Venezuela opp leader pressured to recognise Maduro win
Rio de Janeiro [Brazil], September 20: Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez said he was put under pressure to sign a document recognising the electoral victory...
Sweden charges Islamic State supporter with genocide, war crimes
Copenhagen [Denmark], September 20: In Sweden, a supporter of the extremist militia Islamic State has been charged with genocide, crimes against humanity and serious war...
Judge in Brazil orders X to obey ban or face fine
Brasilia [Brazil], September 20: Brazil's Supreme Court has ordered the social media platform X to remove access to its website after service was restored despite...
Evacuations as tail of Storm Boris floods NE Italy
Rome [Italy], September 20: Italian authorities evacuated some 1,000 people from their homes as the tail end of Storm Boris pummeled a northeastern region that...
Spanish premier, Palestinian leader urge de-escalation
Madrid [Spain], September 20: Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Thursday called for a de-escalation of the conflict in the Middle East. "Today the risk...
Hezbollah slams 'act of war'
Beirut [Lebanon], September 20: The leader of Hezbollah acknowledged on Thursday that his group had suffered a "major and unprecedented" blow after thousands of operatives'...
UN Special Coordinator for ME Peace calls for establishing political, security frameworks...
New York [US], September 20: UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Tor Wennesland, has called for establishing political and security frameworks that...
Earth is about to have a second moon
Washington [US], September 20: From September 29 to November 25, astronomers calculate that the " mini moon " will orbit the Earth, before gradually...
Harris: 'If anyone breaks into my house, they will be shot'
Washington [US], September 20: US Vice President Kamala Harris on September 19 issued a warning to anyone who intends to break into her residence.
Israel unleashes heavy strikes on Lebanon as US, UK urge restraint
Tel Aviv [Israel], September 20: Israeli warplanes carried out late on Thursday their most intense strikes on southern Lebanon in nearly a year of war,...
Russia attacks Ukraine geriatric centre and power grid
Moscow [Russia], September 20: Russian forces hit a geriatric centre in the Ukrainian city of Sumy and targeted its energy sector in a new wave...
Harris and Trump neck-and-neck in national polls
Washington [US], September 20: Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump remain deadlocked less than seven weeks before the Nov. 5 U.S. presidential...
Biden expects Fed to continue cutting interest rates
Washington [US], September 20: U.S. President Joe Biden said on Thursday he expects the Federal Reserve to continue cutting interest rates and vowed that his...
Ukraine weakens Russian forces in East: Zelenskiy
Kyiv [Ukraine], September 20: President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday that Ukrainian forces had reduced the potential of Russian troops to launch attacks in Donetsk...
Firefighters quell most of Portugal's worst wildfires, fight still on
Lisbon [Portugal], September 20: Firefighters tackling deadly wildfires in central and northern Portugal had doused the flames in the Aveiro district, one of the worst-hit,...
France nears new government as Barnier proposes cabinet to Macron
Paris [France], September 20: France edged closer to having a new government, more than two months after a hung election.
Hunter Biden to be sentenced on Dec. 4
Washington [US], September 20: Hunter Biden, the son of U.S. President Joe Biden, will be sentenced on Dec. 4.
Portugal to combat school bullying
Lisbon [Portugal], September 19: The Portuguese government has formed a working group to address and prevent bullying in schools, with preliminary results to come...
Putin extends Western food import ban by 2 years
Moscow [Russia], September 19: Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree extending an embargo on agricultural products from Western countries for another two...
Russian town evacuated after Ukrainian attack on munitions depot
Moscow [Russia], September 19: The small Russian town of Toropets, some 400 kilometres north-west of Moscow, has been partially evacuated after it was hit...
Seventh foreigner arrested in Venezuela for alleged plot to kill President Maduro
Havana [Cuba], September 19: A seventh foreign national has been arrested in Venezuela on charges of conspiracy over what Caracas claims was a plot to...
UN General Assembly calls for Israeli withdrawal from occupied areas
New York [US], September 19: With a clear majority of 124 votes on Wednesday, the UN General Assembly has called for Israel's withdrawal from occupied...
Half a million Mpox vaccine doses for Africa ordered by Gavi Alliance
Geneva [Switzerland], September 19: The global vaccine group Gavi has ordered 500,000 Mpox vaccine doses from the German-Danish company Bavarian Nordic.
At least 14 dead, 450 injured as Lebanon hit by 2nd wave...
Beirut [Lebanon], September 19: At least 14 people were killed and 450 others injured in the second wave of explosions related to electronic devices in...
UAE President to begin official visit to US on Monday
Abu Dhabi [UAE], September 19: President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan will start an official visit to the United States of...
Egypt stresses urgency of ending war, ensuring aid delivery in Gaza
Cairo [Egypt], September 19: The Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr. Badr Abdelatty, has stressed the urgent need for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and...
UN appeals for maximum restraint to avert further escalation in region
New York [US], September 19: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for an end to the escalation in violence in the Middle East amid...