Three dead, several wounded in knife attack on German festival

Three people were killed and four others seriously wounded in a stabbing attack at a festival on Friday night in the western German city of Solingen, police said
24 August 2024, 03:00 AM

Macron kicks off tense talks on new French govt

French President Emmanuel Macron began a round of thorny consultations with political leaders yesterday, hoping to cobble together a viable ruling coalition after last month’s inconclusive election.
23 August 2024, 18:00 PM

Sit down for talks with Russia

India’s Narendra Modi yesterday urged President Volodymyr Zelensky to sit down for talks with Russia to end the war in Ukraine and offered to act as a friend to help bring peace as the two leaders met in wartime Kyiv.
23 August 2024, 18:00 PM

Record Channel migrant arrivals in first half of 2024: UK

The number of migrants arriving in the UK by crossing the Channel on boats hit a record in the first half of 2024, interior ministry data showed yesterday.
22 August 2024, 18:00 PM

Russia-China partnership ‘yielding results’

President Vladimir Putin said yesterday that Russia’s economic and trade links with China are “yielding results” as he welcomed Chinese Premier Li Qiang to the Kremlin.
21 August 2024, 18:00 PM

Russia battles blaze at oil depot

Hundreds of Russian firefighters in the southern Rostov region were battling a massive fire at an oil depot yesterday for a third day after it was hit in a Ukrainian drone attack.
20 August 2024, 18:00 PM

Mpox not the new Covid: WHO official

A World Health Organization official stressed yesterday that mpox, regardless of whether it is the new or old strain, is not the new Covid, as authorities know how to control its spread.
20 August 2024, 18:00 PM

World's oldest person dies in Spain at 117

The world's oldest living person, Spain's Maria Branyas Morera, who was born in the United States and lived through two world wars, has died at the age of 117, her family said Tuesday
20 August 2024, 10:07 AM

Venezuela’s opposition vows to fight ‘to the end’

Venezuela’s opposition, claiming victory in presidential elections they say were stolen by strongman Nicolas Maduro, gathered in the thousands in Caracas and elsewhere on Saturday, vowing to fight “to the end.”
18 August 2024, 18:00 PM

Ukraine targets 4 Russian airbases

Ukraine carried out its largest long-range drone strike of the war on four Russian military airfields in an overnight operation, a Ukrainian security source said yesterday.
14 August 2024, 18:00 PM

Heat killed nearly 50,000 in Europe in 2023: study

High temperatures which scientists say are being worsened by human-driven carbon emissions caused nearly 50,000 deaths in Europe last year, a study published Monday found
12 August 2024, 19:47 PM

Russia widens evacuations in border regions

Two Russian regions bordering Ukraine ordered more evacuations yesterday as Moscow battled to contain an unprecedented push onto its territory.
12 August 2024, 18:00 PM

Abbas to visit Russia today

Palestinian Authority President Mahmud Abbas will visit Moscow next week to discuss the Gaza war with Russian President Vladimir Putin, a Palestinian envoy said.
11 August 2024, 18:00 PM

Intense battles rage inside Russia

Russia was fighting intense battles yesterday against thousands of Ukrainian troops as deep as 20 km (12 miles) inside the Kursk region after Ukraine’s biggest attack on Russian sovereign territory since the start of the war in 2022.
10 August 2024, 18:00 PM

UK ‘on high alert’ for more far-right rallies: PM

Prime Minister Keir Starmer warned yesterday that UK authorities must “stay on high alert” in the coming hours and days, amid fears of further far-right riots in English towns and cities.
9 August 2024, 18:00 PM

UN troubled by Thai opposition party ban

The United Nations yesterday said the dissolution of Thailand’s main opposition Move Forward Party was “deeply troubling” and seriously impacted fundamental freedoms.
8 August 2024, 18:00 PM

Ukraine pierces Russian border

Russia was battling a major cross-border incursion from Ukraine for a second day yesterday, with authorities evacuating several thousand civilians due to fighting, officials said.
7 August 2024, 18:00 PM

Russia targets Kyiv with missile strikes

A Russian missile attack on the city of Kharkiv in northeastern Ukraine damaged a medical clinic and injured at least five people yesterday, the governor of the Kharkiv region said.
6 August 2024, 18:00 PM

UK PM vows punishment to quell protests

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said violent protesters who had targeted Muslim communities would swiftly face the “full force of the law” as he sought to quell days of anti-immigration rioting.
5 August 2024, 18:00 PM

Russia captures another eastern Ukraine village

Russia said yesterday its armed forces seized the village of Novoselivka Persha in eastern Ukraine, the latest in a string of frontline advances Moscow has claimed in recent weeks.
4 August 2024, 18:00 PM