Israeli official rejects Gaza troop withdrawal and end to attacks
Tel Aviv [Israel], August 4: Israel remains opposed to withdrawing its troops from the Gaza Strip and halting attacks in the Palestinian territory, a senior...
Iraqi Kurdish regional leader meets Syrian president
Damascus [Syria], August 4: Nechirvan Barzani, president of Iraq's semiautonomous Kurdish region, has held talks with Syrian President Ahmed Al-Sharaa, in the first visit by...
Iran, Oman plan new Hormuz route
Tehran [Iran], August 4: Iran is negotiating with Oman over a joint temporary shipping corridor in the strategically important Strait of Hormuz, Foreign Ministry spokesman...
Romania blasts Danube rock to boost water for nuclear plant
Bucharest [Romania], August 4: Romania's army blasted a rock in a branch of the Danube river in an effort to increase the flow of cooling...
Pressure on Moscow will bring peace in autumn, hopes Zelensky
Moscow [Russia], August 4: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky hopes to put Russia under such pressure by autumn that it will agree to an end to...
Russian embassy in Italy blames Kiev for Moscow restaurant bombing
Moscow [Russia], August 4: Russia's embassy in Italy on Monday accused Ukraine of carrying out the deadly bombing at a Moscow restaurant over the weekend,...
Thousands ordered to evacuate as wildfires threaten US city of Spokane
Washington [US], August 4: Thousands of people have been ordered to evacuate parts of Spokane in the eastern US state of Washington as firefighters battle...
Blazes near Athens still raging as firefighters tackle two big fronts
Athens [Greece], August 4: Wildfires burning in areas west of the Athens remained out of control on Monday, with firefighters battling two major fire fronts...
Myanmar releases footage of Suu Kyi meeting Red Cross representative
Bangkok [Thailand], August 4: Myanmar's military-led government on Monday released footage of jailed former leader Aung San Suu Kyi meeting an outside representative for the...
French forest fire reveals dozens of unexploded WWII grenades
Paris [France], August 4: A French ordnance disposal experts have discovered dozens of World War II grenades in an area ravaged by the major forest...
Israel kills 17 in Gaza as attacks escalate despite Trump plan
Gaza [Palestine], August 3: Israeli forces have killed at least 17 Palestinians in Gaza, despite United States President Donald Trump announcing a plan he describes...
No Hormuz breakthrough as Trump halts attack on Iran
Tehran [Iran] / Washington [US], August 3: United States President Donald Trump has once again held off on launching a major attack against Iran, but...
Hungary shuts down only nuclear power plant amid drought
Budapest [Hungary], August 3: Hungary announced it would shut down its only nuclear power plant after record-low levels on the Danube River reduced the water...
S Korea has hottest day on record amid extreme global weather
Seoul [South Korea], August 3: South Korea has recorded its highest temperature since national weather records began more than a century ago, as an intense...
Venezuela government and part of opposition to launch US-backed talks
Mexico City [Mexico], August 3: Venezuela's government and part of the opposition plan to launch US-backed talks on the country's political future, although the movement...
Saudi urges Trump to prioritise dialogue
Cairo [Egypt], August 3: Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has called on US President Donald Trump to "prioritise the language of dialogue" to...
Death toll from Ceuta crisis rises to 72
Madrid [Spain], August 3: Further bodies have been recovered from the sea off Ceuta following the influx of tens of thousands of migrants into the...
Trump administration bans new Chinese humanoid robots, to protect US AI buildout
New York [US], August 1: The Trump administration on Tuesday unveiled bans that target imports of new Chinese robots and power inverters, seeking to...
Thousands of children, sponsors arrested by ICE after tips from US child...
New York [US], August 1: Aurora's 6-year-old daughter arrived at the U.S. border alone and spent more than half a year in a child...
Trump administration unfreezes $600 million for Gavi for global vaccine effort
New York [US], August 1: The Trump administration said on Wednesday it will immediately release $600 million in congressionally appropriated funds for vaccines for...
Spain says migrants are returning from Ceuta after 57 die in border...
Madrid [Spain], August 1: Spain said on Friday it had reversed a huge rush of migrants into a Spanish enclave in North Africa, with most...
Pakistan-administered Kashmir vote marred by deadly clashes
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 1: Protests during regional elections in Pakistan-administered Kashmir have turned deadly, with leaders of a banned Kashmiri group saying on Wednesday more...
Trump unveils $22 billion plan to remake Washington Dulles airport
New York [US], August 1: President Donald Trump unveiled a $22 billion plan.
Tiny Pacific island nation Nauru reclaims traditional name 'Naoero'
New York [US], August 1: The Pacific island nation of Nauru has officially changed its name to the Republic of Naoero, reverting to its traditional...
Argentina's Milei unveils bill to shield central bank
Buenos Aires [Argentina], August 1: Argentina's President Javier Milei on Thursday announced plans to reform the central bank's charter, a move aimed at strengthening the...
Russia pounds Ukraine in new air attack, killing 9
Moscow [Russia], August 1: Russia pounded Ukraine with dozens of missiles and hundreds of drones in overnight attacks on Thursday that killed nine people, and...
Blast at Pakistan coal mine complex kills at least 18
Balochistan [Pakistan], August 1: At least 18 coal miners were killed after an explosion buried parts of a mining complex in Pakistan's Balochistan province, the...