Asia

Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan and UAE launch joint renewable energy project

Azerbaijan and the UAE unveiled plans for three large-scale solar and wind projects in Azerbaijan, totaling 1 GW capacity, during a ceremony held at the Baku Energy Forum.

05/06/2024

Culture news

Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood says BDS criticism is "unjustifiable"

The pro-Palestinian BDS movement has criticised the Radiohead guitarist for his collaboration with Israeli musician of Kuwait origin Dudu Tassa.

05/06/2024

Israel

Israel steps up its offensive in Gaza amid ongoing ceasefire efforts

Doctors Without Borders says at least 70 bodies and 300 wounded people, mostly women and children, have been brought to a hospital in central Gaza since Tuesday.

05/06/2024

Travel News

Thailand has finally launched a digital nomad visa

Visa applicants can also spend their stay learning muay Thai boxing or Thai cooking.

05/06/2024

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Water tanker brings momentary relief as Gaza supply shortages deepen

Scores of people in Khan Younis stand in line to fill their containers with water as supply shortages deepen.

05/06/2024

Gaza

Famine possibly gripping north Gaza: report

Famine exists when 20% of households are essentially starving; at least 30% of children suffer wasting; and two adults or four children per every 10,000 people are dying daily of hunger and its complications.

05/06/2024

India

India's Narendra Modi secures third term, despite drop in support

India's 'popular but polarising' Prime Minister Narendra Modi extends his decade in power and vows to continue with his agenda.

04/06/2024

Gaza

US urges UN Security Council to support Israel Hamas ceasefire plan

Biden has announced a three-phase plan aimed at ending the war in Gaza. Now he is seeking international backing for it.

04/06/2024

India

Counting begins in India mega-election

Voting in the world's largest democracy is widely seen as a referendum on the current prime minister Modi.

04/06/2024

Israel

Four more Israeli hostages declared dead

From Blinken's latest phone call with Israeli officials to the number of displaced people from Rafah surpassing one million, these are the latest developments from the Israel-Hamas war this Monday.

03/06/2024

Scenes

Watch: Sri Lankan woman turns tragedy into trendy designs

In partnership with Media City

In a strange twist of fate, losing her sight in a tragic terror attack more than two decades ago gave Ashcharya Jayakody a new vision to rebuild and become a famed fashion designer.

03/06/2024

South Korea

South Korea to suspend peace deal with Pyongyang over trash balloons

Seoul announced Monday it would suspend a rapprochement deal with North Korea to punish it over its launches of trash-carrying balloons, even after Pyongyang said it would halt its balloon campaign.

03/06/2024

Philippines

Zelenskyy backs Ukraine peace summit in surprise visit to Philippines

Ahead of his visit to Manila, the Ukrainian president said that Russia is using Chinese diplomats to dissuade countries from attending the upcoming peace summit in Switzerland.

03/06/2024

Europe News

Zelenskyy alleges China is pressuring countries against peace talks

In a news conference at the Shangri-La defence forum in Singapore, Zelenskyy said that China is pressuring other countries and their leaders not to attend the upcoming talks.

02/06/2024

Yemen

Houthi rebels say at least 16 killed in joint US-British airstrikes

Joint British-US airstrikes targeting Yemen's Houthi rebels killed at least 16 people and wounded 42 others, the rebels said on Friday.

01/06/2024

India

India votes in final election round, as Modi seeks third term

Indians began voting on Saturday in the last round of a six-week-long national election that is a referendum on Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s decade in power.

01/06/2024

North Korea

What do North Korea's trash balloons really mean?

A large-scale campaign of aerial littering, confirmed real by Kim Jong Un's sister, marks a bizarre new turn in inter-Korean relations.

31/05/2024

Yemen

UK and US strike Houthis in Yemen after surge in shipping attacks

According to Houthi officials, the airstrikes killed at least 16 people and wounded 35.

31/05/2024

Gaza

Palestinians search Jabaliya refugee camp ruins after IDF pulls back

Families continue to stream out of Rafah in search of safer areas elsewhere in Gaza with the UN estimating around 900,000 people have fled the city since the start of Israel’s 'limited' military operation.

31/05/2024

Partner content

POCO targets gamers, photographers & budget conscious users with performance power-packing F6 series

Partner content presented by Xiaomi

A popular technology brand among young tech enthusiasts, POCO unveiled its new additions at a global launch in Dubai, showcasing two “all-rounder” devices to attract photographers, demanding power users and those all-important gamers.

31/05/2024

Football Now

2024 Champions League final: Who Will Win at Wembley?

In partnership with Media City

Real Madrid and Borussia Dortmund will be fighting for glory as the Champions League final awaits at Wembley stadium.

30/05/2024

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WATCH: Ramallah market engulfed in flames after Israeli raid

Firefighters in Ramallah battled blazes in a market ravaged by an Israeli army raid, leaving shops charred and produce destroyed.

30/05/2024

Culture Series

This centre director is promoting multiculturalism through an inclusive society

In partnership with Azpromo

How is the Baku International Multiculturalism Centre strengthening Azerbaijan’s efforts to preserve diversity?

30/05/2024

Partner content

5 deep-tech solutions for the world’s biggest healthcare challenges

Partner content presented by Department of Health Abu Dhabi

Despite historic breakthroughs, technology is having to constantly evolve to confront humanity’s latest challenges.

30/05/2024

West Bank

Israel seizes Egypt border area as IDF soldiers killed in West Bank

Updates from Israel's campaign against Hamas in Gaza

30/05/2024

China

Euroviews. The bonds that bind: Our adversarial sovereign bond habit

No one is obligated to help China fund its war machine. The decision to buy Chinese sovereign bonds should reside with informed investors, Elaine Dezenski and Joshua Birenbaum write.

29/05/2024