Over 100 ex-diplomats urge France, UK to sanction Israel over Palestine
Paris [France], August 23: A coalition of 102 former French and British diplomats is calling on their countries to jointly sanction Israel, warning in an...
Iran grants Iraqi tankers safe Hormuz passage
Tehran [Iran], August 23: Iran is granting several oil tankers from neighbouring Iraq passage through the Strait of Hormuz, the state news agency IRNA reported.
Laptop catches fire on US flight; passenger treated at airport
Texas [US], August 23: One person has received medical treatment after a passenger's laptop caught fire on an American Airlines flight.
Indonesia bolsters troop numbers to combat Borneo wildfires
Jakarta [Indonesia], August 23: The Indonesian government is sending 1,500 more soldiers to Borneo to help tackle wildfires that have burned through swaths of the...
Child hunger crisis in Somalia deepens, says UNICEF
Mogadishu [Somalia], August 23: Life-threatening malnutrition among children is spiking in Somalia as more than 200 health and nutrition facilities were forced to shutter following...
Around 1,000 people evacuated due to forest fire in eastern Spain
Barcelona [Spain], August 23: Around 1,000 people have been evacuated due to a forest fire in eastern Spain. Buses have been made available for people...
Trump's 'economic warfare' violates international law: Iran
Tehran [Iran], August 23: Iran said on Saturday that the United States' planned "economic warfare" against Tehran would violate international law.
Judge strikes down Trump's immigrant visa ban
New York [US], August 23: A United States judge has struck down a policy introduced by the administration of President Donald Trump suspending the issuance...
Seven killed, including two police officers, in UK 'wrong-side' car crash
London [UK], August 23: Seven people, including two police officers, have died in a head-on collision during a pursuit, after a vehicle driving down the...
Merz faces down protesters at burnt forest as he thanks fire crews
Dusseldorf [Germany], August 23: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz thanked emergency crews who subdued a raging wildfire in western Germany on Saturday and defended his decision...
Putin vows crushing retaliation as Ukraine opens Pandora's box
Moscow [Russia], August 23: Russian President Vladimir Putin has threatened Kiev with a severe response after massive Ukrainian strikes on oil refineries and logistics centres...
Iraqi president rejects use of its territory as launchpad for attacks on...
Baghdad [Iraq], August 23: Iraqi President Nizar Amedi on Saturday reaffirmed Iraq's rejection of any use of its territory as a launchpad for attacks against...
13 missing as migrant boat sinks off Tunisia
Tunis [Tunisia], August 23: A boat with immigrants aboard sank off the Tunisian coast while it was steaming toward European shores, leaving 13 individuals missing.
Several Palestinians injured by Israeli forces and settlers in the West Bank
Jerusalem [Israel], August 23: Three Palestinians have been shot by Israeli forces in ar-Ram, north of Jerusalem, according to the Jerusalem Governorate.
Israeli drone strike on 'civilian vehicle' injures several in Syria
Damascus [Syria], August 23: An Israeli drone strike in southwestern Syria has injured several people, the country's foreign ministry said, in the latest of near-daily...
Air Arabia adds Katowice to its growing network in Poland
Sharjah [UAE], August 22: Air Arabia, the Middle East and North Africa's first and largest budget carrier operator, announced the launch of four weekly non-stop...
Ebola spreading exponentially in Congo as death toll tops 2,500, UN says
Kinshasa [DRC], August 22: More than 2,500 people have now ​died in the Democratic Republic of Congo's Ebola outbreak, which is spreading exponentially in an...
Industry group says German gas storage at record low for time of...
Berlin [Germany], August 22: Germany's gas storage facilities are currently less full than at any point at this time of year since records began in...
NASA-led study shows some Earth microbes could survive on the moon
Washington [US], August 22: New research by NASA scientists looking at five forms of fungi and bacteria indicates that some of them indeed could survive...
BRICS Tourism Ministers adopt Jaipur Declaration to deepen cooperation, sustainable tourism
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], August 22: BRICS Tourism Ministers adopted the Jaipur Declaration, by consensus in Jaipur, Rajasthan, on Friday. The ministerial meeting was held under...
Governments brace for historic El Nino impacts on global weather extremes
New York [US], August 21: Governments are preparing for heightened risks of drought, flooding, extreme heat and wildfires as a rapidly strengthening El Nino raises...
Gunmen seize tanker off Yemen amid resurgence of Somali piracy
Sanaa [Yemen], August 21: A tanker has been boarded by six armed people who took control of the vessel off the coast of Yemen and...
Harry and Meghan to return to UK after six years in US
London [UK], August 21: Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, who are known as the duke and duchess of Sussex, plan to move back to...
Iran condemns Trump's 'economic warfare' as China warns on sanctions
Tehran [Iran] / Beijing [China], August 21: Iran and China have pushed back against US President Donald Trump's announcement of an unprecedented campaign of "economic...
North Korea fires at least 10 short-range missiles
Seoul [South Korea], August 21: North Korea fired at least 10 short-range missiles towards the sea on Thursday, according to South Korea's military.
Russian-held Zaporizhzhya nuclear plant loses external power: IAEA
Vienna [Austria], August 21: The Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine has once again lost its external power supply, according to the International Atomic...
Poland's eastern border more secure, says Tusk
Warsaw [Poland], August 21: Poland is "safer than ever before" on its eastern border, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Thursday.