Rome, Dec 6 (IANS) Thousands of doctors, nurses and other healthcare workers staged a 24-hour nationwide strike in Italy, demanding better working conditions and improvements to the public health system.… Continue reading Doctors in Italy strike against proposed pension cuts
United Nations, Dec 6 (IANS) A UN spokesman has refuted the US claim that civilians in Gaza should seek refuge in UN-designated safe places. In response to US State Department… Continue reading There are no UN-designated safe zones in Gaza: UN
Los Angeles, Dec 6 (IANS) The US is experiencing increasing flu and Covid-19 infections nationwide, with elevated respiratory illnesses, particularly among young children. Increasing numbers of people have tested positive… Continue reading Flu, Covid infections tick up in US
Manila, Dec 6 (IANS) At least 25 persons were killed when a passenger bus plunged off a cliff in Antique province in central Philippines, local media reported. The bus, carrying… Continue reading 25 dead after bus plunges off cliff in Philippines
Santiago, Dec 5 (IANS) The bodies of the three Argentine climbers, who disappeared last week in the Marmolejo mountain in the Chilean Andes, have been located by a specialized team… Continue reading Bodies of 3 Argentine climbers missing in Chilean Andes found
Brussels, Dec 5 (IANS) A specialized committee of the European Union (EU) gave a final pass for the UK’s rejoining the Horizon Europe program, the European Commission has said in… Continue reading UK gets final pass to rejoining Horizon Europe program
United Nations, Dec 5 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is alarmed by the resumption of hostilities between Israel and Palestinians after a short pause, his spokesman has said. The secretary-general… Continue reading UN chief alarmed by resumption of hostilities in Gaza: Spokesman
Moscow, Dec 5 (IANS) A more just multipolar world order will inevitably replace the old unipolar system, Russian President Vladimir Putin said during a ceremony as he met with 21… Continue reading New multipolar world order to replace unipolar system: Putin
Gaza, Dec 5 (IANS) The Palestinian death toll has risen to 15,899 as a result of the Israeli attack on the Gaza Strip since October 7, the Hamas-run Health Ministry… Continue reading Palestinian death toll rises to 15,899: Gaza Health Ministry
Aden, Dec 4 (IANS) Yemen’s Houthi rebel group has claimed responsibility for attacking two “Israeli ships” off Yemen’s Red Sea coast near the strategic Bab el-Mandeb Strait. According to a… Continue reading Houthis claim responsibility for attacking 2 ‘Israeli ships’ in Red Sea
Jerusalem, Dec 4 (IANS) Israel’s military chief Herzi Halevi has said that the military has expanded the ground operation against Hamas to the southern Gaza Strip, an area previously considered… Continue reading Israel expands ground operation to south Gaza: IDF chief
Gaza, Dec 4 (IANS) Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas which controls Gaza, has announced a detonation by its fighters of an underground tunnel opening where Israeli soldiers in… Continue reading Hamas announces detonation of tunnel opening in Gaza
Gaza, Dec 4 (IANS) The Israeli military issued evacuation orders to new areas covering approximately 25 per cent of the Gaza Strip following the collapse of truce talks, according to… Continue reading Israel issues evacuation orders covering 25% of Gaza territory: UN
Tokyo, Dec 4 (IANS) Japan has confirmed an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza at a poultry farm in the southwestern prefecture of Kagoshima, local media reported. The Kagoshima prefectural… Continue reading Japan confirms season’s 4th bird flu outbreak
Paris, Dec 3 (IANS) A knife attack left one dead and two injured in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, a local report said. The assailant attacked a couple around 9:45… Continue reading 1 dead, 2 injured in knife attack in Paris
