National

South Korean presidential candidate accuses party of pushing...
Seoul [South Korea], May 9: South Korea's right-wing presidential candidate Kim Moon-soo accused his party on Thursday of trying to...

Colombia's top court orders arrests of former legislature...
Bogota [Colombia], May 9: Colombia's Supreme Court on Wednesday issued arrest orders for Ivan Name, the former president of the...

Swiftly deporting migrants to Libya would violate court...
New York [US], May 9: A U.S. judge said any effort by the Trump administration to deport migrants to Libya...

Dozens of students arrested in pro-Palestinian protest
New York [US], May 9: Police arrested dozens of Columbia University students who seized part of the school's main library...

Romanian hard-right frontrunner Simion leads opinion poll
Bucharest [Romania], May 9: Romania's hard-right presidential frontrunner George Simion will win the May 18 run-off vote against centrist Bucharest...

Dozens of Gaza communal kitchens shut down
Palestine [Gaza], May 9: Dozens of community kitchens in Gaza shut their doors on Thursday due to a lack of...

US says solution for Gaza aid is 'steps...
New York [US], May 9: The U.S. State Department said on Thursday that a solution to be able to deliver...

Bill Gates to give away $200 billion by...
New York [US], May 9: Bill Gates pledged on Thursday to give away $200 billion via his charitable foundation by...

Putin, Xi reaffirm partnership in face of EU,...
Moscow [Russia], May 9: Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping reaffirmed their close partnership, which has been...

Danish minister meets US envoy over alleged Greenland...
Copenhagen [Denmark], May 9: Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen met with a senior US embassy official on Thursday to...

Chicago Cardinal Robert Prevost becomes first US pope
Rome [Italy], May 9: The Catholic Church has a new pope: Chicago Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected on Thursday...

Ukraine reports hundreds of Russian attacks amid three-day...
Kiev [Ukraine] /Moscow [Russia], May 9: Russia has violated its own three-day ceasefire in Ukraine more than 700 times, Ukraine's...

Temperatures remain above 1.5°C threshold after second hottest...
London [UK], May 9: Last month was the second hottest April on record with world temperatures remaining above the key...

German president warns against forgetting WWII lessons
Berlin [Germany], May 9: German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier reminded the country of the lessons learned from World War II in...

Lithuania votes to exit anti-mine agreement
Riga [Latvia], May 9: Lithuania has withdrawn from an international agreement banning anti-personnel mines, becoming the second Baltic state after...

UN experts warn of 'annihilation' as Gaza Strip...
New York [US], May 9: United Nations experts have demanded action to avert the "annihilation" of Palestinians in Gaza, after...

Sarajevo airport sees 41.7 pct passenger growth in...
Sarajevo [Bosnia], May 8: Sarajevo International Airport recorded a 41.7 percent increase in passenger traffic in the first quarter of...

GCC finance undersecretaries meet in Kuwait
Kuwait, May 8: The Sultanate of Oman participated today in the 73rd meeting of GCC Finance Undersecretaries, held in Kuwait...

When OPEC+ 'plays with a knife and cuts...
Vienna [Austria], May 8: Some members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and some partners, collectively known...

North Korea launches a series of missiles
Pyongyang [North Korea], May 8: North Korea launched multiple ballistic missiles into the sea off its east coast on the...

Cardinals set for second day of conclave to...
Rome [Italy], May 8: The largest and most geographically diverse conclave in history was due to resume, with Roman Catholic...

Junta in quake-hit Myanmar extends ceasefire to May...
Naypyidaw [Myanmar], May 8: Myanmar's junta has extended a temporary ceasefire to May 31 to support reconstruction efforts following a...

US and China to start talks over trade...
New York [US], May 8: US and Chinese officials are set to start talks this week to try to deescalate...

Western WWII narratives challenged during Xi's Moscow visit
New York [US], May 8: Chinese President Xi Jinping is set to arrive in Russia today for a four-day state...

Trump says US forges deal to stop bombing...
New York [US], May 8: President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that the U.S. will stop bombing the Houthis in...

Merz, Macron seek restart of Franco-German ties
Paris [France], May 8: Less than 24 hours after taking office, Germany's new Chancellor Friedrich Merz met with French President...

Finnish city welcomes TikTok data center, anticipates major...
Helsinki [Finland], May 8: Kouvola, a city in southeastern Finland, has welcomed TikTok's decision to establish a new data center...