2 teenagers killed in downtown Chicago shooting while leaving school
Chicago [US], January 27: Two teenagers were killed in a shooting in downtown Chicago on Friday, Chicago police and fire officials said.
India, France agree to cooperate in defense, space, health: New Delhi
New Delhi [India], January 27: India and France agreed to cooperate in sectors including health, space and defense during the two-day state visit of French...
Philippine clash kills 9 suspected militants
Manila [Philippines], January 27: Philippine troops killed nine suspected militants in a clash in Lanao del Sur province in the southern Philippines, a military spokesperson...
Donald Trump ordered to pay E. Jean Carroll $83.3 million
Washington [US], January 27: Donald Trump was handed a stinging defeat by a Manhattan jury that ordered him to pay $83.3 million to the writer...
UN agency probes staff suspected of role in Oct 7 attacks on...
Tel Aviv [Israel], January 27: The United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) said it had opened an investigation.
Australia PM vows to introduce bill to reshape tax cuts within weeks
Canberra [Australia], January 27: Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said his centre-left government would soon legislate changes to planned tax cuts.
Trump opens up lead over Biden in rematch many Americans don't want
Washington [US], January 27: Donald Trump leads Democratic President Joe Biden by six percentage points in a Reuters/Ipsos poll.
King Charles doing well in hospital after prostate treatment
London [UK], January 27: Britain's King Charles is doing well after having planned treatment to address an enlarged prostate.
UAE Ambassador presents his credentials to Director-General of World Trade Organisation
Abu Dhabi [UAE], January 27: Jamal Jama Al Musharakh, Permanent Representative of the UAE to the United Nations and other international organisations in Geneva, presented...
Mansoor bin Mohammed attends opening of Mercedes-Benz Brand Centre in Dubai
Dubai [UAE], January 27: His Highness Sheikh Mansoor bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairman of the Dubai Sports Council, today attended the inauguration of...
UAE welcomes decisions of International Court of Justice to take provisional measures...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], January 27: The UAE welcomed the International Court of Justice's (ICJ) preliminary rulings on the Gaza Strip that demands to take provisional...
Nahyan bin Mubarak attends reception marking India's 75th Republic Day in Abu...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], January 27: Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence, attended a reception hosted by Sunjay Sudhir, Ambassador of...
UAE delegation visits Emirati integrated field hospital in Gaza
Gaza [Palestine], January 27: An Emirati medical delegation visited the integrated field hospital established by the UAE in the Gaza Strip to support the health...
Cambodian FM to attend ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Retreat in Laos
Phnom Penh [Cambodia], January 26: Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sok Chenda Sophea will take part in the ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Retreat in...
Ruling alliance wins most seats in Nepal's National Assembly election
Kathmandu [Nepal], January 26: The candidates from Nepal's ruling parties won 18 out of 19 seats in the National Assembly election held on Thursday in...
Record cocaine haul seized in Bangladesh's main airport
Dhaka [Bangladesh], January 26: A total of 8.3 kg cocaine was seized in Bangladesh's main airport in capital Dhaka on Wednesday night by the Department...
Girl dies in hospital after being saved from refugee boat
Nicosia [Cyprus], January 26: A Syrian girl died in hospital on Thursday after being rescued from an overcrowded refugee boat, Cyprus's medical authorities have announced.
Philippine Navy joins search for 11 passengers of 2 missing boats
Manila [Philippines], January 26: The Philippine Navy on Thursday deployed a helicopter to search for 11 missing passengers of two motorboats that capsized off Palawan...
Israeli army calls on more Khan Younis residents to flee
Gaza [Palestine], January 26: The Israeli army is calling on more Palestinian residents of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip to flee.
Train driver strike paralyses rail transport in Germany
Berlin [Germany], January 26: Germany's state-owned railway Deutsche Bahn faced massive disruptions and widespread cancellations on Wednesday as train drivers from the GDL trade union...
US, UK sanction senior Houthis; rebels say Red Sea attacks will continue
Sanaa [Yemen], January 26: The United States and United Kingdom have issued new sanctions on leaders of Yemen's Houthis, as the group pledges to continue...
At least 12 dead in incident at UN facility
Gaza [Palestine], January 26: The death toll at a UN facility that was sheltering civilians in the south of the Gaza Strip rose to 12...
Woman gets 27 years in prison for murder of Russian war supporter
Moscow [Russia], January 26: Darya Trepova was sentenced to 27 years in prison on Thursday for a deadly bomb attack on a Russian military blogger.
Russia risked lives in downed plane, says Ukrainian president
Kyiv [Ukraine], January 26: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Moscow of "playing with the lives of Ukrainian prisoners", after a deadly plane crash in...
US Supreme Court allows execution with nitrogen to go ahead
Washington [US], January 26: The US Supreme Court on Wednesday did not move to stop the planned execution, using nitrogen, of a criminal in the...
US support for Taiwan 'firm', lawmakers tell president-elect Lai
Taipei [Taiwan], January 26: Two US lawmakers met Taiwanese president-elect Lai Ching-te on Thursday to reaffirm Washington's support for the self-ruled island, which China claims...
Russia jails nationalist critic Girkin for 4 years
Moscow [Russia], January 26: Russian nationalist and ex-rebel commander Igor Girkin, whose pro-Moscow militants sparked a decade-long armed conflict in east Ukraine, was jailed for...