North Korea's Kim calls for change in status of South, warns of...
Seoul [South Korea], January 16: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for a constitutional amendment to change the status of South Korea as a...
Pope defends same-sex blessings declaration
Vatican City [Italy], January 16: Pope Francis defended a landmark decision approving blessings for same-sex couples.
Houthi attacks expose China's commercial stakes in Red Sea
Beijing [China], January 16: China has called for an end to attacks on civilian vessels in the Red Sea that have dramatically widened the Hamas-Israel...
Hamas appears to show dead bodies of two hostages after warning Israel
Tel Aviv [Israel], January 16: Hamas appeared to show the dead bodies of two Israeli hostages after warning Israel they might be killed if it...
Trump seeks early victory in Iowa caucus
Washington [US], January 16: Republican presidential candidates headed out for a final, frigid day of campaigning in Iowa.
U.S., Britain launch new strike on Yemen's Hodeidah: media
Sanaa [Yemen], January 15: The United States and Britain conducted a new strike on Yemen's Red Sea port city of Hodeidah on Sunday evening, the...
Chinese automakers sell record 553,000 cars in Russia in 2023
St Petersburg [Russia], January 15: Chinese automakers sold a record total of 553,000 cars in Russia in 2023, accounting for almost half of Russia's auto...
Hot air balloon crash kills 4 in Arizona desert
Los Angeles [US], January 15: Four people were killed and one person was critically injured when a hot air balloon crash-landed in the U.S. desert...
New Zealand to boost childhood immunization rates by allowing pharmacies to give...
Wellington [New Zealand], January 15: New Zealand aims to boost childhood immunization rates by enabling community pharmacies to give some of the funded childhood vaccines.
Australian foreign minister to visit Middle East
Canberra [Australia], January 15: Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong has announced that she will visit the Middle East.
Thousands of residents evacuated as Indonesian volcanoes erupt again
Jakarta [Indonesia], January 15: Indonesia's Mount Marapi on the island of Sumatra erupted twice on Sunday morning, the country's volcanology agency said. The eruptions occurred...
South Korea says North has tested suspected medium-range missile
Seoul [South Korea], January 15: In its first test of nuclear-capable missiles of the new year, North Korea is believed to have fired a medium-range...
Cameron says RAF strikes not an escalation in Middle East conflict
London [UK], January 15: British Foreign Secretary David Cameron has denied the Royal Air Forces strikes in Yemen will escalate the picture in the Middle...
Fourth Ukraine peace plan conference opens
Geneva [Switzerland], January 15: Almost two years after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Kiev government was meeting representatives from some 80 countries...
Gaza death toll nears 24,000 on day 100 of war
Tel Aviv [Israel], January 15: On day 100 of the war on Gaza, Israel's relentless bombardment of the besieged Gaza Strip continues with no sign...
Global day of protests draws thousands in Washington and other cities
Washington [US], January 15: Thousands of demonstrators converged opposite the White House on Saturday to call for an end to Israeli military action in Gaza,...
Hezbollah says US strikes on Yemen's Houthis harm maritime security
Washington [US], January 15: The leader of the Lebanese group Hezbollah has said United States actions in the Red Sea will harm the security of...
Landslide in Colombia, 33 people died
Colombia [US], January 15: Colombian Vice President Francia Marquez said on January 13 that rescue forces continued to search for survivors after the landslide that...
European kingship in transition
Copenhagen [Denmark], January 15: Denmark has a new king, who is seen as enthusiastic about contemporary issues such as climate change, contributing to breathing new...
IMF Director General: AI is positive but will wipe out many jobs
Washington [US], January 15: Artificial intelligence (AI) will affect many jobs globally in both negative and positive ways, according to the assessment of the Director...
Mr. Trump's opponent is looking for a final push
Washington [US], January 15: On January 14, the Republican presidential candidates launched their final efforts to attract voters in Iowa before the election of candidates...
North Korea confirmed launching a hypersonic missile, Mr. Trump suddenly spoke up
Seoul [South Korea], January 15: North Korea announced that it had successfully tested a solid-fuel ballistic missile carrying a hypersonic warhead in its first launch...
'Picture of fire and bullets' in the Middle East after the US...
Washington [US], January 15: The situation in the Middle East is continuously tense and shows no signs of calming down even when the US and...
Fierce fighting in Gaza as war hits 100 days
Tel Aviv [Israel], January 15: Israeli tanks and aircraft hit targets in southern and central Gaza on Sunday and there were fierce gun battles in...
Volcano erupts in Iceland, flowing lava reaches fishing town
Reykjavik [Iceland], January 15: A volcano erupted in southwest Iceland on Sunday, with molten lava flows reaching the outskirts of a small fishing town by...
Iraqi MPs propose draft to end presence of foreign forces in Iraq
Baghdad [Iraq], January 14: Up to 88 Iraqi lawmakers submitted Saturday a proposal for a draft law requiring the end of the presence of foreign...
Iraqis rally in Baghdad to protest against U.S.-Britain strikes in Yemen
Baghdad [Iraq], January 14: Hundreds of Iraqis held a rally on Saturday in Iraq's capital Baghdad in protest against the U.S.-Britain strikes against some Houthi...