Germany's Baerbock calls again for Iranian guards to join terror lis
Brussels [Belgium], January 24: German Foreign Minister AnnalenaBaerbock again urged the European Union on Monday to place Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on the...
European Space Agency to probe carrier rocket failures urgently
Paris [France], January 24: The European Space Agency (ESA) expressed concern on Monday over the state of its carrier rockets, following a failed Vega-C rocket...
Striking ambulance workers in UK 'concerned for public safety'
London [UK], January 24: Ambulance workers are staging strikes across England and Wales because they are "genuinely concerned for public safety", staff have said from...
First female Palestinian pastor ordained in the Holy Land
Ramallah [Palestine], January 24: Sally Azar has become the first female Palestinian pastor in the Holy Land after she was ordained in a Lutheran Church...
UK hits key judicial official in new wave of Iran sanctions
London [UK], January 24: The UK on Monday sanctioned five more Iranian officials, including the deputy prosecutor general, over what it said was the "horrific...
'Not afraid of the virus': Wuhan turns page on COVID, three years...
Wuhan [China], January 24: Residents of China's Wuhan said Monday they were hopeful for the future and no longer afraid of COVID-19, three years after...
Canada to pay Indigenous abuse survivors $2.1 billion
Ottawa [Canada], January 24: Canada will pay hundreds of Indigenous communities more than $2 billion in compensation for nearly a century of abuse suffered by...
California police search shooter's home seeking motive for Asian dance hall massacre
California [US], January 24: California police, seeking to learn the motive behind one of the state's worst mass shootings, on Monday searched the home of...
Japan PM says country on the brink over falling birth rate
Tokyo [Japan], January 24: Japan's prime minister says his country is on the brink of not being able to function as a society because of...
Erdogan warns Sweden on NATO bid after Quran burning protest
Ankara [Turkey], January 24: Turkish president says Sweden should not expect Ankara's support in its bid to join the military alliance.
Afghanistan professor on girls' education: 'Men must stand up for women'
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 24: "I call on fathers to take the hands of their daughters and walk them to school, even if the gates are...
Poland increases pressure to send German-made tanks to Ukraine
Warsaw [Poland], January 24: Poland says it is planning to send German-made battle tanks to Ukraine, but will first seek approval from Berlin.
For first-term Georgia prosecutor a historic decision looms in Trump election investigation
Washington [US], January 24: The prosecutor overseeing the investigation into former President Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election could face perhaps the biggest...
Death toll from California massacre rises to 11
California [US], January 24: An 11th victim died on Monday from injuries suffered in a weekend shooting rampage at a Los Angeles-area dance hall, as...
The governor of a province in Sudan declared a state of emergency...
Khartoum [Sudan], January 24: At least four people were killed and four wounded in southern Sudan today when gunmen opened fire on a bus station,...
Latvia and Estonia expel Russian ambassadors
Tallinn [Estonia], January 24: The authorities of Estonia and Latvia announced today that they are expelling the Russian ambassadors, as Russia announced during the day...
DEWA launches 'OWNEK' awareness initiative
Dubai [UAE], January 24: Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) launched the "OWNEK" awareness initiative to help its accredited contractors and consultants obtain DEWA's approval...
Emirates completes ground testing for fully Sustainable Aviation Fuel engine
Dubai [UAE], January 24: Emirates has successfully completed the ground engine testing for one of its GE90 engines on a Boeing 777-300ER using fully Sustainable...
SEDD releases 4th 'Emirati Women Entrepreneurs' booklet
Sharjah [UAE], January 24: The Sharjah Economic Development Department (SEDD) released the fourth edition of the "Emirati Women Entrepreneurs" booklet, which records the activities of...
People smuggling boss who went on run arrested at English airport
London [UK], January 23: The head of a Kurdish people-smuggling ring has been arrested after going on the run ahead of his sentencing, Britain's National...
Netanyahu fires top minister after court order
Jerusalem [Israel], January 23: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has dismissed a senior minister from office, complying with a Supreme Court ruling amid a deepening...
Syrian building collapse kills at least 16 in Aleppo
Damascus [Syria], January 23: At least 16 people were killed and four others injured in the collapse of a five-floor building in northern Syria, the...
Burkina state media: Ouagadougou demands withdrawal of French troops
Ouagadougou [Burkina Faso], January 23: The government in Burkina Faso has called on French forces stationed there to leave within a month, state news agency...
Four Israelis detained on suspicion of smuggling drugs from Germany
Tel Aviv [Israel], January 23: Four young Israeli women were arrested at Tel Aviv airport with 15 kilogrammes of drugs in their luggage, according to...
200 protesters arrested in Peru, government closes Machu Picchu
Rio De Janeiro [Brazil], January 23: Police in Peru cleared a university in Lima and arrested more than 200 people following clashes between officers and...
Former US astronaut Buzz Aldrin marries again aged 93
Washington [US], January 23: Former NASA astronaut Buzz Aldrin, 93, has married for the fourth time.
Six more classified docs found in Justice Dept search of Biden home
Washington [US], January 23: Officials from the US Department of Justice found six more classified documents during a search of Joe Biden's family home in...