Four Australians, three Indonesians missing after boat loses contact off Aceh
Jakarta [Indonesia], August 15: Four Australian tourists and three Indonesian crew were missing off the eastern coast of Indonesia's Aceh province on Monday after their...
Argentinian libertarian populist Milei wins presidential primary
Buenos Aires [Argentina], August 15: The libertarian populist Javier Milei has won Sunday's presidential primaries in Argentina, according to media reports.
Kiev reports progress near Bakhmut, other small gains in Donetsk
Kiev [Ukraine], August 15: Ukrainian troops are making progress in recapturing territory near the Russian-controlled city of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine, officials said.
Poland to hold referendum on border fence with Belarus: Defence minister
Warsaw [Poland], August 15: Poland is to let its citizens give their view on whether to keep a fence on its border with Belarus, Defence...
International artists stand up for political prisoners in Belarus
Minsk [Belarus], August 15: Thirteen prominent cultural figures have spoken out for the disappeared political prisoners in Belarus. In an open letter submitted to DPA...
Britain blames 'criminal gangs' for Channel migrant deaths
London [UK], August 15: UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak blames the "criminal gangs" facilitating small boat Channel crossings for the "horrific" weekend deaths of at...
Families of Libya mass grave victims demand justice
Tripoli [Libya], August 15: A photograph of MouradAllafi hangs in the family farmhouse in western Libya three years after he was found in a mass...
Zuck and Musk throw verbal jabs over cage match
Washington [US], August 15: Billionaires and social media business rivals Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk threw new online jabs at each other Sunday, with the...
Central Japan braces for Typhoon Lan
Tokyo [Japan], August 15: Japan braced for Typhoon Lan to make landfall, with airlines and railways cancelling services in central areas of the country's main...
Covid Eris new variant EG.5
New York [US], August 15: COVID infections and hospitalizations are on the rise in the U.S., Europe and Asia.
Mount Etna eruption closes Sicily's Catania airport
Rome [Italy], August 15: Flights serving the eastern Sicilian city of Catania were halted after an eruption from nearby Mount Etna.
Fire at Russian gas station kills 12, injures over 60
Moscow [Russia], August 15: A fire at a gas station in the southern Russian region of Dagestan killed 12 people including two children, Russian officials...
Britain warns of possible terrorist attacks in Sweden
London [UK], August 15: Britain on Sunday warned citizens going to Sweden of possible terrorist attacks following Koran burnings by anti-Islam activists that have outraged...
Latvia's prime minister announces resignation
Riga [Latvia], August 15: Latvian Prime Minister KrisjanisKarins announced his resignation on Monday.
Abdullah bin Zayed, German FM discuss strategic partnership over phone
Abu Dhabi [UAE], August 15:H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs, discussed with AnnalenaBaerbock, Germany's Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs, the...
Two UAE astronauts conduct spacewalk training at NASA's neutral buoyancy lab
Houston [US], August 15: As part of NASA's 2021 astronaut candidate class training programme, Emirati astronauts Nora Al Matrooshi and Mohammad Al Mulla are on...
UAE condemns terrorist attack on religious shrine in Shiraz, Iran
Abu Dhabi [UAE], August 15: The UAE has strongly condemned the terrorist attack that targeted a religious shrine in the city of Shiraz, Iran, which...
Palestinian authorities record cases of new coronavirus variant EG.5
Ramallah [Palestine], August 14: The Palestinian Ministry of Health said Sunday that 50-100 cases of the new COVID-19 variant EG.5 have been reported in the...
Somalia, UN agencies roll out cholera vaccination drive
Mogadishu [Somalia], August 14: Somalia and the UN agencies said Sunday they are rolling out a five-day cholera vaccination campaign in five districts targeting 590,803...
Germany marks 62nd anniversary of construction of Berlin Wall
Berlin [Germany], August 14: Berlin and its surrounding area were marking the 62nd anniversary of the construction of the Berlin Wall on Sunday by paying...
Heatwave hits people in emergency shelters in Turkish quake zone
Istanbul [Turkey], August 14: People in south-eastern Turkey were struggling with intense heat at the weekend some six months after devastating earthquakes hit the region...
Iraq unblocks Telegram after one-week ban
Cairo [Egypt], August 14: Iraq has said it will lift a ban on Telegram starting from Sunday, aweek after the government had blocked the instant...
Flights cancelled as Japan braces for another typhoon
Tokyo [Japan], August 14: A strong typhoon, moving toward the Kii Peninsula in western Japan on the Pacific coast, is expected to make landfall on...
Migrants on France's Channel coast undeterred by latest deaths
Loon-Plage [France], August 14: "Crossing the Channel, it's playing with our lives," Hajji Mahmud acknowledged. But despite the dangers, the Afghan migrant remained determined to...
Anger grows as Hawaii fire death toll nears 100
Hawaii [US], August 14: The death toll in Hawaii from the deadliest US wildfire in more than a century was expected to cross the 100-mark...
Naval forces in Gulf warn ships against nearing Iranian waters
Manama [Bahrain], August 14: Western naval forces operating in the Gulf warned ships sailing in the strategic Strait of Hormuz against approaching Iranian waters to...
Russian warship fires warning shots at cargo ship in Black Sea
Moscow [Russia], August 14: A Russian warship on Sunday fired warning shots at a cargo ship in the southwestern Black Sea as it made its...