Russia risked lives in downed plane, says Ukrainian president
Kyiv [Ukraine], January 26: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Moscow of "playing with the lives of Ukrainian prisoners", after a deadly plane crash in...
US Supreme Court allows execution with nitrogen to go ahead
Washington [US], January 26: The US Supreme Court on Wednesday did not move to stop the planned execution, using nitrogen, of a criminal in the...
US support for Taiwan 'firm', lawmakers tell president-elect Lai
Taipei [Taiwan], January 26: Two US lawmakers met Taiwanese president-elect Lai Ching-te on Thursday to reaffirm Washington's support for the self-ruled island, which China claims...
Russia jails nationalist critic Girkin for 4 years
Moscow [Russia], January 26: Russian nationalist and ex-rebel commander Igor Girkin, whose pro-Moscow militants sparked a decade-long armed conflict in east Ukraine, was jailed for...
S Korean ruling party MP attacked in street: Yonhap
Seoul [South Korea], January 26: A South Korean ruling party lawmaker was struck on the head with a rock by an unidentified assailant on a...
Florida lawmakers vote to restrict children's access to social media
Florida [US], January 26: The Florida House of Representatives approved on Wednesday a bill aimed at barring children aged 16 and younger from social media...
Trump opens up lead over Biden in rematch many Americans don't want
Washington [US], January 26: Donald Trump leads Democratic President Joe Biden by six percentage points in a Reuters/Ipsos poll that showed Americans are unhappy about...
Russia says Ukraine had 15-minute warning on PoW flight
Moscow [Russia], January 26: A senior Russian lawmaker said Ukrainian military intelligence had been given a 15-minute warning before a Russian military transport plane carrying...
Gaza starves as Israel presses war on Hamas
Gaza [Palestine], January 26: In battered, hard-to-reach north Gaza, rare aid deliveries get mobbed by desperate, hungry Palestinians and aid workers report seeing people thin...
Yemen's Houthis claim launching missile attacks at U.S. commercial vessels, navy warships
Sanaa [Yemen], January 25: Yemen's Houthi group said it hit an American warship on Wednesday in the Gulf of Aden and the Bab al-Mandab strait,...
Cyprus rescues 60 migrants lost at sea
Nicosia [Cyprus], January 25: Sixty migrants were rescued from a small boat off Cyprus on Wednesday after being stranded at sea for days, the country's...
Zelensky, Scholz discuss defense support for Ukraine
Kiev [Ukraine], January 25: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Wednesday discussed defense support for Ukraine in a phone conversation.
Moldova names new foreign minister
Chisinau [Moldova], January 25: Moldovan Prime Minister Dorin Recean announced on Wednesday that Vice President of Parliament Mihai Popsoi will take over as the new...
U.S. stocks end mixed, S&P 500 hitting new high
New York [US], January 25: U.S. stocks ended mixed on Wednesday, as the S&P 500 notched its fourth consecutive record high, fueled by Netflix's stellar...
New Zealand household saving steady, net worth increases
Wellington [New Zealand], January 25: New Zealand household saving was 856 million NZ dollars (522.95 million U.S. dollars) in the September 2023 quarter, relatively unchanged...
DPRK test-fires strategic cruise missile
Seoul [South Korea], January 25: The Missile Administration of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Wednesday conducted the first test-fire of the new-type...
Sri Lankan state minister, police officer killed in road accident
Colombo [Sri Lanka], January 25: Sri Lankan State Minister of Water Supply Sanath Nishantha and a police officer died in a road accident on the...
Russia says Kiev killed 65 Ukrainian POWs by downing transport plane
Moscow [Russia], January 25: The Russian Defence Ministry accused Ukrainian forces of shooting down a Russian military transport plane, killing all 74 people on board,...
Hamas official reiterates rejection of any proposal for temporary ceasefire
Gaza [Palestine], January 25: A member of Hamas' political bureau, Osama Hamdan, on Wednesday reiterated that the Palestinian movement would not agree to a temporary...
Train driver strike paralyses rail transport in Germany
Berlin [Germany], January 25: Germany's state-owned railway Deutsche Bahn faced massive disruptions and widespread cancellations on Wednesday as train drivers from the GDL trade union...
Thousands lose $16 mn in Singapore 'fake friend' scams
Singapore, January 25: More than 6,300 people fell prey to "fake friend" scams in Singapore last year and collectively lost an equivalent of nearly $16...
Iraq rebukes US over strikes on Iran-backed groups
Baghdad [Iraq], January 25: Iraq accused the United States of contributing to a "reckless escalation" of violence in the region after American air strikes targeted...
Iran's Raisi flies to Turkey for delayed Gaza talks
Ankara [Turkey], January 25: Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi flew to Turkey on Wednesday for twice-delayed talks aimed at ironing out past differences between the two...
3-year drought persists in Spain's Catalonia
Madrid [Spain], January 25: Although Atlantic storms regularly sweep through Spain they always seem to peter out before reaching Catalonia, which is experiencing its worst...
Turkey's lawmakers approve Sweden's NATO membership
Ankara [Turkey], January 25: Turkey's parliament on Tuesday ratified Sweden's NATO membership after more than a year of delays that upset Western efforts to show...
Tuvalu expected to review Taiwan ties after election
Tuvalu [Oceania], January 25: Tuvalu expects to review its diplomatic ties with Taiwan after Friday's election.
Trudeau govt to appeal ruling on use of emergency powers to end...
Ottawa [Canada], January 25: The Canadian government will appeal a court ruling that Ottawa's use of emergency powers in early 2022 to end anti-government protests...