Trump calls Zelensky a 'dictator'
New York [US], February 20: US President Donald Trump continued to round on Volodymyr Zelensky, calling the Ukrainian president "a dictator" in comments on Trump's...
Egypt, Spain reject US plan to displace Gazans
Cairo [Egypt], February 20: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez rejected the controversial proposal by US President Donald Trump to...
Hamas offers to release all captives to end Israel's war on Gaza
Gaza [Palestine], February 20: Hamas has proposed to release all captives remaining in the Gaza Strip in "one go" in exchange for a lasting truce...
Scores of whales to be euthanised after mass stranding in Australia
Sydney [Australia], February 20: Australian authorities are euthanising about 90 false killer whales which survived a mass stranding on a remote beach in Tasmania.
EU aims at Russia's shadow fleet as it backs 16th sanctions package
Brussels [Belgium], February 20: EU ambassadors backed a 16th sanctions package on Russia on Wednesday, just days before the third anniversary of Moscow's full-scale invasion...
Thousands without power, water after Russian strike
Kiev [Ukraine] / Moscow [Russia], February 20: Tens of thousands of people in the port city of Odessa were left without electricity, water and heating...
30 S Korean military members investigated over martial law
Seoul [South Korea], February 20: Thirty members of the South Korean military are under investigation over their alleged involvement in a short-lived declaration of martial...
Man gets 10 years for attempted murder of Japanese PM
Tokyo [Japan], February 20: A 25-year-old man was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Wednesday for the attempted murder in 2023 of then Japanese...
Berlin event with UN Palestinian expert held online after backlash
Berlin [Germany], February 20: A leading UN authority on the Palestinian Territories has warned against restrictions on academic freedom after an event she was set...
South Africa's Gauteng Province says ready to host G20
Gauteng [Johannesburg], February 19: South Africa's Gauteng Province is ready to host the Group of 20 (G20) Summit and seize the opportunities presented by the...
Tunisia dismantles drug trafficking network, arrests 4
Tunis [Tunisia], February 19: Tunisian security forces have dismantled a drug trafficking network active in the southwestern province of Kebili and arrested four individuals, the...
AfDB projects 6.3 pct GDP growth for Cote d'Ivoire in 2025, 2026
Ivory Coast [Abidjan], February 19: A recent report by the Abidjan-based African Development Bank (AfDB), titled Africa's Macroeconomic Performance and Outlook, forecasts Cote d'Ivoire's real...
Malta launches project to diversify fish species
Valletta [Malta], February 19: The Maltese government on Tuesday launched a new project to promote the diversification of fish species in aquaculture.
Kellogg chosen as U.S. representative for talks on Ukraine: Kremlin aide
Moscow [Russia], February 19: Washington has appointed U.S. President Donald Trump's Ukraine envoy Keith Kellogg to represent the United States in negotiations on Ukraine, local...
Italian police seize 788 kg of cocaine in major drug bust
Rome [Italy], February 19: Italian finance police seized a record 788 kg of cocaine in a large-scale anti-drug operation on Tuesday, marking one of the...
France's inflation rises to 1.7 pct in January: INSEE
Paris [France], February 19: France's consumer price index (CPI) rose by 1.7 percent year-on-year in January, the French National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies...
Finland, Sweden stress Europe's interests in Ukraine peace efforts amid U.S.-Russia talks
Helsinki [Finland], February 19: Finnish and Swedish politicians on Tuesday underscored Europe's interests in ongoing peace efforts as the United States and Russia held closed-door...
U.S. schools confront anxiety over Trump's actions on immigration: AP
Albany [New York], February 19: U.S. President Donald Trump's immigration policies already are affecting schools across the country, as officials find themselves responding to rising...
Investigation underway into why U.S. Delta plane flipped on roof
Albany [New York], February 19: Investigators have begun working to identify what caused a Delta Air Lines regional jet to flip on its roof while...
NY governor to discuss NY mayor's fate with city leaders
Albany [New York], February 19: U.S. New York City Mayor Eric Adams was fighting for his political survival on Tuesday, with New York Governor Kathy...
Trump admin fires thousands of federal workers without evidence: report
Albany [New York], February 19: Many U.S. federal government employees were dismissed over the holiday weekend as managers confronted a Trump administration demand to fire...
Trump cuts target next generation of scientists, public health leaders: report
Albany [New York], February 19: U.S. President Donald Trump's plan to shrink the size of the federal work force dealt blows to thousands of civil...
Villagers executed in Sudan, activists say
Khartoum [Sudan], February 19: More than 200 unarmed civilians have been killed in a cluster of villages in Sudan over three days by the paramilitary...
Russia says NATO states can't enforce Ukraine peace
Moscow [Russia], February 19: Russia on Tuesday demanded NATO scrap its 2008 promise to one day give Ukraine membership of the U.S.-led NATO military alliance...
Russia agree to restore diplomatic missions
Moscow [Russia], February 19: The U.S. and Russia agreed on Tuesday to restore the normal functioning of each other's diplomatic missions, Secretary of State Marco...
Holocaust survivor Marian Turski dies aged 98
Warsaw [Poland], February 19: Holocaust survivor Marian Turski, who became a journalist in Poland and headed an international committee of Auschwitz survivors, has died at...
Office overseeing Afghan resettlement in US told to start planning closure
Kabul [Afghanistan], February 19: The State Department office overseeing the resettlement of Afghans in the United States has been told to develop plans to close...