Israel carries out biggest Ramallah raid in years
Jerusalem [Israel], March 5: Israeli forces raided the Palestinian administrative capital of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank overnight, killing a 16-year-old in a refugee...
France makes abortion a constitutional right
Paris [France], March 5: France has become the first country in the world to explicitly include the right to abortion in its constitution.
Children starving to death in northern Gaza: WHO
Geneva [Switzerland], March 5: Children are dying of starvation in northern Gaza, the World Health Organization (WHO) chief says.
UN team says rape, gang rape likely occurred during Hamas attack on...
New York [USA], March 5: A team of United Nations experts reported on Monday that there were "reasonable grounds to believe" sexual violence, including rape...
Trump wins Colorado ballot disqualification case at US Supreme Court
Washington [USA], March 5: The U.S. Supreme Court handed Donald Trump a major victory on Monday, barring states from disqualifying candidates for federal office under...
Nahyan bin Zayed honours teams participating in hosting, organisation of UAE Tour...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], March 5: H.H. Sheikh Nahyan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Chairman of Abu Dhabi Sports Council, has honoured teams that participated in the...
Winners of Inaugural 'Xposure International Film Awards' announced
Sharjah [UAE], March 5: Those attending the Xposure International Photography Festival (Xposure) this year have witnessed a considerable addition to the scope of the global...
China's special envoy for Eurasian affairs meets with Russian deputy FM
Moscow [Russia], March 4: Special Representative of the Chinese Government on Eurasian Affairs Li Hui arrived Saturday evening in Moscow to begin the second round...
Air India, Italy's ITA resume flights to Israel amid conflict
Jerusalem [Israel], March 4: Flag carriers Air India and Italia Trasporto Aereo (ITA) on Sunday resumed their flights to Israel after they were suspended in...
Death toll in Russian drone attack on Odessa rises to 10
Moscow [Russia], March 4: The death toll from Saturday's Russian aerial drone attack on Odessa has risen to 10, including a mother and her baby,...
WHO chief outraged at reports of deaths after Israeli airstrike on Rafah
Gaza [Palestine], March 4: The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) responded with outrage to reports of the deaths of several Palestinians in a...
Hungary's Orban to meet Trump during US visit on March 8
Budapest [Hungary], March 4: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban will hold talks with former US President Donald Trump in Florida on March 8 during his...
Israeli air raid on Rafah kills 14 Palestinians, mostly children
Gaza [Palestine], March 4: Israeli forces have bombed a residential building in the city of Rafah in southern Gaza, according to a witness and...
Swiss voters embrace socialbenefits expansion for pensioners
Bern [Switzerland], March 4: Switzerland voted in a referendum on Sunday in favour of a 13th monthly pension payment each year, to the delight of...
South Korea: Thousands of doctors protest govt's plan to increase medical school...
Seoul [South Korea], March 4: Seoul witnessed a significant protest on Sunday as thousands of doctors took to the streets to voice their opposition to...
Nepal FM to miss UN LDC Future Forum, cancels Finland visit
Kathmandu [Nepal], March 4: Nepali Foreign Minister Narayan Prakash Saud's visit to Helsinki, Finland has been cancelled at the last minute, the Foreign Ministry announced...
Abu Dhabi: BAPS Hindu Mandir draws over 65,000 Pilgrims on first public...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], March 4: Over 65,000 pilgrims visited the recently opened BAPS Hindu Mandir in Abu Dhabi as it opened its doors on the...
Portugal: Europe's last open door for immigrants
Lisbon [Portugal], March 4: In Sao Teotonio, a small country town in southwest Portugal, there are more Indian and Nepalese restaurants than Portuguese ones. Which...
A decade later, Malaysia plane crash families demand justice
Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], March 4: Relatives of passengers on a Malaysia Airlines plane that mysteriously vanished 10 years ago pushed for a new search Sunday...
60 years in, UN peacekeepers vital for Cyprus divide
Nicosia [Cyprus], March 4: In the heart of Nicosia's walled Old City, two UN peacekeepers unlock a padlocked door and step back five decades. They...
Canadian, Italian PMs' soiree scrapped amid pro-Palestine protest
Montreal [Canada], March 4: A soiree to be attended by the prime ministers of Canada and Italy on Saturday in Toronto was cancelled over "security...
Conservatives get bulk of seats in Iran poll
Tehran [Iran], March 4: Iranian conservatives secured the bulk of seats in elections for a key clerical body and the national legislature, local media reported...
Kamala Harris' blunt Gaza words reflect intense government frustration over war
Washington [US], March 4: U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris bluntly called out Israel on Sunday for not doing enough to ease a "humanitarian catastrophe" in...
Haiti violence: Gangs free 4,000 inmates in mass jailbreak
Port-au-Prince [Haiti], March 4: Armed gangs have stormed the main prison in Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince, releasing many inmates.
Israel said to boycott Cairo ceasefire talks over hostage list
Jerusalem [Israel], March 4: Israel boycotted Gaza ceasefire talks in Cairo on Sunday after Hamas rejected its demand for a complete list naming hostages that...
US VP Harris urges Hamas to agree to an immediate ceasefire, pushes...
Washington [US], March 4: U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris on Sunday demanded Palestinian militant group Hamas agree to an immediate six-week ceasefire while forcefully urging...
Latvia takes over hosting of NATO's Baltic Air Policing Mission
Riga [Latvia], March 3: A deployment ceremony for NATO's Baltic Air Policing Mission was held Saturday at a military airbase in Lielvarde, a town...