Lightning strikes Angkor Wat temple, injuring many tourists

May 17, 2025

Phnom Penh [Cambodia], May 17: A lightning strike at the Angkor Wat temple complex in Cambodia's Siem Reap province has left several people injured, according...

Swedish PM says jailed reporter on his way home

May 17, 2025

Stockholm [Sweden], May 17: Swedish journalist Joakim Medin, who was jailed in March in Turkey on terrorism and insult charges, is on his way home,...

U.S. developing plan to move 1 million Palestinians to Libya

May 17, 2025

New York [US], May 17: The Trump administration is working on a plan to permanently relocate as much as one million Palestinians from the Gaza...

Israel blasts UN aid chief

May 17, 2025

Jerusalem [Israel], May 17: Israel on Friday blasted the United Nations aid chief for asking the U.N. Security Council if it would act to "prevent...

Bird flu in top chicken exporter triggers trade bans

May 17, 2025

Brasilia [Brazil], May 17: Brazil, the world's largest chicken exporter, confirmed its first outbreak of bird flu on a poultry farm on Friday, triggering a...

Fear and anger in France's crypto community after spate of kidnappings

May 17, 2025

Paris [France], May 17: After watching frightening images of a prominent French crypto boss' daughter being attacked on a Paris street during a botched kidnapping,...

Deadly Israeli strikes pound Gaza

May 17, 2025

Gaza [Palestine], May 17: Israeli strikes on Gaza have killed more than 250 people since Thursday morning, local health authorities said on Friday, one of...

US aid cuts leave food mouldering in storage

May 17, 2025

Washington [US], may 17: Food rations that could supply 3.5 million people for a month are mouldering in warehouses around the world because of U.S....

Ukraine calls on allies to keep pressure on Russia

May 17, 2025

Kyiv [Ukraine], may 17: Ukraine rallied support from its Western allies on Friday after Kyiv and Moscow failed to agree to a ceasefire at their...