Trump says he may meet Putin this month

Washington DC [US], February 19: U.S. President Donald Trump said he might meet Russian President Vladimir Putin this month and dismissed Ukraine's concern about being...

Canadian investigators find black boxes after Toronto plane crash

Ottawa [Canada], February 19: Canadian investigators said they recovered the so-called black boxes from a regional jet that flipped upside down upon landing in windy...

Four German Chancellor candidates debate fiercely

Berlin [Germany], February 18: According to international media, the debate began with the topic of immigration and then quickly heated up when incumbent Chancellor Olaf...

Taiwan's Armed UAV Ambitions

Taipei City [Taiwan], February 18: Recently, Nikkei Asia published an article noting the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) development programs that Taiwan is pursuing.

US President Trump unveils trade policy with reciprocal tariffs for fairness

Washington [US], February 18: US President Donald Trump outlined a new trade policy focused on fairness and reciprocity and said that the US would implement...

290 humanitarian aid trucks enter Gaza Strip

Cairo [Egypt], February 18: The total number of humanitarian aid and relief trucks that entered the Gaza Strip on Monday reached 290, including 23 trucks...

Meta's sub-sea globe-spanning internet cable

New York [US], February 18: Meta has announced plans to build a 50,000km (31,000 mile) sub-sea cable across the world.

South Africa says silence from US on bid for talks

Cape Town [South Africa], February 18: South Africa's foreign minister Ronald Lamola said on Monday that the United States had not responded to attempts to...

Delta plane flips on landing at Toronto airport, injuring 8

Toronto [Canada], February 18: Eight people were injured when a plane carrying 80 passengers flipped as it landed at Toronto Pearson International Airport this morning,...

Freed hostages bring signs of life from depths of Gaza tunnels

Gaza [Palestine], February 18: Families of some Israeli hostages in Gaza have received signs of life from their loved ones for the first time in...

Detained Ugandan opposition figure treated in clinic

Kampala [Uganda], February 18: Detained Ugandan opposition politician Kizza Besigye, on hunger strike for a week, has been returned to prison after being in a...

Hamas operations leader killed in Lebanon

Beirut [Lebanon] / Tel Aviv [Israel], February 18: The Israeli military has killed the head of Hamas' operations department in Lebanon, it said on its...

Russia, US officials meet in Saudi Arabia for Ukraine talks

Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], February 18: The United States and Russia have confirmed that their top delegates will meet in Saudi Arabia this week to discuss...

Israel plans 1,000-unit expansion for occupied West Bank settlement

Jerusalem [Israel], February 18: Israel has issued a tender for the construction of nearly 1,000 additional settler homes in the occupied West Bank, an Israeli...

At least nine dead in US floods, including child

Washington [US], February 18: At least nine people, including a child, died over the weekend amid severe flooding triggered by heavy rainfall in parts of...

Russian drones cause damage near Kiev

Moscow [Russia], February 18: Russia attacked Ukraine again with a large swarm of drones overnight in the Kiev region, after which Ukraine launched a counter-attack,...

Swedish court convicts four men over Islamic State involvement

Stockholm [Sweden], February 18: Four men have been convicted in Sweden for their involvement in a Somali branch of the terrorist militia Islamic State, the...

Paris hosts emergency summit on Ukraine war as Trump sparks alarm

Paris [France], February 18: European leaders were gathering on Monday for an emergency summit to discuss plans by US President Donald Trump to end the...

Argentina President Milei faces impeachment calls over crypto crash

Buenos Aires [Argentina], February 18: Argentine President Javier Milei is facing impeachment calls - and legal action accusing him of fraud - over his promotion...

UN judge deceived woman to work as slave while studying, court told

London [UK], February 18: A United Nations criminal tribunal judge deceived a young woman into coming to the UK to work as her slave while...

Kremlin welcomes special Paris summit

Moscow [Russia], February 18: Russia has welcomed the emergency summit on the Ukraine war organized by French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris on Monday.

UK's Starmer to meet Trump in Washington next week

London [UK], February 18: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will meet US President Donald Trump next week, Starmer's office in London has confirmed.

Far from satisfied, near concerned

Hawaii [US], February 17: The archipelago lies between the US state of Hawaii and New Zealand. China's close ties with the Cook Islands are seen...

Israel receives shipment of heavy bombs cleared by Trump

Jerusalem [Israel], February 17: Israel has received a shipment of heavy MK-84 bombs from the United States, after U.S. President Donald Trump lifted a block...

Five Iraqi banks to be banned from US dollar transactions

Tehran [Iraq], February 17: Iraq's central bank will ban five more local banks from engaging in U.S. dollar transactions, a move that comes after meetings...

Trump says he could meet with Putin 'very soon' on Ukraine

New York [US], February 17: U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday he believes he could meet "very soon" with Russian President Vladimir Putin to...

US energy department says less than 50 purged from nuclear security office

New York [US], February 17: U.S. President Donald Trump and his adviser Elon Musk purged less than 50 workers from the agency that maintains the...