Poland-Ukraine history row escalates
Kiev [Ukraine] / Warsaw [Poland], June 24: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is not expected to travel to a reconstruction conference in the Polish port city...
Iran to hold Khamenei burial on July 9, four months after death
Tehran [Iran], June 24: The funeral of Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike on February 28, will take...
UN maritime agency to evacuate 11,000 seafarers from Middle East
London [UK], June 24: The International Maritime Organization (IMO) will evacuate thousands of sailors from the Middle East following the agreement between the United States...
Protests erupt after two young Palestinians shot dead in West Bank
Tel Aviv [Israel], June 24: Protests erupted in the occupied West Bank on Monday after the Palestinian Health Ministry reported that two Palestinian males aged...
Starmer resigns as UK prime minister, Andy Burnham poised to take over
London [UK], June 24: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced he will resign as prime minister less than two years after coming to power.
US eases sanctions on Iranian oil after 'productive' talks
Washington [US], June 24: The United States Treasury on Monday announced the temporary easing of sanctions on Iranian oil up to August 21 following talks...
Music icon Clive Davis dies at 92
New York [US], June 23: Clive Davis' final public appearance was just weeks before his death.
Ethiopian PM's party gets big parliamentary majority
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], June 23: Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's Prosperity Party won another large parliamentary majority in this month's elections, results released by the...
Spain swelters in first official heatwave of 2026
Madrid [Spain], June 23: Tourists and locals in Madrid struggled to cope with temperatures reaching up to 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) as first...
Syria has made no progress on Sweida reintegration plan, UN says
Damascus [Syria], June 23: A United Nations official warned on Monday that efforts to repair divisions and stabilise southern Syria have stalled nearly a year...
Youths reach breaking point before seeking counselling
New York [US], June 23: Crisis interventions for young people seeking counselling have more than tripled in recent years with kids still worried about the...
Ukraine may recalibrate its offer of ceasefire with Russia, envoy tells UN
Kiev [Ukraine], June 23: Ukraine may revise its offer to Russia of a ceasefire along the de facto frontline if the United Nations Security Council...
North Korea's Kim says country will exercise its position as nuclear state,...
Pyongyang [North Korea], June 23: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said exercising the country's position as a nuclear state is the only way to...
Ukraine's Kyiv issues air raid alert, authorities ask people to seek shelter
Kiev [Ukraine], June 23: Ukraine's capital Kyiv issued an air raid alert authorities in a Telegram post asked people to seek shelter in the early...
All US passengers from hantavirus-hit ship return to home states
New York [US], June 23: The University of Nebraska Medical Center said on Monday all 18 U.S.-resident passengers from the hantavirus-hit MV cruise ship have...
Starmer 'will resign' as he failed on energy, migration: Trump
London [UK], June 23: US President Donald Trump has said British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will resign, in a social media post accusing Starmer of...
Four killed as Ukraine targets fuel depot in Russian-occupied Crimea
Moscow [Russia], June 23: At least four people have been killed in Ukrainian drone attacks on the Russian-occupied Crimean Peninsula, authorities reported on Sunday, as...
Hungary's new PM Magyar plans anti-corruption drive, new constitution
Budapest [Hungary], June 23: Hungary's new Prime Minister Peter Magyar has announced a shake-up of the top ranks of state institutions, a crackdown on corruption...
At least 5 killed in Russian drone attacks across Ukraine
Kiev [Ukraine], June 23: At least five people have been killed in Russian attacks at several locations across Ukraine, including a drone strike on the...
3 dead in Philippines high school shooting
Manila [Philippines], June 23: At least three students were killed and seven wounded in a shooting at a high school in the eastern Philippines on...
Ebola cases in the Congo top 1,000 with more than 250 deaths
Nairobi [Kenya], June 23: Just over a month after the start of the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the number of...
Miguel apologises to fans, says Al Annabi gearing up for Bosnia &...
Doha [Qatar], June 22: Qatar's national football team is doing its best to overcome the setback of their unexpected big loss to Canada in their...
Trump threatens new attacks as US-Iran peace talks open
New York [US], June 22: U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to restart war with Iran even as Vice President JD Vance met Iranian officials for...
Ramiro Valdes, lauded as hero of Cuban revolution, dies at 94
Havana [Cuba], June 22: Ramiro Valdes, one of Fidel Castro's earliest collaborators who was lauded at home as a hero of the Cuban revolution, has...
Bolivia crisis begins easing, air force jet crashes
Sucre [Bolivia], June 22: A day of fragile gains in Bolivia saw major roadblocks cleared for the first time in weeks on Sunday, but progress...
Israeli soldiers in Lebanon are free to take action if under threat
Tel Aviv [Israel], June 22: Israeli soldiers are free to act without restriction to eliminate threats in Lebanon, Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said, adding...
UK train collision leaves 28 in hospital
London [UK], June 22: Twenty eight people remain in hospital, nine of them in a critical condition, after two trains collided near Bedford, police have...