Salvini claims 'useful service' for Italy at migrant trial
Rome [Italy], January 13: A defiant Matteo Salvini, Italy's far-right deputy prime minister, defended his hard line against illegal migration in court on Friday, saying...
Families of Ecuador hostages demand action
Quito [Ecuador], January 13: Ecuadorean President Daniel Noboa laid out plans for two new high-security prisons.
China is open to contact, talks with Canada
Beijing [China], January 13: China does not want a continuation of the "current difficult situation" in relations with Canada.
Strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen show war in Gaza has already...
Gaza [Palestine], January 13: It is time to stop talking about the risk that the war in Gaza will spread elsewhere in the Middle East....
Arctic blast: Record-breaking cold weather forecast for many states
Washington [US], January 13: A massive winter storm has begun rolling across the US and is predicted to bring dangerously cold temperatures and severe weather...
Boeing: US regulator to increase oversight of firm after blowout
Washington [US], January 13: For years, the FAA has delegated some parts of quality reviewing of planes to Boeing, but the practice has been controversial,...
U.S. carries out new strike in Yemen after Biden vows to keep...
Washington [US], January 13: The United States carried out an additional strike against Yemen's Houthi forces on Friday, two officials told Reuters, after President Joe...
France's new PM tilts his cabinet to the right
Paris [France], January 13: France's youngest-ever PM Gabriel Attal has kept on most of the heavyweights from the outgoing government.
Both sides play heavy on emotion in ICJ hearing
The Hague [Netherlands], January 13: The UN's top legal body has now heard two days of powerful legal argument on the "crime of all crimes":...
Egypt denies suspending navigation through Suez Canal
Cairo [Egypt], January 13: Lieutenant General Osama Rabie, Chairman of the Suez Canal Authority, stated that navigation movement in the canal is regular from both...
Residents in Western Australia urged to flee as wildfire rages
Canberra [Australia], January 13: Residents in the state of Western Australia were urged to evacuate their homes on Saturday, as a bushfire burned out of...
North Korea poised to admit first known tourists since 2020
Seoul [South Korea], January 12: A group from Russia is poised to be the first known tourists allowed into North Korea since anti-pandemic border lockdowns...
Zimbabwe's dam water levels rise
Harare [Zimbabwe], January 12: Most major dams in Zimbabwe are now full, the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (ZINWA) said on Thursday.
UN spokesperson highlights dire humanitarian situation in northern Gaza
New York [US], January 12: A UN spokesperson on Thursday highlighted the worsening humanitarian crisis in northern Gaza, emphasizing significant obstacles to relief efforts.
Myanmar navy seizes 1.45 tons of narcotic drugs
Yangon [Myanmar], January 12: Myanmar navy has seized 1.45 tons of Methamphetamine (ICE) in its territorial waters, according to the country's Central Committee for Drug...
South Africa accuses Israel of 'systematic genocidal acts'
The Hague [Netherlands], January 12: South Africa accused Israel of "systematic genocidal acts" during hearings at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague...
Gaza hospitals cut off from UN aid as Israel intensifies bombing
Tel Aviv [Israel], January 12: Repeated refusals by Israeli authorities to allow UN aid teams to deliver the desperately needed humanitarian relief inside Gaza have...
Blinken sees 'concrete steps forward' as he ends Middle East trip
Washington [US], January 12: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday said the war in Gaza "is not escalating" as he wrapped up a...
Sheikh Hasina sworn in for fifth term as Bangladesh's premier
Dhaka [Bangladesh], January 12: Sheikh Hasina was sworn in for a another term as Bangladesh's prime minister on Thursday, less than a week after her...
Zelensky says ceasefire would allow Russia to regroup and rearm
Kyiv [Russia], January 12: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has firmly rejected the idea of a ceasefire with Russia, saying it would only benefit Moscow by...
At least 15 dead following riots and looting in Papua New Guinea
Port Moresby [Papua New Guinea], January 12: Riots throughout Papua New Guinea left at least 15 people dead on Wednesday.
Azerbaijan demands land corridor through Armenia
Moscow [Russia], January 12: The Caucasus republic of Azerbaijan is demanding that neighbouring Armenia establish a land corridor free of control to the Azerbaijani exclave...
Trump attends closing arguments in NYC fraud trial
New York [US], January 12: The last day of Donald Trump's months-long Manhattan fraud trial started on time Thursday despite an early-morning bogus bomb threat...
US, Britain carry out strikes against Houthis in Yemen
Washington [US], January 12: The United States and Britain have started carrying out strikes against targets linked to Houthis in Yemen, four U.S. officials told...
Ukraine builds barricades, digs trenches as focus shifts to defence
Kyiv [Ukraine], January 12: Rows of white concrete barricades and coils of razor wire stretch across an open field for more than a kilometre.
Reaction to South Africa's UN court case against Israel's war in Gaza
Tel Aviv [Israel], January 12: South Africa accused Israel of subjecting Palestinians to genocidal acts at the opening of hearings at the top U.N. court...
Russia's Medvedev warns of nuclear response
Moscow [Russia], January 12: A senior ally of President Vladimir Putin warned that any Ukrainian attacks on missile launch sites inside Russia with arms supplied...