Sherpa guides set new Everest records amid busy season
Kathmandu [Nepal], May 18: Veteran Nepali climbers Kami Rita Sherpa and Lhakpa Sherpa have each set new Everest records in their respective male and female...
Three community kitchen workers among five killed by Israel in Gaza
Gaza [Israel], May 18: Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip have killed at least five Palestinians, including three in Deir el-Balah, and others in Khan...
Italy leaders visit victims of car-ramming, stabbing attacks
Modena [Italy], May 18: Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and President Sergio Mattarella have visited victims of car-ramming and stabbing attacks on the main shopping...
Two presidential campaign staffers killed in Colombia
Bogota [Columbia], May 18: Two presidential campaign staffers have been killed in Colombia just two weeks before the South American country heads to the polls.
Ukrainian weapons' range is changing the course of the war, says Zelensky
Kiev [Ukraine], May 18: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has stated that the increased range of the latest Ukrainian weapons is significantly altering the course of...
Saudi Arabia strongly condemns drone attack on UAE's Barakah Nuclear Plant site
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], May 18: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia expressed the Kingdom's condemnation in the strongest terms of...
Belgium Foreign Minister condemns targeting of Barakah Nuclear Power Plant perimeter, reaffirms...
Brussels [Belgium], May 18: Maxime Prevot, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belgium, European Affairs and Development Cooperation of Belgium, has condemned...
Saudi Arabia announces interception, destruction of three drones from Iraq
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], May 18: The Spokesperson of the Ministry of Defence of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Major General Turki Al-Malki, stated that on...
UAE condemns drone attacks targeting Saudi Arabia
Abu Dhabi [UAE], May 18: The United Arab Emirates has condemned in the strongest terms the drone attacks targeting the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, carried...
UAE consolidates global leadership in innovative treatments, healthcare advancement
Abu Dhabi [UAE], May 18: The United Arab Emirates continues to strengthen its position as a global leader in adopting innovative medicines and advanced treatments...
Hamas military chief killed in Gaza
Tel Aviv [Israel], May 17: The Israeli military and the domestic intelligence agency Shin Bet have confirmed the death of Hamas's military chief in the...
Trump says Iran has 'interest in reaching an agreement'
Washington [US], May 17: US President Donald Trump has said Iran has "an interest in reaching an agreement" as negotiations over the country's nuclear program...
Israeli strikes on Lebanon continue despite extension of the 'ceasefire'
Beirut [Lebanon], May 17: Israel launched another series of air strikes on southern Lebanon, a day after the two countries agreed to extend a ceasefire...
Eight killed, 35 injured as train hits bus in Bangkok
Bangkok [Thailand], May 17: At least eight people have been killed, and dozens injured, after a freight train crashed into a public bus in Thailand's...
Putin to visit China from May 19 after Trump's trip
Moscow [Russia], May 17: Moscow Russia's President Vladimir Putin will pay an official visit to China from May 19 to 20, the Kremlin has announced.
King Charles 'greatly shocked' by death at Royal Windsor Horse Show
London [UK], May 17: British King Charles was "greatly shocked" and "saddened" to have learned of the death of a service person who fell from...
Tens of thousands march in London in far-right, pro-Palestine protests
London [UK], May 17: Tens of thousands of people were marching through central London in two separate protests - one pro-Palestine demonstration a day after...
Ukraine receives hundreds of fallen soldiers' remains from Russia
Moscow [Russia] / Kiev [Ukraine], May 17: Ukraine has again received hundreds of soldiers' bodies back from Russia, officials in Kiev said on Saturday. The...
Infant dies of hypothermia after migrant boat rescue operation off Lampedusa
Rome [Italy], May 17: An infant has died of severe exposure to cold temperatures following the rescue of dozens of migrants aboard a stricken boat...
Latvia president taps opposition politician to form government
Riga [Latvia], May 17: Latvian President Edgars Rinkevics on Saturday tasked opposition politician Andris Kulbergs with forming a new government, two days after Prime Minister...
Pope Leo to visit France in late September
Paris [France], May 17: Pope Leo XIV will travel to France from September 25-28, Holy See spokesman Matteo Bruni said on Saturday.
Car ploughs into crowd in northern Italy's Modena, injuring eight people
Rome [Italy], May 17: A man drove a car into a crowd in the northern Italian city of Modena on Saturday, injuring eight people, four...
13 cases of rare Ebola variant confirmed in DRC
Kinshasa [Democratic Republic of the Congo], May 17: In the new outbreak of the dangerous Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC),...
Man dies after apparent shark attack on Australian coast
Sydney [Australia], May 17: A man has been killed in an apparent shark attack off the south-west coast of Australia, several media outlets reported on...
Maldives diver dies searching underwater cave for Italian scuba-diving victims
Rome [Italy], May 17:: A rescue diver has died in the Maldives while searching for the bodies of Italian tourists who drowned in a scuba-diving...
Gunmen on motorcycles kidnap dozens of school pupils in Nigeria's Borno State
Abuja [Nigeria], May 17:: Gunmen have kidnapped dozens of school pupils in Nigeria's rebellion-ravaged northeastern state of Borno, residents told the Reuters and AFP news...
US plans to indict Cuba's Raul Castro, US DOJ official says
New York [US], May 16: The United States plans to indict Cuba's Raul Castro, a U.S. Department of ​Justice official said late on Thursday.