May Day marked by protests, celebrations, and arrests
Washington [US], May 15: Labor activists commemorated May 1 worldwide on Friday, with rallies and street protests. Demonstrators focused their calls on higher wages and...
NATO seeking clarity on US pullback from German military bases
Brussels [Belgium], May 3: NATO officials are coordinating with their US counterparts to ascertain the details of the withdrawal of some 5,000 members of the...
Havana slams Trump sanctions as 'collective punishment'
Washington [US], May 3: The Cuban government has firmly rejected new sanctions levied by United States President Donald Trump, calling them "unilateral coercive measures" intended...
Peru probes trafficking of citizens to fight for Russia in Ukraine
Lima [Peru], May 3: Peru has launched an investigation into an alleged human trafficking network that lured citizens with false promises of employment in Russia,...
Mali probes soldiers following military base attacks
Bamako [Mali], May 3: Malian authorities say they are investigating soldiers suspected of involvement in a wave of simultaneous attacks on army bases across the...
US Navy acting 'like pirates' to enforce Iran blockade: Trump
Washington [US], May 3: United States President Donald Trump says the US Navy is acting "like pirates" as he described an operation about seizing a...
Israeli air strikes on Lebanon kill 41 people in 24-hours: Health ministry
Beirut [Lebanon], May 3: Israel has launched multiple strikes across southern Lebanon, killing at least 10 people in further violations of the "ceasefire" declared two...
Trump declares end to Iran hostilities
Washington [US], May 3: U.S. President Donald Trump declared that a ceasefire had "terminated" hostilities against Iran, as he sought to bolster his argument that...
UAE President receives written message from Singapore's President
Abu Dhabi [UAE], May 3: President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan received a written message from Tharman Shanmugaratnam, President of the Republic...
Saeed Al Hajeri meets with Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs...
Tbilisi [Georgia], May 3: Saeed Al Hajeri, Minister of State, held bilateral meetings during his working visit to the Republic of Georgia with Maka Botchorishvili,...
City bus lands in Seine near Paris as trainee driver makes steering...
Paris [France], May 2: A trainee driver learning to operate a city bus in a Paris suburb plunged the vehicle into the Seine River on...
Iran threatens painful response if US renews attacks
Tehran [Iran], May 2: Iran said on Thursday it would respond with "long and painful strikes" on U.S. positions if Washington renewed attacks and ​restated...
UK terror threat level raised to severe after two Jewish men stabbed
London [UK], May 2: The UK terrorism threat level has been raised to "severe" following the Golders Green stabbings of two Jewish men, meaning a...
Detained Gaza flotilla activists to be taken to Greece: Israel
Tel Aviv [Israel], May 2: Israel on Thursday said that dozens of activists intercepted by the Israeli military from a Gaza-bound aid flotilla in international...
US pioneering gene researcher Venter dies
Los Angeles [US], May 2: US gene research pioneer Craig Venter, 79, died on Wednesday, the J Craig Venter Institute (JCVI) he founded said.
US indicts Sinaloa governor, 9 others over Mexican drug cartel links
Washington [US], May 2: Ten former and current Mexican officials were indicted in absentia on charges of drug trafficking and related weapons offences in the...
Putin, Trump discuss possible temporary ceasefire in Ukraine
Moscow [Russia] / Washington [US] / Kiev [Ukraine], May 2: Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump discussed a possible temporary ceasefire in...
King Charles, Camilla bid formal farewell to Trump and Melania
London [UK], May 2: The British King and Queen have said farewell to the US president and first lady as they near the end of...
Largest US aircraft carrier to depart Middle East
Washington [US], May 1: The US Navy's largest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R Ford, is expected to leave the Middle East soon, US media...
UK terror threat level raised to severe after two Jewish men stabbed
London [UK], May 1: The UK terrorism threat level has been raised to "severe" following the Golders Green stabbings of two Jewish men, meaning a...
Trump hits back again at German Chancellor Merz over Iran war criticism
Washington [US], May 1: US President Donald Trump took aim at German Chancellor Friedrich Merz again on Thursday over his criticism of the war in...
New York Mayor Mamdani urges UK king to return Koh-i-Noor diamond to...
New York [US], May 1: New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani suggested that Britain should return one of its crown jewels to India, the Koh-i-Noor diamond,...
Israeli strikes in Lebanon kill 27; Hezbollah attacks IDF
Beirut [Lebanon] / Tel Aviv [Israel], May 1: Twnety-seven people were killed in Israeli attacks in Lebanon, including two minors and at least four women,...
Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi's sentence reduced
Naypyidaw [Myanmar], May 1: Myanmar President Min Aung Hlaing has cut all prisoners' sentences by one-sixth, a blanket measure that grants deposed leader Aung San...
Khamenei threatens response to any US attacks
Tehran [Iran], May 1: Iran's new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, on Thursday, threatened to respond to any further US attacks in a rare statement read...
Trump warns Iran to 'get smart' over stalled talks
Washington DC [US], April 30: United States President Donald Trump has warned Iran must "get smart soon" following a proposal from Tehran that would postpone...
US, Latin America countries criticise China's retaliation
Washington DC [US], April 30: Bolivia, Costa Rica, Guyana, Paraguay, Trinidad and Tobago, and the United States have released a joint statement in support of...