Indonesia starts cloud seeding to prevent forest fires
Jakarta [Indonesia], May 5: Indonesia's National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) has started weather modification operations in Riau province to anticipate forest and land fires that...
Emir of Kuwait receives written message from Emir of Qatar regarding regional,...
Kuwait, May 5: His Highness Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Emir of the State of Kuwait, received a letter from His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin...
President El-Sisi emphasises Egypt's keenness on success of Arab Summit in Baghdad
Cairo [Egypt], May 5: President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi of Egypt met with Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of the Republic of Iraq, Dr. Fuad...
Hundred of tourists evacuated amid flash floods in Jordan's Petra
Petra [Jordan], May 5: Jordan's Petra Development and Tourism Region Authority (PDTRA) evacuated hundreds of tourists from the ancient city of Petra on Sunday after...
Syrian security forces 'oversaw' armed civilians who killed Alawites
Damascus [Syria], May 5: One of the men accused of taking part in a wave of sectarian violence against Syria's Alawite minority two months ago...
NGO in talks with Malta to repair Gaza-bound aid ship
Gaza [Palestine], May 5: An international NGO that intends to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza by sea said on Sunday it was in talks with...
Trump AI pope image 'wasn't good'- New York cardinal
New York [US], May 5: U.S. Cardinal Timothy Dolan said on Sunday that President Donald Trump's posting of an AI-generated photo showing himself as the...
Starmer talks defence cooperation with Australia's re-elected Albanese
London [UK], May 5: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has congratulated Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese's election win in a phone call and the two agreed...
Ceasefire with Russia possible at any moment
Kiev [Ukraine] / Moscow [Russia], May 5: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday that a ceasefire with Russia in its more than three-year-old war...
Trump not considering running for third term
New York [US], May 5: US President Donald Trump has denied that he is considering running for a third presidential term, a move which experts...
Israel calls on Qatar to 'stop playing both sides' in Gaza talks
Tel Aviv [Israel], May 5: Israel called on Qatar, a key mediator between Israel and Hamas, to "stop playing both sides with its double talk...
Pro-Kurdish MP and key peace negotiator Onder dies at 62
Istanbul [Turkey], May 5: Sirri Sureyya Onder, a prominent pro-Kurdish party lawmaker and key figure in Turkey's tentative process to end the outlawed Kurdistan Workers...
Australia's reelected government says US-China tussle a top priority
Sydney [Australia], May 5: Australia's government will prioritise dealing with the "dark shadow" of the U.S.-China trade war following its resounding reelection victory, Treasurer Jim...
Houthis vow to continue targeting Israel's airport
Aden [Yemen], May 5: Military spokesperson of Yemen's Houthi group Yayha Saree has called on international airlines to cancel flights into Israeli airports.
Zelensky slams Russia for 'cynicism of highest order'
Kiev [Ukraine] / Moscow [Russia], May 5: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday accused Moscow of cynicism, saying Russian attacks on Ukraine continue unabated days...
Planned attack on Lady Gaga concert in Rio de Janeiro foiled: Brazilian...
Rio de Janeiro [Brazil], May 5: Police in Rio de Janeiro say they have stopped a planned attack on a Lady Gaga's massive concert at...
President Trump says he doesn't know if he needs to uphold the...
Washington [US], May 5: US President Donald Trump apparently does not feel bound by the country's constitution. Asked whether he believed he has to "uphold...
290,000 Gaza children on 'the brink of death' amid Israeli blockade
Gaza [Palestine], May 5: More than 3,500 children below the age of five years "face imminent death by starvation", Gaza's Government Media Office (GMO) has...
Singapore's ruling party PAP wins election in landslide
Singapore, May 5: Singapore's long-governing People's Action Party (PAP) has retained its strong grip on power in the city-state's general election, extending its 66-year unbroken...
14 children arrested in England after boy dies in fire
London [UK], May 5: Fourteen children aged between 11 and 14 have been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter after the death of a boy following...
Hamas releases video of hostage allegedly injured in Israeli attack on Gaza
Gaza border [Israel], May 4: The Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, released a new video on Saturday showing a hostage who appeared to...
Cambodia encourages businesspeople, entrepreneurs, producers to participate in China-ASEAN Expo
Phnom Penh [Cambodia], May 4: Cambodia has encouraged businesspeople, entrepreneurs, investors and producers to participate in the 22nd China-ASEAN Expo (CAEXPO), scheduled for Sept. 17-21...
New Zealand PM congratulates newly elected leaders of Australia, Singapore
Wellington [New Zealand], May 4: New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon on Sunday congratulated Anthony Albanese and Lawrence Wong on their recent election victories in...
War-torn Yemen's PM Ahmed bin Mubarak resigns amid economic hardships
Sanaa [Yemen], May 4: Yemen's Prime Minister Ahmed bin Mubarak said on Saturday he had resigned, a symbolic step signalling rifts inside the internationally recognized...
S Korea's conservative party picks presidential candidate
Seoul [South Korea], May 4: South Korea's main conservative party has nominated Kim Moon-soo, a former labour minister and veteran political figure, as its presidential...
Driver released from custody after fatal crash in Germany
Berlin [Germany], May 4: The driver of an SUV that hit a group of people waiting at a tram stop in the south-western German city...
Ukraine says it shot down Russian jet after Black Sea coast targeted
Kyiv [Ukraine], May 4: Ukraine said on Saturday it had shot down a Russian fighter jet near the Russian port city of Novorossiysk using a...