Killing of anti-corruption president hopeful inflames Ecuador crisis
Quito [Ecuador], August 11: Ecuador plunged deeper into crisis after an anti-corruption presidential candidate was assassinated on Wednesday evening, less than two weeks before elections.
Biden signs decree to protect sensitive technology
Washington [US], August 11: US President Joe Biden on Wednesday issued an executive order to regulate certain investments from the United States in China to...
Iraq's extreme temperatures a 'wake-up call'
Baghdad [Iraq], August 11:Iraq's rising temperatures and protracted drought are a "wake-up call" for the world, United Nations human rights chief Volker Turk said in...
Hawaii wildfires raze resort city on Maui island
Washington [US], August 11: A wildfire that swept through the resort town of Lahaina on Hawaii's Maui island has killed at least 36 people, authorities...
North Korea's Kim dismisses top general
Pyongyang [North Korea], August 11: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un replaced the military's top general and called for more preparations for the possibility of...
Ukraine orders evacuation of parts of north-east
Kyiv [Ukraine], August 11: Ukraine has ordered the mandatory evacuation of all civilians from 37 settlements in the northeast as Russia steps up its attacks...
Yandex founder slams Russia's 'barbaric' war in Ukraine
Moscow [Russia], August 11:ArkadyVolozh, a co-founder of Russia's technology giant Yandex, has described Moscow's full-scale invasion of Ukraine as "barbaric".
Iran releases US dual nationals into house arrest, lawyer says
Tehran [Iran], August 11: Iran has released five US-Iranian dual nationals into house arrest, US officials say.
Abdullah bin Zayed, Armenian counterpart discuss bilateral relations
Abu Dhabi [UAE],August 11: H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs, discussed over the phone with Ararat Mirzoyan, Minister of Foreign...
Bangladesh's dengue death toll passes 350, with 101 new deaths in August
Dhaka [Bangladesh],August 10:Bangladesh reported 12 dengue deaths on Wednesday, down from 13 a day earlier, bringing the total number of fatalities in the country to...
5.9-magnitude earthquake jolts off eastern Indonesia
Jakarta [Indonesia], August 10: A 5.9-magnitude earthquake rocked Indonesia's eastern province of Maluku on Thursday, the country's meteorology, climatology and geophysics agency said.
Ukraine opens border crossing with Russia for refugee return
Kyiv [Ukraine], August 10: Ukraine has opened a border crossing with Russia that was closed since the war began so that Ukrainian refugees displaced to...
At least 56 injured in blast on factory premises near Moscow
Moscow [Russia], August 10:The injury toll in a violent explosion that rocked a pyrotechnics warehouse in the town of SergiyevPosad, about 70km north-east of Moscow,...
Amazon summit fails to set concrete targets to stop deforestation
Rio de Janeiro [Brazil], August 10:The eight nations that share the Amazon basin have come under fire for a joint declaration agreed at their summit...
Migrant shipwreck off Italy leaves 41 dead
Rome [Italy], August 10: At least 41 people are dead after a boat accident involving migrants in the Mediterranean Sea, the Italian news agency ANSA...
11 killed in France holiday home blaze
Paris [France], August 10: Eleven people were killed in eastern France on Wednesday when a fire tore through a holiday lodging being used by a...
Saudi embassy resumes work in Iran after 7 years
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], August 10:Saudi Arabia's embassy in Tehran has resumed operations, state media in Iran reported Wednesday, following a thaw in ties seven years...
Norwegian river dam partly collapses
Oslo [Norway], August 10: A dam on a Norwegian river partly collapsed, sending water gushing through a gaping hole in the structure after days of...
US obtained search warrant for Trump's Twitter
Washington [US], August 9: The U.S. special counsel investigating Donald Trump obtained a search warrant for the former president's Twitter account in January and the...
Typhoon Khanun lashes southern Japan
Tokyo [Japan], August 10: Flights were cancelled and trains halted on Wednesday as heavy rain from Typhoon Khanun pounded southern regions of Japan and South...
Six people killed in Maui wildfire as survivors flee into the ocean
Washington, [US], August 10:Wildfires fanned by the winds of a distant hurricane killed at least six people and caused extensive damage on Hawaii's Maui island...
Two killed in clash between Lebanon's Hezbollah, Christian villagers-sources
Beirut [Lebanon], August 10: Two people were killed in Lebanon on Wednesday in an exchange of fire between Hezbollah members and residents of a Christian...
WHO classifies EG.5 as COVID-19 'variant of interest'
Geneva (Switzerland), August 10:The World Health Organization on Wednesday classified the EG.5 coronavirus strain circulating in the United States and China as a "variant of...
COP28 President-Designate stands with Brazil's President in call for protecting and investing...
Brasilia [Brazil], August 10: Dr. Sultan bin Ahmed Al Jaber, Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology and COP28 President-Designate, gave remarks at the Amazon Summit...
July 2023 hottest month on record
Brussels [Belgium], August 9: July was the hottest month ever recorded on Earth with abnormally high temperatures recorded on both land and sea.
Iran to continue nuclear talks with "dignity": president
Tehran [Iran], August 9:Iran's President EbrahimRaisi stated on Tuesday that while the country will continue discussing the revival of the 2015 nuclear deal with "dignity,"...
21 million USD stolen via phishing scams in Japan in H1
Tokyo [Japan], August 9: Phishing scams in Japan in the first half (H1) of 2023 resulted in unauthorized money transfers totaling around 3 billion yen...