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UK govt welcomes 'de-escalation' of riots, remains on 'high alert' 12 Aug 2024 - 03:54 pm

London: The UK government welcomed Monday the "de-escalation" of disorder and rioting in English towns and cities following a knife attack that killed...

Search called off for Briton missing in Pyrenees 12 Aug 2024 - 01:19 pm

Toulouse, France: The search has been called off for a 67-year-old British man who went missing while hiking in the Pyrenees, French prosecutors...

Singapore Airlines plane brake glitch forces runway closure in Japan 12 Aug 2024 - 12:38 pm

Tokyo: White smoke reported as a plane landed at Japan's Narita Airport prompted a runway closure on Monday morning, but the airline later...

Storm dumps intense rainfall on northern Japan, sending some people to shelters 12 Aug 2024 - 12:31 pm

Tokyo: A slow-moving storm has been dumping intense rains on northernjapan, swelling rivers, sending residents to shelters and disrupting traffic during ajapanese Buddhist...

Their job was saving lives. They lost their own in Brazil’s horrifying plane crash 12 Aug 2024 - 11:15 am

RIO DE JANEIRO:Arianne Risso worked every day to help her patients battle cancer. That made it all the more heart wrenching when her...

Pacific Northwest tribes are battered by climate change but fight to get money meant to help them 12 Aug 2024 - 11:06 am

SEATTLE:Coastal tribes in the Pacific Northwest experience some of the most severe effects of climate change - from rising seas to severe heat...

Residents flee as Greece wildfires rage despite 'superhuman' efforts 12 Aug 2024 - 10:01 am

Athens:Greeceordered fresh evacuations near Athens on Monday as wildfires spread despite "superhuman" efforts to contain the flames, firefighters said. At least five more...

Russian army concedes Ukraine advances in Kursk offensive 12 Aug 2024 - 12:14 am

Kyiv: Russia on Sunday acknowledged Ukrainian troops had pierced deep into the Kursk border region in an offensive that a top official in...

Turkiye to host second round of talks between Ethiopia, Somalia 11 Aug 2024 - 11:58 pm

Ankara: The Turkish capital Ankara will host on Monday, August 12, the second round of talks between Ethiopia and Somalia to reduce tensions...

Fire at cooling tower of Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant 11 Aug 2024 - 11:11 pm

Moscow: A fire broke out Sunday at a cooling tower of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine, with Kyiv and Moscow...

Greece wildfires force hundreds to evacuate 11 Aug 2024 - 11:07 pm

Athens: Greece on Sunday was battling a spate of wildfires which have forced the evacuation of hundreds of people, as experts warn of...

Celine Dion rebukes Trump for playing ‘Titanic’ song at a rally 11 Aug 2024 - 10:49 pm

Singer Celine Dion says the use of her song "My Heart Will Go On” at former president Donald Trump’s rallies is unauthorized and...

Germany confirms support for Qatar, Egypt, US proposal on Gaza ceasefire 11 Aug 2024 - 10:25 pm

Berlin: Germany ha stressed the urgent need for the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip proposed by Qatar, Egypt, and the United States, calling...

500 medical personnel martyred since beginning of Israeli aggression on Gaza: Palestinian Health Ministry 11 Aug 2024 - 10:04 pm

Ramallah: The Palestinian Ministry of Health said that about 500 healthcare workers have been martyred, and hundreds have been injured since the start...

Algerians flee wildfires in country's northeast 11 Aug 2024 - 09:21 pm

Aït Frah, Algeria: Algerian firefighters on Sunday were battling blazes in the northeastern Kabylie region as families were ordered to evacuate, local media...

Maryland house leveled after apparent blast, at least 1 person found dead 11 Aug 2024 - 07:22 pm

Bel Air, Maryland:At least one person has died after an apparent explosion leveled a house in a town northeast of Baltimore, fire officials...

British hiker goes missing in Pyrenees 11 Aug 2024 - 07:05 pm

Toulouse, France: French police were Sunday searching for a 67-year-old British hiker who has been missing in the Pyrenees for five days, prosecutors...