President Putin: Russia does not want but is always ready for any...
Moscow [Russia], July 30: President Vladimir Putin stressed that Russia does not want to cause a conflict, but if it has to, it is always...
Singapore Prime Minister's brother challenged after being threatened with lawsuits
Singapore, July 30: Mr. Lee Hsien Loong, younger brother of Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, said that the two ministers misunderstood him and challenged...
Colombian President Petro's son arrested
New York [US], July 30: Nicolas Petro, son of Colombian President Gustavo Petro, has been arrested as part of an investigation into money laundering and...
Kenya ready to lead multinational force to Haiti
Nairobi [Kenya], July 30: Kenya is ready to lead a multinational force into Haiti, which is experiencing a surge in violence between police and gangs,...
Saudi Arabia summons Danish envoy over Quran desecration
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], July 29: The Saudi Foreign Ministry announced on Friday that it summoned the Danish charge d'affaires over the recent burning of copies...
Yemen welcomes new Saudi aid for Safer tanker salvage operations
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], July 29: The Yemeni government has expressed gratitude to Saudi Arabia for its additional 8-million-U.S. dollar assistance in the salvage operations of...
Lower energy and food prices drive inflation down in France
Paris [France], July 29: The year-on-year consumer price index (CPI) in France was 4.3 percent in July, thus continuing a slow but steady downward trend...
German economy stagnates after short recession
Berlin [Germany], July 29: After two quarters of economic contraction, Germany's gross domestic product stagnated in the second quarter of 2023, according to preliminary figures...
WHO urges action to eliminate viral hepatitis
Copenhagen [Denmark], July 29: The World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Europe highlighted the urgent need on Friday to provide healthcare to communities and...
France's GDP up by 0.5 pct in Q2: INSEE
Paris [France], July 29: France's gross domestic product (GDP) increased by 0.5 percent in volume terms in the second quarter (Q2) of 2023, after the...
Wildfires, extreme weather grip Italy
Rome [Italy], July 29: Wildfires raging in Southern Italy began to spread North on Friday as the country remained in the grips of bouts of...
Ireland's GDP up by 3 pct in Q2: CSO
Dublin [Ireland], July 29: The gross domestic product (GDP) of Ireland increased by nearly 3 percent in the second quarter (Q2) of this year compared...
Canada's wildfires release 1 blntonnes of CO2 equivalent, global collaboration urgently needed
Beijing [China], July 29: As record-breaking wildfires in Canada are devouring lands, threatening human health, and shrinking wildlife habitats, the massive carbon emissions caused...
U.S. stocks close higher after encouraging inflation data
New York [US], July 29: U.S. stocks ended higher on Friday after fresh inflation data closely watched by the Federal Reserve confirmed that inflationary pressures...
Number of active U.S. drilling rigs down this week
Houston [US], July 29: The number of active drilling rigs in the United States dropped to 664 this week, down by five from the previous...
U.S. agencies lack coordination regarding drug cartels, says Mexican president
Mexico City [Mexico], July 29: Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Friday criticized U.S. agencies for lacking coordination regarding information they have on Mexican...
California's beverage container recycling program loopholed by fraudsters
Sacramento [US], July 29: California's beverage container recycling program has been constantly taken advantage of by scammers who have defrauded the state of millions...
4 military personnel missing after Australian helicopter crashes
Sydney [Australia], July 29: Four military personnel are missing after an Australian military helicopter crashed into the waters near Lindeman Island off the coast of...
Japan's average life expectancy falls for 2nd straight year
Tokyo [Japan], July 29: The average life expectancy fell for both Japanese men and women for the second consecutive year in 2022, a health ministry...
Cambodia's old-term political officials to be reappointed: PM
Phnom Pehn [Cambodia], July 29: Cambodian Prime Minister SamdechTecho Hun Sen said on Saturday that all political officials in the old-term government would be reappointed...
Russian missiles hit apartments
Moscow [Russia], July 29: Russian missiles hit a residential complex and a nearby building of Ukraine's security service in the central city of Dnipro.
Macron to provide money to Vanuatu, look at land dispute
Paris [France], July 29: The French President has told Vanuatu leaders he will provide financial assistance to the country and look into the dispute over...
UN chief urges release of Niger's president
United Nations, July 28: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday demanded the immediate and unconditional release of Niger's President Mohamed Bazoum, as the world body...
Thai vote on new prime minister postponed
Bangkok [Thailand], July 28: In Thailand, a second parliamentary vote on the future prime minister has been postponed, according to parliamentary speaker Wan Muhamad Noor...
Italian PM's partner slams German minister
Rome [Italy], July 28: Italian Prime Minister GiorgiaMeloni's partner has criticized German Health Minister Karl Lauterbach after his tweet questioning Italy's future as a holiday...
Israeli minister leads incursion of Al-Aqsa compound
Jerusalem [Israel], July 28: Israel's far-right national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has led a group of more than one thousand ultranationalist settlers to the Al-Aqsa...
Passenger boat capsizes in Philippines; 21 dead
Manila [Philippines], July 28: At least 21 people were killed when a passenger boat capsized in the Philippines on Thursday after being battered by strong...