Hajj pilgrims gather at Mount Arafat under scorching sun
Mecca [Saudi Arabia], May 27: Huge numbers of Muslims prayed on Mount Arafat at the most important ritual of the Hajj pilgrimage, as a punishing...
Iran vows swift response after fresh US attacks
Tehran [Iran], May 27: Iran's foreign ministry says that US strikes in Iran's southern Hormozgan province represent a "gross violation" of the fragile ceasefire in...
Israeli attacks on eastern Lebanon kill at least 11
Beirut [Lebanon], May 27: Israeli air attacks have killed at least 11 people and wounded 15 others in eastern Lebanon, the Lebanese health ministry said,...
North Korea conducts eighth ballistic missile test of year
Seoul [South Korea], May 27: North Korea fired several short-range missiles and other unidentified objects on Tuesday, South Korea's military said, in what would mark...
Israeli air attacks kill seven Palestinians in Gaza
Gaza [Palestine], May 27: At least five Palestinians killed in Israeli attack on a refugee camp in central Gaza, officials said.
Four killed as school minibus collides with train in Belgium
Brussels [Belgium], May 27: Four people, including two children, were killed on Tuesday when a school minibus collided with a train in the Belgian town...
Kremlin offers debt relief to recruit more soldiers for Ukraine war
Moscow [Russia], May 27: The Kremlin is offering new financial incentives to recruit more fighters for Russia's war in Ukraine, including debt relief for new...
Trump celebrates after medical check-up: It went 'perfectly'
Washington [US], May 27: US President Donald Trump underwent a routine medical check-up on Tuesday and subsequently raved about the positive outcome.
England sees record May weather as temperatures reach 35oC
London [UK], May 27: The record for the hottest May day in England has been broken again, with provisional temperatures surpassing 35 degrees Celsius in...
Ebola outbreak to 'get worse before it gets better': WHO
Geneva [Switzerland], May 26: The Ebola outbreak in Africa is likely to worsen further before it is brought under control, according to Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus,...
German minister sceptical of social media ban for children
Berlin [Germany], May 26: Germany's interior minister has expressed scepticism about a possible ban on social media use for children aimed at protecting them from...
Part of Indonesian suspension bridge breaks, two Austrians dead
Jakarta [Indonesia] / Bangkok [Thailand], May 26: Two Austrian tourists have died in an accident on the Indonesian island of Flores. The authorities said...
Death toll rises in Philippines building collapse
Manila [Philippines], May 26: The death toll from the collapse of a nine-storey building under construction in the Philippines has risen to four, with 16...
Alarm as global peacekeeping deployments fall 50% in decade
Stockholm [Sweden], May 26: International peacekeeping missions are under threat due to shrinking troop numbers, funding problems and geopolitical deadlock, researchers have warned.
New crew arrives at Chinese space station
Beijing [China], May 26: Three new astronauts have reached China's Tiangong space station, footage published by state media on Monday showed.
At least 15 killed as truck overturns in Bangladesh
Dhaka [Bangladesh], May 26: At least 15 people were killed when a truck carrying iron rods and extra passengers overturned on a major highway in...
Nuclear discussions only after framework deal to end war: Iran
Berlin [Germany], May 26: Iran has stated that it will only negotiate over its nuclear programme once a framework agreement has been concluded in the...
Muslims begin Hajj pilgrimage in Makkah amid Iran war threat
Cairo [Egypt], May 26: Hundreds of thousands of Muslims have once again travelled to Makkah in Saudi Arabia for the Hajj pilgrimage, despite the ongoing...
Israel kills three in attacks on Lebanon
Beirut [Lebanon], May 26: At least three people have been killed in Israeli air attacks on vehicles in southern Lebanon, the country's National News Agency...
English standards increased for NZ work visas from June
Wellington [New Zealand], May 25: New Zealand will tighten English language rules for mid-skilled work visa applicants while expanding philanthropy options for investor migrants, Immigration...
China launches trio to space station for record year-long mission
Beijing [China], May 25: China sent three astronauts to its space station on Sunday, one of whom will stay for a year, a record length...
Drone attack destroys Luhansk college dormitory, 21 dead
Kiev [Ukraine], May 25: Forensic experts on Sunday sifted through the ruins of a dormitory largely destroyed in what Russian authorities say was a Ukrainian...
Oil prices fall on hopes for US-Iran peace deal
Tehran [Iran], May 25: Oil prices hit two-week lows on Monday on optimism that the U.S. and Iran were moving closer towards a peace deal...
Trump says no rush on Iran deal, US blockade stays
New York [US], May 25: U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday he had told his representatives not to rush into any deal with Iran,...
Social Democrats gain seat in Irish by-elections
Dublin [Ireland], May 25: Ireland's governing centre-right Fine Gael and the Social Democrats, one of the country's smaller centre-left parties, won two by-elections on Sunday,...
Suspected and confirmed measles deaths top 500 in Bangladesh
Dhaka [Bangladesh], May 25: At least 86 children have died from confirmed measles infections in Bangladesh this year, and another 426 with symptoms consistent with...
Police and protesters clash in Serbia as crowds demand president's exit
Belgrade [Serbia], May 25: Police fired tear gas and clashed with protesters in central Belgrade on Saturday, as tens of thousands gathered to demand early...