South Korea battles worst ever wildfires as death toll hits 28
Seoul [South Korea], March 29: Wildfires raging in South Korea doubled in size on Thursday from a day earlier, as authorities called the blazes the...
Germany 'will not give in' to Trump car tariffs
Berlin [Germany], March 29: Germany has said it "will not give in" and that Europe must "respond firmly" as US President Donald Trump targets imported...
Record 28 million people face acute hunger in conflict-ravaged Congo
Kinshasa [Democratic Republic of Congo], March 29: Twenty-eight million people face acute hunger in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a record for the country, driven...
South Koreans mourn historic temple burnt by wildfire, race to save others
Seoul [South Korea], March 29: Charred, black ruins at South Korea's Gounsa temple stood on Thursday in stark contrast to the kaleidoscope of colours that...
Six Russians dead, 39 tourists rescued after submarine sinks in Red Sea...
Moscow [Russia], March 29: Six Russians died on Thursday and 39 foreign tourists were rescued when a viewing submarine sank off the Egyptian Red Sea...
US pushes for streamlining, tension over leak case not over
Washington [US], March 29: CNN on March 28 quoted the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as saying that the department will cut...
Billionaire Elon Musk 'buys' social network X again
New York [US], March 29: Billionaire Elon Musk announced that he has sold his social networking company X to his artificial intelligence company xAI for...
Ukrainian President sets conditions for signing mineral deal with US
Kyiv [Ukraine], March 29: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the country would not accept any mineral exploitation deals that threatened Kyiv's integration with the European...
Kennedy to slash 10,000 jobs in major overhaul of US health agencies
New York [US], March 29: U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced plans to reshape federal public health agencies on...
Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh fear aid cuts will deepen crisis
Dhaka [Bangladesh], March 29: Majuna Khatun sat cradling her six-month-old baby at a rehabilitation centre for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, worried her child would be...
Swedish journalist jailed in Turkey on terrorism
Ankara [Turkey], March 29: Swedish journalist Kaj Joakim Medin, who was in Turkey to cover protests against Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu's arrest, was jailed pending...
Maduro urges UN to back release of migrants
Caracas [Venezuela], March 29: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro this week spoke to the United Nations' Secretary General Antonio Guterres and High Commissioner for Human Rights...
Remaining USAID staff fired
New York [US], March 29: President Donald Trump's administration told Congress on Friday it would cut nearly all remaining jobs at the U.S. Agency for...
Vance accuses Denmark of not keeping Greenland safe from Russia, China
New York [US], March 29: U.S. Vice President JD Vance on Friday accused Denmark of not doing a good job keeping Greenland safe and suggested...
Myanmar-Thailand earthquake: Dozens dead in powerful quake
Naypyidaw [Myanmar], March 29: Myanmar's ruling junta has called for help after the massive earthquake which killed 144 people in the Southeast Asian country.
US Treasury targets Hezbollah finance team sanctions evasion network
New York [US], March 29: The US Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) Friday designated five individuals and three associated companies...
Gaza hasn't received humanitarian aid for over three weeks, says UNRWA Commissioner-General
Gaza [Palestine], March 29: No humanitarian aid has entered Gaza for more than 3 weeks now, Philippe Lazzarini, Commissioner-General of UNRWA, said in his official...
UN expresses concern over repeated exchange of fire in Southern Lebanon
New York [US], March 29: Janine Hennis-Plasschaert, the United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon, expressed the UN's deep concern over the escalating tensions along the...
Over half of northern Gaza under forced evacuation orders: OHCHR
Geneva [Switzerland], March 29: The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has expressed deep concern over the shrinking space available...
Unsustainable fashion, textiles in focus for International Day of Zero Waste 2025
Nairobi [Kenya], March 29: Ahead of the International Day of Zero Waste 2025, events in Nairobi, New York and across the world have shone a...
Several killed in Israeli attacks in Lebanon
Beirut [Lebanon], March 28: At least three people have been killed in Israeli attacks in Lebanon, Lebanese media reported. The Israeli military said it...
British Royal Navy sailor jailed in Bahrain granted royal pardon
London [UK], March 28: A British Royal Navy sailor jailed in Bahrain has been granted a royal pardon by its king.
11 arrested in Europe-wide drug crime raids across five countries
Cologne [Germany], March 28: In a coordinated operation targeting organized drug crime, police forces across Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Poland and Spain launched raids on...
Five injured in central Amsterdam knife attack; suspect in custody
Amsterdam [Netherlands], March 28: Five people were injured in a knife attack in central Amsterdam on Thursday, police said.
Zelensky accuses Moscow of breaking deal
Moscow [Russia], March 28: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenksy says Russia is continuing to attack Ukraine's energy infrastructure, despite a US-brokered agreement to stop such attacks.
No consensus at Paris summit on sending European troops to Ukraine
Kyiv [Ukraine], March 28: No agreement was reached on Thursday on deploying European forces to secure a future ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia at a...
Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh fear aid cuts will deepen crisis
Dhaka [Bangladesh], March 28: Majuna Khatun sat cradling her six-month-old baby at a rehabilitation centre for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, worried her child would be...