Yemen's Houthis claim responsibility for fresh Red Sea attack against cargo ship
Sanaa [Yemen], July 13: In a televised statement aired late Friday night, Yemen's Houthi group said it had attacked what it called the "Charysalis vessel"...
Gitanas Nauseda inaugurated as President of Lithuania for second term
Vilnius (Lithuania), July 13: Gitanas Nauseda was inaugurated as President of Lithuania for a second term on Friday, according to a statement from Lithuania's Presidential...
Earth sees warmest-ever June, the 13th consecutive record-breaking month
Los Angeles [US], July 13: The June global surface temperature was 1.22 degrees Celsius above the 20th-century average of 15.5 degrees Celsius, making it...
Nepal's president calls for formation of new coalition
Kathmandu [Nepal], July 13: Nepali President Ram Chandra Poudel on Friday evening called on political parties commanding a majority in the lower house to form...
DPRK lambastes NATO's Washington summit declaration
Seoul [South Korea], July 13: The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) "most strongly denounces and rejects" the Washington summit declaration issued by the North...
Ukraine could receive 20 F-16 fighters this year?
Kyiv [Ukraine], July 13: Bloomberg on July 12 quoted several NATO sources as saying that Ukraine could receive six F-16 fighters this summer, and up...
Biden tries to reassure voters, Trump issues new challenge
Washington [US], July 13: US President Joe Biden held a rare rally in Detroit on July 12, emphasizing that he will not withdraw from the...
Dozens of pilot whales die on beach off Scotland
Edinburgh [Scotland], July 13: Seventy-seven long-finned pilot whales washed ashore on Thursday on Sanday island, a part of the Orkney archipelago off Scotland.
NATO steps into the Middle East-North Africa
Brussels [Belgium], July 13: The decision was discussed by members at last year's North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit and approved at this year's session,...
Colorado reports three presumptive human bird flu cases, CDC says
Colorado [US], July 13: Colorado has reported three presumptive cases of H5 bird flu virus infection in poultry workers, the Centers for Disease Control and...
Court upholds Tennessee ban on changing sex in birth certificates
Washington [US], July 13: A divided federal appeals court on Friday rejected a constitutional challenge to Tennessee's decades-old policy of not allowing people born in...
UN demands Russia withdraw from Europe's largest nuclear power plant in Ukraine
Moscow [Russia], July 13: The United Nations General Assembly on Thursday demanded that Russia "urgently withdraw its military and other unauthorized personnel" from Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia...
Defying doubters in Washington, Biden seeks to revive his campaign in Detroit
Washington [US], July 13: President Joe Biden sought to revive his struggling reelection campaign on Friday, flying to Detroit for a rally where the 81-year-old...
Foreign workers in Korea increase by 25.5% in 2023
Seoul [South Korea], July 13: The number of foreigners who came to the Republic of Korea to get a job rose more than 25 percent...
At least 22 dead after school building collapse in central Nigeria
Lagos [Nigeria], July 13: At least 22 people have died in central Nigeria after a school building collapsed as lessons were taking place, local authorities...
Over 41% of news teams employs AI to create illustrative art, 39%...
Geneva [Switzerland], July 13: AI is enhancing content creation, distribution and consumption as it generates scripts, movies, music, images, captions, animations and virtual reality content,...
EU invests €126.9 million into 26 new projects to protect and restore...
Brussels [Belgium], July 13: European Commission announced today a €126.9 million investment in 26 new projects contributing to the EU Mission 'Restore our Ocean and...
UNRWA is a backbone of humanitarian operations in Gaza: UN chief
New York [US], July 13: Without the necessary support and financing to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near...
After long break, Ukraine targets Russian capital in overnight drone attack
Moscow [Russia], July 12: For the first time in weeks, the Russian capital was targeted in an overnight Ukrainian drone attack.
Taiwan reports record 66 Chinese warplanes in its airspace in one day
Taipei [Taiwan], July 12: Taiwan's Defence Ministry on Thursday said it registered 66 Chinese warplanes operating around the self-governing island within 24 hours, the highest...
French president calls on mainstream parties to form coalition government
Paris [France], July 12: French President Emmanuel Macron has urged the country's mainstream parties to form a coalition government following last week's parliamentary elections which...
US cruise missiles to return to Germany, angering Moscow
New York [US], July 12: Long-range US missiles are to be deployed periodically in Germany from 2026 for the first time since the Cold War,...
US provides $100mn in aid to Palestine, 227kg bombs to Israel
Washington [US], July 12: The United States has announced it's providing $100mn in additional aid for Palestinians in the war-battered Gaza Strip and occupied West...
Biden complicit in Israeli 'war crimes': Erdogan
Ankara [Turkey], July 12: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said US President Joe Biden and his administration are complicit in Israeli "war crimes" and...
French firefighters rush to put out blaze at Rouen cathedral
Paris [France], July 12: The spire of a medieval cathedral in the city of Rouen in northern France is mostly clear of smoke after catching...
Biden mistakenly refers to Zelenskiy as Putin before correcting himself
Washington [US], July 12: U.S. President Joe Biden today mistakenly referred to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy as Russian President Vladimir Putin before correcting himself at...
Pfizer moves forward with once-daily weight-loss pill
Washington [US], July 12: Pfizer (PFE.N), opens new tab plans to move a reworked, once-a-day version of its weight-loss pill danuglipron into clinical trials later...