World

Skygazers in some parts of world marvel at...
New York [US], March 30: Skygazers in some parts of the world have been enthralled catching the Moon passing between...

Thailand buildings built before 2007 not earthquake-proof
Bangkok [Thailand], March 30: A structural engineering expert has told the BBC that fewer than 10% of buildings in Bangkok...

Myanmar quake toll passes 1,600
Bangkok [Thailand], March 30: Myanmar's military rulers let in hundreds of foreign rescue personnel on Saturday after an earthquake killed...

Moscow accuses Kiev of stepping up attacks on...
Moscow [Russia], March 30: Russia on Saturday accused Ukraine of intensifying its attacks on energy facilities in violation of a...

Danish minister hits back at 'tone' of US...
Copenhagen [Denmark], March 30: Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen on Saturday responded to criticism of Copenhagen's policy on Greenland...

Corsican mafia boss shot and killed in Bastia
Paris [France], March 30: A notorious Corsican mafia boss was shot dead on his doorstep in Bastia on Saturday morning.

South Korea battles worst ever wildfires as death...
Seoul [South Korea], March 29: Wildfires raging in South Korea doubled in size on Thursday from a day earlier, as...

Germany 'will not give in' to Trump car...
Berlin [Germany], March 29: Germany has said it "will not give in" and that Europe must "respond firmly" as US...

Record 28 million people face acute hunger in...
Kinshasa [Democratic Republic of Congo], March 29: Twenty-eight million people face acute hunger in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a...

South Koreans mourn historic temple burnt by wildfire,...
Seoul [South Korea], March 29: Charred, black ruins at South Korea's Gounsa temple stood on Thursday in stark contrast to...

Six Russians dead, 39 tourists rescued after submarine...
Moscow [Russia], March 29: Six Russians died on Thursday and 39 foreign tourists were rescued when a viewing submarine sank...

US pushes for streamlining, tension over leak case...
Washington [US], March 29: CNN on March 28 quoted the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as saying...

Billionaire Elon Musk 'buys' social network X again
New York [US], March 29: Billionaire Elon Musk announced that he has sold his social networking company X to his...

Ukrainian President sets conditions for signing mineral deal...
Kyiv [Ukraine], March 29: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the country would not accept any mineral exploitation deals that threatened...

Kennedy to slash 10,000 jobs in major overhaul...
New York [US], March 29: U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced plans to reshape...

Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh fear aid cuts will...
Dhaka [Bangladesh], March 29: Majuna Khatun sat cradling her six-month-old baby at a rehabilitation centre for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh,...

Swedish journalist jailed in Turkey on terrorism
Ankara [Turkey], March 29: Swedish journalist Kaj Joakim Medin, who was in Turkey to cover protests against Istanbul Mayor Ekrem...

Maduro urges UN to back release of migrants
Caracas [Venezuela], March 29: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro this week spoke to the United Nations' Secretary General Antonio Guterres and...

Remaining USAID staff fired
New York [US], March 29: President Donald Trump's administration told Congress on Friday it would cut nearly all remaining jobs...

Vance accuses Denmark of not keeping Greenland safe...
New York [US], March 29: U.S. Vice President JD Vance on Friday accused Denmark of not doing a good job...

Myanmar-Thailand earthquake: Dozens dead in powerful quake
Naypyidaw [Myanmar], March 29: Myanmar's ruling junta has called for help after the massive earthquake which killed 144 people in...

US Treasury targets Hezbollah finance team sanctions evasion...
New York [US], March 29: The US Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) Friday designated five...

Gaza hasn't received humanitarian aid for over three...
Gaza [Palestine], March 29: No humanitarian aid has entered Gaza for more than 3 weeks now, Philippe Lazzarini, Commissioner-General of...

UN expresses concern over repeated exchange of fire...
New York [US], March 29: Janine Hennis-Plasschaert, the United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon, expressed the UN's deep concern over...

Over half of northern Gaza under forced evacuation...
Geneva [Switzerland], March 29: The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has expressed deep concern...

Unsustainable fashion, textiles in focus for International Day...
Nairobi [Kenya], March 29: Ahead of the International Day of Zero Waste 2025, events in Nairobi, New York and across...

Several killed in Israeli attacks in Lebanon
Beirut [Lebanon], March 28: At least three people have been killed in Israeli attacks in Lebanon, Lebanese media reported....