Israel strikes military sites in Syria
Damascus [Syria], May 29: Israeli war jets launched an overnight attack on military sites in the Syrian capital Damascus on Sunday night, causing damage only,...
Cambodian King embarks on state visit to India
Phnom Penh [Cambodia], May 29: Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni left here on Monday for India for a state visit to further promote ties and cooperation...
Australia provides assistance to Middle East, Africa amid food security crisis
Canberra [Australia], May 29: The Australian government has announced a funding boost for famine relief efforts in Africa and the Middle East.
Over 1,500 arrested during climate protest in The Hague
Amsterdam [Netherlands], May 29: The number of activists arrested during a climate protest in The Hague on Saturday rose from an initial several hundred to...
Biden, McCarthy reach agreement in principle on raising debt ceiling
Washington [US], May 29: US President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., have reached an agreement in principle to raise the debt ceiling...
Doctors Without Borders rescue over 600 migrants at sea
Rome [Italy], May 29: A Doctors Without Borders (MSF) ship has rescued more than 600 migrants and refugees from a boat in distress in the...
US, Saudi Arabia call on Sudan warring sides to extend truce
Khartoum [Sudan], May 29: The United States Embassy in Sudan's capital of Khartoum on Sunday lambasted both the country's warring factions for violating a ceasefire...
Kyiv suffers the biggest air strike in May, Russia tightens the border
Kyiv [Ukraine], May 29: On the morning of May 28, Ukrainian military officials said that Russia launched a new round of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV)...
Serbian president resigns as leader of ruling party amid protests
Belgrade [Serbia], May 29: Tens of thousands of people continued to take to the streets to protest in the Serbian capital Belgrade on May 27,...
North Korea announces preparations to launch military spy satellite
Pyongyang [North Korea], May 29: North Korea has informed Japan that it will launch a satellite between May 31 and June 11, what some countries...
Asian shares, US futures rise on debt ceiling deal
Washington [US], May 29: Asian shares and U.S. stock futures rose on Monday, buoyed by a weekend deal by U.S. President Joe Biden and congressional...
Biden says final US debt ceiling deal ready to move to Congress...
Washington [US], May 29: U.S. President Joe Biden said on Sunday he had finalized a budget agreement with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to suspend the...
Turkey's Erdogan prevails in election test of his 20-year rule
Ankara [Turkey], May 29: President Tayyip Erdogan extended his two decades in power in elections on Sunday, winning a mandate to pursue increasingly authoritarian policies...
Haiti's deadly vigilante movement sees decline in gang violence, report says
Geneva [Switzerland], May 29 (ANI): Violence by armed gangs has fallen "drastically" since the emergence of a vigilante justice movement that has seen at least...
Man charged with murder after 3 dead in New Mexico biker shootout
New Mexico [Mexico], May 29: A biker was charged with murder after a shootout between rival motorbike gangs at a motorcycle rally in Red River,...
Pakistan to share budget details with IMF to unlock funds, finance minister...
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 29: Pakistan's Finance Minister Ishaq Dar said on Sunday the country will share its upcoming budget details with the International Monetary Fund...
Turkey election: Erdogan wins new presidential term
Ankara [Turkey], May 29: The Turkish electoral authority declared Erdogan the winner of the election which will see him secure another five-year term.
UAE President congratulates Erdoğan on re-election over phone call
Abu Dhabi [UAE], May 29: President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan congratulated RecepTayyipErdoğan on his re-election as the President of the...
China's BRI helps to rebuild Iraq, say Iraqi scholars
Baghdad [Iraq], May 28: AqilHamdan, a professor at Baghdad-based al-Mustansiriyah University, said China could play a vital role in Iraq's post-war reconstruction, particularly through the...
5 killed, dozens missing in Ghana boat accident
Accra [Ghana], May 28: At least five people died and dozens went missing after a boat carrying dozens of people sank in the Savannah Region...
Kung Fu competition promotes Chinese culture in Athens
Athens [Greece], May 28: The 1st European Chin Woo Wushu Kung Fu Open Championship and Chinese Cultural Festival kicked off on Saturday in Athens, offering...
Farm-turned industrial park fuels China-Slovakia cooperation
Bratislava [Slovakia], May 28: The Chinese ambassador to Slovakia and local guests have shared stories about the Zhongjie Friendship Farm founded over 60 years ago,...
Serbia's second Confucius Institute marks 9th anniversary
Novi Sad [Serbia], May 28: The Confucius Institute at the University of Novi Sad marked its ninth anniversary on Saturday with a series of cultural...
Sudan army calls on ex-soldiers to re-enlist as fighting persists
Khartum [Sudan], May 28: Sudan's army has asked the United Nations to change its envoy to the country, as it calls on reservists and retired...
Man who opened plane door mid-air arrested
Seoul [South Korea], May 28: A man has been arrested for opening a door of an Asiana Airlines flight as it was landing in South...
Hundreds of German civil servants forced to leave Russia
Berlin [Germany], May 28: Several hundred German civil servants, including diplomats, teachers and staff working for a cultural organization will have to leave Russia.
Russia planning massive incident at nuclear site, claims Ukraine
Kiev [Ukraine], May 28: Ukraine's defence ministry has warned that Russia plans to simulate a major accident at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station, which is...