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Trump sworn in for second term vowing sweeping change
Jan 20, 2025
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump was sworn in for a historic second term as president on Monday, pledging a blitz of immediate orders on immigration and the US culture wars as he caps his extraordinary comeback. With one hand raised in the air and the other on a Bible given to him by his mother, the 47th US president solemnly took the oath of office ...
Ukrainian attack on Russian-occupied town kills 2 - Russian state media
Jan 20, 2025
MOSCOW — Ukraine attacked a Russian-occupied town in the southern Kherson region on M ...
Biden pre-emptively pardons Trump foes
Jan 20, 2025
WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump's predecessor Joe Bidenon Monday issued pre-em ...
Protesters storm S. Korea court after president's detention extended
Jan 19, 2025
SEOUL  — Supporters of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol stormed a Seoul court Sunday after a judge extended the impeached lead ...
Russian attacks kill six across Ukraine, Kyiv says
Jan 19, 2025
KYIV — A Russian missile strike on the Ukrainian capital killed three people on Saturday, Ukrainian leaders said, branding it a "heinou ...
Trump inauguration moved indoors due to extreme cold
Jan 18, 2025
 WASHINGTON — Donald Trump confirmed that his inauguration as US president on Monday will move indoors due to expected freezing weather ...
Germany could send troops to future Ukraine buffer zone - minister
Jan 18, 2025
 BERLIN — Germany's defence minister said he was open to sending German soldiers to Ukraine to help secure a demilitarised zone there i ...
Mounted police comb fire-charred Los Angeles for bodies
Jan 18, 2025
LOS ANGELES, UNITED STATES — Sheriff's deputies on horseback fanned out through charred brush on Friday, hunting for the remains of people w ...
Russia hopes Gaza ceasefire can lead to 'comprehensive' settlement
Jan 16, 2025
MOSCOW — Russia on Thursday said it hoped a ceasefire in Gaza would lead to "long-term stabilisation" and creates the conditions for a "comp ...
Thousands refuse evacuation despite Indonesia's volcano eruptions
Jan 16, 2025
TERNATE, INDONESIA — Thousands of people declined on Thursday a government-led evacuation in eastern Indonesia where a volcano has been spew ...
Cyprus hails new access to US defence goods
Jan 16, 2025
NICOSIA — Cyprus on Thursday heralded a move by United States President Joe Biden allowing the strategic Mediterranean country access to mil ...
Russia targets Ukraine's energy sites in 'massive' barrage
Jan 15, 2025
Kyiv — Russia launched dozens of missiles and drones at the Ukrainian energy sector, Kyiv said Wednesday, ramping up a months-long bombing c ...
UN rights chief says transitional justice 'crucial' in Syria
Jan 15, 2025
DAMASCUS — United Nations rights chief Volker Turk on Wednesday said transitional justice was "crucial" for Syria after the fall of Bashar a ...
A mug shot and a solitary cell for S. Korea's impeached president
Jan 20, 2025
Covid's origins reviewed- Lab leak or natural spillover?
Jan 19, 2025
US health dept providing Moderna $590 mn to speed mRNA bird flu vaccine
Jan 18, 2025
Eight dead in suspected Marburg outbreak in Tanzania - WHO
Jan 15, 2025
6.8-magnitude quake prompts Japan tsunami alert
Jan 13, 2025
Russia accuses Ukraine of 'energy terrorism' over alleged pipeline strike
Jan 13, 2025
US, UK unveil widespread sanctions against Russia's energy sector
Jan 11, 2025
Celebrities flee Los Angeles blazes as Hollywood premieres scrapped
Jan 09, 2025
France, Germany warn Trump against threatening 'sovereign borders' on Greenland
Jan 08, 2025
Quake in China's Tibet kills 95 with tremors felt in Nepal, India
Jan 07, 2025
Malaysia expels two boats ferrying about 300 Myanmar migrants
Jan 04, 2025
Series of earthquakes rattle Ethiopia, triggering evacuations
Jan 04, 2025
US announces $306 mn in new bird flu funding
Jan 04, 2025
New Orleans attack suspect was US-born army veteran
Jan 02, 2025
Moscow attacks Ukraine with drones and missiles
Dec 31, 2024
Climate change brought extreme weather, heat in 2024-UN
Dec 30, 2024
Former US president Jimmy Carter dies aged 100
Dec 30, 2024
German president dissolves parliament, sets February 23 election date
Dec 28, 2024
Snowstorm cuts power to tens of thousands in Bosnia
Dec 24, 2024
Romania pro-EU parties strike coalition government pact
Dec 23, 2024
Cyclone Chido death toll rises to 94 in Mozambique
Dec 22, 2024
China says it 'firmly opposes' US military aid to Taiwan
Dec 22, 2024

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