FAA bars US airlines from Haiti after gunfire hits three planes

Nov 13, 2024

New York [US], November 13: The Federal Aviation Administration said it will bar U.S. airlines from operating in Haiti for 30 days.

Jailed Belarusian dissident Kalesnikava permitted visit

Nov 13, 2024

Minsk [Belarus], November 13: Jailed Belarusian dissident Maria Kalesnikava, a key figure in the opposition movement to President Alexander Lukashenko, was permitted to meet her...

Israeli strikes pound Lebanon

Nov 13, 2024

Jerusalem [Israel], November 13: The Israeli military pounded Beirut's southern suburbs with airstrikes.

COP29 host Azerbaijan defends oil and gas

Nov 13, 2024

Baku [Azerbaijan], November 13: The president of Azerbaijan, host of this year's UN climate summit, has lashed out at Western critics of his country's oil...

Pay or face disaster: UN Chief

Nov 13, 2024

Geneva [Switzerland], November 13: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told world leaders at the COP29 summit on Tuesday to "pay up" to prevent climate-led humanitarian...

New UK target for 81% emissions cut by 2035

Nov 13, 2024

London [UK], November 13: The UK Prime Minister says Britain will cut greenhouse gas emissions by 81% by 2035.

Netanyahu approved pager attacks against Hezbollah

Nov 13, 2024

Jerusalem [Israel], November 13: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu approved pager attacks that dealt a deadly blow to the Iran-backed Lebanese armed group Hezbollah in...

Trump taps Stefanik to be UN Ambassador

Nov 13, 2024

New York [US], November 13: Donald Trump has chosen Republican Representative Elise Stefanik to serve as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, the president-elect said...

15 inmates killed in Ecuador prison fight

Nov 13, 2024

Quito [Ecuador], November 13: At least 15 inmates have been killed and 14 more injured in a fight at a notoriously violent prison in Ecuador.