The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) will hold an extraordinary ministerial meeting in Kuwait on Thursday to discuss developments in Syria and Lebanon. GCC Secretary-General Jassim Al Badiwi said during the…
The World Bank has raised its growth forecasts for China’s economy for 2024 and 2025, stressing the need for structural reforms to address declining confidence and structural problems in the…
Syria’s new interior minister said on Wednesday that 14 members of his ministry had been killed by ‘remnants’ of ousted President Bashar al-Assad’s regime in rural Tartus, after the Syrian…
A magnitude 5 earthquake has struck the city of Valdivia in northwestern Colombia. The epicentre was located 15 kilometres northeast of the Valdivia region at a depth of 70 kilometres,…
China has approved the construction of the world’s largest hydroelectric dam on the eastern edge of the Tibetan plateau. The Power Construction Corporation of China (PCC) estimates that the dam,…
Saudi Arabia will face a stern test when they take on Yemen on Wednesday evening in the second round of Group B of the 26th Gulf Cup, hosted by Kuwait.…
Mozambique’s Interior Minister Pascoal Ronda said on Tuesday night that at least 21 people had been killed in riots that erupted after the Supreme Court on Monday validated the election…
Ousted South Korean president Yun Suk-yol failed to appear before investigators for questioning on Wednesday, the second time in a week that he has refused a request from investigators. Investigators…
Turkish Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH) and Qatar Charity have sent 24 truckloads of humanitarian aid to Syria. Yusuf al-Hammadi, head of Qatar Charity’s international operations office in Turkey, said in…
The death toll from Typhoon Shidou in the French Indian Ocean archipelago of Mayotte has risen to 39, according to local authorities. The French interior ministry said the number of…