Germany and France warn Trump over threat to take over Greenland
Berlin [Germany] / Paris [France], January 9: Germany and France have warned Donald Trump against threatening Greenland, after the US president-elect refused to rule out...
Mexican president hits back at Trump with 'Mexican America' jibe
Mexico City [Mexico], January 9: Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has suggested renaming the southern United States "Mexican America" in response to US President-elect Donald Trump's...
Romania's ruling coalition agrees to hold presidential election on May 4
Bucharest [Romania], January 9: Romania's ruling coalition has agreed to have the first round of the presidential elections on May 4, 2025, with a potential...
Slovak PM to discuss gas transit issue with EU
Bratislava [Slovakia], January 9: Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico announced Wednesday that he will travel to Brussels on Thursday to meet with the European Commissioner...
Hungarian swimmer 'Iron Lady' Katinka Hosszu announces retirement
Budapest [Hungary], January 9: Hungarian swimmer Katinka Hosszu, nicknamed the "Iron Lady," announced her retirement from competitive swimming on Wednesday.
Wildfires rage out of control near Los Angeles, killing at least two
Los Angeles [California], January 9: At least two people were killed as a trio of fast-growing wildfires raged out of control near Los Angeles, destroying...
Urgency mounts in search for survivors of powerful Tibet earthquake
Lhasa [Tibet], January 9: More than 400 people trapped by rubble in earthquake-stricken Tibet have been rescued.
Russian strike kills 13 in Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia
Moscow [Russia], January 9: A Russian guided bomb attack killed at least 13 people and injured 29 others in Ukraine's southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia, authorities...
Who could replace Justin Trudeau to lead Canada's Liberal Party?
Ottawa [Canada], January 9: Canada's ruling Liberal Party is looking for a new leader to replace Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who announced on Monday he...
Venezuela's opposition decry arrests ahead of anti-Maduro protests
Caracas [Venezuela], January 9: Venezuelan opposition parties and NGOs decried the arrests of a prominent press freedom activist and a well-known opposition figure.
Italian journalist Sala freed from Iran prison, returns home
Rome [Italy], January 9: Italian journalist Cecilia Sala was freed by Iran and returned home, three weeks after she was detained in Tehran during a...
Meta's decision to ditch fact checks 'very concerning'
Canberra [Australia], January 9: Australia's democracy could be at risk as social media giants turn their backs on independent fact-checking programs, a senior politician warns.
WHO says respiratory virus HMPV in China is 'common,' not a threat
Geneva [Switzerland], January 8: The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday offered reassurance about HMPV, a respiratory infection that is spreading in China, emphasizing that...
Bangladesh revokes passport of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina
Dhaka [Bangladesh], January 8: Bangladesh's interim administration has revoked the passport of its ousted prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, and 74 others for their alleged role...
US authorities seek to identify bodies found in JetBlue wheel well
Florida [US], January 8: Authorities in the United States have been working to identify two bodies discovered in the wheel well of a JetBlue plane...
Facebook and Instagram get rid of fact checkers
New York [US], January 8: Meta is abandoning the use of independent fact checkers on Facebook and Instagram, replacing them with X-style "community notes" where...
German couple confess to killing Ukrainian refugee and her mother to steal...
Mannheim [Germany], January 8: A German couple on Tuesday confessed to killing a Ukrainian refugee and her mother in March 2024 in order to steal...
Thai elephant centres criticized after death of tourist
Bangkok [Thailand], January 8: Animal rights activists on Tuesday lashed out at elephant sanctuaries in Thailand after a Spanish holidaymaker was killed while bathing one...
Airport in Damascus resumes international operations
Damascus [Syria], January 8: Syria's main airport in Damascus resumed full operations on Tuesday after they were halted following the overthrow of long-time president Bashar...
Iran starts air defence drills at Natanz nuclear facility
Tehran [Iran], January 8: Amid rising tensions with Israel and with less than two weeks left before the inauguration of US President-elect Donald Trump, Iran's...
US transfers 11 Yemeni inmates from Guantanamo Bay prison to Oman
Washington [US], January 8: The United States has sent 11 Yemeni detainees of the notorious Guantanamo Bay prison to Oman, the Pentagon said on Monday.
Aid efforts in Gaza at breaking point: UN
Gaza [Palestine], January 8: The efforts of United Nations agencies to supply humanitarian aid in Gaza are at "breaking point", a senior official has warned.
Hungarian officials criticize U.S. sanctions on gov't minister
Budapest [Hungary], January 8: Hungary's foreign minister criticized the outgoing U.S. administration and its ambassador on Tuesday for imposing sanctions on the Hungarian minister in...
Two killed, one injured in shooting in Germany
Berlin [Germany], January 8: Two men were shot dead and one got injured on Tuesday evening at a company in the town of Bad Friedrichshall,...
Slovenia's 2024 budget deficit lowest in 5 yrs
Ljubljana [Slovenia], January 8: Slovenia's budget deficit fell to 1.2 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2024, according to preliminary figures, and was the...
News Analysis: Experts expect gradual ECB rate cuts despite rising eurozone inflation
Brussels [Belgium], January 8: Eurozone inflation, as Eurostat reported, hit 2.4 percent in December, the highest since July, but experts expect the European Central Bank...
Earthquake in Tibet kills more than 120
Lhasa [Tibet], January 8: A strong earthquake, opens new tab struck the foothills of the Himalayas near one of Tibet's holiest cities, killing at least...