COLOMBO - Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said that reducing greenhouse gas emissions and promoting sustainable energy solutions were essential to ensure the health of the planet, the President's Office said in a statement on Saturday (Sept. 25).
DAMASCUS - Russian warplanes carried out on Saturday (Sept. 25) multiple strikes against the Turkey-backed rebels in the northern countryside of Aleppo Province in northern Syria, a war monitor reported.
PHNOM PENH - Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen said on Saturday (Sept. 25) that the COVID-19 has hit almost half of the Buddhist pagodas in the capital city.
MEXICO CITY - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Friday (Sept. 24) urged the United Nations to intervene in Haiti, saying the Caribbean nation is racked by instability, violence and "total disorder."
NEW YORK - U.S. stocks recorded modest gains for the volatile week, as investors parsed a key statement from the Federal Reserve while digesting a slew of economic data.
HAJJAH, Yemen - At least six people were killed and more than 20 others injured when crowds celebrating a public holiday in the northwestern Yemeni province of Hajjah Saturday (Sept. 25) night were hit by a ballistic missile launched by Houthi rebels, said a government official who preferred to remain unnamed.
