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US airman starts hunger strike to draw attention to plight of Gaza's children

US airman starts hunger strike to draw attention...

Washington [US], April 2: Veterans for Peace has said US Air Force senior airman Larry Hebert would start a hunger...

Highway crash kills 4, injures over 30 in Bolivia

Highway crash kills 4, injures over 30 in...

La Paz [Bolivia], April 2: Four people were killed and about 36 others injured when a passenger bus plunged off...

Russia arrested four more suspects in a terrorist attack near Moscow

Russia arrested four more suspects in a terrorist...

Moscow [Russia], April 2: Russia's FSB security agency said that four people arrested on March 31 provided money and weapons...

North Korea launches ballistic missiles, South Korea and Japan watch closely

North Korea launches ballistic missiles, South Korea and...

Pyongyang [North Korea], April 2: Yonhap news agency on April 2, citing information from the South Korean military, said that...

The US considers selling Israel an 18 billion USD weapons package, including F-15 fighters

The US considers selling Israel an 18 billion...

Washington [US], April 2: The US government is considering an $18 billion arms deal with Israel, while Israel "considers" Washington's...

Prosecutors: Trump intimidating trial witnesses

Prosecutors: Trump intimidating trial witnesses

New York [US], April 2: New York prosecutors on Monday urged a judge to forbid Donald Trump from criticizing family...

Criticism over punishing US inmates for social media

Criticism over punishing US inmates for social media

Washington [US], April 2: A proposed change to U.S. federal prison rules that would punish inmates for using social media...

Israel bombs Iran embassy in Syria, Iranian commanders among dead

Israel bombs Iran embassy in Syria, Iranian commanders...

Jerusalem [Israel], April 2: Suspected Israeli warplanes bombed Iran's embassy in Syria on Monday, a marked escalation in a war...

Egypt, Jordan stress rejection of displacement of Palestinians outside their lands

Egypt, Jordan stress rejection of displacement of Palestinians...

Cairo [Egypt], April 2: Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi and King Abdullah II bin Al Hussein of Jordan have stressed their...

Bangladesh mulls to suspend services of Facebook, YouTube: minister

Bangladesh mulls to suspend services of Facebook, YouTube:...

Dhaka [Bangladesh], April 1: A Bangladeshi minister on Sunday said that the country would temporarily suspend services Facebook and YouTube...

Indonesia sees dengue case surge in Q1

Indonesia sees dengue case surge in Q1

Jakarta [Indonesia], April 1: Dengue fever cases in Indonesia in the first quarter of 2024 has increased almost three times...

Germany's Easter marchers demand end to fighting in Ukraine and Gaza

Germany's Easter marchers demand end to fighting in...

Berlin [Germany], March 31: Thousands of people across Germany on Saturday joined the country's traditional Easter marches that emerged from...

52 killed in Zionist strikes on Hezbollah in Syria, Lebanon

52 killed in Zionist strikes on Hezbollah in...

Beirut [Lebanon], March 31: The death toll in Zionist air strikes on Syria has risen to 52, including 38 government...

Japanese health officials search food supplement firm after deaths

Japanese health officials search food supplement firm after...

Tokyo [Japan], March 31: Japanese health authorities have searched a factory operated by the Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Company in Osaka following...

Nine arrested in Tajikistan after Moscow concert hall attack

Nine arrested in Tajikistan after Moscow concert hall...

Moscow [Russia], March 31: Nine people have been arrested in the Central Asian republic of Tajikistan one week after a...

Palestinian Foreign Ministry slams US for new weapons supply to Israel

Palestinian Foreign Ministry slams US for new weapons...

Ramallah [Palestine], March 31: The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has criticised the US after reports that it agreed to...

Climate change is slowing heat waves, prolonging misery

Climate change is slowing heat waves, prolonging misery

Washington [US], March 31: Climate change is causing heat waves to slow to a crawl, exposing humans to extreme temperatures...

Pro-Kurdish candidate fights anti-migrant sentiment in Turkey

Pro-Kurdish candidate fights anti-migrant sentiment in Turkey

Ankara [Turkey], March 31: A pro-Kurdish candidate, who lost his arm in prison during a police raid after a hunger...

Peruvian president's home raided in luxury watch probe

Peruvian president's home raided in luxury watch probe

Lima [Peru], March 31: Peruvian authorities raided President Dina Boluarte's home on Saturday as part of an ongoing corruption investigation...

Trump appeals Georgia prosecutor ruling

Trump appeals Georgia prosecutor ruling

Washington [US], March 31: Donald Trump on Friday asked a Georgia appeals court to disqualify the district attorney prosecuting him...

Ukraine says Russian attacks damage power facilities

Ukraine says Russian attacks damage power facilities

Kiev [Ukraine], March 31: Massive Russian missile and drone attacks hit thermal and hydro power plants in central and western...

Sahara dust cloud smothers Germany, France and Switzerland

Sahara dust cloud smothers Germany, France and Switzerland

Berlin [Germany], March 31: Parts of Europe were clouded on Saturday by an exceptionally rare haze of dust swept up...

China raises concern as Japan boosts defence capabilities

China raises concern as Japan boosts defence capabilities

Tokyo [Japan], March 31: As Japan forges ahead with military and security-related activities around the world, China has raised concern.

Baltimore bridge: Crews to lift first piece of wreckage

Baltimore bridge: Crews to lift first piece of...

Maryland [US], March 31: Engineers and cleanup crews worked on Saturday to begin the process of cutting and lifting the...

Bulgaria, Romania join Schengen Area

Bulgaria, Romania join Schengen Area

Brussels [Belgium], Match 31: Bulgaria and Romania will join the Schengen area on 31st March, the European Commission (EC) said...

UAE and World Central Kitchen announce departure of second maritime aid shipment for Gaza

UAE and World Central Kitchen announce departure of...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], March 31: Three ships and a barge finally set sail from Cyprus today following better weather conditions,...

China's non-manufacturing sector maintains expansion in March

China's non-manufacturing sector maintains expansion in March

Beijing [China], March 31: The purchasing managers' index (PMI) for China's non-manufacturing sector came in at 53 in March, up...