Tel Aviv, Aug. 1, (dpa/GNA) – At least five Israelis were injured in a shooting attack at a shopping centre in the occupied West…
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Ghanaian journalist, others in China on exchange programme
By Kodjo Adams, GNA Special correspondent, Beijing Beijing, Aug. 01, GNA – China is hosting over 80 journalists from 49 countries for an intensive…
Pakistani police suspect Islamic State as bomb death toll reaches 46
Islamabad, July 31, (dpa/GNA) – Pakistani investigators, on Monday pointed the finger at the extremist Islamic State group, as the death toll from a…
Death toll from Thailand fireworks warehouse blast rises to 12
Bangkok, Jul. 30, (dpa/GNA) – The death toll following an explosion in a warehouse holding fireworks in southern Thailand rose to at least 12…
Beijing issues warning as heavy rains expected to hit northern China
Shenzhen, Jul. 30, (dpa/GNA) – Beijing and other parts of northern China are on high alert due to possible heavy rainfall from tropical storm…
Taliban burn musical instruments in western Afghanistan
Islamabad, Jul. 30, (dpa/GNA) – A number of musical instruments were burned on Sunday in Afghanistan’s western province of Herat by the Taliban’s morality…
Passenger boat capsizes in Philippines, 21 dead
Manila, Jul. 27, (dpa/GNA) – At least 21 people were killed when a passenger boat capsized in the Philippines on Thursday after being battered…
Indonesian rescuers race against time to save eight trapped miners
Jakarta, Jul. 27, (dpa/GNA) – Rescue workers in Indonesia’s Central Java province are working around the clock to save eight gold miners who have…
Israeli far-right minister visits contested holy site in Jerusalem
Tel Aviv, Jul. 27, (dpa/GNA) – Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has paid a renewed visit and made provocative comments at a…
Thai vote on new prime minister postponed
Bangkok, July 27, (dpa/GNA) – In Thailand, a second parliamentary vote on the future prime minister has been postponed, according to parliamentary speaker Wan…
China braces as typhoon Doksuri rages over Taiwan, Philippines
Manila, July 27, (dpa/GNA) – China has declared a red alert, the highest typhoon warning level, for the approaching typhoon Doksuri, which left at…
Samsung Q2 profit plummets
Seoul, Jul. 27, (dpa/GNA) – Samsung Electronics Co Ltd reported a profit for the second quarter that dropped 85.88% from last year as weak…
Monsoon rains, flooding claim more than 150 lives in Pakistan
Islamabad, July 26, (dpa/GNA) – The death toll from monsoon rains and flooding in Pakistan, has risen above 150, amid fresh warnings of more…
Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang removed from office
Beijing, July 25, (dpa/GNA) – Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang, has been removed from office in a vote by the Standing Committee of the…
Eleven killed in roof collapse
HARBIN, July 24 (Xinhua/GNA) – Eleven people have been killed in a roof collapse in a middle school gymnasium, that happened on Sunday in…
Israel’s parliament passes divisive judicial reform bill
Jerusalem, Jul. 24, (dpa/GNA) – Despite massive opposition, Israel’s parliament passed a key element of the controversial judicial reform bill on Monday after a…
Ferry sinks off Indonesia’s Sulawesi island, killing 15
Jakarta, Jul. 24, (dpa/GNA) – A ferry carrying 48 people celebrating their hometown’s anniversary capsized and sank overnight off Indonesia’s Southeast Sulawesi province, leaving…
Iraq confirms full support for national dialogue in Yemen
BAGHDAD, July 24 (Xinhua/GNA) – Iraq on Sunday, confirmed its full support for the national dialogue in Yemen to achieve security and stability, in…
Israel’s Netanyahu released from hospital after heart surgery
Tel Aviv, July 24, (dpa/GNA) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, has been released from hospital after heart surgery, hours ahead of a key…
Hun Sen wins Cambodian elections again after opposition party banned
Bangkok, July 24, (dpa/GNA) – Long-time prime minister, Hun Sen, and his Cambodian People’s Party (CPP), have retained power as expected in Cambodia’s parliamentary…