Israeli forces pound Gaza, battle Hamas in Rafah
Jerusalem [Israel], June 27: Israeli forces pounded several areas across Gaza on Wednesday, and residents reported fierce fighting overnight in Rafah in the south of...
Russia marks 70th anniversary of world's first nuclear power plant
Moscow [Russia], June 27: Russia today held a series of ceremonial events in Obninsk (Kaluga region) on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the...
Finland first country to start bird flu vaccinations for humans
Helsinki [Finland], June 27: Finland plans to offer preemptive bird flu vaccination as soon as next week to some workers with exposure to animals, health...
UAE participates in SelectUSA Investment Summit
Washington [US], June 27: Dr. Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, Minister of State for Foreign Trade, has visited Washington DC for talks with Gina Raimondo,...
Jordan won't send troops to Gaza to replace Israeli occupation forces: Safadi
Athens [Greece], June 27: Jordanian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Ayman Safadi, said that Jordan will not send troops to...
Aid teams will never abandon Gaza: Top UN official
New York [US], June 27: UN aid teams and partner organisations remain deeply committed to delivering lifesaving supplies to Gazans in need, despite the increasing...
World Drug Day report highlights spike in drug use, increased trafficking
Geneva [Switzerland], June 27: The UN agency tackling crime and drug abuse (UNODC) released its annual World Drug Report on Wednesday warning that there are...
Man behind Hamburg airport hostage stand-off given 12 years in prison
Hamburg [Germany], June 26: A 35-year-old man who abducted his daughter, drove his car to the Hamburg airport and provoked an hours-long stand-off with police...
OIC Observatory warns Gaza is entering most critical humanitarian phase since October...
Gaza [Israel], June 26: The Organization of Islamic Cooperation's media observatory for Israel's crimes against the Palestinians warned that the Gaza Strip has already entered,...
WHO says worldwide alcohol consumption is declining too slowly
Geneva [Switzerland], June 26: People around the world are drinking less alcohol than they used to, but the World Health Organization (WHO) is warning that...
Russia blocks access to 81 EU media
Moscow [Russia], June 26: In response to the ban on broadcasting several Russian media in Europe, Russia has blacklisted 81 European media companies.
Top US health official declares gun violence a public crisis
Washington [US], June 26: The top US health official has declared gun violence in the country a public health crisis. "Firearm violence is a public...
Assange headed to Pacific island on way to freedom in Australia
London [UK]/ Bangkok [Thailand], June 26: A plane in which Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is believed to be travelling on arrived in Bangkok on Tuesday,...
UN launches global principles to combat online hate, urges action
New York [US], June 26: Technology companies must take responsibility and mitigate harm to society, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said on Monday as he...
Ukraine starts EU membership negotiations in 'historic day'
Luxembourg City [Luxembourg], June 26: Ukraine started negotiations with the European Union on joining the bloc on Tuesday, an important ambition of the country defending...
4 million USD for Albert Einstein's famous letter about the atomic bomb
Washington [US], June 26: The letter written by Mr. Einstein and his colleague Leo Szilard in August 1939 warned that the Nazi government was...
North Korea launched a new ballistic missile into the sea
Pyongyang [North Korea], June 26: On June 26, South Korea and Japan announced the discovery of North Korea launching an unidentified ballistic missile into the...
Dagestan political elite to be vetted for links to radical Islam
Dagestan [Russia], June 26: The Kremlin-backed head of Dagestan ordered background checks to be carried out on the Russian republic's political elite to make sure...
Four people arrested after protest at UK PM Sunak's home
London [UK], June 26: Four men were arrested on suspicion of aggravated trespass at Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's home in northern England, local police said...
Police fire on demonstrators trying to storm Kenya parliament, several dead
Nairobi [Kenya], June 26: Police fired on demonstrators trying to storm Kenya's legislature and at least five protesters were shot dead, with sections of the...
Israeli airstrikes kill at least 24 in Gaza City, health officials say
Jerusalem [Israel], June 26: Israeli forces killed at least 24 Palestinians in three separate airstrikes on Gaza City early on Tuesday and the dead included...
Ahmed bin Saeed attends graduation ceremony of Mohammed Bin Rashid University of...
Dubai [UAE], June 26: H.H. Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chancellor of the Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences (MBRU) and...
UAE mediation efforts succeed with exchange of 180 captives between Russia and...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], June 26: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced the success of mediation efforts by the UAE regarding the exchange of war...
Police in Pakistan detain 23 people for deadly mob lynching
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 25: Police in north-western Pakistan have arrested at least 23 individuals who were allegedly part of a mob that lynched a man...
Sunak 'not aware' of other Tory candidates facing gambling probe
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said he is "not aware" of any other Tory candidates facing investigation by the gambling watchdog over allegations of...
Germany demands 'consequences' for Palestinian tied to Israeli jeep
Berlin [Germany], June 25: Germany condemned the way an injured Palestinian was tied to the bonnet of a military vehicle in the northern West Bank...
S Korean battery factory blaze kills at least 22
Seoul [South Korea], June 25: At least 22 people died and eight others were injured in a major fire at a South Korean lithium battery...