Plane crash in Canadian Rocky Mountains kills 6

Ottawa [Canada], July 30: A small plane crashed in the Rocky Mountains west of Calgary, Canada on Friday night, killing six people, media reported Saturday.

Fourth firefighter dies battling record wildfires this year in Canada

Ottawa [Canada], July 30: A firefighter battling the wildfire in British Columbia, Canada, has been confirmed dead, the fourth such fatality during the country's record...

Bangladesh police clash with opposition protestors demanding PM's resignation for fair polls

Dhaka [Bangladesh], July 30: Police in Bangladesh capital Dhaka Saturday fought with opposition protestors with teargas and rubber bullets.

Myanmar's border trade surges 37.83 pct year-on-year in Q1 of 2023-24 FY

Yangon [Myanmar], July 30: Myanmar's border trade surged 37.83 percent year-on-year to over 2.75 billion U.S. dollars during the first quarter of the 2023-24 fiscal...

Blinken defends prosecution of Assange

Washington [US], July 30: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Saturday defended his country's ongoing efforts to prosecute Wikileaks founder Julian Assange.

Zelensky visits Bakhmut front line; more fighting seen in south

Kyiv [Ukraine], July 30: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he has visited the front line near Bakhmut in the east of his country.

Hezbollah leader calls for punishment for those who burn the Koran

Beirut [Lebanon], July 30: The leader of Hezbollah's armed forces in Lebanon called on Muslims to punish those who blaspheme the Koran if the authorities...

President Putin: Russia does not want but is always ready for any...

Moscow [Russia], July 30: President Vladimir Putin stressed that Russia does not want to cause a conflict, but if it has to, it is always...

Singapore Prime Minister's brother challenged after being threatened with lawsuits

Singapore, July 30: Mr. Lee Hsien Loong, younger brother of Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, said that the two ministers misunderstood him and challenged...

Colombian President Petro's son arrested

New York [US], July 30: Nicolas Petro, son of Colombian President Gustavo Petro, has been arrested as part of an investigation into money laundering and...

Saudi Arabia summons Danish envoy over Quran desecration

Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], July 29: The Saudi Foreign Ministry announced on Friday that it summoned the Danish charge d'affaires over the recent burning of copies...

Yemen welcomes new Saudi aid for Safer tanker salvage operations

Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], July 29: The Yemeni government has expressed gratitude to Saudi Arabia for its additional 8-million-U.S. dollar assistance in the salvage operations of...

Lower energy and food prices drive inflation down in France

Paris [France], July 29: The year-on-year consumer price index (CPI) in France was 4.3 percent in July, thus continuing a slow but steady downward trend...

German economy stagnates after short recession

Berlin [Germany], July 29: After two quarters of economic contraction, Germany's gross domestic product stagnated in the second quarter of 2023, according to preliminary figures...

WHO urges action to eliminate viral hepatitis

Copenhagen [Denmark], July 29: The World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Europe highlighted the urgent need on Friday to provide healthcare to communities and...

France's GDP up by 0.5 pct in Q2: INSEE

Paris [France], July 29: France's gross domestic product (GDP) increased by 0.5 percent in volume terms in the second quarter (Q2) of 2023, after the...

Wildfires, extreme weather grip Italy

Rome [Italy], July 29: Wildfires raging in Southern Italy began to spread North on Friday as the country remained in the grips of bouts of...

Ireland's GDP up by 3 pct in Q2: CSO

Dublin [Ireland], July 29: The gross domestic product (GDP) of Ireland increased by nearly 3 percent in the second quarter (Q2) of this year compared...

Canada's wildfires release 1 blntonnes of CO2 equivalent, global collaboration urgently needed

Beijing [China], July 29: As record-breaking wildfires in Canada are devouring lands, threatening human health, and shrinking wildlife habitats, the massive carbon emissions caused...

U.S. stocks close higher after encouraging inflation data

New York [US], July 29: U.S. stocks ended higher on Friday after fresh inflation data closely watched by the Federal Reserve confirmed that inflationary pressures...

Number of active U.S. drilling rigs down this week

Houston [US], July 29: The number of active drilling rigs in the United States dropped to 664 this week, down by five from the previous...

U.S. agencies lack coordination regarding drug cartels, says Mexican president

Mexico City [Mexico], July 29: Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Friday criticized U.S. agencies for lacking coordination regarding information they have on Mexican...

California's beverage container recycling program loopholed by fraudsters

Sacramento [US], July 29: California's beverage container recycling program has been constantly taken advantage of by scammers who have defrauded the state of millions...

4 military personnel missing after Australian helicopter crashes

Sydney [Australia], July 29: Four military personnel are missing after an Australian military helicopter crashed into the waters near Lindeman Island off the coast of...

Japan's average life expectancy falls for 2nd straight year

Tokyo [Japan], July 29: The average life expectancy fell for both Japanese men and women for the second consecutive year in 2022, a health ministry...

Cambodia's old-term political officials to be reappointed: PM

Phnom Pehn [Cambodia], July 29: Cambodian Prime Minister SamdechTecho Hun Sen said on Saturday that all political officials in the old-term government would be reappointed...

Russian missiles hit apartments

Moscow [Russia], July 29: Russian missiles hit a residential complex and a nearby building of Ukraine's security service in the central city of Dnipro.