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Crew of oil tanker rescued after multiple attacks...
Sanaa [Yemen], August 23: The 25 crew members of a Greek-owned and flagged oil tanker have been rescued by a...
Floods swamp turmoil-stricken Bangladesh
Dhaka [Bangladesh], August 23: Floods triggered by torrential rains have swamped a swath of low-lying Bangladesh, disaster officials said Thursday,...
South Koreans confused after air raid drill
Seoul [South Korea], August 23: South Korea held a nationwide drill on Thursday that sowed confusion in the capital as...
Thailand confirms first Asian case of new Mpox...
Bangkok [Thailand], August 23: Thailand has announced its first confirmed case of a new, potentially deadlier strain of Mpox -...
Kamala Harris' roots reflect changing US demographics
Washington [US], August 23: The daughter of a Jamaican father and Indian mother, both immigrants, Kamala Harris reflects the United...
Arizona man wanted for threatening to kill Trump
Arizona [US], August 23: An Arizona man is wanted after threatening over social media to kill former President Donald Trump,...
Iceland volcano erupts, spewing lava fountains
Reykjavik [Iceland], August 23: A volcano in southwestern Iceland erupted, the meteorological office said, spraying red-hot lava and smoke in...
Nepal lifts TikTok ban after app addresses cyber...
Kathmandu [Nepal], August 23: Nepal lifted a ban on Chinese-owned TikTok on Thursday, more than nine months after outlawing the...
UAE joins final UN Secretary-General's Critical Energy Transition...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], August 23: Abdulla Balalaa, Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs for Energy and Sustainability, participated at the...
Sharjah City for Humanitarian Services unveils new facilities...
Sharjah [UAE], August 23: Sharjah City for Humanitarian Services (SCHS) is set to welcome students with disabilities to its new...
Israel forcibly displaced 250,000 Palestinians in Gaza Strip...
New York [US], August 23: The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) announced on Thursday that...
UAE, United States, Switzerland, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, African...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], August 23: The United Arab Emirates, United States, Switzerland, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the African...
Yes she can: Obama says US ready for...
Chicago [US], August 22: Barack Obama told fellow Democrats in Chicago Tuesday that "the torch has been passed" to Kamala...
Netherlands faces "asylum crisis," says cabinet minister
The Hague [Netherlands], August 22: Dutch Asylum and Migration Minister Marjolein Faber on Wednesday described the asylum situation in the...
Traffic fatalities surge 20 pct in Bolivia
La Paz [Bolivia], August 22: Traffic fatalities in Bolivia surged by 20 percent to 732 in the first half of...
Netanyahu says Israeli troops not to leave Gaza-Egypt...
Jerusalem [Israel], August 22: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denied on Wednesday that he has agreed to withdraw military forces...
US aircraft carrier arrives in the Middle East,...
Washington [US], August 22: The USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier and its escort warships have arrived in the Middle East...
Philippines cancels passport, works with Interpol on mayor...
Manila [Philippines], August 22: The Philippines has provided the passport of a former mayor suspected of being Chinese to Interpol...
Iranian parliament approves new Cabinet
Tehran [Iran], August 22: Iran's parliament approved the new Cabinet of President Masoud Pezeshkian, with representatives agreeing to all 19...
Russia destroys 45 Ukrainian drones headed towards Moscow
Moscow [Russia], August 22: Russian air defences shot down 45 drones launched by Ukraine overnight, with 11 of them destroyed...
Kamala Harris' husband woos Chicago
Chicago [US], August 22: He met Kamala Harris on a blind date, and on Tuesday her husband Doug Emhoff tried...
RFK Jr. to withdraw from Presidential race
Washington [US], August 22: Independent U.S. presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. plans to drop out of the race by...
At least 24 killed as Congolese boat overturns
Mai-Ndombe [Congo], August 22: At least 24 people died after an overloaded boat capsized on a river in Congo's Mai-Ndombe...
Helicopter of Iran's late President Raisi crashed due...
Tehran [Iran], August 22: The helicopter crash in which Iran's late President Ebrahim Raisi was killed in May was caused...
Iran: Bus crash kills at least 28 Pakistani...
Tehran [Iran], August 22: A bus carrying Pakistani pilgrims crashed in central Iran killing at least 28 people on board,...
U.S. crude oil production projected to grow to...
Washington [US], August 22: Crude oil production in the United States will grow to an average of 13.7 million barrels...
3.5-magnitutde quake hits northern Kuwait
Kuwait City [Kuwait], August 22: The Kuwait National Seismic Network (KNSN), affilaited to Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR), said...