South Korea presidential security chief warns against violent attempt to arrest Yoon
Seoul [South Korea], January 11: South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's security chief said the impeached leader, who faces arrest over a criminal probe into...
Trump avoids punishment at hush money sentencing before inauguration
Washington DC [US], January 11: U.S. President-elect Donald Trump will not go to jail or face any other punishment for his criminal conviction stemming from...
Australia violated refugees' rights in offshore detention centre, says UN
Canberra [Australia], January 11: A U.N. committee found that Australia violated a human rights treaty by detaining a group of asylum seekers, including minors, on...
74 children killed in Gaza in first week of 2025: UNICEF
Gaza [Palestine], January 10: The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has reported that at least 74 children have been killed in the Gaza Strip during...
Urgent upskilling needed to cater 78 million new jobs: World Economic Forum
Geneva [Switzerland], January 10: The World Economic Forum (WEF) said that job disruption will equate to 22 percent of the jobs by 2030.
California fires: Biden cancels final official overseas trip
California [US], January 10: US President Joe Biden has called off a trip to Rome and the Vatican to monitor the fire situation in California's...
Venezuela: Opposition leader Machado arrested
Caracas [Venezuela], January 10: Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado's team and Venezuelan media report that Machado was arrested in Caracas on Thursday.
Elon Musk's Starlink talks with Italy raise concerns
Rome [Italy], January 10: As a debate intensifies in several European countries over Elon Musk's attempts to influence domestic politics, a separate discussion is ongoing...
Los Angeles wildfires spread to Hollywood as 100,000 ordered to evacuate
Los Angeles [US], January 10: Raging wildfires surrounding Los Angeles spread to the Hollywood Hills on Wednesday, after five other fires in the area killed...
X Corp welcomes Meta's thumbs-down for fact-checking
New York [US], January 10: Meta's decision to ditch independent fact-checking on its US platforms "couldn't be more validating" for its own decision to let...
Search widens for Tibet quake survivors as tens of thousands moved to...
Lhasa [Tibet], January 10: Authorities moved more than 47,000 people to shelters in earthquake-hit Tibet, Chinese officials said, while rescuers widen a massive combing effort...
UN predicts world economic growth to remain at 2.8% in 2025
New York [US], January 10: Global economic growth is projected to remain at 2.8% in 2025, unchanged from 2024, held back by the top two...
Russia keeping close eye on Trump's claim to Greenland
Moscow [Russia], January 10: Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said Russia is closely monitoring the situation, after US President-elect Donald Trump refused to rule out...
New York's top court rejects Trump bid to delay hush-money case sentencing
New York [US], January 10: New York's top court has rejected an attempt by United States President-elect Donald Trump to delay sentencing for his criminal...
Jimmy Carter honoured with state funeral in Washington
Washington [US], January 10: Former United States President Jimmy Carter has been honoured with a state funeral at the Washington National Cathedral, capping nearly a...
Five dead, over 1,000 homes destroyed as LA wildfires rage
New York [US], January 10: At least five people have died, four firefighters have been injured and more than 1,000 homes have been destroyed as...
Meloni positions herself as EU-US 'bridge builder'
Rome [Italy], January 10: Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is aiming for a central leadership role in Europe as President-elect Donald Trump prepares his return...
US, Germany pledge more aid for Ukraine
Berlin [Germany], January 10: Washington and Berlin pledged more aid for Ukraine as allies of the embattled nation gathered with Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelensky at...
Massive crowd joins largest religious procession in Philippines
Manila [Philippines], January 10: A massive crowd of over 7.4 million mostly barefoot devotees on Thursday joined the largest religious procession in the predominantly Catholic...
Concert marks a month of Assad's fall
Damascus [Syria], January 10: It's been a month since Bashar Al-Assad was overthrown, ending more than five decades of his family's rule in Syria and...
Lebanese parliament elects army commander president
Beirut [Lebanon], January 10: The Lebanese parliament elected armed forces commander Joseph Aoun as the country's new president on Thursday in a second round of...
Three Gaza hospitals face imminent closure as latest Israeli raids kill 50
Gaza [Palestine], January 10: Three more hospitals in Gaza could be shut down due to lack of fuel, the UN has warned even as relentless...
EIB plans to double support for Bangladesh
Dhaka [Bangladesh], January 10: The European Investment Bank (EIB) plans to double its financial support for Bangladesh to €2 billion (approximately $2.06 billion), mainly through...
Donald Trump requests US Supreme Court to pause sentencing in hush money...
Washington [US], January 9: US President-elect Donald Trump requested the Supreme Court, to pause his sentencing in the hush money case, scheduled for Janaury 10,...
"Expected during winter," WHO official on HMPV virus
Geneva [Switzerland], January 9: Amid concerns surrounding the Human metapneumovirus (HMPV) virus, WHO official, Margaret Harris, said that the rise observed in the number of...
10 patients evacuated for treatment in Jordan, US
New York [US], January 9: World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said his organisation and partners facilitated the medical evacuation of four patients...
Ukrainian prisoners executed by Russia: UN
Geneva [Switzerland], January 9: The UN Human Rights Office says it has credible reports of the execution of 62 Ukrainian prisoners by members of the...