World

Hamas says it accepts UN-backed Gaza truce plan
Tel Aviv [Israel], June 12: Hamas accepts a U.N. resolution backing a plan to end the war with Israel in...

Europe's new climate project launched in Finland
Helsinki [Finland], June 11: The European Commission on Monday inaugurated a sustainable development project, Destination Earth (DestinE), in Kajaani, Finland.

Apple introduces personal intelligence system across platforms
San Francisco [US], June 11: Apple on Monday introduced Apple Intelligence, the personal intelligence system for iPhone, iPad, and Mac...

Mexican president says no uptick in northern border...
Mexico City [Mexico], June 11: Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said Monday that new immigration measures recently adopted by...

Over 30 students sent to hospital after pepper...
Tokyo [Japan], June 11: More than 30 students in a school in Tokyo were taken to hospitals Tuesday after...

Avian influenza outbreak not threat to Australia's egg...
Canberra [Australia], June 11: Australia is not at risk of an egg shortage despite an outbreak of avian influenza, the...

Macron calls for 'right choice' in election gamble
Paris [France], June 11: President Emmanuel Macron said Monday that he was confident French voters would make the "right choice"...

Austrian Airlines A320 plane badly damaged by a...
Vienna [Austria], June 11: An Austrian Airlines A320 plane was badly damaged by a hailstorm while on approach to Vienna...

Russian plane crashes in North Ossetia, killing crew
Moscow [Russia], June 11: A Russian Su-34 fighter jet crashed in the North Ossetian mountains during a training mission,...

Singapore Airlines offers $10,000 for minor turbulence injuries
Singapore, June 11: Singapore Airlines Ltd. has offered US$10,000 in compensation to passengers who sustained minor injuries during a flight...

Fire at Thailand's famous Chatuchak Weekend Market kills...
Bangkok [Thailand], June 11: Hundreds of caged animals died Tuesday after a fire struck Chatuchak Weekend Market, one of the...

Blinken arrives in Middle East to push for...
Washington [US], June 11: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has arrived in the Middle East on his latest trip...

UNSC to vote on Gaza truce resolution
New York [US], June 11: The UN Security Council plans to vote on Monday on a resolution tabled by the...

France's far-right National Rally projected to win snap...
Paris [France], June 11: The far-right National Rally was forecast to win a snap election in France but fall short...

Singapore Airlines offers compensation to passengers on severely...
Singapore, June 11: Singapore Airlines (SIAL.SI), opens new tab has sent offers of compensation to passengers on board a flight...

James Lawson, US civil rights leader who championed...
Washington [US], June 11: James Lawson, a prominent civil rights leader whose advocacy of nonviolent protest influenced Martin Luther King...

Search continues for missing aircraft carrying Malawi vice...
Lilongwe [Malawi], June 11: Search and rescue operations will continue until the missing aircraft carrying Malawi's vice president, Saulos Klaus...

Amnesty International says Nigerian army detains girls who...
Abuja [Nigeria], June 11: Amnesty International accused the Nigerian army of illegally detaining girls and young women who have escaped...

California public university academics end pro-Palestinian strike
California [US], June 11: Thousands of University of California academic workers who went on strike at six campuses protesting administrators'...

Haiti PM condemns killing of police officers in...
Port-au-Prince [Haiti], June 11: Haiti's new prime minister on Monday condemned the gang killings of three police officers on a...

Aircraft carrying Malawi vice president missing
Lilongwe [Malawi], June 11: An aircraft carrying Malawi's Vice President Saulos Klaus Chilima and nine others has gone missing, Malawi's...

Iraqi court sentences 7 drug dealers to death
Baghdad [Iraq], June 10: An Iraqi court on Sunday issued death sentences to seven drug dealers, including a foreigner.

Regional bloc EAC's new secretary general vows to...
Dares es Salaam [Tanzania], June 10: Veronica Mueni Nduva, the newly appointed secretary general of the East African Community (EAC),...

Libya kicks off municipal council elections
Tripoli [Libya], June 10: The Libyan High National Elections Commission on Sunday announced the start of the municipal council elections...

Libya seeks to increase daily oil production
Tripoli [Libya], June 10: Libyan Prime Minister Abdul-Hamed Dbeibah on Sunday emphasized the importance of consolidating the efforts of all...

Israel pounds Gaza a day after Al-Nuseirat camp...
Gaza [Palestine], June 10: Israeli forces pounded central Gaza on Sunday, a day after killing 274 Palestinians during a raid,...

Body of British TV host Michael Mosley found...
London [UK], June 10: The wife of a well-known British TV doctor and columnist said it is "devastating" to have...