Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's divisive leader in the eye of the ICC storm
Tel Aviv [Israel], May 21: Benjamin Netanyahu was one of the most polarising leaders in Israel's history long before the International Criminal Court prosecutor's office...
ANC support grows in weeks before South African election
Johannesburg [South Africa], May 21: Support for South Africa's governing African National Congress has risen in the weeks leading up to this month's election.
WikiLeaks founder allowed to appeal extradition from UK to US
Washington [US], May 21: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was given permission to appeal against extradition to the United States after arguing at London's High Court...
Russia fails in rival UN bid on nuclear weapons in space
Moscow [Russia], May 21: A Russian-drafted United Nations Security Council resolution that called on all countries to prevent "for all time" the placement, threat or...
Australia, New Zealand send evacuation flights to New Caledonia
Paris [France], May 21: Australia and New Zealand said they will send government planes to New Caledonia to evacuate nationals from the French territory which...
Iran initiates power transition procedures after president's helicopter crash
Tehran [Iran], May 21: Iran has begun the process of transferring power following the helicopter crash incident that claimed the lives of Iranian President Ebrahim...
SEWA provides services for Al Hafiya lake in Kalba
Sharjah [UAE], May 21: Sharjah Electricity, Water, and Gas Authority (SEWA) has completed the construction of a pumping station and the extension of water lines...
UAE leaders congratulate President of Cameroon on National Day
Abu Dhabi [UAE], May 21: President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has sent a message of congratulations to President Paul Biya of...
Iran's presidential election slated for June 28
Tehran [Iran], May 21: After examining the timing of the election process, the heads of branches of power decided 28th June as the time for...
UNICEF rehabilitates medical centers in Libya's floods-hit Derna
Tripoli [Libya], May 20: The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Sunday it has rehabilitated four primary medical centers in the eastern Libyan city...
Algeria launches 3rd general agricultural census
Algiers [Algeria], May 20: Algeria on Sunday commenced its third general agricultural census, a critical measure to develop agricultural policies aimed at enhancing the country's...
Ghana presidential convoy involved in fatal crash, president not in the convoy
Accra [Ghana], May 20: At least one person was killed and some others were injured as Ghana's presidential convoy was involved in a fatal road...
Lithuania confirms results of presidential election, referendum
Vilnius [Lithuania], May 20: Lithuania's Central Election Commission (VRK) Sunday confirmed results of the first round of presidential election and the referendum on the amendment...
Blue Origin completes first manned spaceflight since 2022 grounding
Los Angeles [US], May 20: U.S. aerospace company Blue Origin on Sunday launched a six-member crew to the edge of space since its suborbital...
Australian PM signals support for stricter social media age limits
Canberra [Australia], May 20: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has thrown his support behind a push to implement stricter age restrictions on the use of...
Japan's Hiroshima and Nagasaki lodge protest over US subcritical nuclear test
Tokyo [Japan], May 20: The administrations of Japan's Hiroshima and Nagasaki prefectures, which came under the US atomic bombing during the Second World War, have...
Sri Lankan Tamils still haunted by civil war
Mullivaikkal [Sri Lanka], May 20: Sri Lanka's minority Tamil community marked 15 years since the end of the island nation's civil war on Saturday in...
Biden reaches out to Gaza protesters in college speech
Atlanta [US], May 20: President Joe Biden told students on Sunday at the former university of civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr that he...
Forty-seven dead in heavy rain, floods in northern Afghanistan
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 20: At least 47 people have died after continued heavy rain and flooding in northern Afghanistan, an official said, a day after...
France mobilises police to regain control of New Caledonia airport road
Paris [France], May 20: French police trying to restore order in the island territory of New Caledonia after days of deadly unrest have cleared dozens...
Russian strikes on Ukraine's Kharkiv region kill at least 11|
Kharkiv [Ukraine], May 20: Russia struck a busy lakeside resort on the edge of Ukraine's second largest city and also attacked villages in the surrounding...
DRC army says it stopped attempted coup involving US citizens
Kinshasa [Congo], May 20: The leader of an attempted coup in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been killed and some 50 people including...
Spain recalls ambassador after Argentina's Milei calls PM's wife 'corrupt'
Madrid [Spain], May 20: Spain recalled its ambassador to Buenos Aires for consultations after Argentina's President Javier Milei made derogatory comments about Spanish Prime Minister...
Indonesia: Starlink launch to give millions Internet access
Jakarta [Indonesia], May 20: Millions of people living in Indonesia's remote islands expect to get an internet connection with the slated launch of Elon Musk's...
Iran: Location of president's helicopter still unknown amid rescue efforts
Tehran [Iran], May 20: The exact location of the helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, which experienced a rough landing in northwestern Iran, is still...
Worst fears have passed for shot Slovak PM
Bratislava [Slovakia], May 20: The condition of Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico remains "serious" but worst fears have "passed", the country's defence minister told journalists...
UNRWA: Nearly 800,000 now displaced from Rafah
Gaza [Palestine], May 20: Roughly 800,000 people have been forced to flee Rafah since Israel launched a military operation in the area on 6 May,...