Australia PM backs parliament motion calling for Julian Assange's release
Canberra [Australia], February 16: Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese voted in favour of a motion in parliament's lower house calling for the return of WikiLeaks'...
Gaza doctors measure children for malnutrition
Gaza [Palestine], February 16: Medical workers held strips of plastic around the upper arms of small children in a Rafah tent, measuring the circumferences of...
Israel raids main Gaza hospital as Rafah concerns grow
Gaza [Palestine], February 16: Israeli forces said they had raided the biggest functioning hospital in Gaza as footage showed chaos, shouting and gunfire in dark...
Kansas City police link Super Bowl rally shooting to dispute, not terror
Missouri [US], February 16: An altercation involving several people sparked a shooting spree in Kansas City that killed one person and wounded 22 after a...
Death toll from Philippine landslide rises to 92, search continues
Manila [Philippine], February 16: The death toll from a landslide in the southern Philippines has risen to 92 as the search for missing people continues,...
Dubai Harbour Marinas becomes first in the world to receive three simultaneous...
Dubai [UAE], February 16: Dubai Harbour has won three prestigious accreditations from The Yacht Harbour Association, including the coveted Gold Anchor award - a credible...
International Search and Rescue Conference & Exhibition concludes in Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi [UAE], February 16: The 3rd International Search and Rescue Conference & Exhibition (INSRC 2024), organised by the National Search and Rescue Center (NSRC),...
ECDC warns of spike in cases of deadly bacterium strain
Stockholm [Sweden], February 15: Europe has seen an increased number of infections from a strain of antibiotics-resistant hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae (hvKp), which is expected to...
Russian oil depot on fire after Ukrainian drone attack
Moscow [Russia], February 15: A fire broke out at an oil depot in Russia's southern region of Kursk as a result of an attack by...
One dead, 22 injured at U.S. Super Bowl victory parade shooting
Washington [US], February 15: At least one person was killed and 22 were injured as gunfire erupted during the Kansas City Chiefs' Super Bowl victory...
DPRK test-fires new-type surface-to-sea missile
Seoul [South Korea], February 15: The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) test-fired new-type surface-to-sea missile Padasuri-6 on Wednesday, with its top leader supervising the...
S. Korea's ICT export rises for 3rd month in January
Seoul [South Korea], February 15: South Korea's export of information and communication technology (ICT) products rose for the third straight month due to strong demand...
NATO chief warns allies against undermining nuclear deterrent
Washington [US], February 15: NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg warned allies on Wednesday that they "should do nothing to undermine" the alliance's nuclear deterrent amidst the...
At least 15 dead in road crash in Egypt
Cairo [Egypt], February 15: A collision involving several vehicles on a highway linking the Egyptian capital to the coastal city of Alexandria killed at least...
Police accuse man of stealing plane, ditching it on California beach
Washington [US], February 15: A man accused of taking a small plane from a [San Francisco] Peninsula airport and then ditching it on a Half...
Estonian secret service says Russia is preparing for confrontation
Moscow [Russia], February 15: Russia is preparing itself militarily for a confrontation with the West, the Estonian secret service said in a report released on...
Ukraine claims Russian warship sunk by drone attack in the Black Sea...
Moscow [Russia], February 15: Attacks by Ukrainian drones in the Black Sea severely damaged and sunk a warship from Russia's Black Sea Fleet, according to...
Israeli protesters block aid bound for Gaza
Jerusalem [Israel], February 15: The Nitzana border crossing between Egypt and Israel has been closed after dozens of Israel protesters blocked humanitarian aid trucks from...
Thousands mark 2005 killing of ex-PM Hariri
Beirut [Lebanon], February 15: Thousands of people gathered in the Lebanese capital Wednesday to commemorate the 2005 assassination of former prime minister Rafik Hariri and...
Erdogan in Cairo as Turkey, Egypt turn 'new leaf'
Cairo [Egypt], February 15: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi said in Cairo on Wednesday that they were turning...
Zionists strike Lebanon amid Gaza carnage
Gaza [Palestine], February 15: Negotiations to pause the Zionist-Hamas war headed into a second day in Cairo on Wednesday, as the Zionist entity launched a...
Subianto claims 'victory for all Indonesians'
Jakarta [Indonesia], February 15: Former general Prabowo Subianto claimed victory in Indonesia's presidential election on Wednesday as preliminary results put him well ahead of his...
EU exempts iMessage and Bing from Rules
Washington [US], February 15: Apple (AAPL.O), opens new tab has won an exemption for its iMessage and Microsoft (MSFT.O), opens new tab for its Bing...
Democrats pick up seat in US House as Suozzi wins in New...
Washington [US], February 15: Democratic former congressman Tom Suozzi won a special U.S. House of Representatives election in New York on Tuesday, narrowing an already...
US House speaker resists Ukraine, Israel bill
Washington [US], February 15: Republican U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson indicated again on Wednesday he has no immediate plans to allow the chamber...
UAE's advanced digital tools empower anti-money laundering efforts: Hamid Al Zaabi
Dubai [UAE], February 15: Hamid Al Zaabi, Director-General of the Executive Office for Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Terrorism Financing (AML/CFT), affirmed that the World Governments...
Future of education sector relies on flexibility of curricula: Madagascar's Minister of...
Dubai [UAE], February 15: Marie Michelle Sahondrarimalala, Minister of National Education, Republic of Madagascar, has stressed the importance of change for the better in the...