Ukrainian drone disables Russian warship near Russia's Novorossiysk port
Kyiv [Ukraine], August 5: A Russian warship was seriously damaged in an overnight Ukrainian naval drone attack on Russia's Black Sea navy base at Novorossiysk,...
US Army no longer has Senate-confirmed leader, joining Marines
Washington [US], August 5: The U.S. Army on Friday became the second branch of the U.S. military to no longer have a Senate-confirmed leader, as...
New York park erupts in chaos as live streamer's giveaway goes awry
New York [US], August 5:Thousands of people overran New York City's Union Square and the surrounding streets on Friday in a chaotic scene after a...
West African leaders plan possible Niger intervention as deadline looms
Niamey [Niger], August 5: West African defence chiefs have drawn up a plan for military action if Niger's coup is not overturned by Sunday, the...
Mexico: 18 killed as bus carrying foreign migrants crashes
Mexico City [Mexico], August 5: At least 18 people have died in Mexico after a passenger bus carrying foreign migrants and locals fell off a...
Fahad Al Hammadi strikes gold as UAE continues winning streak at MMAF...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], August 5: The UAE National Team continued its winning streak at the ongoing IMMAF Youth World Championships, securing one more gold on...
Emiratis represent 74% of FANR's workforce
Abu Dhabi [UAE], August 5: The Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation (FANR) provides long-term career opportunities for Emirati employees by focusing on recruitment, knowledge transfer,...
ADNOC Distribution delivers strong operating performance and growth in underlying profitability in...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], August 5: ADNOC Distribution today announced its first half 2023 results, reporting a 9% year-on-year increase in underlying EBITDA to AED1.57...
New phase of Empowering Future Leaders Program launched in Switzerland
Bern [Switzerland], August 5: Within the framework of the UAE wise leadership's keenness to support the country's youth, improve their abilities and skills, and provide...
5.2-magnitude quake hits southeast of Easter Island - USGS
Beijing [China], August 4: An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2 jolted southeast of Easter Island at 0044 GMT on Friday, the U.S. Geological Survey...
Ukraine, Russia say they shot down each other's drones
Moscow [Russia], August 4: Ukraine and Russia said on Thursday that they had destroyed each other's drones, with Ukraine reporting 15 downed Iranian-made Shahed drones...
Putin critic Navalny expects 'Stalinist' prison sentence in extremism trial
Moscow [Russia], August 4: Alexei Navalny's team said on Thursday he was preparing for a lengthy new prison sentence that could see him behind bars...
South Korean police say 13 people injured in car ramming and stabbing
Seoul [South Korea], August 4: A man injured more than a dozen people after he drove a car onto a pavement south of Seoul, exited...
Damaged car freighter arrives at Dutch port
Eemshaven [Netherlands], August 4: The badly damaged car freighter Fremantle Highway safely entered the Dutch port of Eemshaven on Thursday after burning at sea for...
Evidence of widespread war crimes in Sudan
London [UK], August 4: As the conflict in Sudan continues to escalate, a prominent human rights organisation, Amnesty International, has published a damning report uncovering...
Blinken tells UN and Russia: 'Hunger must not be weaponized'
New York [US], August 4: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Thursday that food blockades must never be used in conflict following Russia's...
Hundreds of people suffer from heat stroke in South Korea
Seoul [South Korea], August 4: South Korean officials said yesterday that nearly 600 people fell ill and required medical attention with symptoms related to high...
North Korea accuses US of pushing the region to the brink of...
Pyongyang [North Korea], August 4: North Korea on Wednesday criticized a new US arms aid package to Taiwan, accusing Washington of pushing tensions in the...
Food insecurity due to conflict in Ukraine
Kyiv [Ukraine], August 4: The EU and Ukraine accuse Russia of weaponizing grain, while Moscow says the West is the cause of global food insecurity.
Travis King: North Korea confirms custody of US soldier
Seoul [South Korea], August 4: North Korea has confirmed custody of Travis King in its first response to requests for information on the US soldier's...
Arrests after Greenpeace protest at Rishi Sunak's North Yorkshire home
London [UK], August 4: Five people have been arrested after activists climbed on the roof of the prime minister's home to protest at 100 new...
Ukraine says it launched July attack on bridge to Crimea
Kyiv [Ukraine], August 4: Ukraine's military launched an attack on Russia's bridge over the Kerch Strait last month, Kyiv has confirmed.
Trump pleads not guilty to charges he tried to overturn election loss|
Washington [US], August 4: Donald Trump pleaded not guilty on Thursday to federal charges that he orchestrated a plot to try to overturn his 2020...
On Ukraine's landmine-strewn front, even the corpses can kill
Kyiv [Ukraine], August 4: When they found the bodies of Russian troops at an abandoned position, something about the corpses looked wrong.
S. Korea's foreign reserves continue to rise in July
Seoul [South Korea], August 3: South Korea's foreign reserves rose for the second successive month in July on higher conversion value of non-U.S. dollar assets,...
Poland says Belarus violated Polish airspace in NATO provocation
Warsaw [Poland], August 3: Helicopters from Belarus violated Polish airspace in a targeted provocation against Poland and NATO's eastern flank, the Polish Defence Ministry said...
Greek government offers free holiday week to evacuated tourists
Athens [Greece], August 3: Tourists evacuated from the Greek island of Rhodes last week due to wildfires will be allowed to spend a week free...