Kiev, May 8 (IANS/DPA) Russia has once again attacked Ukraine's energy system from the air, Ukrainian officials said on Wednesday.Ukrainian Energy Minister German Galushchenko took to his Facebook account and s
Gaza, May 7 (IANS) The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) on Tuesday called on the US administration and the international community to put pressure on Israel to stop the storming of the Rafah border crossing
Gaza, May 7 (IANS) At least 20 people have been killed in Israel's continuous attacks on the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip since Tuesday, the media reported.Israel targeted at least four residential
Cairo, May 7 (IANS/DPA) Egypt has condemned the Israeli military operations in the Palestinian city of Rafah and its control over the Palestinian side of the Rafah border crossing, a Foreign Ministry statement
Moscow, April 7 (IANS) Promising continuation of his efforts to form a "multipolar world order" and an "equal and indivisible security system", Vladimir Putin, who took office as President of Russia for the fif
Moscow, May 6 (IANS) Days after UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron said that Ukraine had the right to use long-range missiles sent by his country to strike deep inside Russia, Moscow on Monday conveyed that thi
Seoul, May 6 (IANS) South Korea's economically active population is anticipated to plunge by nearly 10 million by 2044 amid the country's critically low births, data showed on Monday.According to a report from
Moscow, May 6 (IANS/DPA) Russia will conduct an exercise of its tactical nuclear forces on the orders of President Vladimir Putin, the Defence Ministry announced on Monday.The announcement did not say if the mi
Seoul, May 5 (IANS): South Korea's Cyber Operations Command will participate in a US-led multinational cyber exercise this week to boost its capabilities to counter malicious cyber activities, Seoul's defence m
Tel Aviv, May 5 (IANS) Amid ongoing talks for a 'pause' and mounting demands for the release of hostages, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday asserted that his country will not accept Hamas's d
United Nations, May 4 (IANS) Invoking Mahatma Gandhi's statement that "freedom of the press is a precious privilege that no country can forego", General Assembly President Dennis Francis has called for reaffirm
Kyiv, May 4 (IANS/DPA) Multiple fires have broken out in the north-eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv following Russian missile and drone attacks overnight, authorities said on Saturday.The largest blaze erupted
Tel Aviv, May 4 (IANS) Hamas has agreed to release 20 Israeli hostages in its custody instead of the 33 proposed by Israel.A delegation of Hamas leaders led by Khalil al-Hayva has reached the Egyptian capital o
Geneva, May 3 (IANS/DPA) The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday that the threat of famine still hangs over the war-torn Gaza Strip.More food has reached the Gaza Strip in recent weeks, but the WHO's
Yangon, May 3 (IANS) In the scorching month of April, over 50 fatalities were recorded due to heatstroke in Mandalay, central Myanmar, an official from the Mani Sala Rescue Organization told Xinhua on Friday.Am
Berlin, May 3 (IANS/DPA) Germany has summoned the Acting Charge d Affaires of the Russian embassy in response to a Russian cyberattack on the governing Social Democratic Party (SPD) last year.He has been summon
Gaza, May 2 (IANS) Israel released on Thursday 64 Palestinians who were arrested during the military operations in the Gaza Strip, said the General Authority for Crossings and Borders in Gaza.The Authority said
Tel Aviv, May 2 (IANS/DPA) Israeli fighter jets and artillery hit central Gaza on Thursday, the army said, as efforts to reach a new deal between Israel and Hamas continue.Israeli Air Force (IAF) "fighter jets
Rome, May 1 (IANS/DPA) Pope Francis on Wednesday denounced the global arms industry, saying it was "terrible to make money from death.""Unfortunately, today the investments that bring the greatest return are ar
Shenzhen, China, May 1 (IANS/DPA) At least 19 people were killed when a motorway in China's Guangdong province collapsed on Wednesday, Chinese state broadcaster CCTV reported.A total of 30 people were also take