Ukraine floats possibility of inviting Russia to peace summit
Kyiv [Ukraine], February 26: Ukraine and its foreign partners could invite Russia to a future peace summit to discuss an end to Moscow's two-year-old invasion...
Hungarian experts expect deepening friendship with China via BRI
Hungary [Budapest], February 25: Experts from both Hungary and China discussed China's decisive role in global connectivity through the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and...
Knife-wielding man kills 1 at convenience store in Japan's Sapporo
Tokyo [Japan], February 25: A convenience store employee died after a man stabbed him and two other co-workers in Sapporo in the northernmost Japanese prefecture...
Ten dead after major fire destroys block of flats in Spain
Madrid [Spain], February 25: Ten people are now known to have died in the fire than engulfed a residential complex in the Spanish Mediterranean city...
Zelensky marks war anniversary with tribute to Ukrainians' courage
Kyiv [Ukraine], February 25: President Volodymyr Zelensky has marked the second anniversary of the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine with a commemoration of...
Europe 'must do even more' on defence: German chancellor
Berlin [Germany], February 25: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called for Germany and Europe to make a bigger effort when it comes to defence, in...
Nearly 30km oil slick after Houthis attack UK-owned vessel
Washington [US], February 25: Iran-backed Houthi rebels have attacked a UK-owned bulk carrier in the Red Sea causing an oil slick, the US military said...
Head of top US gun-rights advocacy group convicted of corruption
Washington [US], February 25: A jury in New York on Friday found former top US gun lobbyist Wayne LaPierre and other executives of the influential...
15 die in building fire in eastern China
Beijing [China], February 25: At least 15 people died and 44 more were injured in a fire in a residential building in the eastern Chinese...
Blinken 'disappointed' by settler plan as Israel looks north, east
Tel Aviv [Israel], February 25: The Gaza War and indirect ceasefire talks rumbled on but it was developments in the West Bank and at the...
Erdogan slams UN, West for 'just watching crimes' in Gaza
Ankara [Turkey], February 25: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has criticised the UN and Western countries for "just watching the humanitarian crimes" committed by Israel...
Hamas warns Israel against Al-Aqsa Mosque restrictions
Tel Aviv [Israel], February 25: Hamas has warned Israel about its plans to restrict access to the Al-Aqsa Mosque during the Muslim holy month of...
'Bloodthirsty wolves': Iran's Khamenei slams Western leaders
Tehran [Iran], February 25: Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Hosseini Khamenei has denounced the West for turning "a blind eye to the killing of 30,000 innocent...
Russian authorities return Navalny's body to his mother, says aide
Moscow [Russia], February 25: Russian authorities have handed over the body of late opposition politician Alexei Navalny to his mother, his spokeswoman Kira Yarmysh said...
Bulgarian president calls for 'European solution' to end Ukraine war
Sofia [Bulgaria]. February 25: Bulgarian President Rumen Radev has called for a European solution to the war in Ukraine two years after the start of...
Crowds gather in UK to support Ukraine on second anniversary of war
London [UK], February 25: Crowds have gathered across the UK to show support for Ukraine and pay their respects to the fallen on the second...
'You are not alone,' Dutch PM tells Ukraine
The Hague [Netherland], February 25: Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has assured Kiev of his country's continued support, joining other European leaders in marking the...
Switzerland doubtful Russia will join start of Ukraine peace summit
Geneva [Switzerland], February 25: Russia is unlikely to take part at the outset of a high-level Ukraine peace conference which neutral Switzerland plans to host...
Trump wins South Carolina, swamping Nikki Haley in her home state
Washington [US], February 25: Donald Trump easily defeated Nikki Haley in South Carolina's Republican contest on Saturday, Edison Research projected, extending his winning streak as...
Nikki Haley makes her case to a Republican Party that no longer...
Washington [US], February 25: Nikki Haley is pledging on the campaign trail to stand up to Russian aggression in eastern Europe, reform social security, keep...
7 hospitalized after gas leak at Swedish Security Service HQ
Stockholm [Sweden], February 24: Seven people were hospitalized with respiratory problems on Friday after the Swedish Security Service's headquarters in Stockholm were evacuated due to...
Iran rejects claims of selling ballistic missiles to Russia
Tehran [Iran], February 24: Iran denied on Friday Western media reports that it had sold ballistic missiles to Russia for use against Ukraine, saying it...
EU to release billions of euros frozen funding for Poland
Warsaw [Poland], February 24: The European Commission (EC) is set to release up to 137 billion euros (148 billion U.S. dollars) of funding for Poland,...
Ukraine says it shot down another Russian A-50 surveillance plane
Kiev [Ukraine], February 24: Ukrainian Air Force Commander Mykola Oleschuk said Friday that the Ukrainian military shot down another Russian A-50 surveillance aircraft.
U.S. stocks end mixed, Dow, S&P 500 posting record closes
New York [US], February 24: U.S. stocks ended mixed on Friday, ending the week on a positive note, with the S&P 500 holding steady after...
U.S. private lunar lander alive after historical landing
Los Angeles [US], February 24: U.S. company Intuitive Machines' first lunar lander is alive and well after making historical lunar landing on Thursday, the company...
101 Guatemalan migrants found in Mexico
Mexico City [Mexico], February 24: Mexican authorities found 101 Guatemalan migrants, including 11 unaccompanied minors, in an abandoned house in the northwestern Mexican state of...