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.
Bangladesh elects Alamgir as new president
Dhaka [Bangladesh], August 21: Senior politician Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, 78, has been overwhelmingly elected president of Bangladesh, the country's top election official announced on...
UK rebukes Israel for West Bank settlement tender offer
London [UK], August 21: UK Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband has issued a rebuke to Israel after it published a tender for construction of a settlement...
Russian missile barrage kills 16 people in Ukraine's Kiev
Kiev [Ukraine], August 21: Russian forces have launched ballistic missile attacks on Ukraine's capital Kiev, killing at least 16 people and wounding 33, officials said.
First group of US deportees, out of an expected 1,200, arrive in...
Monrovia [Liberia], August 21: A first group of deportees, out of an expected total of 1,200, has landed at the Roberts International Airport in Monrovia,...
Gaza holds mass funeral for 50 Palestinians killed by Israel
Gaza [Palestine], August 21: At least 50 Palestinians whose bodies were retrieved recently from the rubble have been laid to rest in Gaza City, in...
Six tourists, pilot killed in Kenya helicopter crash
Nairobi [Kenya], August 21: Six tourists and a pilot have been killed in a helicopter crash in Kenya, the operator and tour company responsible said...
USS Washington arrives in Arabian Sea after aircraft carrier outcry
Washington [US], August 21: An aircraft carrier previously deployed to the Western Pacific has arrived in the Middle East, following an outcry over reported conditions...
Syria detains policeman over death of White Helmets rescuer
Damascus [Syria], August 21: A Syrian police officer has been arrested and may be criminally prosecuted after an investigation found that he hit a detainee...
Austria asylum applications drop to 10-year low
Vienna [Austria], August 20: The number of new asylum applications in Austria dropped to its lowest level in 10 years, recording 244 applications in July,...
Ebola cases in Congo exceed 5,000, government data shows
Kinshasa [DRC], August 20: The number of confirmed Ebola cases in the ​Democratic Republic of Congo now exceeds 5,000, government data showed late on Tuesday,...
Rescue mission called off for NASA's aging Swift space telescope
Washington [US], August 20: The mission to save NASA's sinking Swift Observatory was called off Wednesday, dooming the telescope to a fiery reentry later this...
Moderna shares double after experimental mRNA cancer treatment passes key test
Washington [US], August 20: Moderna shares more than doubled Wednesday after it announced initial results from a study of an experimental cancer treatment that would...
SpaceX launches its 100th mission of the year, sends Starlink satellites to...
New York [US], August 20: In a feat that feels more like science fiction than modern reality, SpaceX has officially marked its 100th mission of...
Apple releases urgent security update for iPhone, iPad and Mac
Washington [US], August 19: Apple released iOS 26.6.1 on August 17, patching 29 security vulnerabilities, including a critical ImageIO flaw enabling arbitrary code execution via...
UAE condemns Israeli raids on military airbase in Idlib, reaffirms rejection of...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], August 19: The United Arab Emirates has condemned in the strongest terms the Israeli raids on Abu al-Duhur Military Airbase in Idlib...
OpenAI introduces ChatGPT for teens in new safety update
Washington [US], August 19: US company OpenAI has announced the launch of a specialised version of its popular app-dubbed "ChatGPT for Teens"-amid growing concerns among...
Indonesia: Death toll from magnitude 7.7 earthquake rises to 70
Jakarta [Indonesia], August 19: The death toll from the powerful 7.7-magnitude quake that struck Indonesia last Saturday has risen to 70, with at least 40,000...
Climate change drives record heat in Europe's seas, scientists say
Brussels [Belgium], August 19: Human-caused climate change was the main driver of recent record-breaking sea temperatures around Europe, scientists said on Wednesday, warning of severe...
Kushner meets Netanyahu to push Gaza plan
Tel Aviv [Israel], August 18: US President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner has met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to push a 15-point Gaza...
Iran says ready for US ground operations as MoU expires
Tehran [Iran], August 18: Iranian authorities have signalled they could shift to a more offensive approach to the war with the United States as a...