UAE, Qatar discuss enhancing parliamentary cooperation ties
Algiers [Algeria], May 27: Dr. Tariq Humaid Al Tayer, First Deputy Speaker of the Federal National Council (FNC), during a meeting with Hassan bin Abdullah...
Floods in Armenia leave at least one dead, hundreds evacuated
Yerevan [Armenia], May 27: Flooding caused by heavy rain and rivers bursting their banks in Armenia and Georgia has left one person dead, villages cut...
Hundreds of thousands evacuated as cyclone 'Remal' hits Bangladesh coast
Dhaka [Bangladesh], May 27: Authorities in Bangladesh have evacuated hundreds of thousands of people to safety as a tropical cyclone in the Bay of Bengal...
Some 160 villagers reported taken in deadly raid
Kuriga [Nigeria], May 27: Ten people have been killed and at least 160 other villagers have been kidnapped from a remote community in Nigeria's central...
Papua New Guinea continue rescue efforts after hundreds feared killed in landslide
Port Moresby [Papua New Guinea], May 27: Emergency crews in Papua New Guinea on Monday continued their rescue efforts to find survivors after more than...
Israeli airstrikes kill at least 35 in Rafah, Gaza authorities say
Tel Aviv [Israel], May 27: Israeli air strikes killed at least 35 Palestinians and wounded dozens in an area in the southern Gaza Strip city...
Trump booed and heckled by raucous crowd at Libertarian convention
Washington [US], May 27: Presidential candidate Donald Trump was booed and heckled by many in a raucous audience at the Libertarian National Convention on Saturday...
China's premier to hold rare summit with U.S.-allied South Korea, Japan
Beijing [China], May 27: Leaders from China, Japan, and South Korea will meet for the first three-way talks in four years on Monday in Seoul,...
Magnitude 6.6 earthquake strikes north west of Tonga
Nuku'alofa [Tonga], May 27: A 6.6 magnitude has struck 70km northwest of Tonga, this morning.
Hamas launches rocket attack towards Tel Aviv
Hamas says it has launched a "big" rocket attack at the Tel Aviv area in central Israel, several of which were intercepted by air defence...
Yemen's Houthis free more than 100 prisoners
Sana [Yemen], May 27: Yemen's Houthi group freed more than 100 detainees in Sanaa, calling the move a "unilateral humanitarian initiative" to pardon prisoners and...
More than 670 feared dead in Papua New Guinea landslide
Port Moresby [Papua New Guinea], May 27: More than 670 people are assumed to have died in Papua New Guinea's massive landslide, the U.N. migration...
Tunisia announces partial cabinet reshuffle
Tunis [Tunisia], May 26: The Tunisian Presidency on late Saturday night announced a partial cabinet reshuffle involving the interior and social affairs ministries.
Estonia is not going to close border with Russia: president
Tallinn [Estonia], May 26: Estonia is not going to close its eastern border with Russia, Estonian President Alar Karis said in an interview with...
Italy to resume financial support to UNRWA: FM
Rome [Italy], May 26: Italy will resume its financial support to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near...
G7 finance ministers' meeting ends in Italy
Rome [Italy], May 26: The Group of Seven (G7) finance meeting concluded on Saturday, touching upon global economic trends, financial support for Ukraine and multilateral...
British Royal Air Force pilot dies after aircraft crash
London [UK], May 26: A British Royal Air Force (RAF) pilot was killed after a Spitfire crashed near an RAF base in Lincolnshire, an RAF...
Electoral body confirms Abinader's re-election as president of the Dominican Republic
Panama City [Panama], May 26: The Central Electoral Board of the Dominican Republic on Saturday made official the results of the May 19 general elections...
Local council elections kick off in Cambodia
Phnom Penh [Cambodia], May 26: The municipal, provincial, town and district council elections for the fourth term kicked off in Cambodia on Sunday, with five...
North Korea accused the US and South Korea of heavily deploying spy...
Pyongyang [North Korea], May 26: The Ministry of Defense of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea accused the US and South Korea of stepping up...
Billionaire Musk built the world's largest supercomputer to develop AI
Washington [US], May 26: Billionaire Elon Musk has just announced plans to build a supercomputer, when he is one of the few investors with abundant...
Eating bear meat, 6 people in a family infected with brain worm
New York [US], May 26: The New York Post on May 26 quoted a report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)...
Four US military ships ran aground near the Gaza field dock
Gaza [Palestine], May 26: Four US Army ships supporting a dock temporarily set up to transport relief supplies to the Gaza Strip have run aground...
Saudi spending big for a place on gaming map
Tokyo [Japan], May 26: Saudi Arabia is moving aggressively with its investments in more gaming companies, the Canadian industry veteran steering the kingdom's push to...
PNG: Survivors of massive landslide desperately seeking help
Port Moresby [Papua New Guinea], May 26: The survivors of a massive landslide in a remote village in Papua New Guinea are still waiting for...
Gaza ceasefire talks could soon resume but Israel-Hamas war rages on
Gaza [Palestine], May 26: Prospects for a resumption of mediated Gaza ceasefire talks grew on Saturday although Israel carried out new attacks in which Palestinian...
In restive New Caledonia, Macron sees Pacific power and influence
Paris [France], May 26: In 2018, a year after becoming France's president, Emmanuel Macron flew to the remote French-ruled Pacific island of New Caledonia to...