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Myanmar junta to free 9,652 prisoners on humanitarian...
Yangon [Myanmar], January 5: Myanmar's military government will release 9,652 prisoners, including 114 foreigners, under an amnesty to mark the...
IS claims responsibility for deadly Iran bombings that...
Tehran [Iran], January 5: The Islamic State group (IS) has said it carried out a bomb attack in Iran on...
Bangladesh holds general elections on Sunday
Dhaka [Bangladesh], January 5: Bangladesh will hold general elections on Sunday, with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina set to win a...
UAE condemns in strongest terms statements by two...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], January 5: The United Arab Emirates condemned in the strongest terms the extremist statements of the Israeli...
New ambassadors take oath before UAE President
Abu Dhabi [UAE], January 5: A number of new UAE ambassadors today took their legal oath before President His Highness...
UAE President receives Chairman of People's Council of...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], January 5: President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan today received His Excellency Gurbanguly...
Bahrain welcomes success of UAE's mediation to exchange...
Manama [Bahrain], January 5: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Bahrain has welcomed of the success of...
Israel's top court delays law thwarting removal of...
Jerusalem [Israel], January 4: Israel's Supreme Court delayed on Wednesday the activation of a controversial law that aims at preventing...
Ukraine says mine-clearing in Black Sea to take...
Kiev [Ukraine], January 4: The actions to clear the Black Sea and its neighboring Sea of Azov from mines would...
4 injured in stabbing at Tokyo's Akihabara railway...
Tokyo [Japan], January 4: A stabbing incident at the Japan Railways (JR) Akihabara Station in Tokyo on Wednesday evening has...
First major trial in connection with Turkish earthquake...
Ankara [Turkey], January 4: The first major trial in connection with the devastating earthquakes that rocked Turkey last February began...
WHO condemns Israeli attacks on Khan Younis hospital
Geneva [Switzerland], January 4: The World Health Organization (WHO) has accused Israel of "unconscionable" attacks on a hospital in the...
UN urges end to attacks on civilians in...
Geneva [Switzerland], January 4: The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, has called on Russia and Ukraine to...
Prices hiked as Houthis claim Red Sea attack
Sanaa [Yemen], January 4: Yemen's Houthi rebels claimed responsibility for the latest attack Wednesday on a merchant ship in the...
Gaza tensions spike after blasts, killing
Gaza [Palestine], January 4: Fears that the Zionist entity's war in Gaza could spiral across the Middle East grew Wednesday...
Multiple US statehouses evacuated after apparent hoax threats
Washington [US], January 4: Multiple U.S. statehouses were evacuated on Wednesday morning following bomb threats, at least some of which...
Trump asks Supreme Court to overturn Colorado ban
Washington [US], January 4: Donald Trump has asked the US Supreme Court to reverse a Colorado ruling that barred him...
At least 73 killed, 150 wounded in blasts...
Tehran [Iran], January 4: At least 73 people have died after explosions were heard near the grave of Iranian General...
Success of UAE mediation to exchange captives between...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], January 4: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced the success of the UAE's mediation regarding the...
Trump appeals Maine's ruling of his disqualification for...
Washington [US], January 3: U.S. former President Donald Trump on Tuesday filed an appeal of the decision by Maine's top...
California law banning guns in public takes effect...
Washington [US], January 3: A new law in U.S. California that bans the carrying of guns in most public places...
4 terrorists killed in clash in NW Pakistan
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 3: Four terrorists were killed in a clash with security forces in Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province...
Australian gov't urged to address health gaps before...
Canberra [Australia], January 3: Disadvantaged Australians were six times more likely to die from COVID-19 at the peak of the...
Philippine jeepney drivers vow to continue protest against...
Manila [Philippines], January 3: Jeepney drivers and operators in the Philippines have vowed to launch more transport strikes in 2024...
1,200 evacuated in Indonesia after volcano erupts
Jakarta [Indonesia], January 3: Authorities on Indonesia's Flores island evacuated nearly 1,2000 people from villages near the Mount Lewotobi volcano...
Taiwan's ruling party candidate leads poll before presidential...
Taipei [Taiwan], January 3: Lai Ching-te from Taiwan's ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) remains the frontrunner for the January 13...
Biden loses support to Trump among African American,...
Washington [US], January 3: US President Joe Biden is losing support among the African American and Hispanic voters, a survey...