Gaza hospitals cut off from UN aid as Israel intensifies bombing
Tel Aviv [Israel], January 12: Repeated refusals by Israeli authorities to allow UN aid teams to deliver the desperately needed humanitarian relief inside Gaza have...
Blinken sees 'concrete steps forward' as he ends Middle East trip
Washington [US], January 12: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday said the war in Gaza "is not escalating" as he wrapped up a...
Sheikh Hasina sworn in for fifth term as Bangladesh's premier
Dhaka [Bangladesh], January 12: Sheikh Hasina was sworn in for a another term as Bangladesh's prime minister on Thursday, less than a week after her...
Zelensky says ceasefire would allow Russia to regroup and rearm
Kyiv [Russia], January 12: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has firmly rejected the idea of a ceasefire with Russia, saying it would only benefit Moscow by...
At least 15 dead following riots and looting in Papua New Guinea
Port Moresby [Papua New Guinea], January 12: Riots throughout Papua New Guinea left at least 15 people dead on Wednesday.
Azerbaijan demands land corridor through Armenia
Moscow [Russia], January 12: The Caucasus republic of Azerbaijan is demanding that neighbouring Armenia establish a land corridor free of control to the Azerbaijani exclave...
Trump attends closing arguments in NYC fraud trial
New York [US], January 12: The last day of Donald Trump's months-long Manhattan fraud trial started on time Thursday despite an early-morning bogus bomb threat...
US, Britain carry out strikes against Houthis in Yemen
Washington [US], January 12: The United States and Britain have started carrying out strikes against targets linked to Houthis in Yemen, four U.S. officials told...
Ukraine builds barricades, digs trenches as focus shifts to defence
Kyiv [Ukraine], January 12: Rows of white concrete barricades and coils of razor wire stretch across an open field for more than a kilometre.
Reaction to South Africa's UN court case against Israel's war in Gaza
Tel Aviv [Israel], January 12: South Africa accused Israel of subjecting Palestinians to genocidal acts at the opening of hearings at the top U.N. court...
Russia's Medvedev warns of nuclear response
Moscow [Russia], January 12: A senior ally of President Vladimir Putin warned that any Ukrainian attacks on missile launch sites inside Russia with arms supplied...
Tens of thousands protest in Poland against ex-ministers' imprisonment
Warsaw [Poland], January 12: Tens of thousands of opposition supporters massed outside Poland's parliament to protest against the new government's changes.
At ICJ, South Africa accuses Israel of genocide in Gaza
Cape Town [South Africa], January 12: South Africa accused Israel of carrying out genocide in Gaza and demanded that the U.N.'s top court order an...
Iran seizes oil tanker involved in US-Iran dispute in Gulf of Oman
Tehran [Iran], January 12: The St Nikolas was boarded by armed intruders as it sailed close to the Omani city of Sohar.
Netanyahu condemns ICJ genocide case
Tel Aviv [Israel], January 12: Benjamin Netanyahu condemned South Africa's genocide case against Israel in Gaza as "hypocrisy and lies".
Trump critic Chris Christie exits 2024 U.S. presidential race
Washington [US], January 11: Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, known as a vocal critic of former President Donald Trump, officially withdrew from the 2024...
Bangladeshi president appoints Sheikh Hasina as new PM, invites her to form...
Dhaka [Bangladesh], January 11: Bangladeshi President Mohammed Shahabuddin on Wednesday appointed ruling Bangladesh Awami League (AL) party leader Sheikh Hasina as the new prime minister...
213 dead, 52 missing in Japan's quake-hit Ishikawa prefecture
Tokyo [Japan], January 11: The death toll rose to 213 in the central Japanese prefecture of Ishikawa on Thursday, after a series of strong quakes...
At Washington meeting China demands end to US military aid to Taiwan
Beijing [China], January 11: At a meeting of military representatives, China has called on the United States to stop arming Taiwan.
Zelensky appeals for air defence systems at start of Baltic tour
Kyiv [Ukraine], January 11: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky appealed for more air defence systems as he made a major trip abroad on Wednesday with a...
US wants 'tangible steps' toward Palestinian state; Israel fights on
Washington [US], January 11: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday he supports "tangible steps" towards establishing a Palestinian state, but the prospect...
Polish police arrest MPs in presidential palace
Warsaw [Poland], January 11: Polish police have arrested the former interior minister and deputy interior minister inside the presidential palace in Warsaw in a day...
US, allies slam alleged N Korea missiles to Russia
Washington [US], January 11: Nearly 50 countries joined the United States on Tuesday in condemning North Korea's alleged transfer of missiles to Russia, demanding an...
North Korea's Kim brands Seoul 'principal enemy'
Pyongyang [North Korea], January 11: North Korea's Kim Jong Un branded South Korea his country's "principal enemy" and warned he would not hesitate to annihilate...
Pastor slams Western church 'silence' on Gaza
Ramallah [Palestine], January 11: For his first service of 2024, Palestinian pastor Munther Isaac read a biblical passage in which God chooses the weakest "to...
Ecuador orders gangs 'neutralized' after studio attack
Quito [Ecuador], January 11: Ecuador's president gave orders on Tuesday to "neutralize" criminal gangs after gunmen stormed and opened fire in a TV studio, as...
US, UK forces repel 'largest attack' by Houthis in Red Sea
Washington [US], January 11: U.S. and British naval forces shot down 21 drones and missiles fired by Yemen-based Houthis on Tuesday towards the southern Red...