Nepal formally ends ban on TikTok, ISPs ordered to lift embargo
Kathmandu [Nepal], September 8: The Nepal Telecommunications Authority (NTA) has ordered all Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to lift the ban on TikTok, the Chinese video-sharing...
Brutal heat wave scorches Southern California, triggering health alerts
Los Angeles [US], September 7: An unrelenting heat wave has engulfed Southern California this week with temperatures in some areas reaching record highs on Friday,...
Tanzania urges African countries to embrace green hydrogen technology to power continent's...
Dar es Salaam [Tanzania], September 7: Tanzanian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy Doto Biteko on Friday urged African countries to harness the potential...
Cyprus launches social media campaign against investment scammers
Nicosia [Cyprus], September 7: Cyprus' Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) has launched a social media campaign to prevent investment scams following a spade of complaints...
France's new PM says to form party-inclusive gov't
Paris [France], September 7: France's new Prime Minister Michel Barnier said on Friday evening that his future government would not just be a right-wing only...
Russia has no timetable for ending special operation in Ukraine, says Kremlin
Moscow [Russia], September 7: Russia will continue its special military operation until all objectives are achieved and there is currently no set deadline for when...
Catastrophic hunger doubles in 2024: UN report
New York [US], September 7: UN experts raised alarms over the increasing severity of global food crises, revealing that the number of people facing catastrophic...
UN Security Council members condemn systematic discrimination against women, girls in Afghanistan
New York [US], September 7: Twelve members of the UN Security Council strongly condemned the ongoing systematic gender discrimination and oppression of women and girls...
Rumors of Iran supplying missiles to Russia, US warns, Tehran speaks out
Washington DC [US], September 7: The Wall Street Journal also cited several sources confirming that Washington had informed its allies about Iran 's move in...
US arms aid to Ukraine, which state benefits the most?
New York [US], September 7: The US Department of Defense has just released a spending report, showing that Pennsylvania, Arizona and Texas are among the...
Israeli soldier accused of shooting dead American, Washington reacts
Gaza [Palestine], September 7: The Palestinian Authority's official news agency WAFA reported that the shooting of the American woman by Israeli soldiers occurred during a...
Super Typhoon Yagi: Rains lash China ahead of landfall
Beijing [China], September 7: Heavy rainfall and powerful winds from Super Typhoon Yagi slammed southern China on Friday, even as the strongest storm to hit...
Fire breaks out in Tesla service-showroom in Nepal
Kathmandu [Nepal], September 7: Fire broke out at a Tesla service-showroom in Nepali capital Kathmandu, damaging properties and documents, police said on Friday.
Boeing's Starliner to return to Earth from ISS without Sunita Williams
Washington DC [US], September 7: Boeing's Starliner spacecraft is set to detach from the orbiting International Space Station on Friday (local time) and return to...
17 killed in Kenya elementary school fire, bodies "burnt beyond recognition"
Nairobi [Kenya], September 7: At least 17 students died after an elementary school in central Kenya caught fire, CNN reported on Friday citing police.
Summer of 2024 was world's hottest on record
Paris [France], September 7: The world is emerging from its warmest northern hemisphere summer since records began, the European Union's climate change monitoring service said,...
Pope Francis departs Indonesia for Papua New Guinea
Rome [Italy], September 7: Pope Francis left Indonesia morning for Papua New Guinea, where the 87-year-old leader of the global Catholic Church will continue an...
Super Typhoon Yagi heads for southern China
Manila [Philippines], September 7: Powerful gales and heavy rain from Super Typhoon Yagi drenched southern China.
Georgia arrests father of teen suspected in school shooting
New York [US], September 7: Georgia state officials arrested the father of the 14-year-old suspected in a school shooting that killed four people and wounded...
Japan's leading PM candidate Koizumi promises snap election
Tokyo [Japan], September 7: Japan's former environment minister and leading prime ministerial candidate Shinjiro Koizumi said he would call a snap election "at the earliest...
Trump hush money sentencing delayed until after vote
New York [US], September 7: A New York judge has delayed former US President Donald Trump's sentencing in his hush money criminal case until after...
Palestinian children in south Gaza receive polio vaccinations
West Bank [Gaza], September 6: Crowds of Palestinians gathered at medical centers in the south of the embattled Gaza Strip for their children to be...
Hunter Biden pleads guilty in US federal tax case
New York [US], September 6: Hunter Biden, son of US President Joe Biden, has pleaded guilty to federal tax charges in a surprise move that...
Israeli strike kills five Palestinians in West Bank, ministry says
West Bank [Gaza], September 6: Five Palestinian men have been killed in an Israeli air strike in the north of the occupied West Bank, the...
Trump vows to appoint Musk to lead government efficiency
New York [US], September 6: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Thursday he would establish a government efficiency commission headed by billionaire supporter Elon...
US judge temporarily blocks new Biden student debt relief plan
New York [US], September 6: A U.S. judge on Thursday temporarily blocked President Joe Biden's administration from implementing its latest student debt forgiveness plan, just...
Biden officials weigh tougher asylum ban at Mexico border
New York [US], September 6: Biden administration officials are weighing whether to toughen an asylum ban to maintain lower levels of illegal crossings at the...