Hundreds of thousands of US taxpayer-funded vaccine doses may expire, lawmakers say
Washington DC [US], July 24: Hundreds of thousands of doses of mpox vaccine that the United States had promised to send to African nations are...
Top UN court says countries can sue each other over climate change
Washington DC [US], July 24: A landmark decision by a top UN court has cleared the way for countries to sue each other over climate...
US to officially withdraw from UNESCO by 31st December 2026
New York [US], July 23: The United States has formally notified Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), of...
Austria records first trade surplus in 16 years
Vienna [Austria], July 23: Austria has recorded its first trade surplus in 16 years, registering a surplus of approximately €1.7 billion last year, compared to...
Negotiating with US authorities, Columbia University fines students protesting against Israel
Washington [US], July 23: Columbia University announced on July 22 that it has imposed various penalties on students who participated in anti-Israel protests on campus.
Dhaka plane crash: Death toll rises to 31
Dhaka [Bangladesh], July 23: The death toll from the crash of a Bangladesh Air Force training jet into a school in Dhaka has risen to...
Trump announces 'largest deal ever' with Japan, claims US to gain 90%...
Washington [US], July 23: US President Donald Trump on Tuesday night (local time) announced the completion of what he called a "massive deal" with Japan,...
"We cannot give up our enrichment": FM Araghchi says Iran open to...
Tehran [Iran], July 23: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has said Tehran will not abandon its uranium enrichment programme despite significant damage caused by recent...
Ukraine lost its first French-supplied Mirage 2000 fighter jet
Kiev [Ukraine], July 23: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced on July 23 that the country's air force had recorded the first loss of a French-funded...
UK man obsessed with James Bond convicted of trying to spy for...
London [UK], July 23: A British man who "dreamt about being like James Bond" has been found guilty of trying to spy for what he...
AI to be trialled for disputes over asylum seekers' ages in UK
London [UK], July 23: Artificial intelligence (AI) technology will be trialled to assess disputed ages of asylum seekers who say they are children, the British...
Number of aid seekers killed by Israel in Gaza tops 1,000: UN
Gaza [Palestine], July 23: Israeli forces have killed more than 1,000 Palestinians as they were trying to access food in Gaza since the United States-...
Germany at risk of missing climate targets after 2040, finds report
Berlin [Germany], July 23: Germany is at risk of missing its climate targets from 2040 onwards, according to the German government's latest climate protection report.
Rains, flash floods kill 21 in Pakistan
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 23: Flash floods and landslides have killed at least 21 people in 24 hours across Pakistan, taking the total death toll in...
US to pull out of UNESCO as membership 'not in national interest'
Olympia [Washington], July 23: The United States will withdraw from UNESCO by the end of 2026, the government said on Tuesday, only two years after...
Up to 500 miners buried by landslides in eastern Congo
Kinshasa [Democratic Republic of the Congo], July 23: Up to 500 miners are believed to be trapped in eastern Congo following a series of landslides,...
Al-Azhar issues global appeal for urgent action to save Gazans from deadly...
Cairo [Egypt], July 23: Al-Azhar Al-Sharif has issued a global appeal for urgent and immediate action to rescue the people of Gaza from what it...
US Special Envoy to visit Middle East to finalise Gaza aid corridor
Olympia [Washington], July 23: The United States announced on Tuesday that it is working to finalise the establishment of a humanitarian aid corridor into the...
Major wildfire in Greece prompts evacuation of several villages
Athens [Greece], July 23: A major wildfire broke out on Tuesday in Greece, prompting authorities to order the evacuation of several villages near Corinth, west...
UN staff in Gaza suffering from hunger, says UNRWA
Gaza City [Gaza], July 23: The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has revealed that UN staff...
Tropical Storm Wipha makes landfall in Vietnam; heavy rains persist in Philippines
Hanoi [Vietnam], July 23: Tropical storm Wipha weakened after making landfall in northern Vietnam on Tuesday, with authorities on alert due to heavy rains that...
Trump accuses Obama of treason in escalating attacks over 2016 Russia probe
Washington DC [US], July 23: U.S. President Donald Trump accused former President Barack Obama of "treason" on Tuesday, accusing him, without providing evidence, of leading...
WHO says staff residence in Gaza was attacked
Geneva [Switzerland], July 22: The World Health Organization said that its staff residence and main warehouse in Gazan city of Deir al-Balah was attacked thrice...
Harvard battles Trump administration in court over canceled funding
New York [US], July 22: Harvard University urged a federal judge on Monday to order U.S. President Donald Trump's administration to restore about $2.5 billion...
Trump's funding cut stalls water projects, increasing risks for millions
New York [US], July 22: The Trump administration's decision to slash nearly all U.S. foreign aid has left dozens of water and sanitation projects half-finished...
LGBTQI+ network slams Vanuatu's proposed gender law
Port Vila [Vanuatu], July 22: The Pacific Sexual and Gender Diversity Network has condemned Vanuatu's move to change its Constitution to legally recognise only two...
Israel sends tanks into Gaza's Deir al-Balah, hostage families concerned
Gaza [Palestine], July 22: Israeli tanks pushed into southern and eastern districts of the Gazan city of Deir al-Balah for the first time on Monday,...