51 die in twin Pak tragedies
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 30: At least 51 people were killed in two separate transport accidents in western Pakistan on Sunday, when a bus plunged off...
Drone attack targets Iran defense site
Tehran [Iran], January 30: Iran on Sunday condemned a "cowardly" night-time drone attack that targeted a defense ministry site, at a time of high tensions...
China re-issues visas to Japanese after Covid-19 tension
Beijing [China], January 30: China has restored visa procedures for Japanese people after the tension between the two countries related to Covid-19 prevention testing regulations...
Gunfight at the rich in the US, 3 people died
Washington [US], January 30: A gunfight occurred in the rich Beverly Crest neighborhood of Los Angeles (USA) killing 3 people and injuring 4 others.
Netanyahu gives Israelis 'green light to shoot Palestinians'
Jerusalem [Israel], January 30: A rise in violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem is feared following Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin...
Russians gone from Ukraine village, fear and hardship remain
Kyiv [Ukraine], January 30: When night falls in Tatiana Trofimenko's village in southern Ukraine, she pours sunflower oil that aid groups gave her into a...
Trump opens 2024 run, says he's 'more committed' than ever
Washington [US], January 30: Former President Donald Trump kicked off his 2024 White House bid with stops Saturday in New Hampshire and South Carolina, events...
Heavy rain continues, Auckland state of emergency in fourth day
Auckland [New Zealand], January 30: Aucklanders are waking to the sound of yet more rain over the already sodden city as the state of emergency...
Blinken arrives in Egypt as Israeli-Palestinian tensions soar
Cairo [Egypt], January 30: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has arrived in Egypt at the start of a three-day Middle East visit with Israeli-Palestinian...
Ukraine needs more weapons faster, Zelenskiy say
Kyiv [Ukraine], January 30: Ukraine needs new weapons and faster deliveries to confront a "very tough" situation of constant attacks by Russian forces in the...
Germany will not send fighter jets to Ukraine - Chancellor Scholz says
Berlin [Germany], January 30: Germany will not send fighter jets to Ukraine, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said, while Kiev is asking the West for more...
Erdogan: Turkey could approve the admission of Finland to NATO, but not...
Ankara [Turkey], January 30: Turkish President RecepTayyip Erdogan hinted on Sunday that Turkey might approve the admission of Finland to NATO, but not Sweden.
'Spartan Khorfakkan' Championship attracts 2,250 contestants cheered on by more than 3,500...
Sharjah [UAE], January 29: More than 2,250 people of various nationalities on Saturday successfully took part in the Spartan Khorfakkan 2023 Championship, organised by the...
Syria dismisses report on Syrian military's involvement in alleged 2018 chemical attack
Damascus [Syria], January 29: The Syrian Foreign Ministry on Saturday slammed as "lacking credibility" a recent report by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical...
Iranian official vows legal pursuit of Trump, Pompeo for Soleimani's assassination
Tehran [Iran], January 29: An Iranian official vowed on Saturday that the legal pursuit of former U.S. President Donald Trump and former Secretary of State...
Afghan women students barred from sitting university entrance exam
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 29: The Taliban-run Ministry of Higher Education has banned female students in Afghanistan from registering for the 2023 university entrance exam.
Nepali government websites disrupted by hacker attack
Kathmandu [Nepal], January 29: Following a cyber attack on Saturday, all websites run by the Nepali government were temporarily disrupted, according to officials.
Faure elected leader of French Socialist party, ending power struggle
Paris [France], January 29: Members of the French Socialists party have elected incumbent Olivier Faure as the party chairman, ending a power struggle over the...
Sweden hopeful for NATO membership despite tensions with Turkey
Stockholm (Sweden), January 29: The tensions with Turkey over Islamophobic incidents are having an impact on the country's NATO accession process, the Swedish government has...
German leader Scholz sets off on S America trip, to meet Lula
Berlin [Germany], January 29: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is travelling to South America for a four-day trip to Argentina, Chile and Brazil - his first...
Former NATO general Pavel wins Czech presidential election
Prague [Czech Republic], January 29: The former Chief of General Staff Petr Pavel will be the new president in the Czech Republic after gaining 58.3%...
Russian athletes' neutral Olympic flags 'stained by blood': Zelensky
Kyiv [Ukraine], January 29: Ukrainian President VolodymyrZelensky has once again called on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) headed by Thomas Bach not to allow Russia...
Usain Bolt fires business manager over Jamaica fraud case
Kingston [Jamaica], January 29: Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt told reporters Friday that he is baffled over how $12.7 million of his money has gone missing...
Auckland flooding: Three people dead after torrential rain in New Zealand
Auckland (New Zealand), January 29: At least three people have died and one is missing after New Zealand's largest city experienced its "wettest day on...
Israeli PM warns of 'swift' response after attacks
Jerusalem [Israel], January 29: Israel's prime minister has promised "strong" and "swift" response after two separate attacks by Palestinians in Jerusalem over the past two...
House collapses in Tauranga landslide amid wild weather
Tauranga (North Island) [New Zealand], January 29:Tauranga residents told 1News it sounded like a "tornado" others said they heard a loud "bang" when the home...
Three dead in ritzy LA neighbourhood shooting
Los Angeles [US], January 29:Three people were killed and four others wounded in a shooting at a multi-million dollar short-term rental home in an upscale...