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2023-12-27 10:22
The Bab-el-Mandeb the Gate of Grief or the Gate of Tears, is a strait between Yemen on the Arabian Peninsula, Djibouti, and Eritrea in the Horn of Africa. It connects the Red Sea to th… Read More
2023-12-26 13:17
Ayman Mohyeldin is an Egyptian-born political commentator based in New York for NBC News and MSNBC. Previously the anchor of an MSNBC weekday afternoon show, Ayman Mohyeldin Reports (formerl… Read More
2023-12-25 07:32
Motaz Hilal Azaiza is a Palestinian photojournalist from the Gaza Strip.Early life and educationAzaiza was raised in the Deir al-Balah Camp in the Gaza Strip. He attended Al-Azhar Univ… Read More
2023-12-24 10:18
Sir William Mark Tully, is the former Bureau Chief of BBC, New Delhi, a position he held for 20 years. He worked with the BBC for a total of 30 years before resigning in July 1994. The recip… Read More
2023-12-17 11:51
As of 10 December 23, at least 63 journalists (56 Palestinian, 4 Israeli and 3 Lebanese) have been killed during the 2023 Israel–Hamas war, alongside other violence against journalist… Read More
2023-12-17 10:45
Wael Al-Dahdouh is a Palestinian journalist and the bureau chief of Al Jazeera in Gaza City. His career,beginning in 1998, also spanned working for Al-Quds newspaper, acting as a corresponde… Read More
2023-12-06 14:03
Al Jazeera English is a 24-hour English-language news channel. It operates under the ownership of the Al Jazeera Media Network, which, in turn, is funded by the government of Qatar. It is th… Read More
2023-12-06 12:24
Mehdi Raza Hasan is a British-American broadcaster and author. He presented The Mehdi Hasan Showon Peacock since October 2020 and on MSNBC from February 2021 until the show's cancellation in… Read More
2021-06-20 10:17
The 2021 Brussels summit of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization was the 31st formal meeting of the heads of state and heads of government of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, held i… Read More
2021-06-20 09:52
President Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin emerged from their summit with the Russian leader deeming it “constructive” and the U.S. president calling it “positive… Read More
2021-04-29 12:25
An alarming spike in COVID-19 cases has created a crisis across India, particularly in the capital, New Delhi, recording more than 25,000 cases — about one in three of those test… Read More
2021-01-12 12:22
The COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). T… Read More
2021-01-12 11:53
The 2021 storming of the United States Capitol was a riot and violent attack against the 117th United States Congress on January 6, 2021, carried out by supporters of U.S. President Donald T… Read More
2020-11-26 09:37
Armenians resort to a scorched earth policy as the clock ticks down to a handover of territory to Azerbaijan under a Russia-brokered peace deal that followed six weeks of fighting between et… Read More
2020-11-24 11:32
Hundreds, possibly thousands, have been killed in fighting that erupted on Nov. 4 between Ethiopian federal forces and Tigray's regional army, sending about 40,000 refugees into neighboring… Read More
2020-11-02 12:05
Robert Fisk (12 July 1946 – 30 October 2020) was a writer and journalist who held British and Irish nationality. He was an international correspondent, and covered the civil wars in Le… Read More
2020-10-07 13:25
Hundreds of people have been killed in the latest outbreak of war over Nagorno-Karabakh, a mountain enclave that belongs to Azerbaijan under international law but is populated and governed b… Read More
2020-09-20 12:32
For more than a century, the Mount Wilson Observatory has looked down on Los Angeles from a peak five thousand seven hundred and fifteen feet above sea level, a height that once lifted it ab… Read More
2020-08-17 12:13
With some public schools reopened and coronavirus cases already being reported, protesters in at least three dozen school districts across the country took to the streets Monday to demand th… Read More
2020-08-17 11:28
The insecurity brought on by COVID-19 lockdowns and the anger following the police killing of George Floyd has led to higher levels of gun ownership, especially among African Americans. Ther… Read More
2020-08-16 09:55
August 6 marks 75 years since the United States unleashed the world's first atomic bomb attack on the city of Hiroshima, followed three days later by the second and last on Nagasaki, vaporiz… Read More
2020-08-16 09:21
World War II, also called Second World War, conflict that involved virtually every part of the world during the years 1939–45. The principal belligerents were the Axis powers—Ger… Read More
2020-08-16 09:04
A look at the NRA's members and supporters as New York state's attorney general sued to dissolve America's largest and most powerful gun organization, alleging senior leaders of the non-prof… Read More
2020-08-13 12:48
The eruption of Mount Sinabung on the island of Sumatra comes after more than a year of inactivity, as authorities warned residents and tourists about possible lava flows. Indonesia’s… Read More
2020-08-12 12:07
Lebanon s prime minister announced his government s resignation, saying a huge explosion that devastated the capital and stirred public outrage was the result of endemic corruption. Lebanon… Read More
2020-08-12 11:46
Belarusian police clash with opposition protesters who accuse strongman leader Alexander Lukashenko, in power since 1994, of rigging his re-election victory. The ongoing 2020 Belarusian… Read More
2020-08-06 11:10
On the evening of 4 August 2020, at 18:08 EEST, an extremely powerful explosion occurred in the city of Beirut, the capital of Lebanon. The blast, which occurred after a fire at the Port of… Read More
2020-07-19 12:16
India became the third country in the world to record more than one million cases of the coronavirus, behind only the United States and Brazil, as infections spread further into the countrys… Read More
2020-07-13 11:00
The COVID-19 pandemic in India is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first case… Read More
2020-06-16 17:23
Floyd, a Minnesota resident, was arrested after he was accused of using a counterfeit $20 note at a local deli. According to the police, Floyd “physically resisted” the arrest af… Read More
2020-06-02 17:10
Largely peaceful protesters near the White House were repelled with tear gas and mounted police amid days of demonstrations over the Minneapolis police killing of an unarmed black man. Donal… Read More
2020-06-02 15:24
On May 25, 2020, George Floyd, an African-American man, was killed in the Powderhorn community of Minneapolis, Minnesota. While Floyd was handcuffed and lying face down on a city street duri… Read More
2020-05-28 17:34
Morgues and cemeteries are running out of room in some regions, and the bodies of some coronavirus victims either remain unidentified or unclaimed by family members. Traditional funerals hav… Read More
2020-05-28 17:13
The United States has recorded more than 100,000 deaths from Covid-19, moving past a grim milestone even as many states relax mitigation measures to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus… Read More
2020-05-18 20:44
The pandemic, along with the resultant stock market crash and other impacts, has led to increased discussion of a recession in the United States.The economy contracted 4.8 percent from Janua… Read More
2020-04-25 17:53
The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus reached 50,000 on Friday, having doubled in 10 days, according to a Reuters tally. More than 875,000 Americans have contracted COVID-19, and on avera… Read More
2020-04-25 17:29
Protesters across the U.S. rally against stay-at-home orders aimed at reducing the spread of coronavirus. In the United States in April 2020, protests were organized by pro-Trump Republican… Read More
2020-04-10 14:22
Wuhan is the capital of Hubei province in China. With a population of over 11 million, it is the largest city in Hubei, the most populous city in Central China, the seventh-most populous Chi… Read More
2020-04-10 14:08
On 31 January, the first two cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in Rome. A Chinese couple, originally from Wuhan, who had arrived in Italy on 23 January via Milan Malpensa Airport, travelled f… Read More
2020-04-06 21:14
On the frontlines as authorities around the world battle to prevent the spread of coronavirus. The COVID-19 or the new Corona Virus is different. In this virus we have an enemy which is invi… Read More
2020-04-06 20:56
The death toll in New York City climbs as hospitals struggle to treat the severely ill. During the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic, the first case of COVID-19 in New York was confirm… Read More
2020-02-27 13:53
On 24 February 2020, a series of riots and violent incidents began at North East Delhi in which 37 people were killed and more than 200 people were injured. Protests were being held against… Read More
2020-02-27 12:07
Egypt held a military funeral for its former President Hosni Mubarak, bestowing the state's final rehabilitation on the man who ruled for 30 years until he was ousted in disgrace in a 2011 p… Read More
2020-02-19 13:41
As of 19 February, 2,012 deaths have been attributed to COVID-19. According to China's NHC, most of those who died were older patients – about 80% of deaths recorded were from those ov… Read More
2020-02-18 13:50
Doctors, nurses, cleaners and workers making medical equipment stay on the job amid a coronavirus in China. More than 3,000 medical workers could have been infected with the coronaviru… Read More
2020-02-06 12:43
President Donald Trump has been found not guilty in his impeachment trial, ending a bid to remove him from office that bitterly divided the US. The Senate, run by the president's fellow Repu… Read More
2020-02-05 11:47
The impeachment trial of Donald Trump, the 45th and incumbent president of the United States, began in the U.S. Senate on January 16, 2020, and is planned to conclude on February 5. It is a… Read More
2020-02-02 14:13
The U.K. finally left the EU after 47 years of membership, marking one of the biggest political and economic shifts in modern European history. Brexit brings about the end of a tumultuous th… Read More
2020-01-31 16:12
Britain will officially depart from the European Union, 1,317 days after voting in favor of leaving the bloc in a referendum that plunged the country into a three-year-long debate over its f… Read More
2020-01-31 14:56
Coronaviruses (CoV) are a large family of viruses that cause illness ranging from the common cold to more severe diseases such as Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-CoV) and Severe Acute… Read More
2020-01-28 14:11
The 2020 Elazığ earthquake occurred at 20:55 local time (17:55 UTC) on 24 January in Turkey. The magnitude of the earthquake was determined to be 6.7 Mw. The earthquake's epicentre… Read More
2020-01-26 12:39
China put millions of people on lock down at the epicenter of a coronavirus outbreak, as authorities around the world worked to prevent a global pandemic. The 2019–20 Wuhan corona… Read More
2020-01-22 18:36
The 2019–2020 Lebanese protests are an ongoing series of civil protests in Lebanon, initially triggered by planned taxes on gasoline, tobacco and online phone calls such as through Wha… Read More
2020-01-22 13:39
The 2019–20 novel coronavirus outbreak, is a viral outbreak that was initially identified during mid-December 2019 in the city of Wuhan in central China, as an emerging cluster of peop… Read More
2020-01-21 12:35
Nearly 3,000 world leaders, chief executives, men of mark and civil society representatives from 117 countries around the world are set to gather in the Swiss mountain town of Davos and cast… Read More
2020-01-15 12:28
An eruption of Taal Volcano in the Philippines began on January 12, 2020. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) subsequently issued an Alert Level 4, indica… Read More
2020-01-15 11:22
Swarms of desert locusts have spread from Ethiopia and Somalia into eastern and northern Kenya, posing a threat to food production and grazing land. Large swarms of desert locusts are spread… Read More
2020-01-12 13:17
Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 (PS752) was a scheduled international passenger flight from Tehran to Kiev operated by Ukraine International Airlines (UIA). On 8 January 2020, the… Read More
2020-01-08 10:01
U.S. Army paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne Division depart for the Middle East from Fort Bragg, North Carolina. The United States will send approximately 750 soldiers to the Middle East imm… Read More
2020-01-07 14:16
Australia is being ravaged by the worst wildfires seen in decades, with large swathes of the country devastated since the fire season began in late July. A total of 24 people have died… Read More
2020-01-07 13:20
Wildfires have turned southeast Australia into a charred, apocalyptic nightmare, and threaten to wipe out entire species of animals. An estimated half billion mammals, birds and reptiles hav… Read More
2020-01-07 11:52
2020 JNU Attack refers to the incident on 5 January, when a masked mob consisting of hundreds of people armed with rods and sticks attacked the campus of Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi a… Read More
2020-01-03 16:06
Qasem Soleimani was an Iranian major general in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and from 1998 until his death, commander of its Quds Force, a division primarily responsible for… Read More
2020-01-03 15:49
On 3 January 2020, amid rising tensions between the United States and Iran, the U.S. launched a drone strike against a convoy traveling near Baghdad International Airport that was carrying s… Read More
2019-12-30 11:44
Venice is flooded by high tides during the holidays, just a month after the Italian city suffered its worst week of flooding since records began in 1872. One month after Venice endured devas… Read More
2019-12-30 11:33
An annular solar eclipse occurred on December 26, 2019. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the Sun for a viewer on Ear… Read More
2019-12-17 14:20
Protests over a new Indian citizenship law based on religion spread to student campuses after at least 100 people were wounded in weekend clashes with police at a major university in New Del… Read More
2019-12-05 14:11
The 29-member military alliance gathered near London for a summit acrimonious even by the standards of the Trump era, aiming to tackle sharp disagreements over spending, future threats inclu… Read More
2019-12-02 13:36
President Donald Trump said the United States had resumed talks with Taliban insurgents as he made a surprise trip to Afghanistan to celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday with troops. On a brie… Read More
2019-11-28 12:46
Protests in Iraq ramp up after security forces opened fire on protesters in Baghdad and several cities in southern Iraq, killing several people and wounding dozens of others in the largest d… Read More
2019-11-23 17:51
Guangzhou International Light Festival is a light exhibiting festival held annually along the Pearl River in the city of Guangzhou, China. The festival occurs every November since 2010, when… Read More
2019-11-21 09:54
Lightning strikes near an Emirates A380 plane at Christchurch Airport, New Zealand. Lightning is a naturally occurring electrostatic discharge during which two electrically charged reg… Read More
2019-11-21 08:28
Anti-government protesters holed up in a Hong Kong university were frantically searching for escape routes on Tuesday after more than two days of clashes with police and dramatic breakouts b… Read More
2019-11-03 11:21
Tens of thousands of Iraqis thronged central Baghdad demanding the root-and-branch downfall of the political elite in the biggest day of mass anti-government demonstrations since the fall of… Read More
2019-10-23 11:58
Spain's Supreme Court jailed nine Catalan separatist leaders for between nine and 13 years for their role in a 2017 failed independence bid, a decision that triggered mass protests in the re… Read More
2019-10-23 11:36
A look at North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as state news agency KCNA releases photos of Kim riding alone on a large white horse through snowy fields and woods on Mt Paektu, the spiritual home… Read More
2019-10-14 14:16
Typhoon Hagibis was a large and powerful tropical cyclone that was considered to be the most devastating typhoon to hit the Kantō region of Japan since Typhoon Ida in 1958. Hagibis caus… Read More
2019-10-13 14:07
A Hong Kong policeman shot a protester with live ammunition as thousands of protesters took to the streets to defy the city's Chinese rulers on the 70th anniversary of the founding of… Read More
2019-10-13 13:45
Victor, a 9-year-old white-tailed eagle, wears a 360 camera to capture its spectacular flights over glaciers and mountains and raise awareness of global warming. The Alps are the highest and… Read More
2019-10-10 14:04
The 2019 Ecuadorian protests are an ongoing series of protests and riots against the end of fuel subsidies and austerity measures adopted by President of Ecuador Lenín Moreno and his… Read More
2019-10-10 13:48
Turkish troops and their Syrian rebel allies attacked Kurdish militia in northeast Syria, pounding them with air strikes and artillery before starting a cross-border ground operation that co… Read More
2019-10-07 10:55
At least hundred people have been killed after three days of anti-government protests, which began over unemployment and poor services but have escalated into calls for a change of governmen… Read More
2019-10-02 12:13
China marked its 70th year of Communist Party rule on Tuesday with an elaborate parade and show of military might. The parade was attended by Chinese President Xi Jinping and government offi… Read More
2019-10-01 12:02
Bosnians take part in the commemoration ceremony held for the Markale massacre in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina on August 28, 2019. Two howitzer attacks carried out by the Army of the Rep… Read More
2019-08-06 11:20
Strikes crippled rail and bus services across Hong Kong during morning rush hour and led to the cancellation of more than 200 flights in the latest anti-government campaign. Police in Hong K… Read More
2019-08-06 11:13
Congolese authorities race to contain an Ebola epidemic after a gold miner with a large family spread the virus in the east's main city of Goma. Ebola virus disease (EVD), formerly known as… Read More
2019-08-05 11:42
Russian police forcibly detained over 1,000 people attending a protest in Moscow to demand free elections, including prominent activist Lyubov Sobol, after authorities warned the demonstrati… Read More
2019-08-04 13:24
Hundreds of hot air balloons take part in the Great Line at the Mondial Air Ballons festival, in an attempt to break the 2017 record of 456 balloons aligning in an hour during the biggest me… Read More
2019-07-13 14:29
Delivery of S-400 missile systems is continuing, Turkish National Defense Ministry said. Delivery of S-400 Long Range Air and Missile Defense Systems resumed. The fourth Russian plane carryi… Read More
2019-06-24 07:30
Chinese President Xi Jinping's two-day visit to North Korea was the first by a Chinese leader in 14 years. Chinese president Xi Jinping will make his first state visit to North Korea this we… Read More
2019-06-18 11:33
Here's a look at the life of former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsy, Egypt's first democratically elected leader.Personal:Birth date: August 20, 1951 (some sources say August 8)Death date:… Read More
2019-06-16 10:49
Attacks on two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman left one ablaze and both adrift, driving oil prices up over worries about Middle East supplies. Two oil tankers were hit in suspected attacks i… Read More
2019-06-11 12:15
Hong Kong was plunged into a fresh political crisis after hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets to thwart a proposed extradition law that would allow suspects to be sent to mai… Read More
2019-06-05 19:08
More than 150,000 Allied soldiers stormed the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944, bursting through German coastal defenses to open the way to the liberation of western Europe from the Nazi… Read More
2019-05-19 13:12
The latest flare-up of violence in Libya, where Muammar Gaddafi was toppled in 2011, began a month ago when eastern Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar's forces advanced to the outskirts of Trip… Read More
2019-05-14 11:32
Mali is a landlocked country in West Africa, a region geologically identified with the West African Craton. Mali is the eighth-largest country in Africa, with an area of just over 1,240,000… Read More
2019-05-09 13:51
France is set to commemorate the end of World War II on Wednesday, with the main ceremony in the heart of the French capital. French President Emmanuel Macron will first go to pay his respec… Read More
2019-05-07 13:33
Convicted of breaking Myanmar's Official Secrets Act, Reuters journalists Wa Lone, 33, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 29, had spent more than 500 days in jail when they were freed. They had been convicted… Read More
2019-05-01 08:57
Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido made his strongest call yet to the military to help him oust President Nicolas Maduro but there were no concrete signs of defection from the armed fo… Read More
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