Gaza, Jan 6 (IANS) Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh has urged US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to put the focus of his tour in the Middle East on ending Israel's "aggression" on the Gaza Strip.
Baghdad, Jan 5 (IANS) Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani reiterated his pledge on Friday to end the presence of the US-led coalition in Iraq after a series of US strikes killed Iraqi security personnel and militia leaders.
Tehran, Jan 5 (IANS) Iran's Deputy Interior Minister for Security Affairs, Majid Mir-Ahmadi, said on Friday that both bomb attacks that rocked the area near the tomb of Qassem Soleimani in Kerman, southeastern Iran, were "suicide attacks".
Tokyo, Jan 5 (IANS) The death toll has risen to 94, with the number of people unaccounted for reaching nearly 250 in the central Japanese prefecture of Ishikawa earlier this week after a series of earthquakes of up to 7.6 magnitude struck the prefecture and its vicinity, raising concerns of escalating damages as rescue and search efforts intensify.
New York, Jan 5 (IANS) The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed a lawsuit against the State of Texas to challenge an immigration law that allows the state police to arrest, detain, and deport individuals suspected of illegally crossing the Texas-Mexico border.
San Francisco, Jan 5 (IANS) Three Hindu temples have been targeted by unknown miscreants in quick succession in the US state of California's Bay Area region, leaving members of the community in shock.
Tokyo, Jan 5 (IANS) Central Japan on Friday started culling about 50,000 birds after the region confirmed the first highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreak of this season, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries of Japan.
Madrid, Jan 5 (IANS) Spain recorded 56,852 illegal immigrants in 2023, an 82.1 per cent surge from a year earlier, according to figures published by the Interior Ministry.
Brussels, Jan 5 (IANS) While extreme cold and heavy snowfall have led to power cuts and emergency rescues in the Nordic nations in the first week of 2024, floods in several Western European countries have also caused immense damage.
Berlin, Jan 5 (IANS) Germany's greenhouse gas emissions in 2023 fell to the lowest level in 70 years, according to a think tank.
