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All injured survivors from Swiss New Year's fire disaster identified

All injured survivors from Swiss New Year's fire...

Geneva [Switzerland], January 6: Swiss authorities have now identified all the injured survivors of the New Year's Eve fire disaster...

Snow, ice cause chaos in Europe as millions return to work

Snow, ice cause chaos in Europe as millions...

London [UK], January 6: Snow, rain and freezing temperatures brought chaotic conditions to many European countries on Monday as people...

S Korea's president meets China's Xi as he seeks to reset ties

S Korea's president meets China's Xi as he...

Seoul [South Korea], January 6: South Korea's President Lee Jae Myung is meeting Chinese leader Xi Jinping as he seeks...

Envoy hails 'historic' launch of Palestinian embassy in London

Envoy hails 'historic' launch of Palestinian embassy in...

London [UK], January 6: The inauguration of a Palestinian embassy in London is "proof" that the Palestinian identity "cannot be...

N Korea's Kim oversees hypersonic missile tests, cites geopolitical crisis

N Korea's Kim oversees hypersonic missile tests, cites...

Seoul [South Korea], January 6: North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un has overseen the test flights of hypersonic missiles, underscoring...

Syrian delegation meets Israelis amid sovereignty breaches

Syrian delegation meets Israelis amid sovereignty breaches

Paris [France], January 6: A Syrian delegation, headed by Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan Al Shaibani and General Intelligence Director-General Hussein...

Iranian judiciary vows no concessions

Iranian judiciary vows no concessions

Tehran [Iran], January 6: Iran's judiciary on Monday announced a crackdown on protesters that have been on the streets of...

Iran detains 4 in northern province for allegedly plotting attacks

Iran detains 4 in northern province for allegedly...

Tehran [Iran], January 5: Iranian police have arrested four people in the northern province of Qazvin for allegedly plotting attacks...

Norwegian FM backs Denmark's sovereignty after Trump renews interest in Greenland

Norwegian FM backs Denmark's sovereignty after Trump renews...

Oslo [Norway], January 5: Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide said on Sunday that countries' sovereignty must be respected after...

Danish PM says U.S. has no right to annex Greenland, urges end to threats

Danish PM says U.S. has no right to...

Oslo [Norway], January 5: Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said on Sunday that the United States has no right to...

Winter weather forces Dutch airline to cancel 124 flights

Winter weather forces Dutch airline to cancel 124...

The Hague [Netherlands], January 5: Royal Dutch Airlines KLM announced on Sunday that 124 flights to and from Amsterdam Airport...

EU urges calm, restraint to avoid escalation in Venezuela

EU urges calm, restraint to avoid escalation in...

Brussels [Belgium], January 5: The European Union (EU) on Sunday urged all parties to show "calm and restraint" to prevent...

Power returns to thousands of Berlin homes after 'left-wing extremist' attack

Power returns to thousands of Berlin homes after...

Berlin [Germany], January 5: Thousands of homes in south-west Berlin had their power restored on Sunday as authorities probed an...

Protests denounce US military action

Protests denounce US military action

Washington DC [US], January 5: Hundreds of people gathered in some US cities, including New York, Atlanta, and Boston, denouncing...

Venezuela operation 'exact opposite' of Iraq: Hegseth

Venezuela operation 'exact opposite' of Iraq: Hegseth

Washington DC [US], January 5: US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Sunday that there were no parallels between the...

Greek air traffic paralysed in huge telecoms outage: Public broadcaster

Greek air traffic paralysed in huge telecoms outage:...

Athens [Greece], January 5: A telecommunications fault brought air traffic in Greece to an almost complete standstill, public broadcaster ERT...

Russia's Medvedev floats kidnapping scenario involving Germany's Merz

Russia's Medvedev floats kidnapping scenario involving Germany's Merz

Moscow [Russia], January 5: Russia's former president Dmitry Medvedev said he could envisage abduction operations against other world leaders similar...

Swarm of Ukrainian drones headed for Moscow: Mayor

Swarm of Ukrainian drones headed for Moscow: Mayor

Moscow [Russia], January 5: A swarm of Ukrainian drones has become the target of air defences while approaching the Russian...

Venezuela's military gives backing to vice president

Venezuela's military gives backing to vice president

Buenos Aires [Argentina], January 5: As questions swirl over Venezuela's political future, the country's armed forces have thrown their support...

Saudi-backed government forces retake cities in southern Yemen

Saudi-backed government forces retake cities in southern Yemen

Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], January 5: Yemeni government troops backed by Saudi Arabia have retaken the governorates of Hadramout and al-Mahra...

At least 19 killed in week of protests in Iran

At least 19 killed in week of protests...

Tehran [Iran], January 5: At least 19 protesters have been killed during the unrest has rocked Iran over the past...

UK, France carry out strike on Syrian site 'used by ISIS'

UK, France carry out strike on Syrian site...

London [UK], January 5: British Royal Air Force Typhoons and French aircraft have carried out a joint strike on an...

North Korea fired ballistic missiles towards East Sea: Seoul

North Korea fired ballistic missiles towards East Sea:...

Seoul [South Korea], January 5: North Korea fired multiple ballistic missiles towards the East Sea, also known as the Sea...

Myanmar pardons more than 6,100 prisoners to mark Independence Day

Myanmar pardons more than 6,100 prisoners to mark...

Bangkok [Thailand], January 5: Myanmar's military government has pardoned 6,134 prisoners to mark the country's 78th Independence Day and maintain...

Winter deepens suffering for displaced Gazans

Winter deepens suffering for displaced Gazans

Gaza [Gaza City], January 4: The winter has made a life of relentless suffering worse for the people of Gaza,...

Iranian supreme leader calls for crackdown on 'rioters'

Iranian supreme leader calls for crackdown on 'rioters'

Tehran [Iran], January 4: Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has reacted for the first time to the unrest that...

UN chief calls on Israel to reverse ban on international aid groups

UN chief calls on Israel to reverse ban...

Washington DC [US], January 4: UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Friday urged Israel to reverse its decision to revoke...