Key Israeli war leader challenges Netanyahu over Gaza strategy
Tel Aviv [Israel], January 20: A key member of Israel's war cabinet has accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of not telling the truth about the...
Russian oil depot on fire after attempted Ukrainian drone attack
Klintsy [Russia], January 20: Four oil tanks at a large storage facility in the town of Klintsy in Russia's western Bryansk region caught fire on...
UMEX and SimTEX 2024 agenda announced
Abu Dhabi [UAE], January 20: Under the patronage of H.H. Sheikh Hazza bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Ruler of Abu Dhabi, ADNEC Group, in strategic...
UAE President receives phone call from Ukrainian President
Abu Dhabi [UAE], January 20: President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan received a phone call today from His Excellency Volodymyr Zelenskyy,...
Abu Dhabi's 'Falcon Economy' in the limelight at WEF 2024 in Davos
Davos [Switzerland], January 20: The Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development (ADDED) led the Emirate's official economic delegation to the 54th Annual Meeting of the...
13 dead in central China school dormitory fire
Zhengzhou [China], January 20: Thirteen people have been confirmed dead in a fire that took place in a school dormitory in the county of...
6.4-magnitude quake hits Tonga
Suva [Fiji], January 19: An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.4 jolted 125 km NW of Fangale'ounga, Tonga, at 11:12 local time on Friday, the...
5.4-magnitude earthquake hits central Indonesia
Jakarta [Indonesia], January 19: A 5.4-magnitude earthquake struck Central Sulawesi province in central Indonesia on Friday morning, the country's Meteorological, Climatological and Geophysical Agency (BMKG)...
Emergency situation declared for flooding in northern Australia
Canberra [Australia], January 19: An emergency situation has been declared and remote communities evacuated in Australia's Northern Territory (NT) amid flooding.
Japan's core consumer prices rise 2.3 pct in December
Tokyo [Japan], January 19: Japan's core consumer prices were up 2.3 percent in December from a year earlier, the government said in a report on...
Indonesia allows Boeing 737 Max 9 planes to fly again after checks
Jakarta [Indonesia], January 19: Three Boeing 737 Max 9 planes belonging to Indonesia's budget airline Lion Air have been allowed to fly again after having...
Ukraine, Russia both report new airstrikes
Moscow [Russia], January 19: Both Ukraine and Russia again reported numerous airstrikes on their territory during the night and in the early hours of Thursday...
Iraqi premier says ending US-led alliance role necessary for stability
Baghdad [Iraq], January 19: Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed al-Sudani on Thursday pushed for an end to the contested presence of a US-led international alliance fighting...
At least nine killed in suspected Jordanian strikes on Syria: Activists
Beirut [Lebanon], January 19: At least nine people were killed, including women and children, in suspected Jordanian air strikes in the countryside of Sweida, southern...
Difficult problem in the Middle East
Tel Aviv [Israel], January 19: Efforts to contain widespread conflicts in the Middle East are at a deadlock because the parties involved have not found...
The US Congress narrowly helped the government escape the risk of shutdown
Washington [US], January 19: The US House of Representatives has passed a bill to temporarily fund the federal government through early March and prevent a...
Mr. Trump retains the right to run for office in Washington, the...
Washington [US], January 19: A judge in Washington state (USA) rejected the petition to remove former President Trump's name from the ballot, while the Democratic...
Pentagon: US is not at war with Houthi
Washington [US], January 19: The Pentagon declared that the US is not at war with the Houthi forces in Yemen, even after carrying out the...
North Korea tested nuclear weapons in response to the South Korea-US-Japan military...
Seoul [South Korea], January 19: The Democratic People's Republic of Korea conducted an underwater nuclear weapons system test to protest a new joint exercise by...
Deeper the Vietnam - Hungary comprehensive partnership
Hanoi [Vietnam], January 19: On the afternoon of January 18 (local time), Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his wife along with a high-ranking Vietnamese...
'Lack of urgency' led to failed response to Uvalde shooting
Texas [US], January 19: Chaos and a "lack of urgency" plagued the police response to the deadly 2022 mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, the US...
US strikes on Houthis in Yemen have not stopped Red Sea attacks
Washington [US], January 19: US President Joe Biden says strikes on the Houthis in Yemen have not stopped the group's Red Sea attacks, and that...
Israeli troops push deep into Gaza's southern city of Khan Younis
Tel Aviv [Israel], January 19: Israel says its troops have reached the southernmost area of Khan Younis, as they expand their operations in the Gaza...
Netanyahu publicly rejects US push for Palestinian state
Tel Aviv [Israel], January 19: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he has told the United States that he opposes the establishment of a Palestinian...
Head of Russian region denounces 'traitors' after rare protest
Moscow [Russia], January 19: The head of one of Russia's biggest ethnically mixed republics accused what he called extremists and traitors of trying to bring...
NATO to hold biggest drills since Cold War with 90,000 troops
Moscow [Russia], January 19: NATO is launching its largest exercise since the Cold War.
Four Palestinians killed in Israeli drone strike in West Bank
Tel Aviv [Israel], January 18: Four people have been killed in an Israeli army operation in the town of Tulkarm in the occupied West Bank....