Putin critic Navalny expects 'Stalinist' prison sentence in extremism trial
Moscow [Russia], August 4: Alexei Navalny's team said on Thursday he was preparing for a lengthy new prison sentence that could see him behind bars...
South Korean police say 13 people injured in car ramming and stabbing
Seoul [South Korea], August 4: A man injured more than a dozen people after he drove a car onto a pavement south of Seoul, exited...
Damaged car freighter arrives at Dutch port
Eemshaven [Netherlands], August 4: The badly damaged car freighter Fremantle Highway safely entered the Dutch port of Eemshaven on Thursday after burning at sea for...
Evidence of widespread war crimes in Sudan
London [UK], August 4: As the conflict in Sudan continues to escalate, a prominent human rights organisation, Amnesty International, has published a damning report uncovering...
Blinken tells UN and Russia: 'Hunger must not be weaponized'
New York [US], August 4: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Thursday that food blockades must never be used in conflict following Russia's...
Hundreds of people suffer from heat stroke in South Korea
Seoul [South Korea], August 4: South Korean officials said yesterday that nearly 600 people fell ill and required medical attention with symptoms related to high...
North Korea accuses US of pushing the region to the brink of...
Pyongyang [North Korea], August 4: North Korea on Wednesday criticized a new US arms aid package to Taiwan, accusing Washington of pushing tensions in the...
Food insecurity due to conflict in Ukraine
Kyiv [Ukraine], August 4: The EU and Ukraine accuse Russia of weaponizing grain, while Moscow says the West is the cause of global food insecurity.
Travis King: North Korea confirms custody of US soldier
Seoul [South Korea], August 4: North Korea has confirmed custody of Travis King in its first response to requests for information on the US soldier's...
Arrests after Greenpeace protest at Rishi Sunak's North Yorkshire home
London [UK], August 4: Five people have been arrested after activists climbed on the roof of the prime minister's home to protest at 100 new...
Ukraine says it launched July attack on bridge to Crimea
Kyiv [Ukraine], August 4: Ukraine's military launched an attack on Russia's bridge over the Kerch Strait last month, Kyiv has confirmed.
Trump pleads not guilty to charges he tried to overturn election loss|
Washington [US], August 4: Donald Trump pleaded not guilty on Thursday to federal charges that he orchestrated a plot to try to overturn his 2020...
On Ukraine's landmine-strewn front, even the corpses can kill
Kyiv [Ukraine], August 4: When they found the bodies of Russian troops at an abandoned position, something about the corpses looked wrong.
S. Korea's foreign reserves continue to rise in July
Seoul [South Korea], August 3: South Korea's foreign reserves rose for the second successive month in July on higher conversion value of non-U.S. dollar assets,...
Poland says Belarus violated Polish airspace in NATO provocation
Warsaw [Poland], August 3: Helicopters from Belarus violated Polish airspace in a targeted provocation against Poland and NATO's eastern flank, the Polish Defence Ministry said...
Greek government offers free holiday week to evacuated tourists
Athens [Greece], August 3: Tourists evacuated from the Greek island of Rhodes last week due to wildfires will be allowed to spend a week free...
Pontiff urges Europe to do more to solve the world's problems
Rome [Italy], August 3: In the face of wars and conflicts and the suffering and migration they cause, Pope Francis criticized Europe on Wednesday for...
Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau separated from his wife after 18 years of...
Ottawa [Canada], August 3: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on August 2 that he and his wife, Sophie Gregoire-Trudeau, are living separately.
Progressive Party leaves coalition in Thailand
Bangkok [Thailand], August 3: Political parties in the coalition, which hope to form a new Thai government after a general election in May, announced yesterday...
US investigates 280,000 new Tesla electric cars
Austin (Texas) [US], August 3: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) of the United States yesterday announced that NHTSA has opened a preliminary investigation...
The Asia-Pacific economy remains promising
Beijing [China], August 3: Moody's analysis company, belonging to Moody's Investment Services Group, one of the three most prestigious financial credit rating agencies in the...
Ukraine war: Drones target Odesa grain stores near Romania border
Kyiv [Ukraine], August 3: A Russian drone strike has hit Ukrainian port facilities at Izmail on the River Danube, a short distance from Nato member...
Donald Trump slams election indictment on eve of court hearing
Washington [US], August 3: Ex-US President Donald Trump has lashed out at charges against him of plotting to overturn his 2020 election defeat, on the...
Russia strikes Ukraine's Danube port, sending global grain prices higher
Moscow [Russia], August 3: Russia attacked Ukraine's grain ports in the early hours of Wednesday, including an inland port across the Danube River from Romania,...
Pittsburgh synagogue gunman gets death penalty
Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania) [US], August 3: A US federal jury has sentenced the attacker who killed 11 people at a synagogue in Pittsburgh in October 2018...
Trump faces federal charges for efforts to overturn 2020 election
Washington [US], August 3: Donald Trump was indicted on Tuesday for his wide-ranging attempts to overturn the 2020 election, the third time in four months...
UAE win four medals as fourth IMMAF Youth World Championship kicks off...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], August 3: Under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and...