Salman Rushdie attacker found guilty of attempted murder, faces up to 32...
New York [US], February 23: A jury in western New York convicted Hadi Matar, a 27-year-old from New Jersey, of attempted murder for the stabbing...
Trump tells Putin, Zelenskyy to 'get together' to end war
Washington DC [US], February 23: US President Donald Trump called Friday for his Ukrainian and Russian counterparts Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Vladimir Putin to "get together"...
France: Knife attack leaves 1 dead, several wounded
Paris [France], February 23: A knife attack in in the eastern city of Mulhouse, France left one passerby dead and three police officers wounded. The...
Germany preps for elections as right-wing party gains momentum
Berlin [Germany], February 23: Germany is preparing for high-stakes elections, amid fears that far-right sentiment rising while migration policies sit at the centre of political...
Trump meets Polish President Duda, commends increase in defence budget
Washington DC [US], February 23: US President Donald Trump met Polish President Andrzej Duda on Saturday (local time) at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC)...
Green Climate Fund grants $103.2 million to boost Early Warnings for All
Geneva [Switzerland], February 23: The Green Climate Fund (GCF), operating entity of the financial mechanism of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC),...
Indonesia advocates for ethical AI
Jakarta [Indonesia], February 23: Indonesia underscored the need to adopt good practices to foster ethics in artificial intelligence (AI) development and use. AI ethics not...
Italy's Inflation in January up to 1.5%: ISTAT
Rome [Italy], February 23: Italy's annual inflation rate rose to 1.5% in January, according to final data released by ISTAT.
BRICS economies to surpass half of global GDP in 10-15 years: Russia
Moscow [Russia], February 23: Russia says BRICS nations will surpass half of global economic output in 10-15 years, signaling a shift in power that could...
Casualties in dining hall collapse in Peru
Lima [Peru], February 23: At least three people were killed and 74 others injured following the collapse of a dining hall at a shopping centre...
Global Developer Conference underway to promote implementation of AI scenarios
Shanghai [China], February 23: The three-day Global Developer Conference is currently underway in Shanghai, focusing on advancing the real-world application of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies...
New polio vaccination campaign begins in Gaza targeting 600,000 children
Gaza [Palestine], February 23: A new mass polio vaccination campaign by UNRWA began in Gaza on Saturday, to inoculate nearly 600,000 children in Gaza Strip.
Arab Parliament approves document supporting resilience of Palestinian People
Cairo [Egypt], February 23: Mohammed bin Ahmed Al Yamahi, Speaker of the Arab Parliament, said that the speakers of the Arab councils and parliaments have...
Pope Francis in critical condition after health deteriorates
Rome [Italy], February 23: The Vatican said that Pope Francis' health had deteriorated over the past 24 hours and for the first time described his...
French officials suspect terrorist motive in stabbing that killed one
Paris [France], February 23: French anti-terrorism prosecutors have taken over the investigation into an attack in Mulhouse in the eastern Alsace region, that left one...
Hamas releases six captives in Gaza; Israel set to release 620 Palestinians
Gaza [Palestine], February 23: Hamas has released six Israeli captives from Gaza ahead of the release of hundreds of Palestinians detained in Israeli prisons in...
Trump shuns tradition, replaces top military chief
Washington [US], February 23: In a break from a long US tradition of retaining previous appointments to the country's top military post, President Donald Trump...
No need for miracles, says confident Scholz ahead of German election
Potsdam [Germany], February 23: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Saturday said he does not "believe in miracles" but is confident he can pull off an...
UN Security Council condemns Rwanda for eastern Congo conflict
New York [US], February 23: The UN Security Council on Friday strongly condemned the ongoing offensive and advance of Rwanda-backed M23 rebels in the eastern...
Iran holds large-scale military manoeuvres on southern coast
Tehran [Iran], February 23: Iran's armed forces have begun major military exercises off the country's southern coast, Tehran said on Saturday.
Brazil's Supreme Court orders suspension of video-sharing platform countrywide
BrasÃlia [Brazil], February 22: A Brazilian Supreme Court justice on Friday ordered "immediate and full suspension" of the video-sharing platform Rumble in the country due...
NASA, SpaceX to launch two new missions on single rocket
Los Angeles [US], February 22: NASA and SpaceX are targeting no earlier than next Friday, Feb. 28, to launch two new missions on one single...
UN peacekeeping chief warns of regional spillover from DR Congo conflict
Geneva [Switzerland], February 22: United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix warned on Friday that the conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo...
Senegalese PM announces second phase of measures to reduce cost of living
Dakar [Senegal], February 22: Senegalese Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko announced on Friday, in front of the National Assembly, a second phase of measures to reduce...
Belarus exports 6 mln tonnes of dairy products in 2024
Minsk [Belarus], February 22: Belarus exported 6 million tonnes of milk and dairy products to 69 countries in 2024, Belarusian First Deputy Agriculture and Food...
Sinkholes threaten to swallow Brazilian city
BrasÃlia [Brazil], February 22: According to Reuters, the government of the Brazilian city of Buriticupu has declared a state of emergency after giant sinkholes up...
China discovers new virus that can spread like Covid-19
Beijing [China], February 22: HKU5-CoV-2 was first detected in bats in 2006 and is common in Pipistrellus bats in eastern and southern Asia.