BERLIN: Germany has summoned the Acting Charge d Affaires of the Russian embassy in response to a Russian cyberattack on the governing Social Democratic Party (SPD) last year.
JAKARTA: Death toll due to the latest landslides and flooding triggered by prolonged heavy rains in Indonesia's South Sulawesi eastern province climbed to seven, according to the province's disaster mitigation agency on Friday.
ISLAMABAD: Former Pakistan Prime Minister and chief of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, Imran Khan has said that the country's Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Syed Asim Munir should be held directly responsible if anything happens to him or his wife.
TEL AVIV: Another hostage being held in the Gaza Strip is dead, according to the Israeli government.
SEOUL: Unification Minister Kim Yung-ho, on Friday, met with a senior German official and discussed Berlin's unification experience and the possibility of a unified Korea, Seoul's Unification Ministry said.
AUSTRALIA: German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock on Friday said Berlin blames a unit of the Russian military intelligence service GRU for a 2023 cyber attack on the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD).
ISLAMABAD: At least 20 people were killed and 21 others injured after a passenger bus fell into a ravine in Pakistan's Daimer district on Friday.
SAO PAULO: The death toll due to the worst storms mounted to 29 after four consecutive days of intense rainfall, floods and mudslides in Brazil's Rio Grande do Sul, Governor Eduardo Leite said.
DAMASCUS: Israel launched an aerial attack from the direction of the occupied Golan Heights against a military site near Syrian capital Damascus, injuring eight soldiers and causing material losses, the Syrian Defence Ministry said.
ANKARA: Turkey halted all trade activities with Israel due to the latter's "non-stop violence" against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, the Turkish Trade Ministry said.
BAGHDAD: A Shia militia in Iraq has claimed responsibility for a missile attack on three sites in the cities of Tel Aviv and Be'er Sheva in Israel.
GUANGZHOU: The death toll from the collapse of a portion of a road in China's Guangdong province has risen to 48, authorities said.
GAZA: Israel released on Thursday 64 Palestinians who were arrested during the military operations in the Gaza Strip, said the General Authority for Crossings and Borders in Gaza.
ISLAMABAD: One person was killed and 20 others were injured in twin blasts in Pakistan's Balochistan province on Thursday, police said.
CANBERRA: The Australian government is failing to properly plan for security risks from climate change, former military and intelligence leaders have warned.
CHINA: The death toll has risen to 36 following the collapse of a carriageway on a motorway in China's Guangdong province, state news agency Xinhua reported on Thursday.
CAIRO: Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry and visiting French counterpart Stephane Sejourne met here to discuss the situation in the Gaza Strip and an Egypt-brokered ceasefire proposed for the enclave.
JERUSALEM: Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz has denounced Colombian President Gustavo Petro for deciding to break diplomatic ties with Israel over the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.
BAGHDAD: Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani has said that his government is committed to bolstering the industry, agriculture, trade, and tourism sectors, to reduce the country's reliance on oil and transition to a diversified economy.
GAZA: The Palestinian death toll from ongoing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip has risen to 34,568, the Hamas-run Health Ministry said in a press statement.
BEIRUT: A Hezbollah fighter was killed and three civilians were injured in Israeli airstrikes on Lebanese villages in southern Lebanon, Lebanese military sources told the media.
GUANGZHOU: At least 24 people were killed after part of an expressway collapsed in China's Guangdong Province, causing 20 vehicles to plunge on Wednesday, local authorities said.
MOSCOW: Ukrainian drones have damaged a refinery in Ryazan, some 200 kilometres south-east of Moscow, an unnamed representative of the Ukrainian military intelligence service HUR told the Ukrainska Pravda website.
LONDON: More protests have been held outside factories across the UK by campaigners against military arms being sent to Israel.
TEL AVIV: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Israeli President Isaac Herzog in Tel Aviv on Wednesday at the start of a fresh round of talks aimed at bringing about a ceasefire in the Gaza war.
CAIRO: A Saudi women's rights activist was sentenced to 11 years in prison because of her "choice of clothing and support for women's rights," two rights groups said, urging the kingdom to "immediately and unconditionally release" her.
ISLAMABAD: Danesh Kumar, a Senator in Pakistan's upper house has gained the attention of all during the ongoing Senate session for highlighting the forced abductions and conversions of Hindu girls in Pakistan's Sindh province.
CHINA: At least 19 people were killed when a motorway in China's Guangdong province collapsed on Wednesday, Chinese state broadcaster CCTV reported.
JAKARTA: Authorities on Wednesday began evacuating about 12,000 residents after Indonesia's Mount Ruang volcano erupted, spewing ash and rocks.
TEL AVIV: During the ongoing negotiations in Cairo on a ceasefire in the Gaza war, details have emerged about a proposal for an agreement submitted by the Palestinian militant group Hamas.
MOSCOW: The Ukrainian government is increasing its spending on drones by an additional 15.5 billion hryvnia ($392 million), Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said, as the unmanned surveillance and combat aircraft become increasingly crucial assets for Kyiv in its fight against Russia.
NEW YORK: Police stormed Ivy League Columbia University, the ground zero of nationwide pro-Palestine protests, breaking up the occupation of a building by agitators and arresting scores of them.
TEL AVIV: The US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, arrived in Israel where he will meet the country's President Isaac Herzog and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday to push forward the Gaza ceasefire deal .
RAMALLAH: The Palestinian presidency has said that Israel would not dare to continue its assault in Gaza without US support.
SANAA: The US-British coalition in the Red Sea launched a fresh airstrike on Yemen's Houthi-held port city of Hodeidah, media reported.
CAIRO: Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi and the Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani have pledged to resume efforts to end the current Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
GAZA: The Palestinian death toll from ongoing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip has risen to 34,535, the Hamas-run Health Ministry said in a press statement.
UNITED NATIONS: As Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stood firmly by his determination to send troops into Rafah, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres appealed for international pressure to stop the attack on the area where more than 1.2 million Palestinians are sheltering from Israeli invasion that has rolled across most of Gaza.
NAIROBI: The death toll due to heavy rains pounding several parts of Kenya and devastating flash floods has mounted to 169 people, a government official said.
ISLAMABAD: At least six civilians were killed and one injured in a shooting attack on a mosque in Afghanistan's western province of Herat, officials confirmed.