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US Navy warship burns for 12 hours off Japan's Okinawa, two sailors injured

US Navy warship burns for 12 hours off...

Tokyo [Japan], August 22: A US Navy warship remained ablaze for nearly 12 hours while anchored off Japan's Okinawa, with...

UAE conducts 75th airdrop of aid over Gaza Strip

UAE conducts 75th airdrop of aid over Gaza...

Dubai [UAE], August 22: The United Arab Emirates is continuing its humanitarian support for the Palestinian people in the Gaza...

Russia intensifies airstrikes on Ukraine; Kiev strikes back

Russia intensifies airstrikes on Ukraine; Kiev strikes back

Kiev [Ukraine], August 22: Russia deployed a number of combat drones and fired multiple missiles in the direction of Ukrainian...

Gaza health ministry rejects Israeli call to transfer resources to the south

Gaza health ministry rejects Israeli call to transfer...

Gaza [Palestine], August 22: The Palestinian Health Ministry has released a statement responding to what it says is an Israeli...

Israel escalates Gaza City assault

Israel escalates Gaza City assault

Gaza [Palestine], August 22: Israel's military has intensified its attacks on Gaza City with air strikes on heavily populated areas,...

Syrians mark chemical attack for first time since fall of Assad

Syrians mark chemical attack for first time since...

Damascus [Syria], August 22: Survivors of a 2013 chemical attack near the Syrian capital Damascus on Thursday commemorated the anniversary...

UK summons Israeli ambassador over West Bank settlement plan

UK summons Israeli ambassador over West Bank settlement...

London [UK], August 22: The British Foreign Office has summoned Israeli Ambassador Tzipi Hotovely over Tel Aviv's approval of a...

US warships likely to reach Venezuela coast by weekend

US warships likely to reach Venezuela coast by...

Washington [US], August 22: Three United States warships ordered to deploy off the coast of Venezuela by US President Donald...

Kim hails North Korean troops and brass returning from Russia's Kursk

Kim hails North Korean troops and brass returning...

Seoul [South Korea], August 22: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has hailed the commanders and troops deployed to aid Russian...

Ukrainian detained in Italy for Nord Stream sabotage

Ukrainian detained in Italy for Nord Stream sabotage

Rome [Italy], August 22: A Ukrainian suspect was arrested in Italy for allegedly participating in sabotage targeting the Nord Stream...

Egypt recovers new artefacts submerged in the Mediterranean

Egypt recovers new artefacts submerged in the Mediterranean

Alexandria [Egypt], August 22: Egypt has recovered new sunken artefacts from the Mediterranean Sea near the northern city of Alexandria...

Change in weather helps firefighting efforts in Spain

Change in weather helps firefighting efforts in Spain

Madrid [Spain], August 22: Cooler and damper weather is boosting firefighting efforts in Spain, as the country continues to grapple...

'Nicest judge in the world' Frank Caprio dies aged 88

'Nicest judge in the world' Frank Caprio dies...

New York [US], August 22: US celebrity judge and social media star Frank Caprio has died aged 88, his family...

Trump say he will go on patrol in Washington with police, military

Trump say he will go on patrol in...

Washington DC [US], August 22: U.S. President Donald Trump said he would patrol the streets of Washington, D.C. on Thursday...

Apple boosts subscription price for TV+ to $12.99

Apple boosts subscription price for TV+ to $12.99

Washington DC [US], August 22: Apple (AAPL.O), opens new tab will raise the price of streaming service Apple TV+ by...

Talk of boots on the ground in Ukraine sparks unease in Germany

Talk of boots on the ground in Ukraine...

Berlin [Germany], August 22: Allied talk of sending European peacekeeping forces to protect Ukraine as part of a possible peace...

Aid groups say shelter materials are still not entering Gaza

Aid groups say shelter materials are still not...

Gaza [Gaza City], August 22: International aid groups say they have not yet been able to deliver shelter materials to...

Uganda has not agreed to take deportees from US

Uganda has not agreed to take deportees from...

Washington DC [US], August 22: A senior Ugandan official denied on Wednesday a U.S. media report that the country had...

NATO sends two fighter jets after Russian weapons approach Romania

NATO sends two fighter jets after Russian weapons...

Berlin [Germany], August 21: NATO scrambled two German Eurofighter jets in response to Russian airstrikes near Ukraine's border with Romania...

Japan's exports log biggest drop in 4 years

Japan's exports log biggest drop in 4 years

Tokyo [Japan], August 21: Japan's exports posted the biggest monthly drop in about four years in July, government data showed...

Israeli government approves colonial construction plan in E1 area

Israeli government approves colonial construction plan in E1...

Tel Aviv [Israel], August 21: The Israeli government today approved a colonial construction plan in the E1 area.

UN Chief: Give Africa greater say!

UN Chief: Give Africa greater say!

New York [US], August 21: The UN Secretary-General on Wednesday repeated his call for Africa to have a greater say...

Afghan women continue to face exclusion from education, jobs under Taliban rule: UN

Afghan women continue to face exclusion from education,...

Kabul [Afghanistan], August 21: Four years into the current rule in Afghanistan, women remain excluded from government structures as well...

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to mobilise 4.5 million militia fighters after US raises bounty

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to mobilise 4.5 million...

Caracas [Venezuela], August 21: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has announced plans to deploy more than four million militia fighters in...

Firefighters battle flame on one of the world's oldest trees

Firefighters battle flame on one of the world's...

Oregon [Salem], August 21: Emergency services in the US state of Oregon were still working to save the Doerner Fir,...

Colombia: Court orders release of former President Uribe

Colombia: Court orders release of former President Uribe

Bogota [Colombia], August 21: Colombia's Superior Court on Tuesday ordered the release of former President Alvaro Uribe from house arrest...

NASA's Webb telescope discovers new moon orbiting Uranus

NASA's Webb telescope discovers new moon orbiting Uranus

Washington DC [US], August 21: NASA announced that the James Webb Space Telescope has discovered a new, 29th satellite of...