Taiwan will always be open to interact with Beijing: Presidential candidate

Beijing [China], January 10: Taiwan's door will always be open to interact with Beijing as peace is priceless and war has no winners, the presidential...

126 killed in Gaza Strip: Health ministry

Gaza [Palestine], January 10: The Health Ministry in Gaza says Israeli forces have committed "12 massacres" throughout the Gaza Strip on the 95th day of...

War must not reach south of Gaza Strip, warns UN organisation

Gaza [Palestine], January 10: War must not reach the south of the Gaza Strip, a UN relief agency warned during a visit from German Foreign...

Polish PM accuses president of sabotage

Warsaw [Poland], January 10: Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has accused President Andrzej Duda of obstructing the imprisonment of two legally convicted members of the...

South Korea bans trade in dog meat

Seoul [South Korea], January 10: South Korea's parliament on Tuesday passed a bill banning breeding, slaughtering and selling dogs for their meat, a traditional practice...

Israeli forces say they locate large underground weapons factory in Gaza

Jerusalem [Israel], January 10: Israeli forces located what they said was the largest weapons production site so far found in Gaza.

Ecuador's 'most-wanted' criminal disappears from prison

Quito [Ecuador], January 10: Ecuador's "most-wanted prisoner", the leader of the Los Choneros criminal group, disappeared from the jail where he was being held, authorities...

US top diplomat urges Israel to avoid harming civilians in Gaza

Washington [US], January 10: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged Israeli leaders to avoid harming civilians as it presses its war against Hamas in...

Massive winter storm batters US

Washington [US], January 10: A massive winter storm moving across the eastern half of the U.S. on Tuesday knocked out power to over 418,000 homes...

Biden rejects calls for US defence secretary removal

Washington [US], January 10: US President Joe Biden does not plan to fire Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin after the defence chief failed to disclose...

Critical fuel loss derails US first moon landing in 50 years

Florida [US], January 10: The first US-based spacecraft to attempt a moon landing in more than half a century is facing failure merely hours after...

Germany: Asylum applications rose sharply in 2023

Berlin [Germany], January 10: Altogether 352,000 people sought asylum in Germany in 2023, with some 329,000 putting in a first application - a rise here...

Gabriel Attal, 34, to become France's youngest prime minister in decades

Paris [France], January 10: French Education Minister Gabriel Attal has been tipped by President Macron as the new prime minister to replace the outgoing premier,...

Bahrain hosts 4th meeting of Higher Committee of Integrated Industrial Partnership For...

Manama [Bahrain], January 10: The Kingdom of Bahrain will host the fourth meeting of the Higher Committee of the Integrated Industrial Partnership For Sustainable Economic...

UAE economy expected to grow by 3.8% in 2025: World Bank

Washington [US], January 10: The World Bank expected the UAE's real GDP to grow by 3.4 percent in 2023, rising to 3.7 percent in 2024...

China trains high-quality farmers for rural revitalisation

Beijing [China], January 10: High-quality farmers are playing a pivotal role in driving China's comprehensive rural revitalization. According to People's Daily Online report, China trained...

World's first 100,000-tonne Green Hydrogen project starts operating in Inner Mongolia

Ulan Bator [Mongolia], January 10: A photovoltaic hydrogen demonstration project in Juungar Banner, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, was recently connected to the grid in a...

Freight train derailed in Russia's Far East region

Moscow [Russia], January 9: A freight train on Monday evening collided with an empty train when running along the Trans-Baikal Railway, causing 14 of its...

21 injured in hotel explosion in U.S. Texas

Houston [US], January 9: At least 21 people were injured following an explosion on Monday at a hotel in downtown Fort Worth, Texas, authorities said.

Polls open in Bhutan's general elections

Thimphu [Bhutan], January 9: Voters in Bhutan began casting their ballots Tuesday as polls opened for the country's final round of parliamentary elections, local media...

Death toll rises to 180 in Japan's quake-hit Ishikawa prefecture

Tokyo [Japan], January 9: The death toll climbed to 180 in the central Japanese prefecture of Ishikawa as of 9 a.m. local time on Tuesday...

WHO unable to deliver medical supplies to northern Gaza

Gaza [Palestine], January 9: The World Health Organization (WHO) says it has not been able to reach the north of the Gaza Strip for nearly...

French govt resigns after political wrangling over immigration

Paris [France], January 9: The centre-right government of French prime minister Élisabeth Borne has resigned, the presidential palace in Paris said on Monday.

Rescuers free tourists and guides trapped in Slovenian cave

Ljubljana [Slovenia], January 9: Rescuers successfully freed five people from a cave in Slovenia on Monday, two days after the group went missing.

Russia evacuates hundreds from border city amid Ukraine strikes

Kyiv [Ukraine], January 9: Russia said Monday it had moved some 300 people from the border city of Belgorod due to Ukrainian shelling, the biggest...

Blinken meets MBZ, MBS on regional tour

Washington [US], January 9: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Monday with Saudi Arabia's crown prince before heading to the Zionist entity as part...

Israeli strike kills a Hezbollah commander in Lebanon

Beirut [Lebanon], January 9: Israel killed a top Hezbollah commander in a strike in south Lebanon.