Lithuania confirms results of presidential election, referendum
Vilnius [Lithuania], May 20: Lithuania's Central Election Commission (VRK) Sunday confirmed results of the first round of presidential election and the referendum on the amendment...
Blue Origin completes first manned spaceflight since 2022 grounding
Los Angeles [US], May 20: U.S. aerospace company Blue Origin on Sunday launched a six-member crew to the edge of space since its suborbital...
Japan's Hiroshima and Nagasaki lodge protest over US subcritical nuclear test
Tokyo [Japan], May 20: The administrations of Japan's Hiroshima and Nagasaki prefectures, which came under the US atomic bombing during the Second World War, have...
Sri Lankan Tamils still haunted by civil war
Mullivaikkal [Sri Lanka], May 20: Sri Lanka's minority Tamil community marked 15 years since the end of the island nation's civil war on Saturday in...
Biden reaches out to Gaza protesters in college speech
Atlanta [US], May 20: President Joe Biden told students on Sunday at the former university of civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr that he...
Forty-seven dead in heavy rain, floods in northern Afghanistan
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 20: At least 47 people have died after continued heavy rain and flooding in northern Afghanistan, an official said, a day after...
France mobilises police to regain control of New Caledonia airport road
Paris [France], May 20: French police trying to restore order in the island territory of New Caledonia after days of deadly unrest have cleared dozens...
Russian strikes on Ukraine's Kharkiv region kill at least 11|
Kharkiv [Ukraine], May 20: Russia struck a busy lakeside resort on the edge of Ukraine's second largest city and also attacked villages in the surrounding...
Spain recalls ambassador after Argentina's Milei calls PM's wife 'corrupt'
Madrid [Spain], May 20: Spain recalled its ambassador to Buenos Aires for consultations after Argentina's President Javier Milei made derogatory comments about Spanish Prime Minister...
Indonesia: Starlink launch to give millions Internet access
Jakarta [Indonesia], May 20: Millions of people living in Indonesia's remote islands expect to get an internet connection with the slated launch of Elon Musk's...
Iran: Location of president's helicopter still unknown amid rescue efforts
Tehran [Iran], May 20: The exact location of the helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, which experienced a rough landing in northwestern Iran, is still...
Worst fears have passed for shot Slovak PM
Bratislava [Slovakia], May 20: The condition of Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico remains "serious" but worst fears have "passed", the country's defence minister told journalists...
UNRWA: Nearly 800,000 now displaced from Rafah
Gaza [Palestine], May 20: Roughly 800,000 people have been forced to flee Rafah since Israel launched a military operation in the area on 6 May,...
UAE following with deep concern media reports regarding helicopter crash carrying Iranian...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], May 20: The UAE is following with deep concern media reports on the tragic accident of the helicopter carrying the Hon. Dr...
Saudi King to undergo medical examinations in Jeddah: Royal Court
Jeddah [Saudi Arabia], May 20: The Saudi Royal Court said Sunday that the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud...
Wildfires sweep across Finland, straining rescue services
Helsinki [Finland], May 19: By Saturday afternoon, Finnish rescue services had responded to a total of 21 wildfire incidents across the country, highlighting the widespread...
Sri Lanka warns of landslides following heavy rain
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 19: Following heavy rainfall that lashed Sri Lanka, the country's National Building Research Organization (NBRO), in its latest alert on Sunday,...
Palestinian rights group calls for investigation into Meta's data leaks to Israeli...
Gaza [Palestine], May 19: The Sada Social online rights group says US tech giant Meta must be investigated for helping the so-called Lavender AI-assisted targeting...
100,000 people affected by climate protest that closes Munich Airport
Munich [Germany], May 19: Members of the German climate activist group Last Generation breached Munich Airport's tarmac and glued themselves to a taxiway, disrupting travel...
Biden's security adviser visits Saudi Arabia, Israel for talks
Washington [US], May 19: US President Joe Biden's security adviser Jake Sullivan is to travel to Saudi Arabia and Israel this weekend.
Russia could increase attacks, says Zelensky
Kyiv [Ukraine], May 19: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said Russia could increase its attacks in Ukraine's north east following its recent gains near the...
At least 23 people are missing off Tunisia coast, say local authorities
Tunis [Tunisia], May 19: At least 23 people are missing off the Tunisian coast, local authorities have said, as search operations are under way.
Georgian president vetoes foreign influence law as Russian in spirit
Berlin [Germany], may 19: Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili on Saturday vetoed a controversial law against NGOs passed by parliament, in an expected move after the...
Japan military needs more women, harassment issue
Tokyo [Japan], May 19: As Japan embarks on a major military build-up, it's struggling to fill its ranks with the women that its forces need...
Britain's Conservatives trail Labour by 18 points
London [UK], May 19: The opposition Labour Party's lead over British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's governing Conservative Party has increased to 18 points, according to...
Eruption of Indonesia's Mt Ibu forces seven villages to evacuate
Mt Ibu [Indonesia], May 19: A volcano on the remote Indonesian island of Halmahera has spectacularly erupted, spewing a grey ash cloud into the sky,...
UAE flies first relief plane for flood-hit victims in Brazil
Abu Dhabi [UAE], May 19: The UAE today sent the first relief plane carrying 100 tonnes of food, medical and relief aid to help the...