Istanbul, Oct 10, (dpa/GNA) – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, criticized Israel’s complete siege of the Gaza Strip, accusing Israel of violating the human…
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Israel shells areas in southern Lebanon after rockets launched
Tel Aviv/Beirut, Oct 10, (dpa/GNA) – Israel shelled areas in southern Lebanon on Tuesday, after rockets were fired from the area into northern Israel,…
Swiatek wins fifth title of the season with victory at China Open
Beijing, Oct. 8, (PA Media/dpa/GNA) – Iga Swiatek claimed her first big title since the French Open with victory over Liudmila Samsonova in the…
More than 2,000 people died in Afghanistan earthquakes, officials say
Islamabad, Oct. 8, (dpa/GNA) – A day after several strong earthquakes rattled western Afghanistan, the death toll has risen to 2,053, officials said on…
Lebanon’s Hezbollah expresses solidarity with Hamas
Beirut, Oct. 8, (dpa/GNA) – A senior official in Lebanon’s Shiite militia Hezbollah has vowed unqualified support to Palestinians and said the movement is…
At least 700 killed in Israel’s worst day of bloodshed in decades
Tel Aviv, Oct. 8, (dpa/GNA) – At least 700 people were killed and more than 2,000 injured in Israel in the worst single day…
More than 3,200 rockets fired at Israel from Gaza, says military
Tel Aviv, Oct. 8, (dpa/GNA) – Palestinian militants have fired more than 3,200 rockets from the Gaza Strip at Israel during their large-scale offensive,…
Typhoon Koinu hits Taiwan with heavy rain and strong wind
Taipei, Oct. 5, (dpa/GNA) – Typhoon Koinu brought heavy rains and strong wind to Taiwan, leaving more than 200,000 households without electricity and causing…
Iraqi wedding fire caused by negligence: authorities
BAGHDAD, Oct. 2, (Xinhua/GNA) – The Iraqi authorities on Sunday, ruled out intentional causes behind a fire incident at a wedding party in a…
Türkiye launches probe into bomb attack outside interior ministry
ANKARA, Oct. 2, (Xinhua/GNA) – Turkish authorities launched a probe into a bombing attack, in front of the interior ministry’s building in the capital…
Pakistani police arrest gang behind 328 illegal kidney transplants
Islamabad, Oct 2, (dpa/GNA) – Pakistani authorities have busted a gang, involved in the illegal trade in human kidneys and transplants, amid a gradual…
Türkiye’s Erdogan pledges to make new constitution
ANKARA, Oct. 2, (Xinhua/GNA) – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, promised Sunday to make a new constitution in the new term of the parliament,…
One dead after second gas explosion in Turkey in two days
Istanbul, Sept 29, (dpa/GNA) – A 68-year-old woman was killed in a gas explosion on Friday, in a six-storey residential building in Turkish capital…
Turkish court upholds life sentence against philanthropist Kavala
Istanbul, Sept. 29, (dpa/GNA) – Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals on Thursday upheld a life sentence against prominent philanthropist and businessman Osman Kavala for…
Dozens dead, over 50 wounded in Pakistan bombing
Islamabad, Sept. 29, (dpa/GNA) – More than two dozen people were killed and around 50 were wounded when a bomb went off near a…
Armenia says around 85,000 people have now fled Nagorno-Karabakh
Yerevan, Sept. 29, (dpa/GNA) – Some 85,000 people have sought refuge in Armenia following Azerbaijan’s seizure of the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh in the…
Taiwan launches its first domestically built submarine
Taipei/Beijing, Sept. 28, (dpa/GNA) – Taiwan launched its first domestically built submarine on Thursday. President Tsai Ing-wen said building submarines domestically was an important…
2nd BREIP conference held in Shanghai on Wed. to build bridge for global economic information connectivity
BEIJING, Sept. 28 (Xinhua/GNA) – The Second Conference of the Belt and Road Economic Information Partnership and 2023 Shanghai Entrepreneurs Conference for the Belt and RoadHigh-quality Development…
Arrests made as Iraq mourns wedding party blaze victims
Baghdad, Sept 27, (dpa/GNA) – Iraq on Wednesday, declared a period of national mourning for the victims of a fire that swept through a…
North Korea to expel US soldier after illegal entry
Seoul, Sept 27, (dpa/GNA) – North Korea is expelling a US soldier who entered the country without authorization in mid-July, South Korean news agency…