The World Health Organization (WHO) warned the world Wednesday of mpox, formally known as monkeypox, declaring the potentially fatal viral infection a “global public health emergency”, after an outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) crossed into nearby nations.
Iran’s Islamic regime on Tuesday denounced as “impudent” Western calls for it not to attack Israel in retaliation for the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran last month, the Times of Israel (TOI) reports.
Central Syria experienced a 5.5 magnitude earthquake late on Monday night, triggering locals’ memories of the devastating quake which hit northern Syria and Turkey last year, the Associated Press reports.
Lawmakers in Germany are divided over whether to amend the country’s post-Nazi era 1949 Constitution to specify that members of the LGBTQ community cannot be discriminated against on the grounds of their sexual orientation or identity, DW reports.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy acknowledged Monday the massive scale of his country’s incursion into Russian territory, the first such invasion by a foreign nation since World War Two.
In a further step toward integrating Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology in their defense systems, Australia, the UK, and the US (AUKUS) announced on Friday that they have successfully conducted a joint trial in “the first use of autonomy and AI sensing systems in a real-time military environment,” Breaking Defense (BD reports.
In a controversial move, the administration of outgoing U.S. President Joe Biden has decided to lift a ban on American sales of offensive weapons to Saudi Arabia, despite concerns over human rights violations by the Islamic kingdom, Worthy News learned Sunday.
A new assessment by U.S. intelligence agencies reveals that Iran’s advancements in scientific and engineering research over the past year have put it in a stronger position to initiate a nuclear weapons program, the Wall Street Journal reported over the weekend.
Kyiv says thousands of Ukrainian troops are taking part in destabilizing Russia by showing the country’s weaknesses. The assault entered its sixth day despite concerns about a controversial bomb that Moscow claims it is using to halt the offensive as well as a deadly attack on Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv.
Brazil’s president expressed his sorrow on Friday after a plane carrying 62 people crashed in a residential area of a city in Brazil’s Sao Paulo.
Austria was reeling Friday from Islamic terrorist threats that caused American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift to cancel her concerts for tens of thousands of people.
Russia faced major Ukrainian assaults Friday, with Kyiv determined to bring the war to Russian territory more than two years after Moscow invaded Ukraine, triggering Europe’s bloodiest conflict since World War Two.
British police stepped up patrols Thursday after much of the nation plunged into anarchy with anti-immigration and anti-Islam protesters rioting in towns and cities across the country following the killing of three girls, allegedly by the U.K.-born teenage son of Rwandan parents.
Maritime saber-rattling continued in disputed South China Sea waters Thursday after the Philippines said three Chinese navy ships “tailed” a joint military exercise it began with three Western allies.
The UK has suspended flights over Beirut, Lebanon, and Tehran, Iran. Earlier, an Egyptian official stated that Iran had warned airlines to avoid flying over Iran between 4:30 am and 7:30 am Tehran time due to military exercises. In response, Egypt has ordered a halt to flights over Iranian airspace, according to Sky News Arabic.
U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) reported that U.S. forces intercepted one drone and two anti-ship ballistic missiles launched by Yemen’s Houthi rebels over the Red Sea.
U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson demands that U.S. President Joe Biden will release any blocked American lethal aid to Israel after several soldiers were injured in an attack on an American military base in Iraq.
Russian President Vladimir Putin urged Iran to exercise restraint in its retaliatory strike and avoid killing civilians, even as Russia sent fighter jets, advanced air defense and radar equipment to Tehran.
Markets were bracing for another shaky day after Japan’s main stock index suffered its worst day in 37 years, while Wall Street in the United States finished sharply lower on Monday.
China’s Communist government seeks to take over the job of verification from companies and give people a single internet identification document (ID) that critics warn will provide it with even more control over people’s lives, Worthy News learned Tuesday.