SEWA opens new Kalba power station to enhance energy services
Sharjah [UAE], June 10: The Sharjah Electricity, Water, and Gas Authority (SEWA) has announced the commencement of operations at the Kalba Commercial Power Transmission Station...
Egypt continues airdropping aid to northern Gaza: army
Cairo [Egypt], June 9: The Egyptian Air Force, along with its counterparts from other friendly states, continued to carry out airdrops of humanitarian aid over...
French President calls for immediate ceasefire in Gaza
Paris [France], June 9: French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday urged for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and called for a political solution, while meeting...
Flood warnings withdrawn in Sri Lanka
Colombo [Sri Lanka], June 9: Sri Lanka's irrigation department withdrew on Saturday all flood warnings issued from June 1 near five major rivers of the...
Cambodia sees 20 pct rise in export of garments, footwear, travel goods...
Phnom Penh [Cambodia], June 9: Cambodia exported 4,969 million U.S. dollars worth of garments, footwear and travel goods (GFTs) in the first five months...
Indonesian woman swallowed by python
Jakarta [Python], June 9: A 45-year-old woman was killed by a 5-metre python while returning from her garden in Indonesia's South Sulawesi province, local media...
Israel forces kill more than 200 in attack on central Gaza
Tel Aviv [Israel], June 9: The Israeli military is conducting intense assaults across the Gaza Strip by air, land and sea, killing more than 200...
Thousands call for immediate Gaza ceasefire during London march
London [UK], June 9: Thousands of people have gathered in London on Saturday for a protest in support of Palestine which called for an immediate...
Two killed in southern Lebanon as Hezbollah-Israel fighting intensifies
Beirut [Lebanon], June 9: At least two people have been reported killed in southern Lebanon as cross-border fighting between Hezbollah and Israel continues amid the...
Ukraine drone attack reported deep into Russian territory
Kyiv [Ukraine], June 9: Ukraine attacked Russian targets with a total of 25 combat drones overnight, according to the Defence Ministry in Moscow, with one...
William Anders, Apollo 8 astronaut who took famous 'Earthrise' photo, dies in...
Washington [US], June 8: William Anders, an astronaut who was one of the first three people to orbit the moon, and who took the famous...
Italy's Meloni tops polls as EU elections enter third day
Brussels [Belgium], June 9: Italy's firebrand Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is polling well ahead of her rivals as Italians, Estonians, Latvians, Maltese, Czechs and Slovakians...
Biden, Macron pledge support to Ukraine
Paris [France], June 9: President Joe Biden pledged continuing US support to Ukraine on meeting French President Emmanuel in Paris on Saturday at the start...
Germany's Scholz vows to defend free speech after campaign violence
Berlin [Germany], June 9: At the end of an EU election campaign marred by violence, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said freedom of speech must be...
Benny Gantz delays statement after hostage rescue
Tel Aviv [Israel], June 9: Israel's centrist war cabinet minister Benny Gantz has delayed a statement he was due to give later in which he...
55 Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks in central Gaza
Tel Aviv [Israel], June 9: Bodies of at least 55 Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks on Al-Nuseirat and other areas in central Gaza, and dozens...
Polish man held in custody after Danish PM Frederiksen assault
Copenhagon [Denmark], June 9: A 39-year old Polish man was remanded in custody for 12 days over an assault the previous day on Danish Prime...
Israel rescues four hostages in Gaza raid that Hamas says kills 210...
Tel Aviv [Israel], June 9: Israeli forces rescued four hostages held by Hamas since October in a raid in Gaza on Saturday that Palestinian officials...
Climate change decimates corals in Türkiye, prompting protective measures
Istanbul [Turkey], June 8: Coral colonies across Türkiye's seas are perishing due to the abrupt effects of climate change, threatening marine life and prompting experts...
Russia says 22 civilians killed by Ukrainian shelling
Moscow [Russia], June 8: Ukrainian forces bombed a store in the village of Sadovoye in Russia's Kherson region twice on Friday, killing 22 civilians, the...
4 injured in small plane crash in U.S. state of Colorado
Los Angeles (California) [USA], June 8: Four people were injured in a small plane crash Friday morning in the U.S. state of Colorado, authorities said.
Canada's unemployment rate ticks up to 6.2 pct in May
Ottawa [Canada], June 8: Canada's unemployment rate increased 0.1 percentage points to 6.2 percent in May, Statistics Canada said Friday.
U.S. stocks close lower as high job growth cools rate cut expectation
New York [USA], June 8: U.S. stocks ended lower on Friday, as the U.S. labor market added more jobs than expected in May, signaling resilience...
Police arrested the man who attacked the Danish Prime Minister in public
Copenhagen [Denmark], June 8: It is still unclear whether the Danish Prime Minister was injured or not. The Prime Minister's Office announced that Ms. Frederiksen...
Internal disagreement, Israeli minister withdraws party from emergency government?
Jerusalem [Israel], June 8: Mr. Gantz is considered by the West and Arab countries to have a moderate stance. His withdrawal from the coalition could...
China fights college entrance exam fraud with AI
Beijing [China], June 8: The South China Morning Post newspaper on June 8 quoted Chinese media sources as saying that Guangdong , Hainan and Shandong...
The mystery of America's space weapons program
Washington [USA], June 8: The Pentagon is rushing to expand its military capabilities in space because it believes rapid advances by China and Russia pose...