Month: January 2025

SANAA: Yemen’s Houthi rebels freed 153 “conflict-related” prisoners on Saturday, the International Committee of the Red Cross said, as a ceasefire largely holds after years of war. The prisoners were…

Hamas has released four female Israeli soldiers held in Gaza as part of the ceasefire agreement, handing them over to Red Cross officials in Palestine Square in Gaza City. In…

BANGKOK: The government of Thailand has announced making public transport free for a week in the capital Bangkok to curb the smog and ease traffic congestion and delays. Thai media…

The pound (GBP) rallied against the US Dollar (USD) on Friday, on track to close the week higher after three weeks of losses, as a lack of concrete tariff policies…

US President Donald Trump ordered the declassification of the last secret files on the assassination of president John F. Kennedy, a case that still fuels conspiracy theories more than 60…

BEIJING: China said Thursday it had lodged “solemn representations” with Afghanistan’s Taliban government over the killing of a Chinese mine worker in an attack claimed by the Islamic State group.…

SANAA, Yemen: Yemen’s Houthi rebels on Wednesday freed the crew of the merchant ship Galaxy Leader after detaining them for more than a year, citing the ceasefire in Gaza between…

The UN humanitarian agency, OCHA, says that one of the challenges for Gaza’s recovery will be clearing land mines and other unexploded ordnance left behind by 15 months of war.…

Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman told President Donald Trump that the kingdom wants to put $600 billion into expanded investment and trade with the United States over the…

South Korea’s transport ministry said on Wednesday that it would remove the concrete embankment installed at Muan International Airport following last month’s Jeju Air crash, its deadliest domestic air disaster.…