FAO Food Price Index edges up in July
Rome [Italy], August 11: The FAO Food Price Index, a benchmark for world food commodity prices, averaged 130.1 points in July 2025, up 1.6 percent...
Security Council: Ambassadors meet in emergency session, amid starvation in Gaza
New York [US], August 11: The UN Security Council met Sunday morning in New York following the Israeli cabinet's decision to again expand its military...
Oman condemns, rejects Israeli government's decision to perpetuate its military occupation of...
Muscat [Oman], August 10: The Sultanate of Oman has condemned and categorically rejected the Israeli government's decision to perpetuate its military occupation of the Gaza...
Lammy and Vance host Ukraine talks in UK
London [UK], August 10: British Foreign Secretary David Lammy was scheduled to host a meeting of allied national security advisers on Saturday as US President...
SpaceX capsule with four astronauts returns to Earth
Washington DC [US], August 10: Four astronauts returned to Earth on Satu day after spending about five months aboard theInternational Space Station (ISS). Their capsule...
Ukraine's future must not be decided without Ukrainians: Macron
Kyiv [Ukraine], August 10: Just days before a planned meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump, French President Emmanuel Macron has...
Israeli forces kill 21 aid seekers as Gaza starvation death toll rises
Gaza City [Gaza], August 10: Israeli attacks have killed at least 39 people, including 21 seeking humanitarian aid and 11 who starved to death, over...
Brazilian group unveils climate plan ahead of COP30
Buenos Aires [Argentina], August 10: Brazil's indigenous communities have presented a climate plan that calls for the protection of indigenous lands ahead of the next...
Zelensky rejects territory losses ahead of Trump-Putin summit
Kiev [Ukraine], August 10: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday once again rejected making territorial concessions to end the war with Russia, pointing to the...
UK announces more aid for Gaza as Israel plans war expansion
London [UK], August 10: The United Kingdom has announced another £8.5mn ($11.4mn) for UN aid to Gaza after Israel unveiled plans to expand its military...
New Polish president invited to White House in September
Warsaw [Poland], August 10: Poland's new right-wing President Karol Nawrocki has received an invitation to meet US President Donald Trump during a working visit to...
80 years on, Japanese city of Nagasaki commemorates atomic bombing victims
Tokyo [Japan], August 10: The Japanese city of Nagasaki on Saturday commemorated the victims of the atomic bombing 80 years ago, as global concerns over...
Three injured in shooting in New York's Times Square
New York [US], August 10: Three people were wounded in a shooting in New York's Times Square in the early hours of Saturday morning, US...
N Korea begins dismantling propaganda loudspeakers
Seoul [Korea], August 10: North Korea has begun dismantling loudspeakers along the border with South Korea that had been used for propaganda broadcasts, according to...
Firefighters work to extinguish France's worst wildfire in decades
Paris [France], August 10: Firefighting operations continued on Saturday in south-western France to ensure that the largest wildfire the country has experienced in decades does...
At least six Lebanese soldiers killed in explosion at arms depot: Military
Cairo [Egypt], August 10: At least six Lebanese soldiers were killed in an explosion while dismantling munitions at an arms depot, the Lebanese military said...
Europe stresses need to protect Ukrainian interests
Washington DC [US], August 10: European leaders welcomed on Saturday U.S. President Donald Trump's plans to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin on ending the...
Thousands rally in Tel Aviv against Netanyahu's new Gaza plan
Gaza City [Gaza], August 10: Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Tel Aviv on Saturday night to oppose Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's plan...
White House considering inviting Zelenskiy to Alaska
Moscow [Russia], August 10: The White House is considering inviting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to Alaska, where President Donald Trump is scheduled to meet Russian...
Chad's former PM and opposition leader sentenced to 20 years
N'Djamena [Chad], August 10: Chad's former Prime Minister and opposition leader Succes Masra has been sentenced to 20 years in prison after he was convicted...
Trump nominates State Dept spokeswoman Bruce as US deputy representative to UN
Washington DC [US], August 10: President Donald Trump said on Saturday he was nominating State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce as the next U.S. deputy representative...
Europe and Ukraine press US ahead of Trump-Putin talks
Kyiv [Ukraine], August 10: European officials were reported to have presented their own Ukraine peace proposals to the United States on Saturday as President Donald...
Hezbollah member killed in Israeli drone strike in S. Lebanon
Beirut [Lebanon], August 9: A Hezbollah member was killed on Friday morning in an Israeli drone strike targeting a vehicle in southern Lebanon, according to...
South Africa's fast-track visa scheme draws over 25,000 tourists in six months
Johannesburg [South Africa], August 9: South Africa's Trusted Tour Operator Scheme (TTOS) has attracted a total of 25,024 tourists in the last six months, the...
16 killed, 8 injured in paramilitary forces attack in W. Sudan: volunteer...
Khartoum [Sudan], August 9: At least 16 civilians were killed and eight others injured in an attack by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on...
Wildfires force evacuations, disrupt transport in NW Türkiye
Istanbul [Turkey], August 9: Major wildfires in northwestern Türkiye's Canakkale province triggered evacuations and significant transport disruptions on Friday, local authorities said.
Israel's Netanyahu expresses dissatisfaction with Germany's arms embargo decision
Jerusalem [Israel], August 9: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday evening spoke with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, expressing his disappointment with Germany's decision to...