Five workers killed in Turkey factory blast

Istanbul [Turkey], June 11: Five workers have been killed in a blast at an explosives factory in the Turkish capital Ankara, the defence ministry said...

Pope Francis told to spend next week in hospital after surgery

Rome [Italy], June 11: Pope Francis has been told to spend all of next week in a Rome hospital where he has been recovering from...

300 evacuated from baths in French spa town after some feel unwell

Paris [France], June 11: Some 300 people were evacuated from the thermal baths in the southern French spa town of Digne-les-Bains in a precautionary measure...

Russian strikes kill three in Odesa, hit Poltava air base

Moscow [Russia], June 11: Russia fired missiles and drones at targets across Ukraine in the early hours, killing three civilians in the Black Sea city...

Trump magnifies attacks on Justice Department after his indictment

Washington [US], June 11: Former President Donald Trump used the first public appearance since his federal indictment to ratchet up attacks on the Justice Department,...

Ukraine's army reports new gains against Russian forces near Bakhmut

Kyiv [Ukraine], June 11: Counterattacking Ukrainian forces have advanced up to 1,400 metres at a number of sections of the front line near the eastern...

Syria's wheat yield expected to reach 1 mln tons in 2023: PM

Damascus [Syria], June 10: Syrian Prime Minister Hussein Arnous on Friday said the country's wheat yield this year is expected to reach one million tons,...

Iran denies report of nearing interim nuke deal with U.S.

Tehran [Iran], June 10: Iran has denied a media claim of it "nearing an interim nuclear deal" with the United States, saying such a deal...

Russia maintains key interest rate at 7.5 pct

Moscow [Russia], June 10: The Bank of Russia on Friday decided to keep the key interest rate at 7.5 percent per annum amid growing inflationary...

Ukraine achieves no targets in counteroffensive: Putin

Moscow [Russia], June 10: Ukraine has launched a counteroffensive but has failed to accomplish its goals, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday.

5.9-magnitude quake hits Macquarie Island region: USGS

New York [US], June 10: An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.9 jolted Macquarie Island region at 21:21:42 GMT on Friday, the U.S. Geological Survey...

U.S. Democrats, Republicans skeptical of gov't spying practices: AP

Washington [US], June 10: As it pushes to renew a cornerstone law that authorizes major surveillance programs, the Joe Biden administration faces an American public...

Indonesia's Anak Krakatau volcano erupts

Jakarta [Indonesia], June 10: Indonesia's Anak Krakatau volcano in the waters of Sunda Strait erupted on Friday, sending up some 3,000 meters high volcanic ash...

2 airplanes collide at Tokyo's Haneda airport: media

Tokyo [Japan], June 10: Two passenger jets appeared to have collided near a taxiway in Tokyo's Haneda Airport on Saturday, according to Japan's transport ministry.

Cambodia arrests 1 drug criminal, seizing over 56 kg illicit drugs: police

Phnom Penh [Cambodia],June 10: Cambodia's anti-drug police have arrested an alleged drug trafficker, seizing over 56 kg illicit drugs, the Anti-Drug Police Department (ADP) said...

471 hostilities: Putin says Ukraine's counter-offensive has begun

Moscow [Russia], June 10: The Russian leader said Ukraine had begun a counterattack but failed, and announced that Moscow's tactical nuclear weapons would be deployed...

Fierce fighting after news that Ukraine began to counterattack

Kyiv [Ukraine], June 10: Both Russia and Ukraine say that heavy fighting is taking place in southeastern Ukraine after the US press simultaneously reported that...

US nuclear secrets and files kept in shower

Washington [US], June 10: President Donald Trump has been charged with mishandling hundreds of classified documents, including about US nuclear secrets and military plans.

UN Deputy Secretary-General urges world to take a quantum leap in climate...

New York [US], June 10: UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed, has stated that, despite the grim backdrop, there are some indicators of progress, including the...

UAE convenes first signature event of its UN Security Council presidency on...

New York [US], June 10: Khalifa Shaheen Al Marar, Minister of State, chaired the first signature event of the UAE's United Nations Security Council presidency...

Kiev says no foreign troops to be deployed in Ukraine before end...

Kiev [Ukraine], June 9: Ukrainian Foreign Minister DmytroKuleba said that foreign countries will not send their troops to Ukraine before the end of the conflict,...

Flooding kills at least 9 in Ukraine's southern town

Kiev [Ukraine], June 9: Flooding caused by the Kakhovka dam collapse killed at least nine people in the town of Oleshky in southern Ukraine, Mayor...

U.S. California witnesses greatest water gains in two decades: NASA data

Los Angeles [US], June 9: NASA data showed California had the greatest net gain of water over the winter in nearly 22 years. However, it...

U.S. school shootings on rise, 46 in 2022: Washington Post

New York [US], June 9: Violence in U.S. schools has been on the rise since students returned to the classroom from the COVID-19 pandemic, while...

5.6-magnitude quake hits Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska: USGS

New York [US], June 9: An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.6 jolted Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska, at 20:31:45 GMT Thursday, the U.S. Geological...

U.S. dollar dives amid higher-than-expected jobless claims

New York [US], June 9: The U.S. dollar suffered substantial losses on Thursday as American jobless claims last week jumped more than expected to the...

We will reconstruct everything: Zelensky

Kiev [Ukraine], June 9: Two days after the Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine was destroyed, resulting in water pouring over 600 square kilometres of land,...