Rwanda eyes more Chinese investors in green projects: official

Kigali [Rwanda], August 21: Rwanda is looking forward to attracting more Chinese investments in green projects to support the country's efforts to achieve a green...

Death toll from heavy rains, floods in Sudan rises to 79

Khartoum [Sudan], August 21: The death toll from recent heavy rains and floods in Sudan has climbed to 79, the country's National Council for Civil...

UN chief strongly condemns terrorist attack on Somalia's Hayat hotel

Mogadishu [Somalia], August 21: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday strongly condemned the terrorist attack on the Hayat Hotel in Mogadishu, the capital and most...

Palestinian President condemns Israel's closure of 7 NGOs

Ramallah [Palestine], August 21: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday condemned Israel's closure of seven Palestinian non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in the West Bank.

6 IS militants killed in airstrike in Iraq: military

Baghdad [Iraq], August 21: Six Islamic State (IS) militants were killed on Saturday in an airstrike in Iraq's Salahudin province north of Baghdad, the Iraqi...

Iranian police bust int'l cocaine trafficking ring

Tehran [Iran], August 21: The Iranian police announced on Saturday that it had smashed an international drug trafficking ring smuggling cocaine from Latin American countries...

Jordanian, Algerian business representatives vow to boost bilateral trade

Amman [Jordan], August 21: Business representatives from Jordan and Algeria on Saturday called for efforts to overcome obstacles facing bilateral trade.

Iran says West wants to prevent it from producing nuclear fuel, having...

Tehran [Iran], August 21: The head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) said on Saturday the West has always sought to prevent the...

UN chief inspects Ukraine's grain export in Istanbul

Istanbul [Turkey], August 21: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres visited Istanbul on Saturday and inspected the efforts of the Joint Coordination Center (JCC) in bringing Ukrainian...

Over 834,000 int'l tourists visit Cuba in first seven months

Havana [Cuba], August 21: Cuba has received more than 834,000 international tourists in the first seven months of 2022, the island's National Office of Statistics...

Vietnam reports 2,704 new COVID-19 cases

Hanoi [Vietnam], August 21: Vietnam recorded 2,704 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, down by 279 from Friday, according to its Ministry of Health.

Singapore reports 2,660 new COVID-19 cases

Singapore, August 21: Singapore reported 2,660 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, bringing the total tally to 1,814,915.

Cambodia attracts over 740,000 int'l tourists in first 7 months

Phnom Penh [Cambodia], August 21: Cambodia has attracted more than 740,000 international visitors in the first seven months of 2022, an increase of 560 percent...

Myanmar reports 48 new COVID-19 cases

Yangon [Myanmar], August 21: Myanmar confirmed 48 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the tally to 614,621, according to the Ministry...

36 killed, 145 injured in rain spells across Pakistan in 24 hours

Islamabad [Pakistan], August 21: At least 36 people were killed and 145 others injured in heavy monsoon rain-triggered flash floods and other rain-related incidents during...

'Facts No Longer Matter' in Trump Probe Under Politicized Justice System, Ex-FBI...

Washington (US), August 20: Whether or not former President Donald Trump is indicted over what federal agents found during a search of his home will...

Report: Iran Drops Demand in JCPOA Talks for US to Remove IRGC...

Washington (US), August 20: Iran dropped a key demand for the US to remove the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) from its Foreign Terrorist Organizations...

S. Korea, U.S. voice regret over N. Korea in high-level phone talks

Seoul/ Washington (South Korea/ US), August 20: The top diplomats of South Korea and the United States held phone talks Friday and expressed regret over...

S. Korea's new COVID-19 cases fall below 130,000; death toll hits 3-month...

Seoul (South Korea), August 20: South Korea's new COVID-19 cases fell below 130,000 Saturday, but the daily number of deaths reached a three-month high amid...

S. Korean lawmakers leave for U.S. visit

Seoul (South Korea), August 20: A group of lawmakers from South Korea's rival parties departed for Washington, D.C., Saturday for a weeklong visit at the...

Aid workers face increasingly dangerous situation: UN

Geneva (Switzerland), August 20: Aid workers around the world are working in increasingly dangerous and unstable situations and are being killed, injured, kidnapped and harassed...

IAEA says consulting on sending mission to Zaporizhzhia plant soon

Vienna (Austria), August 20: The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said on Friday that it is actively consulting with all parties on sending a mission...

UN chief urges more in-depth examination of causes of hate

United Nations, August 20: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday called on the international community to do more to examine the conditions that drive hate.

NASA unveils landing sites for manned Moon mission

Los Angeles (US), August 20: NASA announced Friday that it has selected 13 possible regions at the South Pole of the Moon as potential future...

Philippine president to visit Indonesia, Singapore in first overseas trips after taking...

Manila (Philippine), August 20: Philippine President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos is scheduled to visit Indonesia and Singapore next month in his first overseas trips since taking...

Monkeypox test kit unveiled in India

New Delhi [India], August 20: India's first indigenously developed RT-PCR kit for testing Monkeypox was launched in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh, local daily...

Canada approves 1st COVID-19 booster for kids 5-11

Ottawa (Canada), August 20: Canada's drug regulator announced Friday it has authorized Pfizer-BioNTech Comirnaty COVID-19 vaccine for use as a booster dose in children aged...