UN chief warns of hot autumn as strong El Niño develops
Geneva [Switzerland] / New York [US], August 2: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned of a climatically hot late summer and autumn in the Northern...
Approval for China's mega London embassy lawful: Court
London [UK], August 2: A British court has ruled that the planned construction of a new Chinese "mega" embassy in central London can go forward,...
Algerian bus plunges into ravine killing at least 27 people, injuring 39...
Algiers [Algeria], August 2: A passenger bus has crashed into a ravine in northern Algeria, killing at least 27 people and injuring 39 others, according...
Two ex-Sri Lanka officials sentenced to death over 2019 Easter bombings
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 2: A Sri Lankan court has sentenced a former police chief and a former Defence Ministry official to death after finding...
11 wounded by Colombia car bomb days before new president takes office
Cucuta [Colombia], August 2: At least 11 people have been wounded in a Colombian car bombing, days before right-wing President-elect Abelardo de la Espriella is...
Trump administration bans new Chinese humanoid robots, to protect US AI buildout
New York [US], August 1: The Trump administration on Tuesday unveiled bans that target imports of new Chinese robots and power inverters, seeking to...
Fiji has joined Australia in the world's largest Naval training exercise with...
Sydney [Australia], August 1: Australia has taken part in the world's largest naval training exercise with its Pacific neighbours, combining to curb the...
Thousands of children, sponsors arrested by ICE after tips from US child...
New York [US], August 1: Aurora's 6-year-old daughter arrived at the U.S. border alone and spent more than half a year in a child...
Trump administration unfreezes $600 million for Gavi for global vaccine effort
New York [US], August 1: The Trump administration said on Wednesday it will immediately release $600 million in congressionally appropriated funds for vaccines for...
Spain says migrants are returning from Ceuta after 57 die in border...
Madrid [Spain], August 1: Spain said on Friday it had reversed a huge rush of migrants into a Spanish enclave in North Africa, with most...
Pakistan-administered Kashmir vote marred by deadly clashes
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 1: Protests during regional elections in Pakistan-administered Kashmir have turned deadly, with leaders of a banned Kashmiri group saying on Wednesday more...
Trump unveils $22 billion plan to remake Washington Dulles airport
New York [US], August 1: President Donald Trump unveiled a $22 billion plan.
Most Australian teens still on social media
Sydney [Australia], August 1: More than 8 in 10 Australian teenagers were still using social media three months after the government's landmark ban on the...
Tiny Pacific island nation Nauru reclaims traditional name 'Naoero'
New York [US], August 1: The Pacific island nation of Nauru has officially changed its name to the Republic of Naoero, reverting to its traditional...
Argentina's Milei unveils bill to shield central bank
Buenos Aires [Argentina], August 1: Argentina's President Javier Milei on Thursday announced plans to reform the central bank's charter, a move aimed at strengthening the...
Russia pounds Ukraine in new air attack, killing 9
Moscow [Russia], August 1: Russia pounded Ukraine with dozens of missiles and hundreds of drones in overnight attacks on Thursday that killed nine people, and...
Blast at Pakistan coal mine complex kills at least 18
Balochistan [Pakistan], August 1: At least 18 coal miners were killed after an explosion buried parts of a mining complex in Pakistan's Balochistan province, the...
People allowed back home in southwestern France
Paris [France], August 1: Thousands of people evacuated in southwestern France due to a major wildfire were gradually allowed back home on Friday after authrities...
Magnitude 4.7 quake strikes near Italy's Naples, causing outages and damage
Rome [Italy], August 1: A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck the Campi Flegrei area near the southern Italian city of Naples on Friday, causing power outages,...
Zayed bin Mohamed bin Zayed, Nahyan bin Mubarak attend Moroccan embassy's reception...
Dubai [UAE], July 31: H.H. Sheikh Zayed bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence,...
UAE strongly condemns renewed Iranian hostile attacks on Kuwait, Jordan
Abu Dhabi [UAE], July 31: The United Arab Emirates has condemned in the strongest terms the renewed hostile attacks by Iran targeting the State of...
Muslim Council of Elders strongly condemns attack targeting two vessels at Damietta...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], July 31: The Muslim Council of Elders strongly condemned the attack that targeted two vessels at Damietta Port in the Arab Republic...
Egyptian Information Minister: Damietta Port incident will not pass unanswered
Cairo [Egypt], July 31: Egypt's Minister of State for Information, Diaa Rashwan, stressed that his country will not compromise its sovereignty and that the Damietta...
Google expands age assurance technology globally to enhance child safety on Android...
Washington [US], July 31: Google has announced the expansion of its age assurance technology to Android app developers worldwide, as part of efforts to strengthen...
Iraq condemns US-Saudi airstrikes on its territory
Baghdad [Iraq] / Tehran [Iran], July 30: Iraq's presidency on Wednesday denounced US-Saudi airstrikes carried out against Iranian-backed militias on Iraqi soil, describing them as...
Death toll from Japan earthquake rises to 14 as search continues
Tokyo [Japan], July 30: The death toll from the powerful earthquake that struck south-western Japan has risen to at least 14, authorities reported on Wednesday.
Two Palestinians killed, 29 wounded in Gaza
Gaza [Palestine], July 30: Two Palestinians have been killed and 29 others injured in Gaza over the past 24 hours, the Health Ministry said on...