Trump says Iran is 'dead', vows to respond after renewed clashes
Washington [US], September 1: President Donald Trump has once again declared that Iran is "dead", calling for the country's leaders to be tried for what...
Nepal races to rescue trapped workers, as flood death toll surpasses 900
Kathmandu [Nepal], September 1: Nepal's rescue teams, aided by Chinese and Indian experts, are racing to save more than 900 workers believed to be trapped...
Tunisia sweltering as power cuts disrupt water supplies in parts of the...
Tunis [Tunisia], September 1: Tunisia is facing another spell of extreme heat, with temperatures reaching 49.8 degrees Celsius (121.6 Fahrenheit) in the central city of...
Two dead, 15 missing after Grand Canyon flash floods
Washington [US], September 1: Two people have died and around 15 people remain missing after flash flooding swept through parts of Arizona's Grand Canyon National...
North Korea rejects Trump overtures, vows to expand nuclear arsenal
Seoul [South Korea], September 1: North Korea has reaffirmed its hardline stance towards the US and defended the further expansion of its nuclear weapons programme,...
Austria posts hottest summer in 260 years of record keeping
Vienna [Austria], September 1: Austria saw the hottest summer in its 260-year history of weather measurements, with average air temperature reaching 2.6 degrees Celsius above...
DR Congo confirms more than 6,000 Ebola cases, almost 3,000 deaths
Nairobi [Kenya], September 1: More than 6,000 people have contracted the Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the current outbreak, and...
Norwegian royals accompany late king's coffin to palace chapel
Oslo [Norway], September 1: The Norwegian royal family accompanied the coffin of the late Harald V through the Royal Palace in a solemn procession on...
Swiss police arrest suspect after rave shooting that killed Italian woman
Geneva [Switzerland], September 1: Swiss police have arrested a suspect in connection with a shooting at a rave at the weekend that left a 22-year-old...
Fire at Polish combat drone production factory triggers sabotage probe
Warsaw [Poland], September 1: Polish prosecutors on Monday launched an investigation into a fire at a combat drone production plant south of Warsaw on suspicion...
UAE responds to drone as Iran claims attack on Dubai-area airbase
Dubai [UAE], September 1: The United Arab Emirates has responded to a drone detected over the country's territorial waters, the Defence Ministry said on Monday....
At least five Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza City
Gaza [Palestine], September 1: At least five Palestinians have been killed in Israeli air strikes in Gaza City.
'Global coral reef coverage risks irreversible decline'
Sydney [Australia], September 1: Coral reefs are experiencing bleaching events so frequently that they no longer have time to recover before the next one strikes,...
Kazakhstan's Tokayev appoints adviser as VP
Astana [Kazakhstan], September 1: Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has appointed longtime adviser Erlan Karin as vice president, the office under a new constitution adopted earlier...
20 missing following Cyprus ferry disaster
Istanbul [Turkey], September 1: Twenty people remain missing following the ferry disaster off the north coast of Cyprus that left at least eight people dead,...
North Korea's Kim replaces country's defence minister in military reshuffle
Seoul [South Korea], August 31: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has replaced the country's defence minister as part of a reshuffle of the military...
UK experts reconstruct face of man who lived through Norman conquest
London [UK], August 31: New research has revealed what a man who lived through the Norman conquest of Britain may have looked like, uncovering new...
Mallorca stages fresh tourism protest
Palma [Spain], August 31: Residents of Mallorca have taken to the streets to protest mass tourism on the popular Spanish holiday island. Around 1,000 demonstrators,...
Himalayan flood toll tops 800
Kathmandu [Nepal], August 31: The death toll from catastrophic flash floods along the Nepal-China border has risen to more than 800, as fresh flood warnings,...
NASA launches powerful new telescope to survey universe
Washington [US], August 31: NASA has launched its new Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, designed to study distant planets, exploding stars and black holes while...
Icelanders vote 'No' to restarting EU membership talks
Brussels [Belgium], August 31: Iceland has narrowly rejected restarting talks on joining the European Union in a referendum, with 52.8% voting against and 47.2% in...
Russia's Africa Corps helped put down Niger mutiny, says ambassador
Moscow [Russia], August 31: Russia's Africa Corps helped Niger's ruling junta suppress a mutiny by soldiers in the West African country, Russia's ambassador to Niger...
Ukraine searches for missing after Russian attack kills 38 near Kiev
Kiev [Ukraine], August 31: The death toll from explosions triggered by a Russian attack on an ammunition storage facility near the Ukrainian capital Kiev has...
Captain, 7 crew detained after Cyprus ferry disaster kills 8
Kyrenia [Cyprus], August 31: The captain and seven crew members of a ferry that capsized off the northern coast of Cyprus, killing at least eight...
Swiss police continue large-scale search after deadly shooting at rave
Vienna [Austria], August 31: A "large-scale" police manhunt is continuing after a deadly shooting at a rave in northern Switzerland left an Italian woman dead...
Khamenei calls for Gulf unity as Hormuz tensions persist
Tehran [Iran], August 31: Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei has urged Gulf leaders to identify their "real enemy" and confront it, as Tehran maintains...
Turkiye and Somalia forces freed cargo vessel hijacked by pirates: Authorities
Ankara [Turkiye], August 31: Turkish and Somali forces have freed a cargo ship held captive by pirates off the coast of Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland state,...