UNICEF rehabilitates medical centers in Libya's floods-hit Derna
Tripoli [Libya], May 20: The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Sunday it has rehabilitated four primary medical centers in the eastern Libyan city...
Algeria launches 3rd general agricultural census
Algiers [Algeria], May 20: Algeria on Sunday commenced its third general agricultural census, a critical measure to develop agricultural policies aimed at enhancing the country's...
Ghana presidential convoy involved in fatal crash, president not in the convoy
Accra [Ghana], May 20: At least one person was killed and some others were injured as Ghana's presidential convoy was involved in a fatal road...
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...
Australian PM signals support for stricter social media age limits
Canberra [Australia], May 20: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has thrown his support behind a push to implement stricter age restrictions on the use of...
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...
DRC army says it stopped attempted coup involving US citizens
Kinshasa [Congo], May 20: The leader of an attempted coup in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been killed and some 50 people including...
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...
Paramilitary forces kill 8 civilians in central Sudan: resistance committee
Khartoum [Sudan], May 19: At least eight civilians were killed in an attack by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on a village in Gezira...
Cyprus aims at continuous flow of humanitarian aid to Gaza
Nicosia [Cyprus], May 19: Cyprus aims at having a continuous flow of humanitarian aid from the Larnaca port to the Gaza Strip, Foreign Ministry spokesman...
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...
Prime minister Fico in stable condition; Slovakian politicians say threats rising
Bratislava [Slovakia], May 19: Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico, who was critically injured in an assassination attempt on Wednesday, is in stable condition, Health Minister...
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...