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...
Austria says stabbing attack suspect swore allegiance to Islamic State
Vienna [Austria], February 17: The Syrian asylum seeker suspected of carrying out a deadly stabbing rampage in the Austrian town of Villach had sworn allegiance...
Egypt, Jordan emphasise necessity of starting reconstruction of Gaza Strip without displacing...
Cairo [Egypt], February 17: Egypt and Jordan emphasised the necessity of immediately starting the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip, without displacing the Palestinians from their...
UN chief welcomes continued Gaza ceasefire, hostage release
New York [US], February 17: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has welcomed the latest round of hostage releases in Gaza and the continued implementation of the...
US: At least 9 people dead in Kentucky, Georgia after powerful storm
Kentucky [US], February 17: At least eight people have died after a powerful storm swept through Kentucky, resulting in flooding that inundated roads and homes,...
Washington, Moscow will now focus on peace, not war, says Kremlin
Moscow [Russia], February 17: Moscow and Washington will from now on focus on peace, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in an interview with television host...
Heavy fighting between Ukrainian and Russian armies in Kursk
Kiev [Ukraine], February 17: Russian and Ukrainian troops again engaged in heavy fighting in the western Russian region of Kursk, the Ukrainian General Staff said...
Talks about phase two of Gaza ceasefire to continue this week: US
Washington [US], February 17: Talks about the second phase of the Gaza ceasefire agreement and exchange of Israeli hostages for imprisoned Palestinians are set to...