Polling stations opened today in Ireland’s general election to choose the next government. Analysts expect the election to result in the formation of a coalition government between the centre-right Fine…
Fighting in northern Syria, where armed groups are launching a major offensive against regime forces, has killed at least 242 people since Wednesday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.…
Nine people on a tourist bus have been killed in a landslide triggered by heavy rains on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, officials said. The bodies were recovered from the…
Iraq has allocated $100 billion over three years for infrastructure projects, Prime Minister Mohammed Shiaya al-Sudani said on the sidelines of the Iraq-Spain Economic Forum. In the statement published by…
Chad’s Foreign Minister Abdulrahman Kalamallah has announced the cancellation of his country’s security and defence cooperation agreements with France, just hours after his French counterpart Jean-Noël Barro visited N’Djamena. The…
The Chinese and Russian militaries conducted the ninth joint strategic air patrol in the airspace over the Sea of Japan, China Central Television (CCTV) reported today (Friday). The patrol was…
Six people are dead and about 30 are missing after landslides hit a village in eastern Uganda, a local official said Thursday, warning the toll could rise. Vahira Mbaliani, an…
The Gulf Petrochemicals and Chemicals Association (GPCA), the industry’s representative body in the Gulf region, has announced that the 18th edition of the GPCA Annual Energy Forum will be held…
Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri on Thursday called for a session to elect a president on 9 January, the official National News Agency reported, following the announcement of a ceasefire…
At least 27 people have died after floods and landslides hit several locations in Indonesia’s North Sumatra province. Heavy rains since last week have caused torrential rains and landslides in…