Search under way in Egypt following building collapse
Cairo [Egypt], June 27: Civil defence teams were searching for people trapped under the debris after a 13-storey building collapsed in the northern Egyptian city...
Australian court dismisses Russian embassy appeal
Sydney [Australia], June 27: Australia's High Court dismissed an appeal by the Russian government on Monday to keep a new embassy site in Canberra.
100-nation summit to combat road crash deaths
Stockholm [Sweden], June 27:Heads of National Road Safety Agencies from around 100 countries will convene in Stockholm this week for the inaugural global road safety...
Hezbollah says it downed Israeli drone in Lebanon
Beirut [Lebanon], June 27: Lebanon's Hezbollah group says it has downed an Israeli drone in southern Lebanon near the border with Israel.
At least three dead, after storms hit US Midwest, South
Washington [US], June 27: Tornadoes and thunderstorms hit the U.S. Midwest and South on Sunday, leaving dozens of homes damaged and at least three people...
US Supreme Court dismisses clash over Trump hotel documents
Washington [US], June 27: The U.S. Supreme Court ordered the dismissal of a lawsuit by a group of congressional Democrats who had sought details about...
Republican threatens impeachment probe of attorney general over Biden's son
Washington [US], June 27: The top Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives is threatening an impeachment investigation of Attorney General Merrick Garland over the...
Cyclone-hit areas reel after Myanmar army blocks aid
Yangon [Myanmar], June 27: Millions who survived Myanmar's strongest cyclone are now struggling to rebuild their lives after the government cut off access to affected...
Wagner mutiny: Prigozhin's soldiers rage while others cry conspiracy
Moscow [Russia], June 27: Yevgeny Prigozhin may have boasted he had the loyalty of all 25,000 members of his mercenary army, but it seems that...
Vladimir Putin says Wagner mutiny leaders will be 'brought to justice'
Moscow [Russia], June 27:Russian President Vladimir Putin has accused the leaders of last weekend's Wagner mutiny of wanting "to see Russia choked in bloody strife".
Organ harvesting: Trafficked for his kidney and now forced into hiding
London [UK], June 27:When a man who'd been sleeping rough walked into a police station near Heathrow Airport, it would lead to the UK's first...
International Security Alliance seizes over $750 worth of drugs, arrests 597 suspects
Abu Dhabi [UAE], June 27:A global operation by the International Security Alliance (ISA), a working group of eleven Ministries of Interior, Justice and Home Affairs,...
Experts call for global collaboration to combat drug trade and promote prevention
Dubai [UAE], June 27: Experts emphasised the urgent need for regional and global collaboration to combat the illicit drug trade and mitigate its widespread impact.
UAE President and Russian President discuss bilateral relations, regional and international developments...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], June 27: President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan today made a phone call to President of the Russian Federation...
Army officer, 3 IS militants killed in clash in N. Iraq
Baghdad [Iraq], June 26: An Iraqi army officer and three Islamic State (IS) militants were killed on Sunday in a clash in Iraq's northern province...
Light aircraft crash in Moscow region kills two
Moscow [Russia], June 26: A civilian light-engine plane crashed in the Moscow region, killing two on board, Russia's emergency authorities said on Sunday.
Freight train falls into river after bridge collapses in U.S. Montana
Los Angeles [US],June 26: A freight train fell into the Yellowstone River in the U.S. state of Montana after parts of a bridge collapsed on...
Sri Lanka declares bank holiday for domestic debt restructuring
Colombo [Sri Lanka], June 26: Sri Lanka will have a five-day bank holiday from June 29 to July 3 to provide time for domestic debt...
Israeli settlers again attack Palestinians in West Bank while forces fatally shoot...
Ramallah [Palestine], June 26: There was renewed violence by Israeli settlers against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank on Saturday.
Vienna and Rome call for 'paradigm shift' in EU asylum policy
Geneva [Switzerland], June 26:Austria and Italy want to reach clear decisions on how the European Union's (EU) asylum system should be reformed at the upcoming...
Russian airstrikes claim 11 lives in Syria's Idlib
Damascus [Syria], June 26: In a devastating series of air strikes on northwestern Syria's Idlib province, Russian warplanes have left at least 11including seven civilians...
Pope recalls Vatican girl who went missing 40 years ago
Rome [Italy], June 26: Pope Francis expressed his sympathies on Sunday to the family of EmanuelaOrlandi, a Vatican citizen who disappeared in central Rome 40...
Five civilians killed in southeast Kenya
Nairobi [Kenya], June 26: Five civilians have been killed by armed assailants who attacked two villages in southeast Kenya, police said.
US aircraft carrier in Vietnam
Danang [Vietnam], June 26: A US aircraft carrier arrived in the central Vietnamese city of Danang on Sunday, weeks after Hanoi protested against Chinese vessels...
Massive crowds of pilgrims circle Kaaba as hajj begins
Mecca [Saudi Arabia], June 26: Vast crowds of robed Muslim faithful walked solemn circles around the Kaaba, the black cube at Makkah's Grand Mosque on...
Israeli security chiefs vow crackdown on settler 'terrorism'
Jerusalem [Israel], June 26: Israeli security chiefs on Saturday designated settler attacks on Palestinian villages in the occupied West Bank as "nationalist terrorism" that merits...
One killed, nine injured in roller coaster crash in Sweden
Stockholm [Sweden], June 26: One person was killed and nine injured, including children, in a roller coaster accident at the Grona Lund amusement park in...