Albania holds parliamentary elections today
Tirana [Albania], May 11: Albania helds parliamentary elections today in which prime minister Edi Rama is seeking an unprecedented fourth term in office.
Australia: Five charged after $623 mn worth of cocaine allegedly found on...
Sydney [Australia], May 11: Five people have been charged after police seized more than a tonne of cocaine allegedly found on a boat off the...
Crown Prince of Fujairah attends opening of World Taekwondo Cadet Championships 2025
Fujairah [UAE], May 11: Under the patronage of H.H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Hamad Al Sharqi, Crown Prince of Fujairah, the 7th edition of the World...
Egypt welcomes India-Pakistan ceasefire agreement
Cairo [Egypt], May 11: Egypt has welcomed the de-escalation and ceasefire agreement between India and Pakistan following mediation efforts led by the United States.
Kuwait praises UAE's pioneering approach to advanced media, quality content
Kuwait City [Kuwait], May 11: Kuwait's Minister of Information and Culture and Minister of State for Youth Affairs, Abdulrahman Al-Mutairi, conveyed his profound satisfaction with...
European leaders tell Putin to agree to Ukraine ceasefire or face new...
Kyiv [Ukraine], May 11: Major European powers threw their weight behind an unconditional 30-day Ukraine ceasefire on Saturday, with the backing of U.S. President Donald...
1 missing after ship capsizes near U.S. Pacific Northwest coast
San Francisco [California], May 10: One person was missing after a ship capsized near Grays Harbor County's Westport, U.S. Washington state, according to the United...
Canada's unemployment rate rises to 6.9 pct
Ottawa [Canada], May 10: Canada's unemployment rate rose 0.2 percentage points to 6.9 percent in April, following an increase of 0.1 percentage points in March,...
15 U.S. states sue over Trump's executive order to fast-track fossil fuel...
San Francisco [California], May 10: A coalition of 15 U.S. states is filing a new lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump's executive order declaring a "national...
Mexico sues Google over Gulf of Mexico name change
Mexico City [Mexico], May 10: Mexico has filed a legal lawsuit against Google for labeling the Gulf of Mexico as "Gulf of America" on Google...
Sinotruk unveils Howo Max truck in Kenya
Nairobi [Kenya], May 10: Chinese heavy-duty truckmaker Sinotruk has launched its Howo Max model in Kenya, appointing local motor dealer Printan as its official distributor.
South Africa raises concerns with U.S. over alleged "refugee" resettlement plan
Johannesburg [Gauteng], May 10: The South African government has raised concerns with the United States over its reported processing of South African citizens as "refugees"...
EAC central banks project 5.8 pct regional economic growth in 2025
Nairobi [Kenya], May 10: Central banks of the East African Community (EAC) member states on Friday projected regional economic growth at 5.8 percent in 2025.
False bomb threat temporarily shuts down Eindhoven Airport in Netherlands
The Hague [Netherlands], May 10: Eindhoven Airport in the southern Dutch province of North Brabant was temporarily closed on Friday morning after a false bomb...
Spain invests 8.4 mln euros to boost global presence of its food,...
Barcelona [Spain], May 10: Spain is investing 8.4 million euros (9.46 million U.S. dollars) in a fresh push to elevate its global standing in food...
Bulgarian president proposes referendum on euro adoption
Sofia [Bulgaria], May 10: Bulgarian President Rumen Radev said on Friday that he is submitting to parliament a proposal to hold a national referendum on...
Malta becomes Europe's largest ship registry
Valletta [Malta], May 10: Malta's ship registry had over 10,000 ships registered by the end of the first quarter of the year, making it the...
Holocaust survivor Margot Friedlaender died at 103
Berlin [Germany], May 10: Holocaust survivor Margot Friedlaender died at the age of 103 on Friday, according to German media reports.
Dutch national library appeals to public over theft of rare books
The Hague [Netherlands], May 10: The National Library of the Netherlands (KB) in The Hague is appealing to the public for help in locating six...
Operation to clear WWI, WWII explosives begins off Lithuania
Vilnius [Lithuania], May 10: An operation to find and clear unexploded ammunition off the coast of Lithuania began on Friday, the Baltic News Service (BNS)...
Temperatures remain above 1.5°Cthreshold after second hottest April
London [UK], May 10: Last month was the second hottest April on record with world temperatures remaining above the key 1.5 degrees Celsius threshold for...
Danish minister meets US envoy over alleged Greenland espionage plot
Copenhagen [Denmark], May 10: Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen met with a senior US embassy official on Thursday to discuss an alleged espionage plot...
Israel won't be involved in new Gaza aid plan, only in security,...
Jerusalem [Israel], May 10: Israel won't be involved in new Gaza aid plan, only in security, US envoy says A U.S.-backed mechanism for getting aid...
US, Europeans finalising 30-day Ukraine-Russia ceasefire proposal, says diplomatic source
Washington DC [US], May 10: The United States and its European allies are finalising a proposal for a 30-day ceasefire in Ukraine that if refused...
In Peru's north, locals remember Pope Leo driving pick-up, playing tennis
Lima [Peru], May 10: The small city of Chiclayo in northern Peru was bustling with excitement on Friday, with businesses and locals sharing photos, memories...
Warm American welcome for new pope masks US church's deep divide
Washington DC [US], May 10: As Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Mass as pontiff at the Sistine Chapel on Friday, he spoke a few...
Quad concludes simulation exercise for Indo-Pacific Logistics Network
Washington DC [US], May 9: The US Department of State in a statement on Wednesday (local time) said that the Quad partners convened at the...