Cairo, Aug 31 (IANS) Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty and his Greek counterpart, George Gerapetritis, have stressed the importance of intensifying efforts to avoid the escalation of violence and instability… Continue reading Egypt, Greece call for efforts to deescalate tensions in Mideast
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 31 (IANS) Brazil’s Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes has ordered the social media platform X to be blocked nationwide after the company refused to appoint… Continue reading Brazil’s Supreme Court orders blocking of social media platform X
Los Angeles, Aug 31 (IANS) ‘The Apprentice’, the controversial biographical drama film about young Donald Trump, the former US president and the 2024 Republican presidential nominee, will hit US and… Continue reading Controversial Trump film ‘The Apprentice’ to hit theatres before US election
Beirut, Aug 30 (IANS) Hezbollah has claimed that it had launched a suicide drone attack on the headquarters of the 210th Golan Division of the Israeli army, achieving a “direct”… Continue reading Hezbollah claims suicide drone attack on Israeli military site
Vienna, Aug 30 (IANS) The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has said that he will visit the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant (ZNPP) next week as the nuclear… Continue reading IAEA chief to visit Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant
Los Angeles, Aug 30 (IANS) A heat wave brought record-high temperatures to US Midwest states this week, with more than 60 million people included in alerts over the conditions. A… Continue reading Over 60 million Americans under alerts as heat wave hits US
United Nations, Aug 30 (IANS) Israel and Hamas have agreed to three separate, zoned three-day pauses in fighting in the Gaza Strip for the polio vaccination campaign, a World Health… Continue reading Israel, Hamas agree to pauses for polio vaccinations in Gaza: WHO
Ramallah, Aug 30 (IANS) The Israeli army withdrew from the city of Tubas in northern West Bank after a 30-hour military operation, Palestinian security sources have said. The army withdrew… Continue reading Israeli army withdraws from West Bank’s Tubas after 30-hour operation
United Nations, Aug 29 (IANS) Two humanitarian workers in a UN-marked armoured vehicle escaped physically unharmed a salvo of Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) gunfire in Gaza, a UN spokesman said.… Continue reading Humanitarians in UN armoured vehicle escape Israeli gunfire in Gaza
Los Angeles, Aug 29 (IANS) The US has reported more than 50 illnesses and eight deaths in Listeria outbreak, according to the latest data released by the US Centers for… Continue reading US reports more illnesses, deaths in Listeria outbreak
Paris, Aug 29 (IANS) Pavel Durov, the founder and CEO of the encrypted messaging service Telegram, was released after paying a five-million-euro (about $5.6 million) bail, but he is required… Continue reading Telegram CEO Durov released on bail, but formally put under investigation
Sanaa, Aug 29 (IANS) Yemen’s Houthi spokesperson Mohammed Abdulsalam has said that the group has agreed to permit the rescue operation and towing of a burning oil tanker in the… Continue reading Yemen’s Houthis permit rescue operation of burning oil tanker in Red Sea
Kyiv, Aug 29 (IANS) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that the Ukrainian troops have taken further areas in Russia’s Kursk region. “The Commander-in-Chief (Oleksandr Syrskyi) also reported on our… Continue reading Zelensky says his troops continue to expand territory under control in Kursk
Tel Aviv, Aug 28 (IANS) The ongoing indirect peace talks will continue on Wednesday in Doha, confirmed the office of the Israel Prime Minister but gave no details on the… Continue reading Israel-Hamas indirect peace talks in Doha today
Khartoum, Aug 28 (IANS) The death toll from heavy rains hitting so far 10 states in Sudan has reached 138, the country’s Health Ministry said. “A total of 138 deaths… Continue reading Death toll from Sudan’s heavy rains rises to 138
