Beijing's freshwater diplomacy
Beijing [China], May 29: The modern diplomatic world has just added a new concept of diplomatic methods: freshwater diplomacy.
Georgian parliament votes to override presidential veto of 'foreign agent' bill
Georgia [US], May 29: Georgia's parliament voted to override a presidential veto of a bill on "foreign agents" that has plunged the South Caucasus country...
Israel's Rafah operation not a major offensive - US
Tel Aviv [Israel], May 29: The US does not believe Israel has launched a full-scale invasion of Rafah in southern Gaza, White House spokesman John...
Pope issues rare apology over reported homophobic slur
Vatican City [Italy], May 29: Pope Francis, widely quoted as having used a highly derogatory word to describe the LGBT community, did not intend to...
Floods in southern Brazil leave students without classrooms
Brasilia [Brazil], May 29: Tens of thousands of students in southern Brazil have been gone a month without seeing their classrooms after catastrophic floods submerged...
Spain, Ireland and Norway recognise Palestinian statehood
Tel Aviv [Israel], May 29: Spain, Ireland and Norway officially recognised a Palestinian state, prompting an angry reaction from Israel, which has found itself increasingly...
Climate change threatens low-lying Caribbean hospitals
Washington [US], May 29: Tens of millions of people living in coastal areas around the Caribbean and Latin America face imminent risks to healthcare and...
Papua New Guinea orders evacuations after landslide, thousands feared buried
Port Moresby [Papua New Guinea], May 29: Papua New Guinea ordered thousands of residents to evacuate from the path of a still-active landslide after parts...
Putin warns West not to let Ukraine use its missiles to hit...
Moscow [Russia], May 29: Russian President Vladimir Putin warned the West on Tuesday that NATO members in Europe were playing with fire by proposing to...
Israeli tanks hit evacuation zone west of Rafah
Tel Aviv [Israel], May 29: Israel's military denied striking a tent camp west of the city of Rafah on Tuesday after Gaza health authorities said...
Dubai Media Council launches book titled 'Dubai Media Pioneers' at 22nd Arab...
Dubai [UAE], May 29: In line with the directives of H.H. Sheikh Ahmed bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Second Deputy Ruler of Dubai and...
EU ministers adopt new sanctions regime for Russia
Brussels [Belgium], May 28: EU foreign ministers on Monday adopted a new sanctions regime to punish serious human rights violations in Russia, diplomats confirmed to...
Ukraine, Spain sign historic $1.2bn security agreement
Madrid [Spain], May 28: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Monday signed a bilateral security agreement in the Spanish capital.
Houthis attack three ships, two US destroyers
Sanaa [Yemen], May 28: Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis have said they launched attacks on three ships in the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea and two...
Gaza's al-Aqsa Hospital faces imminent shutdown
Gaza border [Israel], May 28: Gaza's Government Media Office has said in a statement that Deir el-Balah's al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital is once again facing an...
Terrifying deadly landslide in Papua New Guinea
Port Moresby [Papua New Guinea], May 28: The Papua New Guinea government recently informed the UN that more than 2,000 people were buried alive in...
NATO disagrees over '100 billion euro plan' for Ukraine
Kyiv [Ukraine], May 28: Politico newspaper reported on May 26 that members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization ( NATO ) are internally divided...
Egyptian soldier killed in gunfight with Israel in Rafah
Cairo [Egypt], May 28: Israeli and Egyptian forces exchanged gunfire near the city of Rafah in the Gaza Strip on May 27, leaving an Egyptian...
Low expectations after the China - Japan - Korea summit
Seoul [South Korea], May 28: Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio and Chinese Premier Li Qiang met on May 27...
The world was shocked, the Security Council held an emergency meeting after...
Tel Aviv [Israel], May 28: Many countries are concerned, condemn, and call for a ceasefire after Israel's airstrike in the city of Rafah in the...
Trump said he would suppress pro-Palestinian protests at American universities
New York [US], May 28: Former US President Donald Trump told a group of his donors that he would crack down on pro-Palestinian protests at...
Russia airstrikes Zaporizhzhia airport, Ukraine attempts to raid Luhansk
Moscow [Russia], May 28: Fighting is fierce in the eastern and southern regions of Ukraine, after Russia opened a front in Kharkiv province in northeastern...
When Taiwan not only faces military tensions
Taipei [Taiwan], May 28: Not only facing increased military pressure from Beijing, Taipei is facing other consequences for the semiconductor chip industry due to tensions...
Biden says US troops fight to protect democracy
Washington [US], May 28: President Joe Biden honoured service members who gave their lives for a "more perfect union" and US democracy in his Memorial...
What happens if Trump is convicted in hush-money trial?
New York [US], May 28: Thirty-four charges, 12 jurors, one often exasperated judge and a parade of witnesses.
Millions of Americans under storm alerts after deadly tornadoes
Washington [US], May 28: More than 120 million Americans woke to severe weather warnings on Monday, after huge storms killed at least 23 people and...
Israeli attack on Rafah tent camp kills 45
Tel Aviv [Israel], May 28: An Israeli airstrike triggered a fire that killed 45 people in a tent camp in the Gazan city of Rafah,...