Former German president Horst Koehler dies at 81
Berlin [Germany], February 2: Former German President Horst Koehler passed away at the age of 81 in the early hours of Saturday after an illness,...
Athletic Bilbao signs powerful striker Sannadi from Alaves
Madrid [Spain], February 2: Athletic Bilbao on Saturday strengthened the forward line with the signing of powerful striker Maroan Sannadi from Deportivo Alaves.
Feature: Chinese performers bring a taste of Chinese New Year to Germany
Frankfurt [Germany]/ Guangzhou [China], February 2: Hundreds of local residents experienced the festive joy of the Chinese New Year or Spring Festival in Frankfurt, Germany...
Ukraine rejects Slovakian PM's allegations of interference
Kyiv [Ukraine], February 2: Ukraine's HUR military intelligence service on Saturday rejected allegations of involvement in mass protests in Slovakia against the government of Prime...
Los Angeles wildfires contained after burning for 3 weeks
Los Angeles [California], February 2: The devastating wildfires in and around Los Angeles have been completely contained after burning for three weeks, state officials said...
Venezuela frees six US men
Caracas [Venezuela], February 2: Venezuela has freed six US detainees after talks in Caracas between President Nicolas Maduro and a senior Trump administration official.
All six people on board, motorist killed in plane crash in Philadelphia
Washington DC [US], February 2: A second plane crash in the United States in two days - this time in a busy north-east area of...
Rafah crossing reopens as Israel frees jailed Palestinians in swap
Gaza City [Gaza], February 2: The Rafah border crossing between Egypt and Gaza reopened on Saturday for the first time in nearly nine months as...
Arab ministers reject Trump's call to displace Palestinians from Gaza
Gaza City [Gaza], February 2: Foreign ministers of five Arab countries have issued a joint statement rejecting the forced displacement of Palestinians from their land.
Nursing home fire near Paris kills three, injures several: Media reports
Paris [France], February 2: Three people died and several were injured in an early Saturday morning fire at a nursing home near Paris, French...
Syrian authorities arrest former president's cousin
Damascus [Syria], February 1: Syrian authorities have arrested Atef Najib, former political security chief in the city of Daraa, in a security operation in the...
2 killed, 10 injured in Israeli airstrikes in E. Lebanon
Beirut [Lebanon], February 1: Two people were killed and 10 others injured in Israeli airstrikes in eastern Lebanon on Friday, according to official and security...
Egypt to host high-level Arab meeting on Palestinian issues
Cairo [Egypt], February 1: The Egyptian Foreign Ministry announced on Friday that foreign ministers from Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, and...
4 IS militants killed in airstrikes in central Iraq
Baghdad [Iraq], February 1: Four Islamic State (IS) militants were killed on Friday in airstrikes on their hideout in central Iraq, the Iraqi military said.
U.S. 15-year air safety streak comes to end: WSJ
New York [US], February 1: The United States' streak of more than 15 years without a major fatal airline crash has been the envy of...
Canada announces deferral in implementing capital gains tax increase
Ottawa [Canada], February 1: The Canadian Minister of Finance Dominic LeBlanc announced on Friday that the federal government is deferring the date to implement capital...
Canada deploys investigators to Washington for midair collision involving Bombardier
Ottawa [Canada], February 1: Canada has sent a team of investigators following a midair collision accident in Washington, D.C. involving American Airlines flight 5342, a...
OpenAI launches "reasoning" model o3-mini
San Francisco [US], February 1: OpenAI on Friday launched a new artificial intelligence (AI) "reasoning" model o3-mini.
U.S. stocks slump after Trump commits to impose tariffs
New York [US], February 1: U.S. stocks dived on Friday, after the White House confirmed that tariffs on Mexico and Canada would take effect on...
Small plane crashes in Philadelphia
New York [US], February 1: A small plane crashed in a neighborhood of northeast Philadelphia on Friday, sparking a large fire, U.S. media reported.
UN forms task force to coordinate war debris removal in Gaza
New York [US], February 1: International organisations and donor entities have begun assessing aid plans, funding programmes and development initiatives required to be launched once...
UN appeals for $500 million to address global human rights needs
Geneva [Switzerland], February 1: Volker Türk, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, has launched an appeal to raise $500 million for 2025 to address...
'Gazans depend on us for sheer survival', insists UNRWA
Geneva [Switzerland], February 1: UNRWA said on Friday that its staff are still providing aid to the people of Gaza and the West Bank including...
Norway seizes ship suspected of sabotaging submarine cables in Baltic Sea
Oslo [Norway], February 1: According to Reuters, Norwegian police have detained a Norwegian ship at the request of Latvia on suspicion of damaging a fiber...
US fires dozens of FBI agents who investigated Trump
New York [US], February 1: CNN reported on February 1 that President Donald Trump's administration is about to lay off law enforcement officials, including dozens...
Trump may raise tariffs on China, Canada and Mexico today
New York [US], February 1: The US leader said he would increase import taxes to 25% on goods imported from Canada and Mexico, and 10%...
Another plane crash causes many casualties in the US
New York [US], February 1: The incident occurred near Roosevelt Mall in northeast Philadelphia. The Learjet 55 crashed at around 6:30 p.m. on January 31...