Red Cross concerned for nine missing medics in Gaza
Gaza [Palestine], March 30: The Red Cross said on Saturday it is gravely concerned about the fate of nine Palestine Red Crescent ambulance crew who...
US orders French companies to comply with Trump's diversity ban
New York [US], March 30: The Trump administration has ordered some French companies with U.S. government contracts to comply with his executive order banning diversity,...
Denmark's prime minister to visit Greenland
Copenhagen [Denmark], March 30: Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen will visit Greenland on April 2-4 for talks with the semi-autonomous territory's new government, she said...
Ukraine expects strong Western response to Russian drone attacks
Kyiv [Ukraine], March 30: President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Saturday that Ukraine expected a strong response from Western countries to the nearly daily Russian drone...
Suspected pirate kidnapping: Three Chinese nationals missing from Ghana waters
Accra [Ghana], March 30: Three Chinese nationals are missing from Ghanaian waters and believed to have been kidnapped after a "suspected pirate attack" on Thursday...
Prince Harry accused of bullying
London [UK], March 30: The chair of a charity Prince Harry set up to help young people with HIV and AIDS in Lesotho and Botswana...
Hamas agrees to Gaza ceasefire proposal
Gaza [Palestine], March 30: Hamas has agreed to a Gaza ceasefire proposal it received two days ago from mediators Egypt and Qatar, the Palestinian militant...
Syria's president forms new transitional government
Damascus [Syria], March 30: Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa announced a transitional government on Saturday, a key milestone in the transition away from decades of Assad...
American woman detained in Afghanistan released
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 30: An American woman who had been detained in Afghanistan by the Taliban since February has been released and is in "good...
Huge Istanbul protests over Imamoglu's arrest, imprisonment in Turkiye
Ankara [Turkiye], March 30: Hundreds of thousands of protesters in Turkiye's Istanbul have taken to the streets again, rallying against the government's decision to imprison...
Hundreds of Muslim worshippers feared dead, mosques destroyed
Naypyidaw [Myanmar], March 30: Hundreds of Muslim worshippers are feared to be among the more than 1,600 people who died in a powerful earthquake which...
Hamas ready to release more hostages during 50-day ceasefire
Gaza [Palestine] / Tel Aviv [Israel], March 30: The Palestinian Hamas says it is prepared to release five hostages still being held in the Gaza...
Trump-wary Austrian chancellor elected as ÖVP leader
Vienna [Austria], March 30: The conservative Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) gave a landslide endorsement to Chancellor Christian Stocker as party leader at its conference in...
Skygazers in some parts of world marvel at partial solar eclipse
New York [US], March 30: Skygazers in some parts of the world have been enthralled catching the Moon passing between the Sun and the Earth,...
Thailand buildings built before 2007 not earthquake-proof
Bangkok [Thailand], March 30: A structural engineering expert has told the BBC that fewer than 10% of buildings in Bangkok are quake-resistant.
Myanmar quake toll passes 1,600
Bangkok [Thailand], March 30: Myanmar's military rulers let in hundreds of foreign rescue personnel on Saturday after an earthquake killed more than 1,600 people, the...
Moscow accuses Kiev of stepping up attacks on energy facilities
Moscow [Russia], March 30: Russia on Saturday accused Ukraine of intensifying its attacks on energy facilities in violation of a ceasefire in that sector agreed...
Danish minister hits back at 'tone' of US Vice President JD Vance's...
Copenhagen [Denmark], March 30: Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen on Saturday responded to criticism of Copenhagen's policy on Greenland made by US Vice President...
Corsican mafia boss shot and killed in Bastia
Paris [France], March 30: A notorious Corsican mafia boss was shot dead on his doorstep in Bastia on Saturday morning.
South Korea battles worst ever wildfires as death toll hits 28
Seoul [South Korea], March 29: Wildfires raging in South Korea doubled in size on Thursday from a day earlier, as authorities called the blazes the...
Germany 'will not give in' to Trump car tariffs
Berlin [Germany], March 29: Germany has said it "will not give in" and that Europe must "respond firmly" as US President Donald Trump targets imported...
Record 28 million people face acute hunger in conflict-ravaged Congo
Kinshasa [Democratic Republic of Congo], March 29: Twenty-eight million people face acute hunger in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a record for the country, driven...
South Koreans mourn historic temple burnt by wildfire, race to save others
Seoul [South Korea], March 29: Charred, black ruins at South Korea's Gounsa temple stood on Thursday in stark contrast to the kaleidoscope of colours that...
Six Russians dead, 39 tourists rescued after submarine sinks in Red Sea...
Moscow [Russia], March 29: Six Russians died on Thursday and 39 foreign tourists were rescued when a viewing submarine sank off the Egyptian Red Sea...
US pushes for streamlining, tension over leak case not over
Washington [US], March 29: CNN on March 28 quoted the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as saying that the department will cut...
Billionaire Elon Musk 'buys' social network X again
New York [US], March 29: Billionaire Elon Musk announced that he has sold his social networking company X to his artificial intelligence company xAI for...
Ukrainian President sets conditions for signing mineral deal with US
Kyiv [Ukraine], March 29: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the country would not accept any mineral exploitation deals that threatened Kyiv's integration with the European...