Rescue teams prepare to free trapped miners from flooded Laos cave

May 29, 2026

Bangkok [Thailand], May 29: Bangkok Rescue teams in Laos continued to work on Thursday to free five gold miners found alive in a flooded cave...

US imposes sanctions on Iran's Strait of Hormuz control agency

May 29, 2026

Washington DC [US], May 29: Washington The US Treasury Department has imposed sanctions on a regulatory body recently established by Tehran to oversee shipping traffic...

Moon base plans revealed as NASA chief says 'grand return' close

May 28, 2026

Washington [US], May 28: US space agency NASA has unveiled far-reaching plans for its first moon base that could see people living and working on...

Defence calls for acquittal at end of Nicolas Sarkozy's Libya case appeal

May 28, 2026

Paris [France], May 28: The lawyers acting for former French president Nicolas Sarkozy urged acquittal at the end of his appeal trial in Paris concerning...

Moscow pressures Armenia with threat to scrap trade agreements

May 28, 2026

Moscow [Russia], May 28: Russia has threatened to revoke preferential supply agreements with Armenia covering gas, oil products and rough diamonds in response to Yerevan's...

WHO warns war could worsen Ebola outbreak in DR Congo

May 28, 2026

Kinshasa [Democratic Republic of the Congo], May 28: Ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo is hampering the Ebola outbreak response, the head of...

Muslims across the world celebrate Eid Al Adha

May 28, 2026

Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia] / Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], May 28: Muslims around the world yesterday began celebrating Eid Al Adha, the "Festival of Sacrifice", which falls...

Israel declares southern Lebanon a combat zone as ceasefire crumbles

May 28, 2026

Beirut [Lebanon] / Tel Aviv [Israel], May 28: Mutual airstrikes, ground clashes, advancing Israeli troops, widespread destruction and a rising death toll: the situation between...

Cyprus: Migrants plunge from building during large-scale raid

May 28, 2026

Athens [Greece], May 28: Three migrants suspected of living illegally in Cyprus fell from balconies and windows during a large-scale raid by immigration authorities in...