Gaza has become a death zone: WHO
Gaza [Palestine], February 22: World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said that the humanitarian situation in Gaza continues to spiral out of control.
UK sanctions Russian prison chiefs after activist's death
London [UK], February 22: The UK has frozen the assets of six Russian prison bosses in charge of the Arctic penal colony where opposition leader...
Zelensky sends delegation to Polish border for talks
Kyiv [Ukraine], February 22: After days of protests by Polish farmers, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky now wants to send Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal and other...
Pakistan's upcoming coalition government: The main players
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 22: After a split-verdict in Pakistan's general election this month, a broad alliance of parties have agreed to form a coalition government....
Beijing crushing Tibetans: Exiled political leader
Dharamshala [India], February 22: As Tibetans prepare to mark 65 years since a failed uprising against Chinese rule and questions loom over the Dalai Lama's...
US against ordering Zionists out; ICJ to hear Kuwait's plea
The Hague [Netherlands], February 22: The United States told the UN's top court on Wednesday that the Zionist entity should not be legally forced to...
Israel intensifies strikes on Gaza's Rafah, killing large family in home
Tel Aviv [Israel], February 22: Israel intensified its bombardment of Rafah in Gaza's south and over a dozen members of one family were killed in...
Australian bishop Christopher Saunders charged with rape
Canberra [Australia], February 22: High-ranking Australian Bishop Christopher Saunders has been charged with rape and a string of sex offences - some against children -...
Spanish birth rate hits lowest level since records began in 1941
Madrid [Spain], February 22: Spain's birth rate has dropped to its lowest level since records started in 1941, provisional data from its National Statistics Institute...
Biden administration to cancel another $1.2 billion of student loans
Washington [US], February 22: President Joe Biden said on Wednesday his administration is cancelling $1.2 billion worth of student loans for nearly 153,000 people who...
US candidate Haley sides with court ruling that embryos are babies
Washington [US], February 22: Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley said on Wednesday that she believed frozen embryos created through in-vitro fertilization (IVF) were babies, endorsing...
UAE President receives FIFA President
Abu Dhabi [UAE], February 22: President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan today welcomed Gianni Infantino, President of the International Federation of...
World Police Summit a cornerstone of future policing: Hong Kong Police Commissioner
Dubai [UAE], February 22: Siu Chak-yee, Raymond, Commissioner of Police of the Hong Kong Police Force, emphasised that the World Police Summit (WPS) is more...
UAE and Argentina Presidents discuss cooperation ties in phone call
Abu Dhabi [UAE], February 22: President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and His Excellency Javier Milei, President of the Argentine Republic, held...
Egyptian Ministry of Youth and Sports, MBRF sign protocol for joint cooperation
Cairo [Egypt], February 22: The Ministry of Youth and Sports of Egypt and the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Foundation (MBRF), signed a protocol...
DR Congo's prime minister resigns
Kinshasa [DR Congo], February 21: Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Sama Lukonde Kyenge submitted his resignation to President Felix Tshisekedi,...
French navy shoots down two drones over Red Sea
Paris [France], February 21: The French navy has shot down two aerial drones from Yemen over the Red Sea where Houthi attacks have targeted international...
United Airlines Boeing 757 flight makes emergency landing due to wing damage
San Francisco [US], February 21: United Airlines confirmed on Tuesday that its flight 354 from San Francisco to Boston made an emergency landing on Monday...
Cambodia's parliament endorses new deputy PM
Phnom Penh [Cambodia], February 21: Cambodia's National Assembly on Wednesday endorsed Civil Service Minister Hun Many as a new deputy prime minister.
Japan to scrap public aid for COVID-19 treatment
Tokyo [Japan], February 21: The Japanese government has decided to end its subsidies for COVID-19 drugs and hospitalizations next month, local media reported.
'Assange faces flagrant denial of justice if extradited'
London [UK], February 21: Julian Assange is at risk of a "flagrant denial of justice" if he is extradited to the United States, London's High...
Moscow rejects EU demand for investigation into Navalny's death
Moscow [Russia], February 21: The Kremlin has denied an international investigation demanded by the European Union into the death of jailed opposition figure Alexei Navalny.
Tunisian opposition leader Ghannouchi starts hunger strike in prison
Tunis [Tunisia], February 21: The head of Tunisia's opposition Islamist Ennahda movement, Rached Ghannouchi, began a hunger strike in prison to protest his detention along...
26 dead after snowfall in Afghanistan
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 21: At least 26 people have died in Afghanistan due to heavy snow and rain that swept across large parts of the...
Venezuela's Maduro voices support for Brazilian president's stance on Gaza war
Moscow [Russia], February 21: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Tuesday backed Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's recent statement comparing Israel's operation in Gaza...
Family of murdered Italian student in Cairo still seeking justice
Rome [Italy], February 21: A second trial of four Egyptian security officers accused of kidnapping and brutally murdering an Italian student in 2016 opened in...
WHO transfers 32 patients out of Gaza hospital
Geneva [Switzerland], February 21: The World Health Organization said Tuesday it had transferred 32 patients out of the besieged Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza but...