Knife-wielding man kills 1 at convenience store in Japan's Sapporo

Feb 25, 2024

Tokyo [Japan], February 25: A convenience store employee died after a man stabbed him and two other co-workers in Sapporo in the northernmost Japanese prefecture...

Ten dead after major fire destroys block of flats in Spain

Feb 25, 2024

Madrid [Spain], February 25: Ten people are now known to have died in the fire than engulfed a residential complex in the Spanish Mediterranean city...

Zelensky marks war anniversary with tribute to Ukrainians' courage

Feb 25, 2024

Kyiv [Ukraine], February 25: President Volodymyr Zelensky has marked the second anniversary of the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine with a commemoration of...

Europe 'must do even more' on defence: German chancellor

Feb 25, 2024

Berlin [Germany], February 25: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called for Germany and Europe to make a bigger effort when it comes to defence, in...

Nearly 30km oil slick after Houthis attack UK-owned vessel

Feb 25, 2024

Washington [US], February 25: Iran-backed Houthi rebels have attacked a UK-owned bulk carrier in the Red Sea causing an oil slick, the US military said...

Head of top US gun-rights advocacy group convicted of corruption

Feb 25, 2024

Washington [US], February 25: A jury in New York on Friday found former top US gun lobbyist Wayne LaPierre and other executives of the influential...

15 die in building fire in eastern China

Feb 25, 2024

Beijing [China], February 25: At least 15 people died and 44 more were injured in a fire in a residential building in the eastern Chinese...

Blinken 'disappointed' by settler plan as Israel looks north, east

Feb 25, 2024

Tel Aviv [Israel], February 25: The Gaza War and indirect ceasefire talks rumbled on but it was developments in the West Bank and at the...

Erdogan slams UN, West for 'just watching crimes' in Gaza

Feb 25, 2024

Ankara [Turkey], February 25: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has criticised the UN and Western countries for "just watching the humanitarian crimes" committed by Israel...