Top Pacific diplomats to talk on Bougainville independence
Buka [Bougainville], March 22: The Pacific's peak diplomatic bodies have signaled they are ready to engage with Papua New Guinea's Autonomous Government of Bougainville as...
Heathrow resumes some flights, aiming for full operations tomorrow
Washington DC [US], March 22: The first plane lands at Heathrow after a fire at a nearby electrical substation shut down Europe's busiest airport for...
Hamas studies US 'bridge' proposal for truce as Israel escalates return to...
Washington DC [US], March 22: Hamas said on Friday it was reviewing a U.S. proposal to restore the Gaza ceasefire as Israel intensified a military...
Venezuela minister says no Tren de Aragua members among US deportees
Caracas [Venezuela ], March 22: Venezuela's Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello said on Friday that none of the hundreds of Venezuelans deported by the U.S. to...
Ukraine strikes Russian strategic bomber airfield
Kyiv [Ukraine], March 21: Ukraine struck a major Russian strategic bomber airfield on Thursday with drones, triggering a huge blast and fire about 700 km...
Zelensky: Ukrainian experts will be in Saudi Arabia on Monday
Kyiv [Ukraine], March 21: Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Thursday Ukrainian experts would be present at upcoming talks involving the United States and Russia,...
North Korea's Kim oversees test-fire of anti-aircraft missile system
Pyongyang [North Korea], March 21: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw the test-firing of the country's latest anti-aircraft missile system on Thursday, state media...
Columbia up against Trump deadline
New York [US], March 21: A deadline is looming for Columbia University to respond to nine demands on tightening restrictions on campus protests that U.S....
American citizen Glezmann freed by Taliban, returning to US
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 21: The Taliban on Thursday freed an American citizen detained in Afghanistan for over two years following direct talks between U.S. hostage...
Russia says Ukrainian drone attack already violates proposed ceasefire
Moscow [Russia], March 21: Russia's foreign ministry said on Thursday that Ukraine had already violated a proposed ceasefire on energy sites in the three-year-old war...
President Trump to order dismantling of US education department
Washington [US], March 21: US President Donald Trump was to sign an executive order on Thursday that aimed to dismantle the Department of Education, the...
Thousands of people mourn victims of North Macedonia nightclub fire
Skopje [North Macedonia], March 21: Thousands of mourners have flocked to funerals in North Macedonia for the dozens of victims of last weekend's devastating nightclub...
Russia appoints negotiators for Monday talks with US
Moscow [Russia], March 21: Russia has selected its negotiators for talks with the US due to be held in Saudi Arabia on Monday to discuss...
Estonia tells Russia it wants stolen buoys
Riga [Latvia], March 21: In its ongoing border dispute with neighbouring Russia, Estonia has once again demanded the return of buoys it says Moscow stole...
Putin will breach peace deal unless it is defended, says British PM...
London [UK], March 21: Russian President Vladimir Putin "will breach" a peace in Ukraine unless any potential deal is defended, British premier Keir Starmer said...
Zelensky criticizes Hungary on blocking Ukraine's EU entry
Brussels [Belgium], March 21: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday indirectly criticized Hungary's blockade of his country's accession to the European Union, saying it is...
Turkey opposition calls for more protests, defying Istanbul ban
Istanbul [Turkey], March 21: Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) on Thursday called for fresh protests in at least 14 cities and provinces, a...
China executes four Canadians
New York [US], March 21: Ottawa on Wednesday condemned the execution of four Canadian nationals in China in relation to drug charges.
M23 rebels capture key town of Walikale in eastern DR Congo
Kinshasa [Democratic Republic of the Congo], March 21: Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have pushed deeper into the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), capturing the...
Israeli attacks in Gaza kill at least 110 people
Jerusalem [Israel], March 21: Israel's has continued its bombardment of Gaza for a third consecutive day, killing dozens of people including a newborn baby.
Ethiopia does not want war with Eritrea, says PM
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], March 21: Landlocked Ethiopia has no intention of starting a war with neighbouring Eritrea in order to gain access to the sea,...
Houthis claim missile launch at Israel amid renewed fighting in Gaza
Gaza [Palestine], March 21: The Houthis have launched a hypersonic missile at Israel's Ben Gurion airport, days after the Israeli army broke a ceasefire in...
German embassy in Syria reopens after 13-year hiatus due to civil war
Damascus [Syria], March 21: Germany on Thursday reopened its embassy in Damascus, more than three months after the ouster of former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad.
Malaysia greenlights new search for missing flight MH370
Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], March 21: The Malaysian government has given final approval for a marine robotics company to renew the search for Malaysia Airlines flight...
South African energy minister reassures public amid Eskom's blackout setbacks
Johannesburg [South Africa], March 15: South African Minister of Electricity and Energy Kgosientsho Ramokgopa on Friday reassured the public that technical teams are working to...
Roundup: Nigerians lament electricity tariff hike amid poor power supply
Abuja [Nigeria], March 15: Amid an erratic power supply, electricity consumers across Nigeria have continued to lament the tariff hike, describing it as both "exploitative...
Zimbabwe says to increase health funding as external support declines
Harare [Zimbabwe], March 15: The Zimbabwean government said Friday that it will boost health funding to cover a gap left by the reduction of U.S....