S Korean ruling party MP attacked in street: Yonhap
Seoul [South Korea], January 26: A South Korean ruling party lawmaker was struck on the head with a rock by an unidentified assailant on a...
Florida lawmakers vote to restrict children's access to social media
Florida [US], January 26: The Florida House of Representatives approved on Wednesday a bill aimed at barring children aged 16 and younger from social media...
Trump opens up lead over Biden in rematch many Americans don't want
Washington [US], January 26: Donald Trump leads Democratic President Joe Biden by six percentage points in a Reuters/Ipsos poll that showed Americans are unhappy about...
Russia says Ukraine had 15-minute warning on PoW flight
Moscow [Russia], January 26: A senior Russian lawmaker said Ukrainian military intelligence had been given a 15-minute warning before a Russian military transport plane carrying...
Gaza starves as Israel presses war on Hamas
Gaza [Palestine], January 26: In battered, hard-to-reach north Gaza, rare aid deliveries get mobbed by desperate, hungry Palestinians and aid workers report seeing people thin...
Cyprus rescues 60 migrants lost at sea
Nicosia [Cyprus], January 25: Sixty migrants were rescued from a small boat off Cyprus on Wednesday after being stranded at sea for days, the country's...
Zelensky, Scholz discuss defense support for Ukraine
Kiev [Ukraine], January 25: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Wednesday discussed defense support for Ukraine in a phone conversation.
U.S. stocks end mixed, S&P 500 hitting new high
New York [US], January 25: U.S. stocks ended mixed on Wednesday, as the S&P 500 notched its fourth consecutive record high, fueled by Netflix's stellar...
Russia says Kiev killed 65 Ukrainian POWs by downing transport plane
Moscow [Russia], January 25: The Russian Defence Ministry accused Ukrainian forces of shooting down a Russian military transport plane, killing all 74 people on board,...
Hamas official reiterates rejection of any proposal for temporary ceasefire
Gaza [Palestine], January 25: A member of Hamas' political bureau, Osama Hamdan, on Wednesday reiterated that the Palestinian movement would not agree to a temporary...
Train driver strike paralyses rail transport in Germany
Berlin [Germany], January 25: Germany's state-owned railway Deutsche Bahn faced massive disruptions and widespread cancellations on Wednesday as train drivers from the GDL trade union...
Iraq rebukes US over strikes on Iran-backed groups
Baghdad [Iraq], January 25: Iraq accused the United States of contributing to a "reckless escalation" of violence in the region after American air strikes targeted...
Iran's Raisi flies to Turkey for delayed Gaza talks
Ankara [Turkey], January 25: Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi flew to Turkey on Wednesday for twice-delayed talks aimed at ironing out past differences between the two...
3-year drought persists in Spain's Catalonia
Madrid [Spain], January 25: Although Atlantic storms regularly sweep through Spain they always seem to peter out before reaching Catalonia, which is experiencing its worst...
Turkey's lawmakers approve Sweden's NATO membership
Ankara [Turkey], January 25: Turkey's parliament on Tuesday ratified Sweden's NATO membership after more than a year of delays that upset Western efforts to show...
Israeli attack on UN refuge in Gaza prompts rare rebuke from Washington
Gaza [Palestine], January 25: Israeli tanks struck a huge U.N. compound sheltering displaced Palestinians on Wednesday, causing "mass casualties", the United Nations said, as Israeli...
39 killed, 9 injured in east China building fire
Beijing [China], January 25: Thirty-nine people were killed, and nine others injured after a building fire broke out Wednesday afternoon in the city of Xinyu...
Jailed Polish ex-ministers released after being pardoned again
Warsaw [Poland], January 24: Poland's former Interior Minister Mariusz Kaminski and his deputy Maciej Wasik were released from prison on Tuesday night, after being pardoned...
Trump projected to win New Hampshire Republican primary
Washington [US], January 24: Former U.S. President Donald Trump has defeated former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley in the New Hampshire Republican...
Airstrikes send 'clearest possible message' to Houthis, says Britain
London [UK], January 24: The latest round of UK and US strikes against Houthi targets was designed to "send the clearest possible message" to the...
24 Israeli soldiers killed; army encircles Khan Younis
Jerusalem [Israel], January 24: The Israeli military says its ground forces have "encircled" the city of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip after 24...
Rescuers search for survivors after China landslide kills 31
Beijing [China], January 24: The death toll from a landslide that struck a remote and mountainous part of southwestern China reached 31 on Tuesday, state...
US, UK hit targets in Yemen as Houthis vow to strike back
Sanaa [Yemen], January 24: The United States and Britain launched a second round of joint military strikes on Yemen's Houthis on Tuesday over their attacks...
Drones are hit and miss for Ukrainian soldiers
Kyiv [Ukraine], January 24: A Ukrainian soldier near the front line looks into video goggles and clutches a control set in both hands as he...
French farmers up pressure on government as protests spread
Paris [France], January 24: Protesting farmers blocked roads across France and there was one fatal accident.
Nine killed in Russian missile strikes on Ukrainian cities
Kyiv [Ukraine], January 24: Russian missiles hit the Ukrainian capital and other cities, local officials said.
US envoy pushing pause in Gaza war as Israel suffers worst loss...
Washington [US], January 24: Twenty-four Israeli soldiers were killed in Israel's worst day of losses in Gaza, the military said.