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At least 6 killed in Kiev as gunman opens fire and takes hostages

At least 6 killed in Kiev as gunman...

Kiev [Ukraine] / Moscow [Russia], April 19: At least six people have been killed and others injured after a person...

Venezuela's opposition leader Machado defends giving Nobel medal to Trump

Venezuela's opposition leader Machado defends giving Nobel medal...

Madrid [Spain], April 19: Venezuela's main opposition leader Maria Corina Machado says she has "no regrets" about giving US President...

Thousands demonstrate in Germany against government's energy policy

Thousands demonstrate in Germany against government's energy policy

Berlin [Germany], April 19: Thousands of people took to the streets in Germany on Saturday to protest the government's energy...

More than 38,000 women, girls killed in Gaza since October 2023, says UN

More than 38,000 women, girls killed in Gaza...

Geneva [Switzerland], April 19: Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip killed more than 38,000 women and girls between October 2023...

Iran can't blackmail us: Trump

Iran can't blackmail us: Trump

Washington [US], April 19: US President Donald Trump said he is not letting Iran's blockade of the Strait of Hormuz...

French soldier serving with UNIFIL killed in Lebanon attack

French soldier serving with UNIFIL killed in Lebanon...

Beirut [Lebanon], April 19: A French soldier serving with the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Lebanon has been killed, and...

US confirms handover of bases in Syria

US confirms handover of bases in Syria

Damascus [Syria] / Washington [US], April 19: The US military has completed the handover of all major bases in Syria,...

Displaced people in Lebanon continue to return to homes

Displaced people in Lebanon continue to return to...

Beirut [Lebanon], April 19: Displaced residents in Lebanon were continuing to return to their homes on Saturday following the current...

Czech minister summons Russian envoy

Czech minister summons Russian envoy

Moscow [Russia], April 17: Czech Foreign Minister Petr Macinka summoned the Russian ambassador on Thursday after threats from Moscow against...

We are very close to deal with Iran, says Trump

We are very close to deal with Iran,...

Washington DC [US], April 17: US PresidentDonald Trump says an agreement to end the war with Iran is within reach,...

Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi in critical condition: Brother

Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi in...

Tehran [Iran], April 17: Imprisoned Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi is in critical condition following a heart...

Lebanese army urges caution ahead of ceasefire

Lebanese army urges caution ahead of ceasefire

Washington DC [US], April 17: The Lebanese army on Thursday urged residents to wait until a ceasefire agreed between the...

No date set for US-Iran talks, as Pakistan pushes to keep diplomacy alive

No date set for US-Iran talks, as Pakistan...

Iran [Tehran], April 17: Pakistan's Foreign Ministry on Thursday confirmed that the United States and Iran were in discussions -...

Nine killed in second Turkiye school shooting in 24 hours

Nine killed in second Turkiye school shooting in...

Istanbul [Turkey], April 16: Nine people were killed in a school shooting in south-eastern Turkiye on Wednesday, Interior Minister Mustafa...

Russia and Azerbaijan settle row over plane crash

Russia and Azerbaijan settle row over plane crash

Moscow [Russia], April 16: Russia and Azerbaijan have reached "an appropriate settlement of the consequences, including the issue of payment...

US military kills four men in strike on suspected drug-smuggling boat

US military kills four men in strike on...

Washington DC [US], April 16: The US military killed four men in a strike on a suspected drug-smuggling vessel in...

US sending 10,000 more troops to Middle East

US sending 10,000 more troops to Middle East

Washington DC [US], April 16: The United States is sending more than 10,000 additional troops to the Middle East before...

US sending 10,000 more troops to Middle East

US sending 10,000 more troops to Middle East

Washington DC [US], April 16: The United States is sending more than 10,000 additional troops to the Middle East before...

Iran says $270bn war loss must be compensated

Iran says $270bn war loss must be compensated

Tehran [Iran], April 16: Iran has demanded that it receive compensation for the destruction caused by the United States and...

Ten countries call for immediate end to Lebanon fighting

Ten countries call for immediate end to Lebanon...

Canada, April 16: Canada, the United Kingdom, Switzerland and seven other countries on Tuesday called for an "urgent end to...

Starmer and Macron to co-host Strait of Hormuz talks in Paris

Starmer and Macron to co-host Strait of Hormuz...

London [UK], April 15: International leaders will gather in Paris on Friday in an effort to come up with a...

Indonesia and US sign 'major' defence cooperation partnership agreement

Indonesia and US sign 'major' defence cooperation partnership...

Washington DC [US], April 15: US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has hailed the establishment of a "major defence cooperation...

Haiti arrests seven officials after 25 killed in heritage site stampede

Haiti arrests seven officials after 25 killed in...

Mexico City [Mexico], April 15: Authorities in Haiti have arrested seven officials following a deadly stampede that killed 25 people...

At least 16 people injured, assailant dead in shooting at Turkish school

At least 16 people injured, assailant dead in...

Istanbul [Turkey], April 15: At least 16 people, including pupils, were injured after a gunman opened fire inside a high...

Spain's Sanchez govt to legalise half a million migrants through royal decree

Spain's Sanchez govt to legalise half a million...

Madrid [Spain], April 15: Some half a million undocumented migrants living in Spain are to be legalized through a royal...

US, Iran may resume talks this week despite port blockade

US, Iran may resume talks this week despite...

Washington DC [US], April 15: Talks to end the Iran war could resume in Pakistan over the next two days,...

Israel and Lebanon hold direct talks in Washington

Israel and Lebanon hold direct talks in Washington

Beirut [Lebanon], April 15: Israeli and Lebanese representatives met on Tuesday in Washington for direct political-level talks for the first...