Latest Russian airstrike kills three, injures 11 in Ukraine's Kharkiv
Kiev [Ukraine], October 14: At least three people were killed and 11 others injured in yet another Russian airstrike on the eastern Ukrainian city of...
WHOOP launches in Arabic, deepening commitment to GCC, Middle East
Dubai, October 14: WHOOP, the human performance brand, today announced its launch in Arabic led by a fully redesigned Arabic-language app experience, supported by an...
Tropical Storm Trudy forms in Pacific as Mexico storm death toll rises...
Miami (Florida) [US], October 14: Tropical Storm Trudy has developed in the Pacific Ocean, while the death toll from Hurricane Simon and the remnants of...
Egypt discovers fragments of two colossal Ramses II statues
Cairo [Egypt], October 14: Egypt's Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities has announced the discovery of fragments of two colossal royal statues in Bahbit Al-Higara village...
WHO Pandemic Hub sets ambitious goal to detect new outbreaks within 24...
Berlin [Germany], October 13: The World Health Organisation (WHO) launched a new five-year strategy for its Hub for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence, charting a path...
Meta unveils new series of advanced AI models
Washington [US], October 13: Meta has launched two new AI models, Muse Wonder and Muse Wonder Full, designed to support coding and AI agent tasks...
Rise in poverty is 'a wake-up call for the world', UN development...
New York [US], October 13: The number of people living in "multidimensional" poverty has risen for the first time in 15 years, reaching 1.2 billion,...
Two Americans win Nobel for economics
Stockholm [Sweden], October 13: The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred...
Britain steps up national defences against growing AI risks
London, October 13: Britain will be better protected from the risks posed by increasingly powerful AI by a suite of measures, with the government urgently...
Heavy police presence calms tensions after Poland school attacks
Warsaw [Poland], October 13: A mass deployment of police to Polish schools has helped calm tensions, Prime Minister Donald said on Monday, after three stabbing...
Pope Leo will undergo surgery to remove nodule detected in his lung
Vatican City, October 12: Pope Leo XIV announced today that he will be undergoing surgery soon after doctors found a nodule in his lung.
Bill Gates warns of surge in AI-powered cyberattacks over next year
New York [US], October 12: Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates warned on Sunday of a growing threat from unregulated artificial intelligence (AI), predicting a rise in...
our dead in US as Isaias weakens to post-tropical cyclone
Florida [US], October 12: At least four people have died as Cyclone Isaias swept across the southern United States, leaving more than 600,000 homes and...
Panama declares emergency after quakes damage homes
Panama City [Panama], October 12: Panama declared a state of emergency on Saturday after two powerful earthquakes measuring 7.7 and 6.6 in magnitude struck the...
DR Congo Ebola toll reaches 4,242 amid fears of regional spread
Kinshasa [Democratic Republic of Congo], October 12: The Democratic Republic of the Congo's Health Ministry announced on Saturday that the Ebola death toll had risen...
Bus and tow truck crash in Turkiye, killing 11
Istanbul [Turkiye], October 12: Eleven people were killed and 27 others injured on Sunday when a coach collided with a tow truck in Manisa in...
New polls if Trump secures 60-day ceasefire with Putin: Zelensky
Kiev [Ukraine], October 12: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has responded with a counter-offer after US President Donald Trump demanded he step down, saying he would...
Isaias kills four, about 670,000 without power after landfall
New York [US], October 11: Four people died after Hurricane Isaias made landfall early on Saturday, and about 670,000 residents in Florida, Alabama, Georgia and...
Trump calls for replacing Ukraine's Zelenskiy in tussle over diesel deal with...
New York [US], October 11: US President Donald Trump on Saturday called for Ukraine to replace its leader Volodymyr Zelenskiy and railed against Ukraine's attacks...
US military says it disabled cargo vessel trying to run Iran blockade
New York [US], October 11: The US military ​said on Saturday it had disabled a commercial argo vessel in the Gulf of Oman after the...
Hurricane Simon strengthens to Category 4 off Mexico coast
Mexico City [Mexico], October 11: Hurricane Simon strengthened into a powerful Category 4 storm off Mexico's Pacific coast on Saturday, threatening destructive , storm surges...
Meta bans TikTok ads on its platforms in US
New York [US], October 11: Facebook and Instagram-owner Meta opens new tab has banned advertisements by ByteDance, the Chinese parent of TikTok, on its platforms...
Riyadh airport halts ops after attack leaves several injured
Cairo [Egypt], October 11: A fresh attack on the main airport in Saudi Arabia's capital Riyadh forced a temporary suspension of operations on Saturday, aviation...
Trump demands Ukraine get a new president, lashes out at Zelensky
Washington [US], October 11: US President Donald Trump has called for Ukraine to replace President Volodymyr Zelensky, accusing him of rejecting multiple opportunities to end...
At least 20 people killed in Russian attack on Ukraine's Zaporizhzhya
Kiev [Ukraine], October 11: At least 20 people were killed in a fresh wave of Russian airstrikes in south-eastern Ukraine, with multiple attacks on the...
Pike leaves hospital, returns to prison after failed execution
Washington [US], October 11: US death row inmate Christa Pike, who survived a botched execution in Tennessee 10 days ago, has been discharged from hospital...
Abbas postpones long-awaited Palestinian elections until 2027
Ramallah [Palestine], October 11: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has postponed parliamentary elections scheduled for late November until September 11, 2027.