Cambodia, Thailand sign 11 agreements at extraordinary meeting
Phnom Penh [Cambodia], August 28: The extraordinary meeting of the Cambodia-Thailand Regional Border Committee (RBC) ended with an 11-point joint statement aimed at resolving all...
E3 states threaten sanctions on Tehran as IAEA team returns to Iran
Vienna [Austria], August 28: Germany, France and Britain could reintroduce UN sanctions on Iran as soon as Thursday if Tehran does not attempt to resolve...
More Palestinians flee Israel's fierce bombing of Gaza City
Gaza [Palestine], August 28: More Palestinian families are fleeing as the Israeli military pushes deeper into Gaza City, destroying entire neighbourhoods and leaving Palestinian families...
German, French and Polish leaders show support for Moldova on visit
Berlin [Germany], August 28: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, French President Emmanuel Macron and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk visited Moldova on Wednesday in a show...
South Korea bans mobile phones and smart devices in classrooms
Seoul [South Korea], August 28: South Korea has passed a bill banning the use of mobile phones and smart devices during class hours in schools...
Passenger bus crash in Afghan capital kills 25, injures 27: Media reports
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 28: At least 25 people have died in Kabul, Afghanistan's capital, after a passenger bus veered off the road and overturned into...
Denmark summons US envoy over Greenland influence reports
Copenhagen [Denmark], August 28: Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen on Wednesday said he had summoned the senior US diplomat in Copenhagen after reports that...
Asia's largest dredgers take to water in China
Shanghai [China], August 28: China successfully launched the Tong Jun and Jun Guang - Asia's largest trailing suction hopper dredgers, independently designed and built -...
SpaceX launches 10th Starship rocket test flight successfully
New York [US], August 28: SpaceX announced on Tuesday the successful completion of the tenth test flight of its Starship rocket, following several previous delays.
6.2-magnitude earthquake strikes off eastern Russia
Moscow [Russia], August 28: An earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale struck off the eastern coast of Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula on Thursday.
Thirty-four soldiers kidnapped in Colombia
Buenos Aires [Argentina], August 28: Thirty-four soldiers have been kidnapped in southern Colombia following fighting between government forces and a splinter group of the former...
Typhoon Kajiki claims several lives, causes damage in Vietnam and Thailand
Hanoi [Vietnam], August 28: Torrential rain and landslides triggered by Typhoon Kajiki have claimed several lives and caused severe damage in Vietnam and Thailand, authorities...
France to take streaming platform Kick to court
Paris [France], August 28: Over a week after the on-camera death of a popular video game streamer, the French government said it would take the...
More explosions at Germany's Port of Hamburg after major fire extinguished
Berlin [Germany], August 28: Fresh explosions were reported at the Port of Hamburg overnight after a huge fire that raged for more than 40 hours...
Syria condemns Israeli drone attack killing six soldiers near Damascus
Damascus [Syria], August 28: Six soldiers were killed in an Israeli drone strike in Syria, the Syrian Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday, condemning the attack...
Gunman attacks Minneapolis school children in chapel
Washington DC [US], August 28: A black-clad gunman killed two children and wounded 17 other people at a Minneapolis Catholic school on Wednesday when he...
South Africa's most vulnerable struggle to find HIV medication after US aid...
Washington DC [US], August 28: On a warm evening in Johannesburg, the news spread like wildfire among sex workers: Within 24 hours, several nonprofit clinics...
Turkey, Gulf states or European nations could host talks with Putin
Ankara [Turkey], August 28: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday that Turkey, the Gulf States or European countries could host any talks he may...
Lebanon to present Hezbollah disarmament plan: US envoy
Beirut [Lebanon], August 27: Lebanon has agreed to present a plan aimed at persuading Hezbollah to disarm, and Israel will submit a corresponding framework for...
German minister slams Israeli settler violence on visit to West Bank
Berlin [Germany], August 27: German Development Minister Reem Alabali Radovan on Tuesday visited Arab-majority areas in the West Bank under threat from Israeli settlement and...
Flight alert level lowered as Mount Etna quietens
Rome [Italy], August 27: Mount Etna, the infamous and highly volatile volcano on the Mediterranean island of Sicily, has calmed again after a recent eruption,...
Russian forces advance into new Ukrainian region
Moscow [Russia], August 27: Russian troops have pushed into the Dnipropetrovsk region of central Ukraine, Ukrainian military analysts said on Tuesday.
I look forward to meeting North Korea's Kim, Trump tells South Korea's...
Pyongyang [North Korea], August 27: United States President Donald Trump and South Korean President Lee Jae-myung have expressed their willingness to engage with North Korea's...
France formally returns slain king's skull to Madagascar
Paris [France], August 27: The head of a Malagasy king killed by French troops during a colonial-era war has been formally returned to Madagascar.
Mexican drug lord Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada pleads guilty in US court
New York [US], August 27: Mexican drug lord Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada pleaded guilty in a US court on Monday, admitting that over several decades...
Israelis demand end to war, release of hostages in protest
Jerusalem [Israel], August 27: Israelis took to the streets on Tuesday in a major day of protests to demand the immediate release of hostages and...
150 workers trapped in eastern Ukrainian mine after Russian attack
Moscow [Russia], August 27: Almost 150 miners in eastern Ukraine are trapped underground due to a Russian attack on their coal mine, media reports said...