Twenty-five killed after Ukraine shells Donetsk
Kiev [Ukraine], January 22: Twenty-five people were killed and 20 injured when Ukrainian forces shelled the Russian-controlled city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine, Denis Pushilin,...
Russia suspends operations at fuel export terminal after suspected Ukrainian drone attack
Moscow [Russia], January 22: Russian energy company Novatek (NVTK.MM), opens new tab said it had been forced to suspend some operations at a huge Baltic...
Netanyahu rejects Hamas conditions for Israeli hostage deal
Tel Aviv [Israel], January 22: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday rejected conditions presented by Hamas to end the war and release hostages that...
Over 100 flights cancelled at Dublin airport due to storm
Dublin [Ireland], January 22: Airlines cancelled 102 flights in and out of Dublin airport on Sunday due to a storm that was forecast to...
TRENDS Research and Advisory and Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance discuss...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], January 22: TRENDS Research and Advisory researchers and experts met with researchers from the Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance (DCAF) in...
Smart technologies transform Chinese agriculture, enhancing land quality and efficiency
Beijing [China], January 22: Smart farming technologies are enabling the development of high-quality farmland across China, modernising agricultural infrastructure. Bulldozers and excavators are levelling rough...
Rocket hits airbase housing U.S. forces in W. Iraq
Baghdad [Iraq], January 21: About 20 rockets were launched Saturday toward an airbase housing U.S. forces in Iraq's western province of Anbar, wounding at...
UN envoy for Iraq warns against dragging Iraq further into regional conflict
Baghdad [Iraq], January 21: The UN Assistance Mission for Iraq warned Saturday that Iraq is at risk of being drawn further into the Israeli-Palestinian conflict...
Iraqi Shiite militia claims rocket attack on airbase housing U.S. forces in...
Baghdad [Iraq], January 21: The Islamic Resistance in Iraq, an Iraqi Shiite militia, claimed responsibility Saturday for launching rockets toward the Ayn al-Asad Airbase in...
Iran vows revenge as Zionist strike on Syria kills Guards
Damascus [Syria], January 21: Iran on Saturday accused the Zionist entity of a strike in Damascus that killed five Revolutionary Guards members, and vowed to...
First Turkish astronaut arrives at ISS
Washington [US], January 21: An all-European crew including Turkey's first astronaut arrived at the International Space Station on Saturday on a voyage chartered by Axiom...
Iranian and Hezbollah commanders help direct Houthi attacks in Yemen
Tehran [Iran], January 21: Commanders from Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) and Lebanon's Hezbollah group are on the ground in Yemen helping to direct...
Army called in to rescue about 600 Spanish motorists stuck in snow
Madrid [Spain], January 21: Army units were mobilised to help about 600 drivers who were stuck on a motorway in heavy snow as Storm Juan...
Australia sweats in heatwave lifting bushfire risk, amid El Nino
Canberra [Australia], January 21: Large swaths of Australia sweltered in a heatwave, the nation's weather forecaster said.
Philippines' Marcos draws ire for helicopter use for Coldplay concert
Manila [Philippines], January 21: Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr drew flak on social media for his use of a presidential helicopter to attend a concert...
Protesters call for change to Netanyahu government
Tel Aviv [Israel], January 21: Thousands of Israelis gathered in Tel Aviv to protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government.
At Putin campaign HQ, soldier's wife says bring him home
Moscow [Russia], January 21: The wife of a Russian soldier delivered an emotional appeal for his return from Ukraine at the election headquarters of President...
UAE launches Global TradeTech Sandbox during World Economic Forum in Davos
Davos [Switzerland], January 21: The UAE government, during its participation in the 54th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, launched...
Ukraine allocates record 464 mln USD to fortify defense lines
Kyiv [Ukraine], January 20: Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said on Friday that the government has decided to allocate a record 17.5 billion hryvnias...
Italy experiencing "most severe flu season": health authorities
Rome [Italy], January 20: Italy is in the midst of its "most severe flu season in years," with some 7.8 million Italians suffering flu-like...
EU's Reynders visits Poland to discuss rule of law
Warsaw [Poland], January 20: European Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders held discussions with the new Polish government on Friday on judicial reforms that could unlock...
Biden signs stopgap measure to extend government funding until March
Washington [US], January 20: U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday signed a stopgap funding bill that will keep the government open into early March, avoiding...
NASA confirms first U.S. commercial lunar delivery mission ends
Los Angeles [US], January 20: The first flight of NASA's commercial lunar delivery service carrying agency science and technology, as well as other customer payloads...
Japan's lunar probe not generating power despite moon landing
Tokyo [Japan], January 20: Japan's national space agency on Saturday confirmed its first moon landing with the Small Lunar Landing Demonstrator (SLIM), but the spacecraft's...
Australian school communities urged to help identify victims of human trafficking
Canberra [Australia], January 20: Australian authorities have called on schools around the country to be on the lookout for signs of forced marriage amid a...
Rapid rise in dengue mosquitoes reported in Sri Lanka
Colombo [Sri Lanka], January 20: The population of mosquitoes in Sri Lanka that transmit the dengue virus has increased by 29.5 percent, state media reported...
10 arrested for trafficking stimulant tablets in Myanmar's Yangon
Yangon [Myanmar], January 20: Myanmar's anti-narcotic police have arrested 10 suspects for trafficking over 1.4 million stimulant tablets in Yangon Region's Mayangone Township, according...