US warns Houthi-attacked ship could spill 'millions of barrels' of oil
Washington [US], August 25: The US State Department on August 24 warned of the risk of an environmental disaster in the Red Sea, after Houthi...
Trump 'riding a lion' to campaign
Washington [US], August 25: The Independent newspaper reported on August 25 that former US President Donald Trump shared on the social network Truth Social an...
Hezbollah begins retaliatory attacks, Israel declares emergency
Jerusalem [Israel], August 25: Hezbollah has just announced the start of a large-scale attack on Israel in response to the assassination of military...
Canada rail shutdown: Union challenges government move
Ottawa [Canada], August 25: The union representing over 9,000 Canadian rail workers vowed on Friday to challenge the federal government's effort to mandate binding arbitration...
Floods, landslides in India's Tripura displace tens of thousands
Tripura (Assam) [India], August 25: Soldiers in lifeboats ferried people to safety in India's northeastern state of Tripura after heavy rain triggered floods and landslides,...
Three stab victims after car crash in southern Sydney
Sydney [Australia], August 25: A police officer and two people have been stabbed at the scene of a two-car crash on a major southern Sydney...
Germany attack: Police arrest suspected knifeman
Berlin [Germany], August 25: German police have arrested a man suspected of killing three people and injuring another eight in Friday's knife attack in the...
Telegram CEO Pavel Durov arrested at French airport
Paris [France], August 25: Telegram chief executive Pavel Durov has been arrested by French police at an airport north of Paris.
Wildfires affecting 30 cities in Brazil's Sao Paulo state, leave 2 dead
Brasilia [Brazil], August 25: Brazil's Sao Paulo state said that wildfire outbreaks were affecting or closing in on 30 of its cities on Friday evening,...
Zelenskiy touts new 'drone missile', calls Putin 'sick old man'
Kyiv [Ukraine], August 25: President Volodymyr Zelenskiy touted a newly developed Ukrainian "drone missile" on Saturday that he said would take the war back to...
Uganda confirms two more cases of mpox
Kampala [Uganda], August 25: Uganda has confirmed two more mpox virus infections, bringing the number of cases in the east African country to four, according...
Sharjah Charity International disbursed AED84.3M in UAE in H1-24
Sharjah [UAE], August 25: The Sharjah Charity International (SCI) spent AED84.3 million on aid programmes within the country during the first half of this year....
Madeira's wildfire finally under control
Lisbon [Portugal], August 25: The fire that raged on several fronts in Madeira for 11 days is finally under control and in the dampening down...
King Salman International Complex, UNA to hold symposium on promoting Arabic content
Jeddah [Saudi Arabia], August 25: The King Salman International Academy for the Arabic Language and the Union of News Agencies of the Organisation of Islamic...
NASA decides to keep 2 stranded astronauts in space until February
Washington [US], August 25: Two NASA astronauts who flew to the International Space Station in June aboard Boeing's (BA.N), opens new tab faulty Starliner capsule...
Kuwait welcomes ALPS joint statement after Sudan talks in Geneva
Kuwait City [Kuwait], August 25: Kuwait welcomed Saturday the joint statement issued by the Aligned for Advancing Lifesaving and Peace in Sudan (ALPS) Group which...
Turkish lira hits record low against USD
Istanbul [Turkey], August 24: The Turkish lira plummeted to a historic low against the U.S. dollar on Friday, with the exchange rate exceeding 34 liras...
Mexican president dismisses criticism of proposed judicial reforms
Mexico City [Mexico], August 24: Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Thursday dismissed criticism by some global financial firms of his administration's proposed judicial...
Egyptian, U.S. presidents discuss Gaza ceasefire talks
Cairo [Egypt], August 24: Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi and U.S. President Joe Biden discussed the Gaza ceasefire negotiations on Friday during a phone call, focusing...
Yemeni gov't says intercepts Houthi drones targeting oil facility
Aden [Yemen], August 24: The Yemeni army intercepted three Houthi drones carrying explosives targeting the Safer oil facility in Marib Governorate on Friday, according to...
Deadly fire at South Korea battery maker due to quality failure
Seoul [South Korea], August 24: A fire at a South Korean lithium battery maker in June that killed 23 people occurred as the company raced...
Indonesia court finds drugmakers at fault over toxic cough syrup, awards parents
Jakarta [Indonesia], August 24: An Indonesian court ordered two local companies to pay up to 60 million rupiah ($3,850) to each family whose children died...
Gabon records first mpox case
Libreville [Gabon], August 24: Gabon has registered its first case of mpox, the health ministry said in a statement that did not specify which variant...
UN expresses concern over increasing tensions, armed mobilisation in Tripoli
Tripoli [Libya], August 24: The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) expressed grave concerns about reports of mobilisation of forces in Tripoli, including the...
WHO warns of new wave of cholera epidemic in Sudan
Geneva [Switzerland], August 24: The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned of the consequences of a new wave of cholera outbreaks in Sudan due to...
Nepal: 14 dead after Indian pilgrim bus plunges into river
Kathmandu [Nepal], August 24: Fourteen people died and 16 were injured after a bus carrying dozens of pilgrims from India plunged into a river in...
Israeli attacks kill at least 42 in Gaza
Gaza [Palestine], August 24: Medical sources on Thursday said at least 42 people were killed since dawn in Gaza as the Israeli military stepped up...