North Korea launches a series of missiles
Pyongyang [North Korea], May 8: North Korea launched multiple ballistic missiles into the sea off its east coast on the morning of May 8, according...
Cardinals set for second day of conclave to elect a new pope
Rome [Italy], May 8: The largest and most geographically diverse conclave in history was due to resume, with Roman Catholic cardinals returning to the Sistine...
Junta in quake-hit Myanmar extends ceasefire to May 31
Naypyidaw [Myanmar], May 8: Myanmar's junta has extended a temporary ceasefire to May 31 to support reconstruction efforts following a massive earthquake in late March...
Vatican conclave to pick new pope, world waits for white smoke
Rome [Italy], May 8: Roman Catholic cardinals will begin the task of electing a new pope, locking themselves away from the world until they choose...
US and China to start talks over trade war this week
New York [US], May 8: US and Chinese officials are set to start talks this week to try to deescalate a trade war between the...
Western WWII narratives challenged during Xi's Moscow visit
New York [US], May 8: Chinese President Xi Jinping is set to arrive in Russia today for a four-day state visit at the invitation of...
Trump says US forges deal to stop bombing Houthis
New York [US], May 8: President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that the U.S. will stop bombing the Houthis in Yemen, saying that the Iran-aligned...
Merz, Macron seek restart of Franco-German ties
Paris [France], May 8: Less than 24 hours after taking office, Germany's new Chancellor Friedrich Merz met with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris on...
Finnish city welcomes TikTok data center, anticipates major economic boost
Helsinki [Finland], May 8: Kouvola, a city in southeastern Finland, has welcomed TikTok's decision to establish a new data center there, emphasizing the significant economic...
Slovak PM slams EU plan to halt Russian energy imports as "economic...
Bratislava [Slovakia], May 8: Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico on Wednesday blamed the European Commission's proposal to completely halt energy imports from Russia, calling the...
Venezuelan opposition members leave Argentinian embassy after months
Washington DC [US], May 8: Five Venezuelan opposition figures that had been sheltering in the Argentinian embassy in Caracas for over a year left the...
Damascus signals openness to peace talks with Israel, but with conditions
Damascus [Syria], May 8: Informed sources in Damascus have revealed that the Syrian government is open to dialogue regarding a potential peace agreement with Israel.
Ukrainian drone strikes leave 60,000 people stranded at Russian airports
Moscow [Russia], May 8: Ukrainian drone attacks have caused major flight chaos in Russia, with delays, diversions and cancellations affecting at least 60,000 travellers on...
Israeli attacks kill over 60 Palestinians as Gaza blockade accelerates starvation
Jerusalem [Israel], May 8: Israel's attacks on Gaza have killed at least 61 people since dawn, targeting civilians in crowded places, as its more than...
Vance says US thinks Russia's asking too much to end war
Moscow [Russia], May 8: The US government currently considers Russia's conditions for ending the war in Ukraine to be excessive, Vice President JD Vance told...
Junta in quake-hit Myanmar extends ceasefire to May 31
Naypyidaw [Myanmar], May 8: Myanmar's junta has extended a temporary ceasefire to May 31 to support reconstruction efforts following a massive earthquake in late March...
Black smoke after first conclave vote
Washington DC [US], May 8: Black smoke billowed from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday evening, signalling an inconclusive first vote by cardinals...
Wildfire destroys 12,500 acres of land on England's Dartmoor
London [UK], May 7: A wildfire has destroyed about 12,500 acres (50.6 square kilometres) of moorland on Dartmoor in south-west England.
Bangladesh ex-PM Khaleda Zia returns home after medical treatment
Dhaka [Bangladesh], May 7: Bangladesh's former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia returned to Dhaka on Tuesday after undergoing medical treatment in London.
Global AI spending to increase by 60% to $360bn in 2025
New York [US], May 7: Global artificial intelligence (AI) spending is projected to rise significantly in the coming years, with UBS estimating a 60 per...
Dollar dips, gold soars in Trump 2.0's first 100 days
New York [US], May 7: The first 100 days of US President Donald Trump's second term has seen the US dollar as the worst-performing G10...
Oman announces ceasefire between US and Houthis
Cairo [Egypt], May 7: Oman has brokered a ceasefire between the United States and Yemen's Houthi rebels, according to a statement from the Omani Foreign...
Carney tells Trump Canada will 'never' be for sale
Washington [US], May 7: Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney humorously but unequivocally rejected any territorial ambitions on the part of US President Donald Trump during...
Total blackout after drone strikes, fire in Sudanese city of Port Sudan
Khartoum [Sudan], May 7: Multiple explosions have been heard and a huge fire has erupted in Port Sudan, as the war between Sudan's army and...
Houthis vow to retaliate after Israel hits Sanaa airport
Tel Aviv [Israel] / Cairo [Egypt], May 7: The Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen have threatened Israel with retaliation following Israel's strike on the airport in...
No sense in Gaza talks amid Israel's 'hunger war': Hamas
Gaza [Palestine], May 7: Hamas will no longer engage in ceasefire negotiations with Israel, seeing no point in doing so "as long as the hunger...
Germany's Merz elected chancellor on second try after historic defeat
Berlin [Germany], May 7: German conservative leader Friedrich Merz was elected by lawmakers as the country's new chancellor on Tuesday, hours after suffering a humiliating...