Hamas official reiterates rejection of any proposal for temporary ceasefire

Jan 25, 2024

Gaza [Palestine], January 25: A member of Hamas' political bureau, Osama Hamdan, on Wednesday reiterated that the Palestinian movement would not agree to a temporary...

Train driver strike paralyses rail transport in Germany

Jan 25, 2024

Berlin [Germany], January 25: Germany's state-owned railway Deutsche Bahn faced massive disruptions and widespread cancellations on Wednesday as train drivers from the GDL trade union...

Iraq rebukes US over strikes on Iran-backed groups

Jan 25, 2024

Baghdad [Iraq], January 25: Iraq accused the United States of contributing to a "reckless escalation" of violence in the region after American air strikes targeted...

Iran's Raisi flies to Turkey for delayed Gaza talks

Jan 25, 2024

Ankara [Turkey], January 25: Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi flew to Turkey on Wednesday for twice-delayed talks aimed at ironing out past differences between the two...

3-year drought persists in Spain's Catalonia

Jan 25, 2024

Madrid [Spain], January 25: Although Atlantic storms regularly sweep through Spain they always seem to peter out before reaching Catalonia, which is experiencing its worst...

Turkey's lawmakers approve Sweden's NATO membership

Jan 25, 2024

Ankara [Turkey], January 25: Turkey's parliament on Tuesday ratified Sweden's NATO membership after more than a year of delays that upset Western efforts to show...

Israeli attack on UN refuge in Gaza prompts rare rebuke from Washington

Jan 25, 2024

Gaza [Palestine], January 25: Israeli tanks struck a huge U.N. compound sheltering displaced Palestinians on Wednesday, causing "mass casualties", the United Nations said, as Israeli...

39 killed, 9 injured in east China building fire

Jan 25, 2024

Beijing [China], January 25: Thirty-nine people were killed, and nine others injured after a building fire broke out Wednesday afternoon in the city of Xinyu...

Jailed Polish ex-ministers released after being pardoned again

Jan 24, 2024

Warsaw [Poland], January 24: Poland's former Interior Minister Mariusz Kaminski and his deputy Maciej Wasik were released from prison on Tuesday night, after being pardoned...