Israel pounds Gaza City suburbs, vows to press on with offensive
Jerusalem [Israel], August 25: Israeli planes and tanks pounded the eastern and northern outskirts of Gaza City overnight Saturday to Sunday, destroying buildings and homes,...
Trump crime crackdown deploys troops in Washington's safest sites
New York [US], August 25: Hundreds of National Guard soldiers in military fatigues and combat boots mingled with tourists, posed for selfies, and treated themselves...
Pakistan: Flash floods ravage Buner, Swat; 60% families lose livelihoods
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 25: A recent evaluation conducted by the humanitarian organisation Islamic Relief indicates that 60 per cent of families in the severely affected...
Deadly infectious diseases on Australia's doorstep
Melbourne [Australia], August 25: Australians have little knowledge of the threat on their doorstep from the world's deadliest infectious diseases and it has a crucial...
Ukrainian drone hits Russian plant, sparks Ust-Luga fire
Kiev [Ukraine], August 25: Ukraine launched a drone attack on Russia on Sunday, forcing a sharp fall in the capacity of a reactor at one...
Sri Lanka ex-President Wickremesinghe hospitalised after arrest
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 25: Sri Lanka's jailed former president, Ranil Wickremesinghe, was hospitalised on Saturday, local media reported, a day after his arrest on...
China: Under-construction bridge collapses, 12 workers dead, 4 missing
Qinghai [China], August 25: At least 12 construction workers were killed after a steel cable snapped during bridge construction in northwest China's Qinghai Province. Four...
How Florida is rebuilding for a stormy, costly future
Florida [US], August 25: "The road was a raging river. It was like the ocean," recalled Maria Blancett. "There were white caps going down the...
Is Africa becoming the US dumping ground for migrants?
Lobamba [Eswatini], August 25: US President Donald Trump's crackdown on illegal immigration is a cornerstone of his domestic policy, forming part of his controversial campaign...
Trump's plan to send troops to Chicago is abuse of power: Illinois...
New York [US], August 25: President Donald Trump's plan to deploy troops to Chicago is an abuse of power, the Democratic governor of the US...
Asylum protests in UK as govt plans new process
London [UK], August 25: Protests continued in the UK on Sunday over the use of hotels to house asylum seekers as the government set out...
Over 500,000 to be evacuated as typhoon nears Vietnam
Hanoi [Vietnam], August 25: More than 150,000 households are set to be evacuated as Vietnam braces for the landfall from Typhoon Kajiki, with some 587,000...
UN's OCHA warns of man-made Gaza famine, calls for ceasefire
Gaza [Palestine], August 25: The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has warned that famine in Gaza is "man-made" and called for...
Israel launches massive strikes on Yemen
Sana'a [Yemen], August 25: Two people were killed and 35 injured as Israel launched massive airstrikes on Yemen's capital Sana'a on Sunday, the Houthi-run Health...
Iran will stand up to US demands to be 'obedient', says Khamenei
Tehran [Iran], August 25: Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has said that the United States wants Tehran "to be obedient" to it, but the...
N Korea's Kim oversees test-firing of new air defence missiles
Pyongyang [North Korea], August 25: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has overseen the firing of two new air defence missiles, state media reported, announcing that...
Seven drown near popular Egyptian summer resort: Local media
Cairo [Egypt], August 25: Rescuers pulled another dead body from the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of the Egyptian city of Alexandria on Sunday, bringing...
Allies express support for Ukraine as Zelensky marks Independence Day
Kiev [Ukraine], August 25: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky congratulated his compatriots on Independence Day on Sunday, exactly three and a half years after the war...
US scales down contested military presence in Iraq, say sources
Baghdad [Iraq], August 25: US troops have begun withdrawing from bases in Iraq, where their presence as part of an international coalition fighting Islamic State...
Moscow and Kiev swap 146 POWs
Moscow [Russia], August 25: Russia and Ukraine have carried out another exchange of prisoners of war, the Defence Ministry in Moscow said on Sunday.
UN special rapporteur Albanese to contribute to 'Gaza tribunal,' says Corbyn
London [UK], August 24: Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has said United Nations special rapporteur Francesca Albanese will contribute to the "Gaza tribunal" event which...
Ukraine marks Flag Day as Russians claim advances
Kyiv [Ukraine], August 24: Ukraine marked its National Flag Day on Saturday with a ceremony attended by President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kiev.
Venezuela launches call-up for militia as tensions with US mount
Buenos Aires [Argentina], August 24: Venezuela's authoritarian regime is planning to recruit further people for the militia branch of the country's armed forces, amid mounting...
'Restaurant fire in London like a Halloween scene'
London [UK], August 24: A fire at a restaurant in north-east London was like a "Halloween scene", a local businessman has said, after CCTV footage...
President Trump's Controversial Crime Crackdown Program
Washington [US], August 24: US President Donald Trump appears to be taking the federal government's crackdown on crime to a new level in Washington DC.
North Korea claims to have tested a new weapon system with superior...
Pyongyang [North Korea], August 24: KCNA news agency reported today, August 24, that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un supervised the test of two new anti-aircraft...
WSJ: Pentagon prevents Ukraine from attacking Russian territory
Kyiv [Ukraine], August 24: The Pentagon is said to have prevented Ukraine from using US missiles to attack targets inside Russian territory in order to...