World

Japan logs 4.38-bln-USD trade deficit in October

Japan logs 4.38-bln-USD trade deficit in October

Tokyo [Japan], November 16: Japan logged a customs-cleared trade deficit of 662.5 billion yen (4.38 billion U.S. dollars) in October,...

Greenhouse gas concentrations reach record levels: WMO

Greenhouse gas concentrations reach record levels: WMO

Geneva [Switzerland], November 16: The most important climate-damaging greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide (CO2), reached a concentration of 50% above pre-industrial...

UK SC rules govt's Rwanda asylum policy is unlawful

UK SC rules govt's Rwanda asylum policy is...

London [UK], November 16: The UK Supreme Court has ruled that the Rwanda asylum policy is unlawful, in a major...

'Terror' amid Israel's raid on Gaza's al-Shifa Hospital

'Terror' amid Israel's raid on Gaza's al-Shifa Hospital

Tel Aviv [Israel], November 16: Israel's army raids Gaza's largest hospital, visiting violence and humiliation on patients, staff and displaced...

Gaza telecom firms warn of coming blackout

Gaza telecom firms warn of coming blackout

Tel Aviv [Israel], November 16: The two main telecommunications companies in Gaza have warned of a "complete telecom blackout in...

More than 60 migrants presumed dead after boat capsizes off Yemen

More than 60 migrants presumed dead after boat...

Geneva [Switzerland], November 16: More than 60 people are missing and presumed dead after a migrant boat capsized off the...

Russian missiles kill at least 5, injures 17 in Ukrainian towns

Russian missiles kill at least 5, injures 17...

Kyiv [Ukraine], November 16: The Russian army killed at least five civilians and injured 17 more on Wednesday, after Russian...

Bus in India's Kashmir plunges into gorge, killing 36 and wounding 19

Bus in India's Kashmir plunges into gorge, killing...

New Delhi [India], November 16: A bus in India has fallen into a gorge dozens of metres deep, killing at...

Greta Thunberg denies public order offence after London protest

Greta Thunberg denies public order offence after London...

London [UK], November 16: Climate campaigner Greta Thunberg pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to a public order offence after a...

B'desh's parliamentary poll set for Jan 7

B'desh's parliamentary poll set for Jan 7

Dhaka [Bangladesh], November 16: Bangladesh's election authorities on Wednesday announced that national elections will be held on January 7 amid...

Iran told Hamas it would not engage in direct conflict with Israel

Iran told Hamas it would not engage in...

Tehran [Iran], November 16: Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is said to have made it clear that Iran will...

Intense gunfight at Al-Shifa hospital in the Gaza Strip

Intense gunfight at Al-Shifa hospital in the Gaza...

Tel Aviv [Israel], November 16: Israel said it found weapons inside Al-Shifa hospital but did not see the whereabouts of...

Vatican confirms ban on Catholics becoming Freemasons

Vatican confirms ban on Catholics becoming Freemasons

Vatican City [Italy], November 16: The Vatican has confirmed a ban on Catholics becoming Freemasons, a centuries-old secretive society that...

One Planet - Polar Summit: The first Summit devoted to the preservation of glaciers and poles

One Planet - Polar Summit: The first Summit...

Paris [France], November 16: This first international Summit devoted to glaciers and poles aims to strengthen international cooperation to preserve...

Israeli military says it uncovers Hamas command centre

Israeli military says it uncovers Hamas command centre

Tel Aviv [Israel], November 16: Israeli troops found an operational command centre and assets belonging to Palestinian Hamas militants in...

Moldova is in a pro-Russia mood after local polls: Moscow

Moldova is in a pro-Russia mood after local...

Moscow [Russia], November 15: The Kremlin said on Tuesday that it sees pro-Russian political forces gaining ground in EU candidate...

Sunak stresses 'united team' following dramatic reshuffle

Sunak stresses 'united team' following dramatic reshuffle

London [UK], November 15: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak hailed his "strong and united team" at his first Cabinet meeting...

Germany, Greece in favour of reviving EU-Turkey refugee deal

Germany, Greece in favour of reviving EU-Turkey refugee...

Berlin [Germany], November 15: Germany and Greece are supporting Brussels' efforts to revive the refugee agreement between Turkey and the...

Russia pardons murderer of key journalist after war service

Russia pardons murderer of key journalist after war...

Moscow [Russia], November 15: One of the men convicted of murdering Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya has been pardoned following his...

Morawiecki continues to stall handover of power in Poland

Morawiecki continues to stall handover of power in...

Warsaw [Poland], November 13: Poland's national conservative former governing party PiS is further delaying the transition of power after the...

Hungary and Russia agree on plan for new nuclear power reactors

Hungary and Russia agree on plan for new...

Moscow [Russia], November 15: Hungary and the Russian nuclear energy company Rosatom have agreed on a timetable for the long-planned...

'Bold strides' needed not 'baby steps' on 1.5-degree climate goal: UN

'Bold strides' needed not 'baby steps' on 1.5-degree...

Dubai [UAE], November 15: The climate targets currently submitted by countries mean that the world is a long way from...

Israel's attacks on hospitals 'should be investigated as war crimes': HRW

Israel's attacks on hospitals 'should be investigated as...

Tel Aviv [Israel], November 15: Israel's repeated attacks on medical facilities, health personnel and ambulances in Gaza should be "investigated...

Gaza war pushes tumultuous Israel-Turkey ties into 'deep freezer'

Gaza war pushes tumultuous Israel-Turkey ties into 'deep...

Tel Aviv [Israel], November 15: The mounting death toll in Gaza has seen Turkish politicians, especially President RecepTayyip Erdogan, become...

Bangladesh has a headache because of dengue fever

Bangladesh has a headache because of dengue fever

Dhaka [Bangladesh], November 15: Reuters reported on November 14 that Bangladesh is in the worst dengue outbreak. The number of...

The US retaliates in Syria

The US retaliates in Syria

Washington [US], November 15: A US official said on November 14 that Washington believes that the latest US airstrike on...

North Korea tests new rocket engine, US sells interceptor missiles to South Korea

North Korea tests new rocket engine, US sells...

Pyongyang [North Korea], November 15: North Korea announced that it had successfully tested a new engine for a medium-range ballistic...