Egypt monitoring Red Sea tension as ships avoid Suez Canal

Cairo (IANS) Egypt's Suez Canal Authority (SCA) announced it was closely monitoring the impacts of military tensions in the Red Sea, following major carriers taking alternative routes due to safety concerns.

SCA Chairman Osama Rabie said…

Russia downs multiple Ukrainian drones

Moscow (IANS) The Russian air defence downed 33 Ukrainian drones over several Russian regions, the Russian Defence Ministry said on Sunday.

"Thirty-three Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles" were "destroyed and intercepted" over Russia's…

41 arrested in Italian police operation targeting youth gangs

Rome (IANS) Forty-one people were arrested in Italy in a nationwide police operation targeting juvenile criminal gangs, authorities said.

A further 74 people have been reported to the police investigators, reports Xinhua news agency.

Four…

3 Hezbollah militants killed in Lebanon-Israel border confrontations

Beirut (IANS) Three Hezbollah militants were killed and another one injured in Israeli airstrikes on border areas in southern Lebanon, a military source said.

The source said that while one militant was killed in an airstrike targeting a house…

UN climate talks enter overtime with no pact on fossil fuels

Dubai (IANS) Long hours and sleepless nights for negotiators at the final day of two-week UN Climate Change Summit (COP28) ran overtime by a day on Tuesday with negotiators awaiting a new draft deal after many countries believed that a previous version…

In a turn-around, India votes for UNGA resolution for Gaza ceasefire

United Nations (IANS) Faced with the "challenge" to "strike the right balance", India has joined the General Assembly's call for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas conflict in Gaza, reversing its earlier position of abstaining.

Major Russian missile attack in Kiev injures 53 people

Kiev (IANS) At least 53 people were injured in a major Russian missile attack on Kiev on Wednesday, the Ukrainian capitKiev (IANS) At least 53 people were injured in a major Russian missile attack on Kiev on Wednesday, the Ukrainian capital's…

Statement on Nijjar's killing meant to deter India, says Trudeau

Toronto (IANS) Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said that his statement linking Indian agents to the killing of Khalistani leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar was meant to deter India from repeating a similar action in the country.

In an…

COP28: Nearly 200 nations agree to triple renewables, double energy efficiency by 2030

Dubai (IANS) The two-week 28th Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC (COP28) concluded on Wednesday after few hours of overrun with a historic agreement by 198 parties (197 countries plus the European Union) to deliver a new era of climate action.

Deep divisions at final phase of UN climate talks over fossil fuels

Dubai (IANS) As the 2023 UN Framework Convention on Climate Change 28th session of the Conference of Parties (UNFCCC COP28) comes to a close, some of the major topics are still being discussed behind closed doors, such as the Global Goal on Adaptation…