US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks after being sworn in on the 25th. — AFP/File WASHINGTON: Senior officials in Donald Trump’s administration, including the US vice president and defence secretary, mistakenly added a journalist
Patrol boats of Ukraine’s coast guard sail in the Black Sea, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, February 7, 2024. — Reuters Talks aimed at sealing Black Sea ceasefire deal wider truce. President Trump intensifies drive
Police officers use pepper spray on demonstrators during a protest on the day Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu was jailed as part of a corruption investigation, in Istanbul, Turkey, March 23, 2025. — Reuters Turkiye
Muslim pilgrims circle the Kaaba as they pray at the Grand Mosque, during the annual Hajj pilgrimage in the holy city of Makkah, Saudi Arabia on July 12, 2022. — Reuters JEDDAH: The Saudi
A WMO headquarter is pictured in Geneva, Switzerland, May 18, 2022. — Reuters Between 1970 and 2021, weather, climate, and water-related hazards caused more than 2 million deaths and an estimated US$ 4.3 trillion
Travellers wait to check in at John F Kennedy International Airport in New York City, US, on April 6, 2023. — Reuters Danish traveller Kennet Brask loved his fishing trip to Florida two years
An Israeli airstrike at a hospital in Gaza on Sunday martyred five people, including a Hamas political leader, Palestinian medics and Hamas said. The Gaza Health Ministry said the strike hit the surgery department
Pope Francis makes his first public appearance in five weeks, on the day he is set to be discharged from Gemelli Hospital, in Rome, Italy, March 23, 2025. — Reuters Pope makes first public
The Saudi Red Crescent has successfully conducted a test landing of an emergency air ambulance service on a newly constructed helipad within the Masjid Al Haram (Grand Mosque) in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. The new
New Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Sunday called a snap election for April 28, saying he needed a strong mandate to deal with the threat posed by US President Donald Trump, who “wants