South Korea bans mobile phones and smart devices in classrooms
Seoul [South Korea], August 28: South Korea has passed a bill banning the use of mobile phones and smart devices during class hours in schools...
Passenger bus crash in Afghan capital kills 25, injures 27: Media reports
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 28: At least 25 people have died in Kabul, Afghanistan's capital, after a passenger bus veered off the road and overturned into...
Denmark summons US envoy over Greenland influence reports
Copenhagen [Denmark], August 28: Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen on Wednesday said he had summoned the senior US diplomat in Copenhagen after reports that...
Asia's largest dredgers take to water in China
Shanghai [China], August 28: China successfully launched the Tong Jun and Jun Guang - Asia's largest trailing suction hopper dredgers, independently designed and built -...
SpaceX launches 10th Starship rocket test flight successfully
New York [US], August 28: SpaceX announced on Tuesday the successful completion of the tenth test flight of its Starship rocket, following several previous delays.
6.2-magnitude earthquake strikes off eastern Russia
Moscow [Russia], August 28: An earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale struck off the eastern coast of Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula on Thursday.
Thirty-four soldiers kidnapped in Colombia
Buenos Aires [Argentina], August 28: Thirty-four soldiers have been kidnapped in southern Colombia following fighting between government forces and a splinter group of the former...
Typhoon Kajiki claims several lives, causes damage in Vietnam and Thailand
Hanoi [Vietnam], August 28: Torrential rain and landslides triggered by Typhoon Kajiki have claimed several lives and caused severe damage in Vietnam and Thailand, authorities...
France to take streaming platform Kick to court
Paris [France], August 28: Over a week after the on-camera death of a popular video game streamer, the French government said it would take the...
More explosions at Germany's Port of Hamburg after major fire extinguished
Berlin [Germany], August 28: Fresh explosions were reported at the Port of Hamburg overnight after a huge fire that raged for more than 40 hours...
Syria condemns Israeli drone attack killing six soldiers near Damascus
Damascus [Syria], August 28: Six soldiers were killed in an Israeli drone strike in Syria, the Syrian Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday, condemning the attack...
Gunman attacks Minneapolis school children in chapel
Washington DC [US], August 28: A black-clad gunman killed two children and wounded 17 other people at a Minneapolis Catholic school on Wednesday when he...
South Africa's most vulnerable struggle to find HIV medication after US aid...
Washington DC [US], August 28: On a warm evening in Johannesburg, the news spread like wildfire among sex workers: Within 24 hours, several nonprofit clinics...
Turkey, Gulf states or European nations could host talks with Putin
Ankara [Turkey], August 28: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday that Turkey, the Gulf States or European countries could host any talks he may...
Lebanon to present Hezbollah disarmament plan: US envoy
Beirut [Lebanon], August 27: Lebanon has agreed to present a plan aimed at persuading Hezbollah to disarm, and Israel will submit a corresponding framework for...
German minister slams Israeli settler violence on visit to West Bank
Berlin [Germany], August 27: German Development Minister Reem Alabali Radovan on Tuesday visited Arab-majority areas in the West Bank under threat from Israeli settlement and...
Flight alert level lowered as Mount Etna quietens
Rome [Italy], August 27: Mount Etna, the infamous and highly volatile volcano on the Mediterranean island of Sicily, has calmed again after a recent eruption,...
Russian forces advance into new Ukrainian region
Moscow [Russia], August 27: Russian troops have pushed into the Dnipropetrovsk region of central Ukraine, Ukrainian military analysts said on Tuesday.
I look forward to meeting North Korea's Kim, Trump tells South Korea's...
Pyongyang [North Korea], August 27: United States President Donald Trump and South Korean President Lee Jae-myung have expressed their willingness to engage with North Korea's...
France formally returns slain king's skull to Madagascar
Paris [France], August 27: The head of a Malagasy king killed by French troops during a colonial-era war has been formally returned to Madagascar.
Mexican drug lord Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada pleads guilty in US court
New York [US], August 27: Mexican drug lord Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada pleaded guilty in a US court on Monday, admitting that over several decades...
Israelis demand end to war, release of hostages in protest
Jerusalem [Israel], August 27: Israelis took to the streets on Tuesday in a major day of protests to demand the immediate release of hostages and...
150 workers trapped in eastern Ukrainian mine after Russian attack
Moscow [Russia], August 27: Almost 150 miners in eastern Ukraine are trapped underground due to a Russian attack on their coal mine, media reports said...
Rioting in Swiss city of Lausanne after fatal crash during police pursuit
Geneva [Switzerland], August 27: Around 200 people protested violently for the second night in the Swiss city of Lausanne after a youth died in a...
French govt likely to collapse as Bayrou calls confidence vote
Paris [France], August 27: The French government led by Prime Minister François Bayrou is on the verge of collapse after opposition parties across the political...
Daily life on a remote Amazon island goes on despite diplomatic dispute
Bogota [Colombia], August 27: Rain or shine, every weekday from March to December, boat owner Salvador Mitidieri ferries students from the shore of the Amazon...
HSBC fined $4.2 million by Hong Kong regulators over disclosure failure
Hong Kong, August 27: HSBC, opens new tab has been fined HK$4.2 million ($537,683) by Hong Kong regulators over disclosure failures, the regulators said on...