U.S.-British warplanes hit Yemen's Houthi camps
Washington [US], February 4: Houthi camps in Yemen's capital Sanaa were hit by airstrikes on Saturday night, residents told Xinhua.
Urgent: Forest fires kill at least 46 in Chile
Santiago [Chile], February 4: Chilean President Gabriel Boric said Saturday that at least 46 people were killed after forest fires in the Valparaiso region in...
5.2-magnitude quake hits near coast of northern Peru - GFZ
Beijing [China], February 4: An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2 jolted near coast of northern Peru at 2331 GMT on Saturday, the GFZ German...
7 killed after bakery shelling in Lugansk: Russian media
Moscow [Russia], February 4: Seven people were killed after a bakery in the city of Lysychansk in the Lugansk region was reportedly shelled Saturday by...
Chilean president confirms at least 46 deaths from fires in Valparaiso
Washington [US], February 4: At least 46 people were killed after fires engulfed the Valparaiso region in central Chile, Chilean President Gabriel Boric said Saturday.
Hit-and-run on electric scooter leaves 1 seriously injured in Japan's Nagoya
Tokyo [Japan], February 4: In a hit-and-run incident in the Japanese city of Nagoya, a man suffered severe injuries after being hit by an electric...
1 injured in fire near railway station in Tokyo, train services disrupted
Tokyo [Japan], February 4: A fire broke out in the vicinity of a Japan Railway (JR) station in Tokyo on Sunday, affecting train services on...
Namibian president Geingob dies in hospital
Windhoek [Namibia], February 4: Namibian President Hage G. Geingob passed away early Sunday, the presidential office announced.
At least 34 reported killed in US strikes in Iraq and Syria
Washington [US], February 4: At least 34 people, including Iranian-backed militia fighters, were killed in US overnight airstrikes in Iraq and neighbouring Syria, a war...
Russian, Ukrainian infrastructure damaged in drone, missile attacks
Moscow [Russia], February 4: Russia and Ukraine damaged each other's infrastructure during night-time drone and missile attacks, officials said on Saturday morning.
US Secretary of State Blinken set for fifth Middle East crisis trip
Washington [US], February 4: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is once again expected to attend crisis talks in the Middle East.
Michelle O'Neill becomes first Irish republican leader of N Ireland
London [UK], February 4: Sinn Fein's Michelle O'Neill, who made history on Saturday as the first leader of Northern Ireland who supports Irish reunification, pledged...
UNICEF says 17,000 children in Gaza Strip without close family
Tel Aviv [Israel], February 4: Around 17,000 Palestinian children and young people are living in the Gaza Strip without their parents or siblings, the UN...
Hamas demands release of 3,000 Palestinian prisoners held by Israel
Tel Aviv [Israel], February 4: Hamas has demanded that Israel release 3,000 Palestinian prisoners during their indirect talks on a fresh pause to fighting in...
Australia sweats through heatwave, bushfire risk rated 'extreme'
Sydney [Australia], February 4: Large swaths of Australia on Sunday sweltered through a heatwave as authorities warned of elevated bushfire risk in an already high-risk...
Biden wins South Carolina Democratic primary, Edison predicts
Washington [US], February 4: U.S. President Joe Biden on Saturday won the South Carolina Democratic primary - the first officially sanctioned race of the party's...
Australia PM says government 'examining' claims against UN Palestinian agency
Sydney [Australia], February 5: Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Sunday his government was probing claims that some staff of the U.N. Palestinian refugee...
U.S. launches strikes in Iraq, Syria, nearly 40 reported killed
Washington [US], February 4: The United States launched airstrikes in Iraq and Syria against more than 85 targets linked to Iran's Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) and...
Namibia grapples with worsening food security amid drought, economic challenges
Windhoek [Namibia], February 3: Namibia is grappling with a deepening household food security crisis, as revealed by the latest Agricultural Inputs and Household Food Security...
Ethiopia reports 328,881 new malaria cases since Jan. 1: WHO
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], February 3: Malaria cases are surging in Ethiopia with 328,881 new cases reported since the beginning of this year, the World Health...
61 cholera cases reported in NW Tazania
Sengerema [Tanzania], February 3: At least 61 people have been diagnosed with cholera in three days in Sengerema district in Mwanza region in northwestern Tanzania,...
Maltese farmers take to streets to support fellow European farmers
Valletta (Malta), February 3: Hundreds of Maltese farmers took to the streets on Friday in solidarity with their fellow European farmers, who staged demonstrations this...
Ukrainian, Kazakh presidents hold phone talks on ties
Kyiv [Ukraine], February 3: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky held a phone conversation with his Kazakh counterpart Kassym-Jomart Tokayev to discuss bilateral ties, Zelensky's press service...
EU countries unanimously endorse landmark AI legislation
Brussels [Belgium], February 3: The 27 member states of the European Union (EU) on Friday unanimously endorsed the bloc's landmark legislation governing the utilization of...
IMF chief says global economy shows positive momentum, warns of risks
Washington [US], February 3: Kristalina Georgieva, managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), said Thursday that although the IMF raised the global growth forecast,...
DPRK conducts cruise missile and anti-aircraft missile test
Seoul [South Korea], February 3: The Missile Administration of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) conducted a cruise missile super-large warhead power test and...
Cambodia, Thailand vow to curb air pollution
Phnom Penh [Cambodia], February 3: Cambodia and Thailand have vowed to prevent smog and other pollutants in the environment, aiming at protecting the well-being of...