More than 20 migrants reported missing after Mediterranean shipwreck
Rome [Italy], September 6: More than 20 migrants are missing in the central Mediterranean, according to Italian media.
Putin claims Russia backs Harris for White House
Moscow [Russia], September 6: Russian President Vladimir Putin claims he supports Kamala Harris over Donald Trump in the US presidential election, even though Trump has...
Egypt's army chief of staff inspects Gaza border security
Cairo [Egypt], September 6: Egypt's army chief of staff Ahmed Khalifa has made a surprise visit to inspect the security situation on the border with...
India, China, Brazil could act as mediators in Russia-Ukraine peace talks, says...
Moscow [Russia], September 6: Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that India, China and Brazil could mediate in potential peace talks over Ukraine, Reuters...
Ugandan Olympian Cheptegei dies after being set on fire
Kampala [Uganda], September 6: Ugandan Olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegei died after being set on fire by her boyfriend in Kenya, Uganda's Olympic Committee chief said...
Boko Haram attack on village leaves 81 dead in Nigeria
Yobe [Nigeria], September 6: Suspected fighters from Boko Haram attacked a village in northeastern Nigeria and left multiple people dead, with the members of...
Congo expects first delivery of mpox vaccine doses
Geneva [Switzerland], September 5: The democratic Republic of Congo, epicenter of a mpox outbreak that prompted a U.N. declaration of a global public health emergency,...
Irish inquiry finds 'truly shocking' level of sexual abuse at church-run schools
London [UK], September 5: An Irish state inquiry uncovered a "truly shocking" level of sexual abuse at religious schools, primarily those run by the Catholic...
Netanyahu rival Gantz criticizes stance on Philadelphi
Jerusalem [Israel], September 5: Israel does not need to keep troops in the southern Gazan border area for security reasons and should not be used...
UN welcomes progress in Gaza polio campaign, calls for permanent ceasefire
Gaza [Palestine], September 5: Good progress is being made in rolling out a polio vaccine to children in Gaza but a permanent ceasefire in the...
Biden preparing to block Nippon's US Steel takeover
New York [US], September 5: U.S. President Joe Biden is preparing to block Nippon Steel's acquisition of U.S. Steel, a source said on Wednesday.
US to accuse Russia of 2024 election interference
New York [US], September 5: The United States is to accuse Russia of a sustained campaign to interfere in the November presidential election, US media...
Irish PM slams Russian 'terrorism and barbarism' during Ukraine trip
Kiev [Ukraine], September 5: The war in Ukraine cannot "fade into the background", Irish premier Simon Harris has said during a visit to Kiev.
Israel using 'war-like' tactics in West Bank, says UN
New York [US], September 5: Israeli forces are using "lethal war-like tactics" in the occupied West Bank, according to the UN's humanitarian agency.
Typhoon Yagi claims 16 lives, affects over 1.7 million in Philippines
Manila [Philippines], September 5: The death toll from floods and landslides caused by typhoon Yagi has reached 16 in the Philippines, with 21 reported missing,...
Ukraine foreign minister latest to announce departure from government
Kiev [Ukraine], September 5: Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba is also leaving his post as part of a major government reshuffle after two and a...
Former French PM Édouard Philippe confirms 2027 presidential bid
Paris [France], September 5: Former French prime minister Édouard Philippe, considered one of the country's most popular politicians, has announced that he plans to run...
Turkish and Egyptian leaders stress joint stance on Gaza conflict
Istanbul [Turkey], September 5: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sissi on Wednesday called for a ceasefire in the besieged Gaza Strip,...
London's Grenfell Tower blaze victims let down by 'decades of failure'
London [UK], September 5: A damning report into the Grenfell Tower fire has found victims, bereaved and survivors were "badly failed" through incompetence, dishonesty and...
UAE pardons 57 Bangladeshi expats jailed for anti-Hasina protests
Dubai [UAE], September 5: The president of the United Arab Emirates has pardoned 57 Bangladeshi citizens jailed for holding protests in the Gulf country against...
Expedition shows Titanic is disintegrating
California [US], September 5: The Titanic is decaying in its ocean grave, footage from a recent exploration has shown, with the famous bow among the...
Eleven dead after school bus crashes into students in eastern China
Beijing [China], September 5: Eleven people, including five schoolchildren, died after a school bus crashed into a group of students in the eastern Chinese province...
Aid agencies warn of historic hunger crisis in Sudan
Geneva [Switzerland], September 5: Aid agencies warned on Tuesday that Sudan faces a hunger emergency amid its civil war but said the international community is...
Monsoon rains and flooding in two months claim 320 lives in Pakistan
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 5: Heavy rains and flooding claimed the lives of at least 320 people in Pakistan over the past two months as monsoon...
Germany holds cross-party talks in wake of deadly mass stabbing
Berlin [Germany], September 5: Several German political leaders demanded stricter asylum and immigration policies ahead of a cross-party meeting on migration and security in Berlin...
129 killed in Congo in attempted prison break
Kinshasa [Democratic Republic of Congo], September 5: At least 129 people have been killed in the Democratic Republic of Congo in an attempted prison break.
Arrests, violence and destruction continue in raided West Bank
Gaza [Palestine], September 4: Arrests, violence and destruction have been reported as the Israeli military continued to mount raids across the occupied West Bank.