Four medals place UAE at top of Arab standings in Asian Youth Games in Bahrain

Oct 25, 2025

Dubai [UAE], October 25: The UAE Athletics Team increased the nation's medal tally to four - two gold, one silver and one bronze - at...

'Let's finish the job' to end polio: WHO

Oct 25, 2025

Geneva [Switzerland], October 25: Thirty-five years ago, polio, a highly infectious viral disease, paralysed around 350,000 children per year. Following a UN-led international push, that...

Reform 'Imperative', Guterres tells Security Council, calling for expansion of membership

Oct 25, 2025

Geneva [Switzerland], October 25: In a presidential statement today, the UN Security Council reaffirmed its commitment to the Charter of the United Nations and an...

Russia hands over bodies of 1,000 Ukrainian soldiers

Oct 24, 2025

Moscow [Russia], October 24: Russia has handed over a further 1,000 soldiers' bodies to Ukraine.

Time to act on Russian assets is now: Zelensky

Oct 24, 2025

Brussels [Belgium], October 24: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky urged European Union leaders to take a swift decision on lending Kiev Russian state assets frozen in...

Brazil's president plans to run for fourth term

Oct 24, 2025

Buenos Aires [Argentina], October 24: Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva wants to run for a fourth term next year, despite his advanced age,...

Louvre thieves reportedly bungled initial breach of display case

Oct 24, 2025

Paris [France], October 24: Burglars who broke into the Louvre museum in Paris on Sunday initially failed to open the display cases with angle grinders,...

Japan's Mount Fuji sees snow for first time this winter

Oct 24, 2025

Tokyo [Japan], October 24: The peak of Japan's Mount Fuji was capped with snow for the first time this winter on Thursday, reaching the milestone...

Putin says he still expects to meet Trump after US cancels meeting

Oct 24, 2025

Moscow [Russia], October 24: Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday he assumes he will still meet Donald Trump, one day after the US president...