UNITED NATIONS- Geng Shuang, China's deputy permanent representative to the United Nations, on Thursday called on parties concerned to increase support to bridge the humanitarian funding gaps in Syria. "At present, the huge gaps in humanitarian funding for Syria have already affected the...
BEIRUT, Lebanon- Lebanese Foreign Ministry on Thursday condemned the burning of a copy of the Quran in Sweden. "This act, which is repeated for the second time, constitutes an assault on the sanctities of Muslims and a provocation to their feelings," the National News Agency quoted a ministry...
NEW YORK, USA- As gun-related death rates continue to rise each year in the United States, a new Pew Research study found that while views about gun ownership and gun policy remain starkly divided along party lines, Americans across the political spectrum increasingly see gun violence and violent...
SYDNEY, Australia - Researchers from the University of Queensland (UQ) developed a new vaccine against West Nile Virus (WNV) to protect farmed saltwater crocodiles from skin lesions. Â Â Â According to their study recently published in the npj Vaccines journal, the chimeric virus vaccines are...
LOS ANGELES, United States of America - Sixteen people were injured on Wednesday when a passenger train collided with a water truck blocking the tracks and partially derailed in the western U.S. state of California, authorities said. The accident happened at around 11:15 a.m. local time (1815 GMT)...
KABUL, Afghanistan - A total of 2,178 prisoners were released before Eid al-Adha, one of the most important festivals for Muslims, the Afghan Supreme Court said Thursday on its twitter page. Â Â Â The prisoners were freed based on the decree of the caretaker government's supreme leader...
BAMYAN, Afghanistan -- At least four commuters were killed and two others injured in a road accident in Afghanistan's central Bamyan province on Thursday, a statement of the provincial police said. Â Â Â The deadly accident occurred early Thursday morning in the Band-e-Amir district of the...
LOS ANGELES, - More than 1,100 residents in the desert region of the U.S. state of Arizona have been evacuated due to a wind-driven wildfire, authorities said on Wednesday. The wildfire, dubbed Diamond Fire, started Tuesday afternoon near Scottsdale, a city in the Phoenix metropolitan area,...
NEW YORK, United States -- Millions of people across the United States woke up to severe weather on Wednesday, with parts of the country smothered by smoke from Canadian wildfires, while others face stifling heat and severe storms. SMOTHERED BY SMOKE -- A pedestrian wearing a face...
This June 22, 2023, satellite image courtesy of Maxar Technologies shows the Horizon Arctic (top), Deep Energy (C) and Skandi Vinland searching on June 22, 2023, for the missing Titan submersible. The operator of the submersible missing near the wreck of the Titanic said on June 22, 2023, it...
SEOUL, South Korea -- Lee Jung-hee was set to turn 60 next year but South Korea dropped its traditional age counting system Wednesday, so the Seoul-based housewife just got a year younger -- and she's thrilled. South Korea is the last East Asian country to officially still use a method of...
CANBERRA, Australia -- A pilot has been killed in a helicopter crash at a cattle station in Australia's Outback. Â Â Â The Robinson R22 helicopter crashed during a routine mustering operation on Limbunya Station about 1,000 km south of Darwin, the capital city of the Northern Territory (NT),...
