Norway seizes ship suspected of sabotaging submarine cables in Baltic Sea
Oslo [Norway], February 1: According to Reuters, Norwegian police have detained a Norwegian ship at the request of Latvia on suspicion of damaging a fiber...
US fires dozens of FBI agents who investigated Trump
New York [US], February 1: CNN reported on February 1 that President Donald Trump's administration is about to lay off law enforcement officials, including dozens...
Trump may raise tariffs on China, Canada and Mexico today
New York [US], February 1: The US leader said he would increase import taxes to 25% on goods imported from Canada and Mexico, and 10%...
Another plane crash causes many casualties in the US
New York [US], February 1: The incident occurred near Roosevelt Mall in northeast Philadelphia. The Learjet 55 crashed at around 6:30 p.m. on January 31...
US limits helicopter flights after Washington crash, 41 bodies found
New York [US], February 1: U.S. authorities restricted helicopter flights near Reagan Washington National Airport indefinitely on Friday, after a midair collision between a passenger...
Investigators find black boxes after deadly Washington plane crash
New York [US], February 1: U.S. authorities said on Thursday it was not yet clear why a regional jet and a U.S. Army helicopter collided...
Trump takes aim, without evidence, at diversity policies over midair collision
New York [US], February 1: President Donald Trump suggested without evidence on Thursday that the deadly midair collision of two aircraft in Washington was the...
Russia launches themed train to mark Chinese New Year
Moscow [Russia], January 31: Moscow unveiled a themed metro train on Wednesday to mark the start of the Spring Festival, the traditional Chinese New Year...
Belarus president approves resolution on border protection
Minsk [Belarus], January 31: Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko on Thursday approved a resolution on state border protection in 2025.
Italy's GDP grows 0.5 pct in 2024: ISTAT
Rome [Italy], January 31: Italy's economy sputtered into the final quarter of last year with expansion of just 0.5 percent for 2024 as a whole,...
Norwegian Centre Party quits coalition gov't over EU energy directives
Helsinki [Finland], January 31: Norway's Centre Party announced on Thursday that it is leaving the coalition government due to its opposition to European Union (EU)...
Romania faces surge in respiratory infections
Bucharest [Romania], January 31: Romania recorded 133,635 cases of acute respiratory infections and eight flu-related deaths in the week from Jan. 20 to 26, the...
NATO scrambles for drones that can survive the Arctic
New York [US], January 31: In 2023, Mads Petersen, owner of Greenland-based startup Arctic Unmanned, sat in a car to keep warm while he tested...
Belgian airspace reopens after short closure over technical issue
Brussels [Belgium], January 31: Belgian airspace reopened on Thursday after a closure lasting a little over an hour due to a technical issue with air...
France's Le Pen condemns death threats against those trying her
Paris [France], January 31: French far-right leader Marine Le Pen said those behind death threats against a judge and prosecutors trying her in a graft...
Nicaragua's Ortega expands power
Managua [Nicaragua], January 31: Constitutional reforms proposed by Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega to further consolidate power by extending his control over other parts of government...
Colombia government to propose $2.86 billion tax reform
Bogota [Colombia], January 31: The Colombian government plans to pitch a new tax reform to Congress.
Japan asks 1.2 million people to refrain from bathing to save driver...
Tokyo [Japan], January 31: The sinkhole suddenly appeared in the city of Yashio in Saitama Prefecture, Japan, during the morning rush hour on January 28,...
US court rejects ban on handgun sales to people under 21
New York [US], January 31: In 1968, the US Congress passed a federal law prohibiting firearms dealers from dealing in handguns to people between the...
US Secretary of State: China could close Panama Canal if there is...
New York [US], January 31: In an interview on January 30, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he had no doubt that China had...
Merkel blasts own party amid uproar over vote with far right
Berlin [Germany], January 31: Former German chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday criticized her opposition centre-right Christian Democrats (CDU) for passing a motion in parliament for...
Latest Gaza hostage-prisoner exchanges carried out
Tel Aviv [Israel], January 31: The latest round of exchanges of hostages from the Gaza Strip for Palestinian prisoners has been carried out with Israel.
Rohingya refugees' boat runs aground in Indonesia's Aceh province
Naypyidaw [Myanmar], January 31: More than 70 Rohingya refugees fleeing persecution in Myanmar have arrived at a tourist beach in Indonesia's Aceh province.
Man who burned Quran sparking violent protests in Sweden shot dead
Stockholm [Sweden], January 31: A man who sparked violent protests after burning the Quran has been shot dead in Sweden.
Father in Pakistan kills US-born teenage daughter over TikTok videos
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 31: A father in Pakistan killed his teenage daughter after she uploaded what he considered to be inappropriate videos on the social...
Everyone presumed dead in passenger plane, army helicopter collision over Washington
Washington [US], January 31: All 64 people on board an American Airlines passenger jet and all three soldiers on board an army helicopter that collided...
Billionaire Mark Zuckerberg spends $25 million to settle with President Trump
New York [US], January 30: ABC News reported on January 30 that Meta agreed to settle with US President Donald Trump after he accused the...