Taiwan reports record 66 Chinese warplanes in its airspace in one day
Taipei [Taiwan], July 12: Taiwan's Defence Ministry on Thursday said it registered 66 Chinese warplanes operating around the self-governing island within 24 hours, the highest...
French president calls on mainstream parties to form coalition government
Paris [France], July 12: French President Emmanuel Macron has urged the country's mainstream parties to form a coalition government following last week's parliamentary elections which...
US cruise missiles to return to Germany, angering Moscow
New York [US], July 12: Long-range US missiles are to be deployed periodically in Germany from 2026 for the first time since the Cold War,...
US provides $100mn in aid to Palestine, 227kg bombs to Israel
Washington [US], July 12: The United States has announced it's providing $100mn in additional aid for Palestinians in the war-battered Gaza Strip and occupied West...
Biden complicit in Israeli 'war crimes': Erdogan
Ankara [Turkey], July 12: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said US President Joe Biden and his administration are complicit in Israeli "war crimes" and...
French firefighters rush to put out blaze at Rouen cathedral
Paris [France], July 12: The spire of a medieval cathedral in the city of Rouen in northern France is mostly clear of smoke after catching...
Biden mistakenly refers to Zelenskiy as Putin before correcting himself
Washington [US], July 12: U.S. President Joe Biden today mistakenly referred to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy as Russian President Vladimir Putin before correcting himself at...
Pfizer moves forward with once-daily weight-loss pill
Washington [US], July 12: Pfizer (PFE.N), opens new tab plans to move a reworked, once-a-day version of its weight-loss pill danuglipron into clinical trials later...
Ukrainian drone attack on Russia's Belgorod region injures five children, governor says
Kyiv [Ukraine], July 12: A Ukrainian drone strike on a courtyard outside a multi-storey apartment block on a border town in southern Russia's Belgorod region...
Israel bombards Gaza City in one of the fiercest weeks of war,...
Tel Aviv [Israel], July 12: Israel rained bombs on Gaza City during a week that residents described as comparable to the fiercest battle of the...
First Israeli military report on Oct. 7 attack finds army failed to...
Tel Aviv [Israel], July 12: The Israeli military published on Thursday the findings of a first probe into its own security failings during the devastating...
Desperate for food, Gazans turn to mulberry leaves to survive
Tel Aviv [Israel], July 12: Struggling through rubble and buildings shattered by Gaza's war, Ahmed Al-Shanbari and three of his sons risk their lives to...
NATO to back Ukraine as Biden faces growing pressure
Washington [US], July 12: Ukraine on Thursday urged NATO allies to lift restrictions on its use of long-range weapons against targets in Russia, saying that...
Speaker of Indonesian House of Representatives receives Chairman of Muslim Council of...
Jakarta [ Indonesia], July 12: Puan Maharani, Speaker of Indonesia's House of Representatives, received His Eminence Prof. Dr. Ahmed Al-Tayeb, Grand Imam of Al-Azhar and...
Saudi Foreign Minister receives French President's Advisor for Middle East and North...
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], July 12: Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, received today at the...
Backers of Arizona abortion rights amendment sue over language in voter pamphlet
Arizona [US], July 11: Supporters of a ballot measure that would amend Arizona's constitution to establish a right to abortion sued Republican lawmakers on Wednesday...
Registered Afghan refugees can stay another year, says Pakistan
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 11: Pakistan on Wednesday extended for a year the stay of Afghan refugees who live in the country legally amid the ongoing...
We will continue fighting until needed, says Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah
Beirut [Lebanon], July 11: In a televised address Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of the armed Lebanese group Hezbollah has said that Israel has achieved "no...
More than 40 political activists jailed for life in UAE for 'terror'...
Abu Dhabi [United Arab Emirates], July 11: A court in the United Arab Emirates has handed life sentences to more than 40 political activists after...
Rains pound South Korea causing landslides, bullet trains slowed
Seoul [South Korea], July 11: South Korea's national rail company on Wednesday suspended some regular routes and slowed bullet trains because of heavy rain in...
Bird flu response in Michigan sparks COVID-era worry on farms
Michigan [US], July 11: Some dairy farmers are resisting Michigan's nation-leading efforts to stop the spread of bird flu for fear their incomes will suffer...
Thailand announces new senate, replacing army-appointed lawmakers
Bangkok [Thailand], July 11: Thailand's Election Commission on Wednesday endorsed 200 new senators who will replace a military-appointed upper house, revealing a new legislative body...
Gaza airstrike hits displaced during soccer match
Gaza [Palestine] July 11: An Israeli missile slammed into a tent encampment in southern Gaza on Tuesday just as displaced people had gathered there to...
Macron breaks Silence, urges mainstream coalition
Paris [France], July 11: French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday called on mainstream parties to join forces to form a solid majority in the National...
Ukraine's Zelenskiy says can't predict Trump's actions if elected
Kyiv [Ukraine], July 11: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he could not predict what Donald Trump would do if he regains the U.S. presidency in...
Democrats on the fence about President Biden
Washington [US], July 11: US President Joe Biden is resisting pressure to withdraw from the race but there are growing concerns about his chances of...
Boeing loses customers after series of incidents
Washington [US], July 11: Boeing said on July 9 that it delivered 44 commercial aircraft in June, down 27% from the same month last year...