Dozens injured after quake rocks central Indonesia
Jakarta [Indonesia], August 18: At least 29 people were injured - including two who are in a critical condition - after a magnitude-6 earthquake struck...
Iraq excavates mass grave of 4,000 people executed by IS
Baghdad [Iraq], August 18: The Iraqi government has begun excavating a mass grave near the city of Mosul where thousands of people are believed to...
Egypt rejects Israeli plans to displace Palestinians, warns of legal, regional consequences
Cairo [Egypt], August 18: Egypt has firmly renewed its rejection of any Israeli plans to displace Palestinians from their historical homeland, whether in the Gaza...
Belgium meets EU target for winter with gas reserves
Brussels [Belgium], August 18: The Belgian gas supply is currently 92.1% full. Brussels, along with Portugal, has already met the European target for the upcoming...
Hamas rejects Israel's Gaza relocation plan
Gaza [Palestine], August 18: Palestinian militant group Hamas said on Sunday that Israel's plan to relocate residents from Gaza City constitutes a "new wave of...
Oil markets seen bearish after Trump-Putin Alaska meeting
Alaska [US], August 18: Oil markets are set for a muted price reaction when they open on Sunday after U.S. President Donald Trump's and Russian...
Spain battles 20 major wildfires amid scorching heat
Madrid [Spain], August 18: Scorching heat hampered efforts to contain 20 major wildfires across Spain on Sunday, prompting the government to deploy an additional 500...
PM's approval up, support for statehood split: polls
London [UK], August 18: The percentage of voters happy with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's performance outnumbers those dissatisfied for the first time in two years,...
Zelensky to bring European leaders to White House
Berlin [Germany] / Paris [France], August 18: European leaders, including France's Emmanuel Macron, Britain's Keir Starmer and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, will join Ukrainian President...
Russia agrees to US, European security guarantees: Witkoff
Moscow [Russia], August 18: Russia has agreed to allow the United States and European allies to provide NATO-like security guarantees to Ukraine, US Special Envoy...
Amidst diplomatic efforts, war fronts remain active, says Ukraine military
Kiev [Ukraine], August 18: In the shadow of the activities on the diplomatic and political fronts, Russian and Ukrainian troops continue to fight in eastern...
More than 200 still missing in flood-hit district of Pakistan
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 18: More than 200 people remain missing in one district of north-west Pakistan as a result of devastating monsoon flooding and landslides,...
Israeli military carries out attacks on power plant near Yemeni capital Sanaa
Sanaa [Yemen], August 18: The Israeli navy has carried out attacks on a power plant near the Yemeni capital Sanaa, according to Israeli media reports.
Israelis hold nationwide protest to end Gaza war, 'bring back the hostages'
Tel Aviv [Israel], August 18: Thousands of protesters in Israel have taken to the streets demanding an end to the war in Gaza and a...
Erin downgraded to Category 3 hurricane, says US National Hurricane Center
Washington [US], August 18: Hurricane Erin, the first hurricane of this year's Atlantic season, is a Category 3, the United States National Hurricane Center (NHC)...
Bolivia heads to polls as 20 years of leftist rule expected to...
Sucre [Bolivia], August 18: People in Bolivia were headed to the polls to elect the next president as well as the members of the Congress,...
Serbia ruling party offices set on fire in protests
Belgrade [Serbia], August 18: The offices of the ruling Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) have been set on fire during a fifth night of unrest in...
France says Mali's arrest of embassy worker on coup charges 'unfounded'
Paris [France], August 18: France's Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs has said that a French man recently arrested in Mali on "unfounded" charges of...
German diplomat criticises China ahead of Japan, Indonesia visit
Hamburg [Germany], August 18: German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul, just ahead of a trip to Japan and Indonesia, criticized China on Sunday for its increasingly...
UN regrets lack of consensus on plastic pollution treaty
New York [US], August 17: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed regret that international negotiations on a legally binding instrument to address plastic pollution, including...
European leaders welcome President Trump's efforts to end war in Ukraine
Brussels [Belgium], August 17: European leaders today welcomed US President Donald Trump's efforts to end the war in Ukraine, following his meeting with Russian President...
Netanyahu 'has become a problem,' says Danish PM as she calls for...
Brussels [Belgium], August 17: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has become a "problem," his Danish counterpart Mette Frederiksen said Saturday, adding she would try to...
Israeli military prepares to relocate residents to southern Gaza, spokesperson says
Gaza [Palestine], August 17: Gaza residents will be provided with tents and other shelter equipment starting from Sunday ahead of relocating them from combat zones...
Outline emerges of Putin's offer to end his war in Ukraine
Moscow [Russia], August 17: Russia would relinquish tiny pockets of occupied Ukraine and Kyiv would cede swathes of its eastern land which Moscow has been...
Over 300 protests held Saturday against Trump redistricting push
New York [US], August 17: Pro-democracy activists and labor groups held hundreds of rallies and other events across the United States on Saturday protesting the...
Trump tells Zelenskiy that Putin wants more of Ukraine
New York [US], August 17: U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that Ukraine should make a deal to end the war with Russia because...
Dozens injured after magnitude 6.0 quake strikes Sulawesi, Indonesia
Jakarta [Indonesia], August 17: Dozens of people were injured after a magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck central Sulawesi, Indonesia, early on Sunday, the country's disaster mitigation...