City bus lands in Seine near Paris as trainee driver makes steering...
Paris [France], May 2: A trainee driver learning to operate a city bus in a Paris suburb plunged the vehicle into the Seine River on...
Iran threatens painful response if US renews attacks
Tehran [Iran], May 2: Iran said on Thursday it would respond with "long and painful strikes" on U.S. positions if Washington renewed attacks and ​restated...
UK terror threat level raised to severe after two Jewish men stabbed
London [UK], May 2: The UK terrorism threat level has been raised to "severe" following the Golders Green stabbings of two Jewish men, meaning a...
Tunisia's jailed opposition leader Ghannouchi rushed to hospital
Tunis [Tunisia], May 2: Jailed Tunisian opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi has been urgently transferred to a hospital after a sharp deterioration in his health, his...
Detained Gaza flotilla activists to be taken to Greece: Israel
Tel Aviv [Israel], May 2: Israel on Thursday said that dozens of activists intercepted by the Israeli military from a Gaza-bound aid flotilla in international...
US pioneering gene researcher Venter dies
Los Angeles [US], May 2: US gene research pioneer Craig Venter, 79, died on Wednesday, the J Craig Venter Institute (JCVI) he founded said.
US indicts Sinaloa governor, 9 others over Mexican drug cartel links
Washington [US], May 2: Ten former and current Mexican officials were indicted in absentia on charges of drug trafficking and related weapons offences in the...
Putin, Trump discuss possible temporary ceasefire in Ukraine
Moscow [Russia] / Washington [US] / Kiev [Ukraine], May 2: Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump discussed a possible temporary ceasefire in...
King Charles, Camilla bid formal farewell to Trump and Melania
London [UK], May 2: The British King and Queen have said farewell to the US president and first lady as they near the end of...
Largest US aircraft carrier to depart Middle East
Washington [US], May 1: The US Navy's largest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R Ford, is expected to leave the Middle East soon, US media...
UK terror threat level raised to severe after two Jewish men stabbed
London [UK], May 1: The UK terrorism threat level has been raised to "severe" following the Golders Green stabbings of two Jewish men, meaning a...
Trump hits back again at German Chancellor Merz over Iran war criticism
Washington [US], May 1: US President Donald Trump took aim at German Chancellor Friedrich Merz again on Thursday over his criticism of the war in...
New York Mayor Mamdani urges UK king to return Koh-i-Noor diamond to...
New York [US], May 1: New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani suggested that Britain should return one of its crown jewels to India, the Koh-i-Noor diamond,...
Brazil Senate blocks Supreme Court nominee for first time in 130 years
Rio De Janeiro [Brazil], May 1: Brazil's Senate has rejected a Supreme Court nominee for the first time in more than 130 years, dealing a...
Man sentenced to death for murder of toddlers at Ugandan nursery
Kampala [Uganda], May 1: A man has been sentenced to death by hanging for the murder of four toddlers at a nursery school in Uganda's...
Israeli strikes in Lebanon kill 27; Hezbollah attacks IDF
Beirut [Lebanon] / Tel Aviv [Israel], May 1: Twnety-seven people were killed in Israeli attacks in Lebanon, including two minors and at least four women,...
Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi's sentence reduced
Naypyidaw [Myanmar], May 1: Myanmar President Min Aung Hlaing has cut all prisoners' sentences by one-sixth, a blanket measure that grants deposed leader Aung San...
Khamenei threatens response to any US attacks
Tehran [Iran], May 1: Iran's new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, on Thursday, threatened to respond to any further US attacks in a rare statement read...
Trump warns Iran to 'get smart' over stalled talks
Washington DC [US], April 30: United States President Donald Trump has warned Iran must "get smart soon" following a proposal from Tehran that would postpone...
US, Latin America countries criticise China's retaliation
Washington DC [US], April 30: Bolivia, Costa Rica, Guyana, Paraguay, Trinidad and Tobago, and the United States have released a joint statement in support of...
Future Hungarian PM Magyar has 'highly constructive' meeting with EU
Brussels [Belgium], April 30: Hungary's future prime minister Peter Magyar held talks in Brussels on Wednesday over reforms needed for the EU to release frozen...
War not a solution to resolve ongoing crisis: Iranian official
Tehran [Iran], April 30: Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Saeed Khatibzadeh has said war is not a solution to resolve the ongoing crisis, adding that diplomacy...
UK expels Russian diplomat, summons ambassador in tit-for-tat move
Moscow [Russia], April 30: The UK is expelling a Russian diplomat and summoning ambassador Andrey Kelin in a tit-for-tat move following similar action by Moscow...
Ukraine escalates dispute with Israel over grain from occupied areas
Moscow [Russia], April 29: Ukraine has escalated its rhetoric toward Israel in a dispute over alleged shipments of grain from Russian-occupied Ukrainian territories, with President...
UK government to impose restrictions on social media for under-16s
London [UK], April 29: The UK government has said it will introduce "age or functionality restrictions" on social media for under 16s, education minister Olivia...
Mexico's Jalisco drug cartel chief arrested
Mexico City [Mexico], April 29: Mexican special forces have arrested Audias Flores, known as "El Jardinero", one of the top commanders of the powerful Jalisco...
89-year-old suspect arrested after Athens shooting spree: Authorities
Athens [Greece], April 29: An 89-year-old man armed with a hunting rifle opened fire inside a Greek social security office in Athens on Tuesday, wounding...