Washington:  A lead organisation monitoring for food crises around the world withdrew a new report this week warning of imminent famine in north Gaza under what it called Israel's “near-total...

Beijing:  China has approved the construction of the world's largest dam, stated to be the planet's biggest infra project costing USD 137 billion, on the Brahmaputra River in Tibet close...

Deir Al-Balah (Gaza Strip):  An Israeli strike killed five Palestinian journalists outside a hospital in the Gaza Strip overnight, the Health Ministry said early Thursday. The Israeli military said it...

Moscow:  An Azerbaijani airliner with 67 people onboard crashed Wednesday in the Kazakhstani city of Aktau, leaving at least 32 survivors, according to officials. More than 30 people are likely...

United Nations: The UN organisation assisting in investigating the most serious crimes in Syria said Monday the country's new authorities were “very receptive” to its request for cooperation during a...

Cairo:  Famine is spreading in Sudan due to a war between the military and a notorious paramilitary group that has wrecked the country and created the world's largest displacement crisis,...

Jerusalem:  Palestinian medics say Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip have killed at least 20 people. One of the strikes overnight and into Monday hit a tent camp in the...

Deir Al-Balah (Gaza Strip):  Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip overnight and into Sunday killed at least 22 people, including five children, Palestinian medical officials said. Israeli authorities meanwhile allowed...

Magdeburg (Germany):  Germans on Saturday mourned both the victims and their shaken sense of security after a Saudi doctor intentionally drove into a Christmas market teeming with holiday shoppers, killing...

Cape Town (South Africa): Pakistan won a second straight major one-day international series away from home when it beat South Africa by 81 runs at Newlands. After beating Australia 2-1...