British PM exchanges messages with Trump chief of staff impersonator
London [UK], August 18: British Prime Minister Andy Burnham exchanged messages with someone impersonating Donald Trump's chief of staff, it has emerged.
Houthis launch five ballistic missiles towards Bab Al-Mandeb: Sources
Sanaa [Yemen], August 18: The Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen launched five ballistic missiles towards positions near the strategically important Bab Al-Mandeb, a Yemeni military source...
Disgruntled Taliban commander in Afghanistan surrenders after clashes
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 18: A disgruntled local Taliban commander in Afghanistan's north-eastern Badakhshan Province, Juma Khan Fateh, has laid down his arms, ending days of...
Drones target Kurdistan PM's office, senior security official's home
Erbil [Iraq], August 18: Drones targeted the private office of Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani and the residence of a senior security official near...
Over 2,300 dead in Congo's deadliest Ebola outbreak
Cape Town [South Africa], August 18: The death toll from the latest Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has reached 2,325, making...
At least 7 killed in Ukrainian air attacks on Russia
Kiev [Ukraine] / Moscow [Russia], August 18: At least seven people have been killed and four wounded in Ukrainian missile and drone attacks on Russia.
Pregnant woman among three killed in suspected drug gang shooting in Spain
Madrid [Spain], August 18: Three people have been shot dead in a suspected revenge attack linked to the drug trade in south-western Spain, the authorities...
Russia's top court confirms exclusion of anti-war party from election
Moscow [Russia], August 18: Russia's Supreme Court on Monday upheld a decision barring the anti-war Yabloko party from parliamentary elections in September. The court, presided...
UAE shifts healthcare from traditional prevention to early risk detection
Abu Dhabi [UAE], August 17: The UAE healthcare system is moving towards a more proactive model in which prevention, early detection and health risk sensing...
Hawaii's Big Island faces first direct hurricane strike in 155 years
Washington [US], August 17: Hawaii's Big Island faced the threat of its first direct hurricane strike in 155 years as Hurricane Lala moved across the...
Shifting winds hamper efforts to contain wildfire in eastern Belgium
Brussels [Belgium], August 17: Firefighting teams continued battling a major wildfire in eastern Belgium on Sunday evening after it burned around 3,000 hectares of land...
Qatari Prime Minister, Syrian Foreign Minister discuss regional developments
Doha [Qatar], August 17: Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani, Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of Qatar, and Asaad...
Morocco arrests 111 migrants headed for Spain's Ceuta
Rabat [Morocco], August 16: Moroccan police arrested at least 111 people as they tried to enter Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta, amid tightened security...
Earthquake hits Spanish city of Granada
Madrid [Spain], August 16: A magnitude 5 earthquake struck the Spanish city of Granada in the early hours of Saturday, with the regional government saying...
Israeli strikes in south of the country kill at least 11
Tel Aviv [Israel], August 16: At least 11 people were killed in Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon, the Lebanese health ministry said, some of the...
Funeral held for Australian Indigenous girl whose death sparked outback riots
Sydney [Australia], August 16: Mourners gathered in Australia's Northern Territory capital Alice Springs on Saturday to bid farewell to a five-year-old Indigenous girl whose death...
Australia gun buyback to start in November
Sydney [Australia], August 16: Australia's New South Wales state will start a gun buyback in November, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said, part of the national...
GCC Secretary General condemns repeated hostile Iranian attacks on ADNOC tankers
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], August 16: Jasem Mohamed Albudaiwi, Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), has condemned the repeated hostile Iranian attacks targeting two...
MBZUAI develops landmark benchmark to bridge cultural, dialect gap in Arabic AI
Abu Dhabi [UAE], August 16: Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI) is pioneering research to refine artificial intelligence so that systems can genuinely...
UAE Team Emirates targets podium finish at Cyclassics Hamburg
Hamburg [Germany], August 16: Mexican cyclist Isaac Del Toro will lead UAE Team Emirates XRG at the 29th edition of the Bemer Cyclassics in Hamburg...
UN warns Ebola claiming one life every 30 minutes in DRC
Geneva [Switzerland], August 16: The United Nations and the World Health Organisation (WHO) have issued a urgent warning over the accelerating Ebola outbreak in...
Meta tests AI scam alert feature on WhatsApp
Washington [US], August 16: Meta has launched a new optional AI-powered scam alert feature on WhatsApp, currently rolled out as a limited test version to...
Mexico races to clear record seaweed surge from Caribbean beaches
Mexico City [Mexico], August 15: Mexico is scrambling to contain a record surge of foul-smelling sargassum along its Caribbean coast, as the brown seaweed swamps...
Belgium records hottest day of 2026 amid ongoing heat wave
Brussels [Belgium], August 15: Belgium recorded its hottest 13 August since measurements began on Thursday, with 32,2 °C measured in Uccle, according to Royal Meteorological...
French taxpayers' data stolen in cyber attack, French Finance Ministry says
Paris [France], August 15: French taxpayers' data, both individuals and professionals, stolen in a cyberattack, the French Finance Ministry said.
Indonesia targets 30 GW of solar power in 2026
Jakarta [Indonesia], August 15: Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto said the government would build solar power plants (PLTS) with a capacity of 30 gigawatts (GW)...
UK government issues severe alert to warn of high risk of wildfires
London [UK], August 15: An emergency alert has been sent to millions of mobile phones across the UK warning of a serious wildfire risk.