Police conduct controlled explosion near US Embassy, London
London [UK], November 23: Following a loud noise near the US Embassy in London and police cordoning off the area, officers have urged for public...
Iran says it has begun installing new centrifuges after UN nuke watchdog's...
Tehran [Iran], November 23: Iran on Friday said that it has started activating "new, advanced centrifuges", which enrich uranium for the country's nuclear program, in...
Brazilian President Lula reveals alleged plot to poison him amid Bolsonaro's indictment...
Sao Paulo [Brazil], November 23: Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Thursday disclosed an alleged attempt to poison him and Vice President Geraldo...
Trump taps Pam Bondi for AG after Matt Gaetz withdraws
New York [US], November 23: Pam Bondi was nominated by US President-elect Donald Trump to be the next attorney general late on Thursday.
UN nuclear watchdog censures Iran for failing to cooperate
Tehran [Iran], November 23: The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) passed a censure motion against Iran on Thursday, ordering it to immprove its cooperation with...
Call for Google to sell Chrome to end search monopoly
New York [US], November 22: Alphabet's Google must sell its Chrome browser, share data and search results with competitors and take a range of other...
Israeli strikes kill 47 people in eastern Lebanon, official says
Beirut [Lebanon], November 22: Israeli strikes killed at least 47 people in eastern Lebanon on Thursday, a Lebanese official said, pressing the campaign against the...
Russia gives North Korea a million barrels of oil
Moscow [Russia], November 22: Russia is estimated to have supplied North Korea with more than a million barrels of oil since March this year, according...
Matt Gaetz withdraws as Trump's pick for attorney general
New York [US], November 22: Matt Gaetz, US President-elect Donald Trump's pick for attorney general, has withdrawn his name from consideration after coming under intense...
Russia fired new intermediate-range missile: Putin
Moscow [Russia], November 22: President Vladimir Putin confirmed on Thursday evening that Russia used an experimental intermediate-range ballistic missile in a strike on Ukraine and...
Israeli attack in north Gaza claims 88 lives
Tel Aviv [Israel]/Beirut [Lebanon], November 22: Israeli attacks on residential areas in the north of the Gaza Strip killed 88 people, most of them women...
ICC issues arrest warrant for Israeli PM Netanyahu for 'war crimes' in...
The Hague [Netherlands], November 22: The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his former defence minister and...
Mali's leader appoints new PM after dismissing govt
Bamako [Mali], November 22: Mali's military leader Assimi Goïta appointed Major General Abdoulaye Maïga as the country's new prime minister on Thursday, after dismissing his...
Nicaragua's Ortega proposes measures elevating wife to co-president
Mexico, November 22: Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega on Wednesday proposed a constitutional reform which would further strengthen his hold on the country, including by making...
Former UK health secretary Hancock to be questioned at COVID-19 inquiry
London [UK], November 22: Former UK health secretary Matt Hancock is to give evidence at the official COVID-19 inquiry.
Pakistan: 38 dead, 11 injured in gun attack on passenger vans in...
Islamabad [Pakistan], November 22: At least 38 people were killed and 11 others were injured in a gun attack on passenger vans in the Ochat...
Nikki Haley opposes appointment of Tulsi Gabbard as Director of National Intelligence,...
Washington DC [US], November 22: Former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley opposed the appointment of Tulsi Gabbard as the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) by...
4 tourists die from methanol tainted alcohol in Laos
Vientiane [Laos], November 22: Four foreign tourists have died of suspected methanol poisoning in Laos, officials said on Thursday.
UK: Labour Party 'colossus' John Prescott dies
London [UK], November 22: Britain's former Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott, who was known among other things for his work on the Kyoto Protocol climate...
US, UK, Australia, and UN slam Hong Kong's harsh sentencing of pro-democracy...
Beijing [China], November 22: The US, UK, and Australian governments, along with the United Nations, condemned the sentencing of 45 democracy activists and former lawmakers...
Ukraine reports launch of intercontinental ballistic missile on Dnipro region by Russia
Kyiv [Ukraine], November 22: The Ukrainian Air Force on Thursday said that Russia launched a massive missile attack on the city of Dnipro, involving intercontinental...
Banana taped to wall sells for $6.2 million at art auction
New York [US], November 22: A work of art by the Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan has been sold for $6.2 million (€5.8 million) at Sotheby's...
U.S. Commission recommends arms sales upgrade for Taiwan
Taipei [Taiwan], November 22: On Tuesday, November 19, a U.S. congressional commission recommended a legal change that would allow Taiwan to receive the same arms...
'For children of Lebanon, it has become silent normalisation of horror': UNICEF
Geneva [Switzerland], November 22: "Despite more than 200 children killed in Lebanon in less than two months, a disconcerting pattern has emerged: their deaths are...
UN Security Council fails to pass Gaza ceasefire resolution
New York [US], November 22: The United States of America today vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution in New York, blocking the adoption of...
Republicans 'hide' investigation results of Trump's attorney general nominee
New York [US], November 21: CNN reported that the House Ethics Committee voted on November 20 to block the release of the results of its...
Denmark, Sweden track 'suspect' of cable break in Baltic
Stockholm [Sweden], November 21: Swedish police are investigating the alleged sabotage of two submarine cables in the Baltic Sea and have placed a Chinese ship...