S.Korea opposition leader in ICU after knife attack amid calls for stronger...
Seoul [South Korea], January 4: South Korea's opposition Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung remained hospitalised in intensive care, a day after a knife attack on...
Multiple US statehouses evacuated after apparent hoax threats
Washington [US], January 4: Multiple U.S. statehouses were evacuated on Wednesday morning following bomb threats, at least some of which were determined to be hoaxes,...
Trump asks Supreme Court to overturn Colorado ban
Washington [US], January 4: Donald Trump has asked the US Supreme Court to reverse a Colorado ruling that barred him from running for president in...
Japan says Coast Guard plane apparently not cleared for take-off
Tokyo [Japan], January 4: Japanese authorities said a passenger jet that collided with a Coast Guard turboprop at a Tokyo airport had been given permission...
Japan earthquake toll rises as heavy rain complicates rescue
Tokyo [Japan], January 4: Japanese rescuers searched for survivors of the New Year's Day earthquake on Wednesday ahead of predicted freezing temperatures and heavy rains...
At least 73 killed, 150 wounded in blasts in Iran
Tehran [Iran], January 4: At least 73 people have died after explosions were heard near the grave of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani on Wednesday, the...
UAE, Jordan discuss elevating commercial, investment relations
Amman [Jordan], January 4: Dr. Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, Minister of State for Foreign Trade, and Bisher Khasawneh, Prime Minister of Jordan, discussed ways...
Success of UAE mediation to exchange captives between Russia and Ukraine
Abu Dhabi [UAE], January 4: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced the success of the UAE's mediation regarding the exchange of captives between the...
UAE condemns terrorist attack in Iranian city of Kerman
Abu Dhabi [UAE], January 4: The UAE has strongly condemned the terrorist attack in the city of Kerman, southern Iran, which resulted in hundreds of...
Trump appeals Maine's ruling of his disqualification for 2024 primary ballot
Washington [US], January 3: U.S. former President Donald Trump on Tuesday filed an appeal of the decision by Maine's top election official ruling him ineligible...
California law banning guns in public takes effect amid legal challenges
Washington [US], January 3: A new law in U.S. California that bans the carrying of guns in most public places has been in effect since...
4 terrorists killed in clash in NW Pakistan
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 3: Four terrorists were killed in a clash with security forces in Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Tuesday, the Pakistani army...
Australian gov't urged to address health gaps before next pandemic
Canberra [Australia], January 3: Disadvantaged Australians were six times more likely to die from COVID-19 at the peak of the pandemic than the country's most...
Philippine jeepney drivers vow to continue protest against phaseout plan
Manila [Philippines], January 3: Jeepney drivers and operators in the Philippines have vowed to launch more transport strikes in 2024 even after the deadline to...
1,200 evacuated in Indonesia after volcano erupts
Jakarta [Indonesia], January 3: Authorities on Indonesia's Flores island evacuated nearly 1,2000 people from villages near the Mount Lewotobi volcano after it spewed ash and...
Taiwan's ruling party candidate leads poll before presidential vote
Taipei [Taiwan], January 3: Lai Ching-te from Taiwan's ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) remains the frontrunner for the January 13 presidential election, an opinion poll...
Biden loses support to Trump among African American, Hispanic voters
Washington [US], January 3: US President Joe Biden is losing support among the African American and Hispanic voters, a survey conducted by the USA Today...
Somalia rejects Ethiopia-Somaliland deal as 'aggression'
Mogadishu [Somalia], January 3: Somalia on Tuesday vowed to defend its territory after a controversial deal between Ethiopia and the breakaway state of Somaliland that...
Hamas deputy chief killed in Beirut; Gaza deaths top 22,100
Beirut [Lebanon], January 3: The Zionist entity's war against Palestinian militants reached into the Lebanese capital Beirut on Tuesday, where a Zionist strike killed Hamas'...
Turkey detains 34 for spying for Zionist entity
Istanbul [Turkey], January 3: Turkey announced on Tuesday it had detained 34 people suspected of planning abductions and spying on behalf of the Zionist entity's...
South Korea opposition chief stabbed in neck
Seoul [South Korea], January 3: South Korea's opposition Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung was stabbed in the neck during a visit to the southern port...
Thailand, China to waive visas for each other's citizens from March
Bangkok [Thailand], January 3: Thailand and China will permanently waive visa requirements for each other's citizens from March, Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin said.
Harvard President Gay resigns after rocky testimony, plagiarism allegations
New York [US], January 3: Harvard President Claudine Gay said she would resign from her position, ending a six-month tenure marred by allegations of plagiarism...
Russia pounds Ukraine's two biggest cities in new wave of attacks
Moscow [Russia], January 3: Russia pounded Ukraine's two biggest cities in a new wave of heavy air strikes, killing at least five civilians and prompting...
China breaks heat records in 2023 as sweltering weather baked cities from...
Beijing [China], January 3: The heat in China was relenting in 2023 with temperature records broken from Beijing to Shanghai, echoing the global heatwave phenomena...
Powerful earthquakes leave at least 48 dead, destroy buildings in Japan
Tokyo [Japan], January 3: A series of powerful earthquakes hit western Japan, leaving at least 48 people dead and damaging thousands of buildings, vehicles and...
Close shave for 379 passengers and crew of a Japan Airlines aircraft...
Tokyo [Japan], January 3: All 379 passengers and crew of a Japan Airlines (JAL) plane miraculously escaped from a fire following a collision with a...