Ukraine allocates record 464 mln USD to fortify defense lines
Kyiv [Ukraine], January 20: Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said on Friday that the government has decided to allocate a record 17.5 billion hryvnias...
Italy experiencing "most severe flu season": health authorities
Rome [Italy], January 20: Italy is in the midst of its "most severe flu season in years," with some 7.8 million Italians suffering flu-like...
EU's Reynders visits Poland to discuss rule of law
Warsaw [Poland], January 20: European Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders held discussions with the new Polish government on Friday on judicial reforms that could unlock...
Biden signs stopgap measure to extend government funding until March
Washington [US], January 20: U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday signed a stopgap funding bill that will keep the government open into early March, avoiding...
NASA confirms first U.S. commercial lunar delivery mission ends
Los Angeles [US], January 20: The first flight of NASA's commercial lunar delivery service carrying agency science and technology, as well as other customer payloads...
Japan's lunar probe not generating power despite moon landing
Tokyo [Japan], January 20: Japan's national space agency on Saturday confirmed its first moon landing with the Small Lunar Landing Demonstrator (SLIM), but the spacecraft's...
Australian school communities urged to help identify victims of human trafficking
Canberra [Australia], January 20: Australian authorities have called on schools around the country to be on the lookout for signs of forced marriage amid a...
Rapid rise in dengue mosquitoes reported in Sri Lanka
Colombo [Sri Lanka], January 20: The population of mosquitoes in Sri Lanka that transmit the dengue virus has increased by 29.5 percent, state media reported...
10 arrested for trafficking stimulant tablets in Myanmar's Yangon
Yangon [Myanmar], January 20: Myanmar's anti-narcotic police have arrested 10 suspects for trafficking over 1.4 million stimulant tablets in Yangon Region's Mayangone Township, according...
Landslides kill 7 people in S. Philippines
Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], January 20: At least seven people died in flash floods and landslides in the southern Philippine regions of Davao and Carago, the...
Pope Francis says sexual pleasure is 'a gift from God'
Vatican [Vatican City], January 20: Pope Francis has said that sexual pleasure is "a gift from God" that should be "disciplined with patience."
Ecuador security forces launch major prison operation
Quito [Ecuador], January 20: Security forces in Ecuador have launched an operation in a major prison complex in the port city of Guayaquil.
Key Israeli war leader challenges Netanyahu over Gaza strategy
Tel Aviv [Israel], January 20: A key member of Israel's war cabinet has accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of not telling the truth about the...
Russian oil depot on fire after attempted Ukrainian drone attack
Klintsy [Russia], January 20: Four oil tanks at a large storage facility in the town of Klintsy in Russia's western Bryansk region caught fire on...
UMEX and SimTEX 2024 agenda announced
Abu Dhabi [UAE], January 20: Under the patronage of H.H. Sheikh Hazza bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Ruler of Abu Dhabi, ADNEC Group, in strategic...
UAE President receives phone call from Ukrainian President
Abu Dhabi [UAE], January 20: President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan received a phone call today from His Excellency Volodymyr Zelenskyy,...
Abu Dhabi's 'Falcon Economy' in the limelight at WEF 2024 in Davos
Davos [Switzerland], January 20: The Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development (ADDED) led the Emirate's official economic delegation to the 54th Annual Meeting of the...
13 dead in central China school dormitory fire
Zhengzhou [China], January 20: Thirteen people have been confirmed dead in a fire that took place in a school dormitory in the county of...
6.4-magnitude quake hits Tonga
Suva [Fiji], January 19: An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.4 jolted 125 km NW of Fangale'ounga, Tonga, at 11:12 local time on Friday, the...
5.4-magnitude earthquake hits central Indonesia
Jakarta [Indonesia], January 19: A 5.4-magnitude earthquake struck Central Sulawesi province in central Indonesia on Friday morning, the country's Meteorological, Climatological and Geophysical Agency (BMKG)...
Emergency situation declared for flooding in northern Australia
Canberra [Australia], January 19: An emergency situation has been declared and remote communities evacuated in Australia's Northern Territory (NT) amid flooding.
Japan's core consumer prices rise 2.3 pct in December
Tokyo [Japan], January 19: Japan's core consumer prices were up 2.3 percent in December from a year earlier, the government said in a report on...
Indonesia allows Boeing 737 Max 9 planes to fly again after checks
Jakarta [Indonesia], January 19: Three Boeing 737 Max 9 planes belonging to Indonesia's budget airline Lion Air have been allowed to fly again after having...
Ukraine, Russia both report new airstrikes
Moscow [Russia], January 19: Both Ukraine and Russia again reported numerous airstrikes on their territory during the night and in the early hours of Thursday...
Iraqi premier says ending US-led alliance role necessary for stability
Baghdad [Iraq], January 19: Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed al-Sudani on Thursday pushed for an end to the contested presence of a US-led international alliance fighting...
At least nine killed in suspected Jordanian strikes on Syria: Activists
Beirut [Lebanon], January 19: At least nine people were killed, including women and children, in suspected Jordanian air strikes in the countryside of Sweida, southern...
Difficult problem in the Middle East
Tel Aviv [Israel], January 19: Efforts to contain widespread conflicts in the Middle East are at a deadlock because the parties involved have not found...