World

More than 30,000 people pack Rome church to...
Rome [Italy], April 28: Tens of thousands of people streamed past the tomb of Pope Francis on Sunday, packing the...

Death toll from blast at Iran's Bandar Abbas...
Tel Aviv [Israel], April 28: The death toll from a powerful explosion at Iran's biggest port of Bandar Abbas has...

Trump officials push Russia-Ukraine peace deal after Vatican...
Washington [US], April 28: Top officials in U.S. President Donald Trump's administration on Sunday pressed Russia and Ukraine to make...

Ecuador opposition objects to election results after being...
Quito [Ecuador], April 28: Ecuador's opposition party filed another objection to the recent presidential election results late on Saturday night,...

Israel says it strikes Hezbollah missiles in southern...
Tel Aviv [Israel], April 28: The Israeli army said on Sunday it struck a southern Beirut building being used to...

Car plows through Vancouver Filipino festival, killing at...
Vancouver [Canada], April 28: At least 11 people were killed and dozens injured when a man with a history of...

Gaza ceasefire talks make some progress, Qatari PM...
Gaza border [Israel], April 28: Qatar's prime minister said on Sunday that efforts to reach a new ceasefire in Gaza...

Somalia's prime minister appoints new defence minister in...
Mogadishu [Somalia], April 28: Somalia's Prime Minister, Hamza Abdi Barre, reshuffled his government on Sunday, appointing a new defence minister...

Qatar affirms its continued efforts to end war...
Doha [Qatar], April 28: Qatari Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani, on...

UAE welcomes signing of Declaration of Principles between...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], April 28: The United Arab Emirates has welcomed the signing of the Declaration of Principles between the...

51 Palestinians killed in Gaza Strip within 24...
Gaza Border [Israel], April 28: Fifty one Palestinian citizens were killed and other 115 were wounded by Israeli airstrikes on...

Lebanon condemns Israeli attack on southern suburbs
Beirut [Lebanon], April 28: President of the Lebanese Republic, General Joseph Aoun, condemned the Israeli attack on Beirut's southern suburbs...

Al-Azhar denounces stabbing of Muslim worshipper in French...
Cairo [Egypt], April 28: Al-Azhar Al-Sharif has condemned on Sunday the stabbing and killing of a Muslim worshipper in a...

2 Israeli soldiers killed in Gaza
Gaza [Palestine], April 27: Two Israeli soldiers were killed on Friday in the northern Gaza Strip, according to separate statements...

Hussein al-Sheikh appointed as Palestinian vice president
Ramallah [Palestine], April 27: The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) approved on Saturday the appointment of Hussein al-Sheikh as vice president...

World Tai Chi Day marked in Romania with...
Bucharest [Romania], April 27: An event was held on Saturday at a local park in Bucharest to mark the World...

Macron says Ukraine ready for unconditional ceasefire
Paris [France], April 27: French President Emmanuel Macron said on Saturday that Ukraine is ready for an unconditional ceasefire.

Russia detains man suspected of killing senior army...
Moscow [Russia], April 27: Russian authorities had detained a man suspected of planting a car bomb that killed a senior...

Enthusiasts gather to celebrate World Tai Chi Day...
Copenhagen [Denmark], April 27: As the World Tai Chi Day approaches, a two-day event promoting Chinese Tai Chi culture was...

Delegation from Chinese think tank visits U.S. for...
Washington [US], April 27: A delegation from the Center for China and Globalization (CCG) recently visited the United States, and...

Flash: Several killed in Vancouver street festival as...
Vancouver[Canada], April 27: Several killed in Vancouver street festival as car drives into crowd

Russia thanks North Korea for soldiers deployed to...
Moscow [Russia], April 27: Russia has admitted for the first time that it deployed North Korean soldiers in the battle...

13 killed, dozens under rubble as Israel bombs...
Gaza [Palestine], April 27: At least 13 Palestinians have been killed since dawn and dozens of others buried under the...

US, Iranian talks on nuclear programme set to...
Tehran [Iran], April 27: Iran and the US plan to continue their negotiations on the Iranian nuclear programme in the...

Pope, celebrated as bridge-builder, buried in humbler ceremony
Rome [Italy], April 27: Pope Francis was buried in the Basilica of Saint Mary Major on Saturday afternoon, after hundreds...

Rome and the world bid farewell to Pope...
Rome [Italy], April 27: Presidents, royalty, and simple mourners bade farewell to Pope Francis on Saturday at a solemn funeral...

Blast at key Iranian port kills eight:more than...
At least eight people have been killed and 750 injured in a massive explosion at one of Iran's key ports,...