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Brussels: European stock markets opened mixed on Thursday as investors await the US employment report for June and the signals it may carry...

Tokyo: Japan’s Nikkei index fell on Thursday, dragged lower by AI-related heavyweights following an overnight tech selloff on Wall Street. The Nikkei 225...

Caraballeda, Venezuela: Andrea Canonico focused on her breathing to stay calm as she lay trapped under a building that had crumbled during the...

Occupied Jerusalem: Settlers stormed the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem on Thursday, under the protection of Israeli occupation forces. According to...

Gimpo, South Korea: The contrast cannot be starker: selfie-taking tourists sipping coffee at Starbucks -- an icon of globalisation and capitalism -- while...

Bangkok: An 11-year-old drove his parents' truck into a Buddhist procession in Thailand on Thursday, killing eight monks and injuring 10 others, police...

Taipei: Police in Taiwan have seized more than $300 million in World Cup bets after busting an illegal online betting ring, authorities said...

Tokyo: Five people needed hospital treatment in Japan after a man accidentally set off an anti-bear spray in a city-centre post office, reports...

Baghdad: The Iraqi Meteorological Organization and Seismology (IMOS) announced the recording of 22 earthquakes during June 2026. The tremors were distributed across the...

Ramallah: Chairman of the Palestinian National Council (PNC) Rawhi Fattouh, warned on Wednesday that the Israeli Knesset’s approval in its first reading of...

Cairo: President of the Arab Republic of Egypt HE Abdel Fattah El-Sisi received the credentials of HESheikh Jassim bin Abdulrahman bin Mohammed Al-Thani...

Abidjan: Widespread flooding has killed at least 59 people in Ivory Coast since the "particularly heavy" rainy season began in mid-May, a government...

AddisAbaba: The Ethiopian government announced that more than 1.4 million international tourists have visited the country during the 2025/2026 fiscal year, which concludes...

Gaza: Two Israeli airstrikes on Gaza on Wednesday killed three Palestinians and injured others. Medical sources said that two Palestinians were killed and...

Beirut: The death toll from the Israeli aggression on Lebanon since March 2 has risen to 4,297, with 12,196 others wounded, according to...

Brussels: Electricity generated from renewable energy sources in the European Union accounted for 45.5 percent of total electricity production in the first quarter...

Lahore, Pakistan: Pakistani mourners shouldered bedframes in a procession through the narrow streets of Lahore's Kahna area on Wednesday as they carried the...

Lisbon: Parts of Portugal have been placed on red alert due to high temperatures forecast for the coming days, after being relatively spared...