World

Nigerian Defense Minister Resigns After Mass School Kidnappings

Nigerian Defense Minister Resigns After Mass School Kidnappings

Abuja [Nigeria], December 2: Nigeria - Africa's most populous country - has long faced insecurity, but a recent spate of...

Russia claims victory over Pokrovsk, Vovchansk

Russia claims victory over Pokrovsk, Vovchansk

Moscow [Russia], December 2: The Russian army announced it had taken control of the city of Pokrovsk after months of...

China warns after 5 citizens killed on Tajikistan-Afghanistan border

China warns after 5 citizens killed on Tajikistan-Afghanistan...

Beijing [China], December 2: China on December 1 warned citizens and businesses on the Tajikistan-Afghanistan border after attacks in the...

Landmine casualties hit 4-year high, driven by conflicts in Syria, Myanmar

Landmine casualties hit 4-year high, driven by conflicts...

Damascus [Syria], December 2: Deaths and injuries from landmines and unexploded ordnance hit a four-year high in 2024, driven by...

Luigi Mangione in court for hearings over US healthcare executive's killing

Luigi Mangione in court for hearings over US...

New York [US], December 2: Luigi Mangione, the man accused of gunning down a UnitedHealthcare (UNH.N), opens new tab executive...

Honduras election on a knife edge as Trump-backed man slightly ahead

Honduras election on a knife edge as Trump-backed...

New York [US], December 2: Early results from the general election in Honduras show the leader of the right-wing National...

Son of 'El Chapo' set to change plea in US drug prosecution

Son of 'El Chapo' set to change plea...

Washington [US], December 2: A son of imprisoned Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was set on Monday to...

Canada agrees to join EU initiative to surge defense spending

Canada agrees to join EU initiative to surge...

Ottawa [Canada], December 2: Canada has reached an agreement to join the European Union's Security Action for Europe (SAFE) initiative,...

Minister of Economy & Tourism: 77.5% non-oil share of real GDP; AED36 bn hotel revenues mark exceptional growth on 54th Eid Al Etihad

Minister of Economy & Tourism: 77.5% non-oil share...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], December 2: Abdulla bin Touq Al Marri, Minister of Economy and Tourism, affirmed that the 54th UAE...

UAE, Kuwait explore enhanced space cooperation

UAE, Kuwait explore enhanced space cooperation

Kuwait City [Kuwait], December 2: H.H. Sheikh Ahmad Abdullah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, Prime Minister of the State of Kuwait, received Salem...

Ajman secures Guinness World Record with 603-vehicle formation of 'EID AL ETIHAD UAE 54'

Ajman secures Guinness World Record with 603-vehicle formation...

Ajman [UAE], December 2: The Emirate of Ajman has marked a significant achievement by officially entering the Guinness World Records....

Eid Al Etihad embodies spirit of unity, solidarity, human fraternity: Muslim Council of Elders

Eid Al Etihad embodies spirit of unity, solidarity,...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], December 2: His Eminence Dr. Ahmed Al-Tayeb, the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar and Chairman of the Muslim...

Participation in Lebanon's interfaith gathering strengthens shared values of tolerance: Global Council for Tolerance and Peace

Participation in Lebanon's interfaith gathering strengthens shared values...

Beirut [Lebanon], December 2: Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Jarwan, President of the Global Council for Tolerance and Peace, said that...

Thousands march in Philippines

Thousands march in Philippines

Manila [Philippines], December 1: Tens of thousands of people have marched in the Philippine capital, Manila, demanding President Ferdinand Marcos...

Tropical storm batters Southeast AsiaDeath toll from floods and landslides surpasses 600; more than 4 million people affected

Tropical storm batters Southeast AsiaDeath toll from floods...

Jakarta [Indonesia], December 1: The death toll mounted to over 600 from floods and landslides caused by torrential rains across...

Hondurans begin presidential vote overshadowed by Trump threat

Hondurans begin presidential vote overshadowed by Trump threat

Mexico City [Mexico], December 1: Hondurans began voting for a new president on Sunday under the shadow of a threat...

US, Ukraine talks begin as Trump pushes to bring war to an end

US, Ukraine talks begin as Trump pushes to...

Washington [US], December 1: American and Ukrainian officials are engaged in talks aimed at creating "reliable security guarantees" for Ukraine...

Ukraine hits tankers in Black Sea in escalation against Russia

Ukraine hits tankers in Black Sea in escalation...

Kiev [Ukraine], December 1: Ukrainian naval drones hit two oil tankers from Russia's so-called "shadow fleet" as they travelled through...

Three children among four killed in shooting at 'birthday party' in California

Three children among four killed in shooting at...

California [US], December 1: At least four people, including three children, have been killed in a mass shooting at a...

Venezuela condemns US President Trump's airspace closure warning

Venezuela condemns US President Trump's airspace closure warning

Caracas [Venezuela], December 1: Venezuela has condemned US President Donald Trump's statement that the airspace around the country should be...

Winter storm wallops parts of Midwest in US

Winter storm wallops parts of Midwest in US

Washington [US], December 1: A 45-car pileup in Indiana and a Delta jet skidding off the runway in Iowa are...

Trump confirms conversation with Venezuela's Maduro

Trump confirms conversation with Venezuela's Maduro

Washington [US], December 1: Ukraine talks 'productive' but more work needed, Rubio says U.S. President Donald Trump confirmed on Sunday...

'I saw them driving over injured people' - the terrifying escape from war in Sudan

'I saw them driving over injured people' -...

Khartoum [Sudan], December 1: Abdulqadir Abdullah Ali suffered serious nerve damage to his leg during the long siege of the...

Death toll hits 212 as Sri Lanka struggles with Cyclone Ditwah impact

Death toll hits 212 as Sri Lanka struggles...

Colombo [Sri Lanka], December 1: Sri Lanka's death toll from Cyclone Ditwah climbed to 212 with 218 missing, officials said...

Ukraine talks 'productive' but more work needed, Rubio says

Ukraine talks 'productive' but more work needed, Rubio...

Kyiv [Ukraine], December 1: U.S. and Ukrainian officials held what both sides called productive talks on Sunday about a Russia...

National Guard shooting suspect radicalized in US, homeland secretary says

National Guard shooting suspect radicalized in US, homeland...

Washington [US], December 1: U.S. authorities believe the Afghan immigrant accused of ambushing National Guard members in Washington, D.C., was...

Swiss voters reject proposed tax on super rich

Swiss voters reject proposed tax on super rich

Davos [Switzerland], December 1: Switzerland on Sunday overwhelmingly rejected a proposed 50% tax on inherited fortunes of 50 million Swiss...