
Washington [US], August 9: A federal judge presiding over former President Donald Trump's trial on charges of trying to overturn the 2020 election has ordered...
UAE leaders condole President of Cote d'Ivoire over former president's passing
Abu Dhabi [UAE],August 9: President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan sent a message of condolence to President AlassaneOuattara of Cote d'Ivoire over...
5.0-magnitude quake hits 167 km SSW of Kencong, Indonesia -- USGS
Jakarta [Indonesia], August 8:An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.0 jolted 167 km SSW of Kencong, Indonesia at 0122 GMT on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological...