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Global leaders launch AI for Good Global Commission to expand access, strengthen trust, accelerate impact

Global leaders launch AI for Good Global Commission...

Geneva [Switzerland], July 4: ​Rwanda's President Paul Kagame, and International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Secretary-General Doreen Bogdan-Martin announced Thursday the launch...

Indonesia ready to implement carbon trading ecosystem

Indonesia ready to implement carbon trading ecosystem

Jakarta [Indonesia], July 4: Indonesia's carbon trading ecosystem is fully prepared for implementation to support sustainable economic growth, Forestry Minister...

Death toll from Israeli attacks on Lebanon rises to over 4,300

Death toll from Israeli attacks on Lebanon rises...

Beirut [Lebanon], July 4: Israeli attacks on Lebanon from March 2 to July 3 have killed 4,301 people, according...

Death toll from Damascus terrorist attack rises to 10

Death toll from Damascus terrorist attack rises to...

Damascus [Syria], July 4: The Syrian Ministry of Health announced on Friday that the death toll from the terrorist bombing...

Venezuela twin earthquakes kill 2,645

Venezuela twin earthquakes kill 2,645

Caracas [Venezuela], July 4: The death toll Venezuela's twin earthquakes last week ⁠has risen to 2,645, the nation's information ministry...

Ukrainian national charged in Germany over Nord Stream pipelines blasts

Ukrainian national charged in Germany over Nord Stream...

Berlin [Germany], July 3: German prosecutors have filed charges against a Ukrainian national over the blowing up of the Nord...

Five get nosebleeds after Norwegian jet's emergency landing in Hamburg

Five get nosebleeds after Norwegian jet's emergency landing...

Hamburg [Germany], July 3: A Norwegian Air aircraft travelling from Palma de Mallorca to Copenhagen made an unplanned stop in...

US designates Ecuadorean gang as 'terrorist' organization

US designates Ecuadorean gang as 'terrorist' organization

Washington DC [US], July 3: The US State Department has designated the Ecuadorean gang Chone Killers as a foreign "terrorist...

Hantavirus outbreak linked to cruise ship over: WHO

Hantavirus outbreak linked to cruise ship over: WHO

Geneva [Switzerland], July 3: The World Health Organization on Thursday declared the Hantavirus outbreak linked to the cruise ship Hondius...

More than 800 heat-related deaths in Germany so far in 2026

More than 800 heat-related deaths in Germany so...

Berlin [Germany], July 3: There have already been more than 800 heat-related deaths in Germany this year, not including the...

90% of Gaza Strip destroyed, 80% seized

90% of Gaza Strip destroyed, 80% seized

Gaza City [Gaza], July 3: More than 90 percent of the Gaza Strip has been destroyed, and Israeli forces are...

Pilot crashed plane into skyscraper for personal reasons, says China

Pilot crashed plane into skyscraper for personal reasons,...

Beijing [China], July 3: The pilot who crashed a small plane into Beijing's tallest skyscraper last week acted for "personal...

European stocks close broadly lower after cautious session

European stocks close broadly lower after cautious session

Frankfurt [Germany], July 2: European stocks closed broadly lower on Wednesday with investors mostly staying cautious while watching the developments...

US top court rejects Trump's bid to curb birthright citizenship

US top court rejects Trump's bid to curb...

Washington DC [US], July 2: President Donald Trump suffered a defeat on Tuesday at the US Supreme Court in the...

If Iran tries to threaten its neighbours, Trump has options: Vance

If Iran tries to threaten its neighbours, Trump...

New York [US], July 2: US Vice President JD Vance said that if Iran pursues various measures that could destabilise...

UNRWA funding shortfall: UN chief fears for 'millions' of Palestinians

UNRWA funding shortfall: UN chief fears for 'millions'...

New York [US], July 2: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called on countries to cover a $100mn gap in...

World's oceans experience hottest June ever

World's oceans experience hottest June ever

Toulouse [France], July 2: The world's oceans experienced their "warmest June ever observed" and could see further record-breaking highs in...

UN Human Rights Council to hold meeting on Sudan crisis

UN Human Rights Council to hold meeting on...

Geneva [Switzerland], July 2: The United Nations Human Rights Council is due to hold an urgent meeting in Geneva, Switzerland,...

Taliban launches air strikes on Pakistani territory; four drones intercepted

Taliban launches air strikes on Pakistani territory; four...

Islamabad [Pakistan], July 2: Afghanistan's Taliban said they launched air strikes on Pakistani territory, as Islamabad said its forces had...

US judge blocks Pentagon press escort rule in New York Times case

US judge blocks Pentagon press escort rule in...

Washington DC [US], July 2: A US federal judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked a Pentagon rule requiring journalists to be...

China's Xi talks Taiwan, corruption on Communist Party anniversary

China's Xi talks Taiwan, corruption on Communist Party...

Beijing [China], July 2: China's state and party leader Xi Jinping on Wednesday urged the country's ruling Communist Party to...

Iran rejects third-party intervention for Strait of Hormuz mine clearance

Iran rejects third-party intervention for Strait of Hormuz...

Tehran [Iran], July 1: Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei has said that "clearance of mines in the Strait of...

Heatwave a rehearsal, summers ahead will be harder: WHO

Heatwave a rehearsal, summers ahead will be harder:...

Stockholm [Sweden], July 1: The latest heatwave to hit Europe is merely a "dress rehearsal," with worse to come, the...

14 children killed as roof of coaching academy in Pakistan collapses

14 children killed as roof of coaching academy...

Islamabad [Pakistan], July 1: At least 14 children were killed and several others injured when the roof of a coaching...

Russian glide bomb attack claims lives in Zaporizhzhya

Russian glide bomb attack claims lives in Zaporizhzhya

Kiev [Ukraine], July 1: Russian glide bombs killed two people and injured a further 15 in Zaporizhzhya in south-eastern Ukraine,...

'No evidence of terrorism after Monaco explosion'

'No evidence of terrorism after Monaco explosion'

Paris [France], July 1: Prosecutors in Monaco say they do not believe that an explosion that left three people seriously...

South Africa deploys police as anti-immigrant protests prompt fears

South Africa deploys police as anti-immigrant protests prompt...

Johannesburg [South Africa], July 1: Businesses in South African cities have been shuttered and police have been deployed to...