TOKYO, Sept. 17, (Xinhua/GNA) – An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.8 hit Ibaraki Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo, early Thursday, with shaking clearly…
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Houthis say Saudi warplanes launch 40 airstrikes across Yemen in 24 hours
SANAA, Sept. 17, (Xinhua/GNA) – Yemen’s Houthi group said on Wednesday, that Saudi warplanes had carried out 40 airstrikes across three Yemeni provinces over…
Houthis claim downing Saudi armed reconnaissance drone in Yemen’s Marib
SANAA, Sept. 17, (Xinhua/GNA) – Yemen’s Houthi group said Wednesday evening, that it had shot down a Saudi armed reconnaissance drone in Yemen’s northeastern…
Fighting intensifies near Yemen’s strategic Bab al-Mandab Strait
ADEN, Yemen, Sept. 17, (Xinhua/GNA) – Fighting intensified between Yemen’s government forces and the Houthi group in rugged terrain, overlooking the strategic Bab al-Mandab…
Three dead in Istanbul tourist district shooting
Istanbul, Sept 15. (dpa/GNA) – Three people were killed and another person injured, in a shooting in a shop in Istanbul’s Fatih district, a…
4 killed following refrigerator explosion in India’s Karnataka
NEW DELHI, Sept. 15 (Xinhua/GNA) – At least four members of a family were killed and two others suffered burn injuries early Tuesday, after…
Afghan police dismantle armed theft gang, seize 7 firearms
KABUL, Sept. 15, (Xinhua/GNA) – Afghan police have dismantled a 13-member professional armed theft gang, and seized seven firearms in northern Jawzjan province, the…
33 detained in TĂĽrkiye over fresh produce price manipulation
ISTANBUL, Sept. 15, (Xinhua/GNA) – Turkish authorities detained 33 suspects on Tuesday, in a major nationwide operation over alleged manipulation of fresh fruit and…
Turkey blocks X accounts of rights groups, activists after LGBT raids
Istanbul, Sept 15. (dpa/GNA) – Dozens of X accounts belonging to human rights organizations, journalists and LGBT rights advocates, have been blocked in Turkey,…
Bangladesh sentences seven Hasina aides to death over 2024 uprising
Dhaka, Sept 15. (dpa/GNA) – A special court in Bangladesh has sentenced seven aides of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina to death, for crimes…
Nearly 130 still missing after contact was lost with Indonesian ferry
Jakarta, Sept 14. (dpa/GNA) – Nearly 130 people remained missing off Indonesia on Sunday, after authorities lost radio contact with a ferry in the…
At least six dead after ferry accident off Indonesia
Jakarta, Sept 14. (dpa/GNA) – At least six people have died and over 120 remain missing, after Indonesian authorities lost radio contact with a…
Turkish authorities raid LGBTQ+ organizations and make arrests
Istanbul, Sept 14. (dpa/GNA) – Turkish authorities, have filed criminal proceedings against 162 people and arrested numerous people, in nationwide raids targeting LGBTQ+ organizations,…
Search continues for 129 missing after ferry capsizes off Indonesia
Jakarta, Sept 14. (dpa/GNA) – Search and rescue efforts for 129 people missing, following a deadly ferry accident in the Java Sea continue, authorities…
Suspended Istanbul mayor Ä°mamoÄźlu handed jail term, political ban
Istanbul, Sept 14. (dpa/GNA) – A Turkish court on Friday, sentenced suspended Istanbul mayor Ekrem Ä°mamoÄźlu to two years and one month in prison,…
Road to key Yemeni city reopened after Houthis advance along Red Sea
Cairo/Sana’a, Sept 14. (dpa/GNA) – A main access road to the city of Taiz in south-western Yemen, has been reopened, following an advance by…
Five dead, 87 missing as ferry catches fire in Philippines
Manila, Sept 10. (dpa/GNA) – At least five people have died and 87 are missing, after a fire broke out on a passenger ferry…
25 killed in fire on cargo ship in eastern China
Beijing, Sept 10. (dpa/GNA) – Twenty-five people have died in a fire on a cargo ship, in the eastern Chinese port city of Qingdao,…
Xi to attend New Delhi summit to boost greater BRICS cooperation
Beijing, Sept. 11 (Xinhua/GNA) – Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi from Sept. 12 to 13, a…