Avian influenza outbreak not threat to Australia's egg supply: agriculture minister
Canberra [Australia], June 11: Australia is not at risk of an egg shortage despite an outbreak of avian influenza, the agriculture minister has said.
Macron calls for 'right choice' in election gamble
Paris [France], June 11: President Emmanuel Macron said Monday that he was confident French voters would make the "right choice" in snap elections he called...
Austrian Airlines A320 plane badly damaged by a hailstorm
Vienna [Austria], June 11: An Austrian Airlines A320 plane was badly damaged by a hailstorm while on approach to Vienna Airport in Austria on Sunday...
Russian plane crashes in North Ossetia, killing crew
Moscow [Russia], June 11: A Russian Su-34 fighter jet crashed in the North Ossetian mountains during a training mission, resulting in the death of...
Singapore Airlines offers $10,000 for minor turbulence injuries
Singapore, June 11: Singapore Airlines Ltd. has offered US$10,000 in compensation to passengers who sustained minor injuries during a flight that hit extreme turbulence last...
Fire at Thailand's famous Chatuchak Weekend Market kills hundreds of caged animals
Bangkok [Thailand], June 11: Hundreds of caged animals died Tuesday after a fire struck Chatuchak Weekend Market, one of the most famous markets in Thailand's...
Blinken arrives in Middle East to push for Gaza ceasefire deal
Washington [US], June 11: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has arrived in the Middle East on his latest trip to the region, which he...
UNSC to vote on Gaza truce resolution
New York [US], June 11: The UN Security Council plans to vote on Monday on a resolution tabled by the United States that supports a...
France's far-right National Rally projected to win snap election
Paris [France], June 11: The far-right National Rally was forecast to win a snap election in France but fall short of an absolute majority in...
Singapore Airlines offers compensation to passengers on severely turbulent flight
Singapore, June 11: Singapore Airlines (SIAL.SI), opens new tab has sent offers of compensation to passengers on board a flight last month that encountered severe...
James Lawson, US civil rights leader who championed nonviolence, dies at 95
Washington [US], June 11: James Lawson, a prominent civil rights leader whose advocacy of nonviolent protest influenced Martin Luther King Jr. and helped shape the...
Search continues for missing aircraft carrying Malawi vice president
Lilongwe [Malawi], June 11: Search and rescue operations will continue until the missing aircraft carrying Malawi's vice president, Saulos Klaus Chilima, is found, the southern...
Amnesty International says Nigerian army detains girls who escape from Boko Haram
Abuja [Nigeria], June 11: Amnesty International accused the Nigerian army of illegally detaining girls and young women who have escaped from Boko Haram captivity because...
California public university academics end pro-Palestinian strike
California [US], June 11: Thousands of University of California academic workers who went on strike at six campuses protesting administrators' response to pro-Palestinian protests returned...
Haiti PM condemns killing of police officers in gang ambush
Port-au-Prince [Haiti], June 11: Haiti's new prime minister on Monday condemned the gang killings of three police officers on a patrol in a part of...
Aircraft carrying Malawi vice president missing
Lilongwe [Malawi], June 11: An aircraft carrying Malawi's Vice President Saulos Klaus Chilima and nine others has gone missing, Malawi's presidency said.
Iraqi court sentences 7 drug dealers to death
Baghdad [Iraq], June 10: An Iraqi court on Sunday issued death sentences to seven drug dealers, including a foreigner.
Regional bloc EAC's new secretary general vows to strengthen economic integration
Dares es Salaam [Tanzania], June 10: Veronica Mueni Nduva, the newly appointed secretary general of the East African Community (EAC), a regional bloc, said that...
Libya kicks off municipal council elections
Tripoli [Libya], June 10: The Libyan High National Elections Commission on Sunday announced the start of the municipal council elections in the country.
Libya seeks to increase daily oil production
Tripoli [Libya], June 10: Libyan Prime Minister Abdul-Hamed Dbeibah on Sunday emphasized the importance of consolidating the efforts of all government institutions to enhance oil...
Israel pounds Gaza a day after Al-Nuseirat camp massacre
Gaza [Palestine], June 10: Israeli forces pounded central Gaza on Sunday, a day after killing 274 Palestinians during a raid, and tanks advanced into further...
Body of British TV host Michael Mosley found on Greek island
London [UK], June 10: The wife of a well-known British TV doctor and columnist said it is "devastating" to have lost her "wonderful, funny, kind...
Trump to hold rally in US swing state Nevada
Washington [USA], June 10: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump will hold an outdoor rally in sweltering Las Vegas, Nevada, seeking to shore up support in...
Ukraine claims damageto modern Su-57 jet deep inside Russia
Moscow [Russia], June 10: A modern Su-57 combat jet has been damaged in an attack by Ukrainian forces inside Russian territory almost 600 kilometres from...
Iran announces list of presidential candidates, former leader disqualified
Tehran [Iran], June 10: Iran's Ministry of Interior on June 9 announced 6 candidates qualified to run for president on June 28 to replace late...
Ukraine war day 837: 103 villages attacked; Russia accused France of lying
Moscow [Russia], June 10: On June 9, the Ukrainian army announced that Russia had targeted 103 settlements and 93 infrastructure facilities in Ukraine in the...
Israel's controversial rescue operation
Jerusalem [Israel], June 10: The Israeli army yesterday announced that the health of four hostages rescued from the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza...