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Tortured and threatened: Eight Palestinian prisoners freed

Tortured and threatened: Eight Palestinian prisoners freed

Gaza [Palestine], July 26: Eight Palestinian prisoners released by the Israeli military have said they were tortured and threatened in...

Israeli military says bodies of five captives retrieved

Israeli military says bodies of five captives retrieved

Tel Aviv [Israel], July 26: The Israeli military has announced that it recovered the bodies of five captives during an...

Biden says he quit US presidential race to save democracy, unite nation

Biden says he quit US presidential race to...

Washington D.C. [US], July 26: US President Joe Biden has told Americans in a televised address that he decided to...

Seven dead and nine missing following floods and landslides in Vietnam

Seven dead and nine missing following floods and...

Hanoi [Vietnam], July 26: Landslides and floods triggered by heavy rains brought by storm Prapiroon have killed seven and left...

First of several funeral ceremonies begins for Vietnam's long-time leader Trong

First of several funeral ceremonies begins for Vietnam's...

Hanoi [Vietnam], July 26: The first of several funeral ceremonies began in Vietnam on Thursday for the long-time leader of...

Nine missing after deadly Typhoon Gaemi sinks cargo ship off Taiwan

Nine missing after deadly Typhoon Gaemi sinks cargo...

Taipei [Taiwan]/Manila [Philippines], July 26: A cargo ship has sunk in Taiwan after Typhoon Gaemi passed over the island...

Death toll from landslides in Ethiopia has risen to 257, says United Nations office

Death toll from landslides in Ethiopia has risen...

Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], July 26: The number of deaths following several landslides in south-western Ethiopia has risen to at least...

German officials uncover massive drugs lab near Dutch border

German officials uncover massive drugs lab near Dutch...

Berlin [Germany], July 26: German customs officials have uncovered a drugs laboratory near the Dutch border and seized almost 200...

Ukraine says it foiled Russian arson plans in Poland, Baltic states

Ukraine says it foiled Russian arson plans in...

Kiev [Ukraine], July 26: The Ukrainian secret service on Thursday said it has foiled planned Russian arson attacks on shopping...

Dozens feared dead after boat carrying 45 migrants capsizes off Yemen

Dozens feared dead after boat carrying 45 migrants...

Cairo [Egypt], July 26: Only four survivors have been found after a boat carrying 45 refugees and migrants capsized off...

Belgian police detain seven suspected of planning terrorist attack

Belgian police detain seven suspected of planning terrorist...

Brussels [Belgium], July 26: Belgian police on Thursday detained seven people suspected of planning a terrorist attack, the federal prosecutor's...

Climate activists paralyze air traffic at German airport

Climate activists paralyze air traffic at German airport

Berlin [Germany], July 25: Climate activists temporarily brought air traffic at Cologne/Bonn Airport in western Germany to a complete standstill...

Germany's Scholz willing to run for 2nd term

Germany's Scholz willing to run for 2nd term

Berlin [Germany], July 25: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Wednesday expressed his willingness to run for a second term in...

Fox News proposes Trump, Harris debate on Sept. 17

Fox News proposes Trump, Harris debate on Sept....

New York [US], July 25: Fox News proposed a presidential debate.

Meta removes 63,000 Instagram accounts in Nigeria

Meta removes 63,000 Instagram accounts in Nigeria

Abuja [Nigeria], July 25: Meta Platforms opens new tab and said it had removed about 63,000 accounts in Nigeria that...

Salman Rushdie's alleged attacker faces federal terrorism charges

Salman Rushdie's alleged attacker faces federal terrorism charges

New York [US], July 25: The man accused of attempting to kill author Salman Rushdie in New York two years...

Harris calls on Black women to help power campaign

Harris calls on Black women to help power...

Washington D.C. [US], July 25: U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris called on a rally of more than 6,000 Black women...

New video of aftermath of Trump assassination attempt

New video of aftermath of Trump assassination attempt

Washington D.C. [US], July 25: Soon after the attempted assassination of Donald Trump, local law enforcement officers and a U.S....

Netanyahu speech draws thousands of protesters to the US Capitol

Netanyahu speech draws thousands of protesters to the...

Washington D.C. [US], July 25: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the U.S. Congress he was confident that efforts to...

New drug that achieves amazing results in treating diabetes developed

New drug that achieves amazing results in treating...

Washington D.C. [US], July 25: A team of American scientists has achieved great progress in treating diabetes, by developing a...

Kenya's forex reserves decline due to foreign debt repayments

Kenya's forex reserves decline due to foreign debt...

Nairobi [Kenya], July 25: Kenya's foreign exchange reserves have experienced a significant drop of USD 487 million (about KES 63.9...

'Monday was world's hottest day on record'

'Monday was world's hottest day on record'

Brussels [Belgium], July 25: The European Union's climate monitor has said Monday was the world's hottest day on record after...

Israeli military kills 5 in West Bank raid

Israeli military kills 5 in West Bank raid

West Bank [Gaza], July 25: An Israeli military raid in the occupied West Bank killed at least five people, including...

French President Macron rejects left bid to name PM before Olympics

French President Macron rejects left bid to name...

Paris [France], July 25: French President Emmanuel Macron has said he will not name a new government until after the...

Kenya's opposition joins crisis-hit govt

Kenya's opposition joins crisis-hit govt

Nairobi [Kenya], July 25: Kenya's President William Ruto has nominated key allies of main opposition leader Raila Odinga to his...

16 dead in Philippines as Typhoon Gaemi rages

16 dead in Philippines as Typhoon Gaemi rages

Manila [Philippines], July 25: Sixteen people have died in the Philippines from floods and landslides caused by heavy monsoon rains...

N Korean trash balloons land on S Korean presidential office

N Korean trash balloons land on S Korean...

Seoul [South Korea], July 25: Balloons carrying rubbish sent by North Korea have landed in South Korea's presidential compound in...