National
Canada rail shutdown: Union challenges government move
Ottawa [Canada], August 25: The union representing over 9,000 Canadian rail workers vowed on Friday to challenge the federal government's...
Floods, landslides in India's Tripura displace tens of...
Tripura (Assam) [India], August 25: Soldiers in lifeboats ferried people to safety in India's northeastern state of Tripura after heavy...
Germany attack: Police arrest suspected knifeman
Berlin [Germany], August 25: German police have arrested a man suspected of killing three people and injuring another eight in...
Telegram CEO Pavel Durov arrested at French airport
Paris [France], August 25: Telegram chief executive Pavel Durov has been arrested by French police at an airport north of...
Wildfires affecting 30 cities in Brazil's Sao Paulo...
Brasilia [Brazil], August 25: Brazil's Sao Paulo state said that wildfire outbreaks were affecting or closing in on 30 of...
Zelenskiy touts new 'drone missile', calls Putin 'sick...
Kyiv [Ukraine], August 25: President Volodymyr Zelenskiy touted a newly developed Ukrainian "drone missile" on Saturday that he said would...
Sharjah Charity International disbursed AED84.3M in UAE in...
Sharjah [UAE], August 25: The Sharjah Charity International (SCI) spent AED84.3 million on aid programmes within the country during the...
Madeira's wildfire finally under control
Lisbon [Portugal], August 25: The fire that raged on several fronts in Madeira for 11 days is finally under control...
King Salman International Complex, UNA to hold symposium...
Jeddah [Saudi Arabia], August 25: The King Salman International Academy for the Arabic Language and the Union of News Agencies...
NASA decides to keep 2 stranded astronauts in...
Washington [US], August 25: Two NASA astronauts who flew to the International Space Station in June aboard Boeing's (BA.N), opens...
Kuwait welcomes ALPS joint statement after Sudan talks...
Kuwait City [Kuwait], August 25: Kuwait welcomed Saturday the joint statement issued by the Aligned for Advancing Lifesaving and Peace...
Turkish lira hits record low against USD
Istanbul [Turkey], August 24: The Turkish lira plummeted to a historic low against the U.S. dollar on Friday, with the...
Egyptian, U.S. presidents discuss Gaza ceasefire talks
Cairo [Egypt], August 24: Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi and U.S. President Joe Biden discussed the Gaza ceasefire negotiations on Friday...
Yemeni gov't says intercepts Houthi drones targeting oil...
Aden [Yemen], August 24: The Yemeni army intercepted three Houthi drones carrying explosives targeting the Safer oil facility in Marib...
Deadly fire at South Korea battery maker due...
Seoul [South Korea], August 24: A fire at a South Korean lithium battery maker in June that killed 23 people...
Indonesia court finds drugmakers at fault over toxic...
Jakarta [Indonesia], August 24: An Indonesian court ordered two local companies to pay up to 60 million rupiah ($3,850) to...
Nepal: 14 dead after Indian pilgrim bus plunges...
Kathmandu [Nepal], August 24: Fourteen people died and 16 were injured after a bus carrying dozens of pilgrims from India...
Israeli attacks kill at least 42 in Gaza
Gaza [Palestine], August 24: Medical sources on Thursday said at least 42 people were killed since dawn in Gaza as...
British Prime Minister Wants to Be Straight About...
London [UK], August 24: Reuters on August 23 quoted British Prime Minister Keir Starmer as telling Chinese President Xi Jinping...
Prisoners riot in Russian prison, casualties reported
Moscow [Russia], August 24: RT reported on August 23 that prisoners took hostages at a prison in Russia's Volgograd region...
Ukraine continues to attack Russian soil, Putin decides...
Kyiv [Ukraine], August 24: Earlier, RT reported that Ukrainian forces attacked a ferry used to transport train cars in the...
Rohingya in Myanmar flee en masse again
Naypyidaw [Myanmar], August 24: Thousands of Rohingya in Myanmar are fleeing their homes and taking dangerous boats to Bangladesh after...
Plane crash in Thailand, no survivors found
Bangkok [Thailand], August 24: According to the Bangkok Post, the Thai Flying Service charter plane took off from Suvarnabhumi Airport...
Ms. Harris makes her mark and her path
New York [US], August 24: In her speech at the DNC, US Vice President Kamala Harris accepted the Democratic nomination...
Independent candidate suspends campaign, turns to support Mr....
New York [US], August 24: NBC News reported that Mr. Kennedy Jr. 's campaign confirmed its support for former US...
Mass stabbing at German festival, 3 dead, 4...
Berlin [Germany], August 24: The stabbing took place at a diversity festival in Solingen, a three-day event marking the 650th...
US Secret Service suspends 5 employees after Trump...
New York [US], August 24: Fox News reported on August 23 that at least five Secret Service agents were temporarily...






