Published: 22:13 pm,Monday 7 September 2026
Over 4,000-year-old tomb discovered at Egypt's Saqqara
Egypt on Monday announced the discovery of an over 4,000-year-old tomb dating to the late Fifth Dynasty (2494-2345 BC) at the Mariette Cemetery north of Saqqara, Giza Province, west of Cairo, reported Xinhua. According to a statement from Egypt's Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, the tomb, discovered by
Published: 13:43 pm,Sunday 6 September 2026
Israeli strikes kill 4, wound 20 in southern Lebanon
Four people were killed and 20 others wounded in Israeli airstrikes on several areas in southern Lebanon on Sunday morning, according to an initial toll released by Lebanon's Ministry of Public Health, reported Xinhua. The ministry's Emergency Operations Center said two people were killed and two others wounded
Published: 02:15 am,Sunday 6 September 2026
US attacks 3 oil tankers off Iranian coasts, Iran hits 3 oilers in Hormuz
The navy of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) said Saturday it had targeted three oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz and three U.S.-affiliated vessels elsewhere in retaliation for the U.S. attacks on Iranian tankers earlier in the day, reported Xinhua. The three tankers that were struck
Published: 01:18 am,Sunday 6 September 2026
64-year-old woman rescued 10 days after floods in Nepal
The death toll in the devastating floods and landslides in Nepal has been revised to 1,331, as search and rescue operations continued on Saturday, with a Chinese national safely rescued from an audit tunnel of the Upper Trishuli 1 Hydropower Project and a 64-year-old woman rescued from Betrawati
Published: 23:52 pm,Saturday 5 September 2026
FBI puts German conman on most wanted fraudster list
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has added a German conman, who is believed to be in Munich, to its Most Wanted Fraudster list after he fled the US following his conviction for investment fraud.
Published: 02:07 am,Sunday 6 September 2026
22 killed in fire at wedding venue in DR Congo
At least 22 people were killed and several others injured in a fire that broke out early Saturday at a wedding venue in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), a local official said, reported Xinhua. The fire erupted in a building housing a reception
Published: 02:23 am,Sunday 6 September 2026
Woman killed, 5 injured in Israeli airstrikes on S. Lebanon
A Lebanese woman was killed and five other people injured Saturday in Israeli airstrikes targeting towns in southern Lebanon, according to Lebanon's official National News Agency (NNA), reported Xinhua. An Israeli airstrike targeted a residential building in the town of Mayfadoun, killing an 18-year-old woman and injuring five
Published: 04:19 am,Saturday 5 September 2026
Global food price index hits highest level in over 3 years in August: FAO
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Food Price Index averaged 133.3 points in August, up 1.9 percent from July and 2.5 percent from a year earlier, reaching its highest level since the end of 2022, the FAO said Friday, reported Xinhua. The increase was
Published: 05:24 am,Saturday 5 September 2026
Trump says US may strike Iranian nuclear site soon, calls conflict ´small potatoes´
U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday that the U.S. military may soon strike Iran's Pickaxe Mountain -- a fortified site near Iran's Natanz enrichment facility -- while trying to downplay the conflict with Iran as "small potatoes," reported Xinhua. "We may hit Pickaxe very soon," Trump told reporters