Book bans rising rapidly in U.S.: NYT
Washington [US], April 24: Book bans are rising at a rapid pace in school districts around the United States, driven by new laws and regulations...
7.1-magnitude quake jolts New Zealand's Kermadec Islands
Wellington [New Zealand], April 24:New Zealand is assessing the possibility of a tsunami risk after a 7.1-magnitude earthquake jolted the country's northeast islands region.
Chinese envoy statement in Paris outrages Baltic states
Riga [Latvia], April 24: The Baltic states have reacted with indignation to statements by the Chinese ambassador in France that ex-Soviet republics are not necessarily...
Hundreds protest in Italy to release bear that killed jogger
Rome [Italy], April 24: Hundreds of people have demonstrated for a brown bear to be released that fatally injured a jogger in northern Italy. Early...
Millions of British phones receive test of new national alert system
London [UK], April 24:Millions of mobile phones across Britain sounded a siren on Sunday as part of a test for a new national emergency alert...
11 injured after man drives into festival crowd in France
Paris [France], April 24:Eleven people were injured when a man drove his car into a crowd at a kite festival in northern France. Several media...
Wagner chief says son of Putin confidante fought in Ukraine
Moscow [Russia], April 24: The son of Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov fought alongside mercenary forces from the private Russian military company Wagner in Ukraine, according...
Peru ex-president Toledo surrenders to face extradition from US for bribery
Washington [US], April 24: Former Peruvian president Alejandro Toledo has surrendered to authorities in the United States in connection with an extradition request filed by...
Former Burundi PM Bunyoni arrested
Gitega [Burundi], April 24: Burundi's former Prime Minister Alain Guillaume Bunyoni has been arrested, the country's justice ministry has said.
UK evacuates diplomats and families from Sudan
London [UK], April 24: The British army has evacuated UK embassy staff and their families from Sudan, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said Sunday, as fighting...
Meghan hits out at UK media over King Charles letters
London [UK], April 24: Meghan, the wife of Britain's Prince Harry, criticised the British media on Saturday.
Russia advising citizens to avoid traveling to Canada
Moscow [Russia],April 24:Russia is advising citizens to avoid travel to Canada, citing what it calls numerous cases of discrimination against Russians, including physical violence, its...
Brazil takes fight against racism abroad
Brasilia [Brazil], April 24: Government officials from Brazil are using their president's first visit to Europe.
Governments in a race to evacuate their diplomats and citizens from Sudan
Khartoum [Sudan], April 24: The governments of several countries are in a race to evacuate their diplomatic staff and citizens from Sudan, where fighting between...
Four suspected members of the Croatian-Serbian-Italian gang were arrested in Malaga
Madrid [Spain], April 24:The Spanish police arrested in Malaga four people suspected of belonging to a traveling Croatian-Serbian-Italian gang, who are accused of robbing or...
25,824 calls handled by Sharjah Police during Eid Al Fitr holiday
Sharjah [UAE], April 24: The Sharjah Police's Central Operations Room handled 25,824 calls through its 901 and 999 contact centres during Eid Al Fitr holiday.
Dubai Metro hits new milestone with over two billion riders since inauguration
Dubai [UAE], April 24: The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) today announced that the number of Dubai Metro riders has surpassed two billion since the...
Turkish troops kill 21 "terrorists" in Syria, Iraq: defense minister
Ankara [Turkey], April 23: A total of 21 "terrorists" were killed by Turkish troops over the past four days in northern Syria and Iraq, Turkish...
Malian army helicopter crashes in residential area of Bamako
Bamako [Mali], April 23: An attack helicopter from the Malian Armed Forces, returning from an operational mission, crashed Saturday in a residential area of Bamako,...
Nearly 10 mlnliters of diesel smuggled out of Iran per day: deputy...
Tehran [Iran], April 23: Iranian deputy oil minister JalilSalari said an average of nearly 10 million liters of diesel are smuggled out of the Islamic...
Japan on alert for possible N-Korean satellite launch
Tokyo [Japan], April 23: The Japanese military has been ordered to be alert for possible falling rocket debris, local media reported after North Korea's Kim...
Greek parliament dissolved for election
Athens [Greece], April 23:The dissolution of the Greek parliament began in Athens on Saturday in the run-up to parliamentary elections on May 21. President EkateriniSakellaropoulou...
German editor sacked over fake AI 'interview' with Schumacher
Berlin [Germany], April 23: The editor-in-chief of the German tabloid magazine that published a fake AI-generated interview with the former Formula 1 world champion Michael...
Russia expels over 20 German diplomats
Moscow [Russia], April 23: Russia is expelling over 20 German diplomats, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told state-owned channel Zvezda, on Saturday. She did...
US to send tanks to Germany for Ukraine use as allies talk...
Ramstein [Germany], April 23:US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Friday that the US plans to deliver Abrams tanks to Germany in the coming weeks...
Italy to resettle bear population
Rome [Italy], April 23:Italy is considering resettling bears abroad as it moves to reduce the bear population in the northern part of the country following...
On a visit to Lisbon, Brazil's Lula calls for peace talks in...
Madrid [Spain], April 23: Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has again criticized Russia for invading Ukraine but suggested that both countries share blame...