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Gaza starves as Israel presses war on Hamas
Gaza [Palestine], January 26: In battered, hard-to-reach north Gaza, rare aid deliveries get mobbed by desperate, hungry Palestinians and aid...
Cyprus rescues 60 migrants lost at sea
Nicosia [Cyprus], January 25: Sixty migrants were rescued from a small boat off Cyprus on Wednesday after being stranded at...
Zelensky, Scholz discuss defense support for Ukraine
Kiev [Ukraine], January 25: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Wednesday discussed defense support for Ukraine...
U.S. stocks end mixed, S&P 500 hitting new...
New York [US], January 25: U.S. stocks ended mixed on Wednesday, as the S&P 500 notched its fourth consecutive record...
Russia says Kiev killed 65 Ukrainian POWs by...
Moscow [Russia], January 25: The Russian Defence Ministry accused Ukrainian forces of shooting down a Russian military transport plane, killing...
Hamas official reiterates rejection of any proposal for...
Gaza [Palestine], January 25: A member of Hamas' political bureau, Osama Hamdan, on Wednesday reiterated that the Palestinian movement would...
Train driver strike paralyses rail transport in Germany
Berlin [Germany], January 25: Germany's state-owned railway Deutsche Bahn faced massive disruptions and widespread cancellations on Wednesday as train drivers...
Iraq rebukes US over strikes on Iran-backed groups
Baghdad [Iraq], January 25: Iraq accused the United States of contributing to a "reckless escalation" of violence in the region...
Iran's Raisi flies to Turkey for delayed Gaza...
Ankara [Turkey], January 25: Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi flew to Turkey on Wednesday for twice-delayed talks aimed at ironing out...
3-year drought persists in Spain's Catalonia
Madrid [Spain], January 25: Although Atlantic storms regularly sweep through Spain they always seem to peter out before reaching Catalonia,...
Turkey's lawmakers approve Sweden's NATO membership
Ankara [Turkey], January 25: Turkey's parliament on Tuesday ratified Sweden's NATO membership after more than a year of delays that...
Israeli attack on UN refuge in Gaza prompts...
Gaza [Palestine], January 25: Israeli tanks struck a huge U.N. compound sheltering displaced Palestinians on Wednesday, causing "mass casualties", the...
39 killed, 9 injured in east China building...
Beijing [China], January 25: Thirty-nine people were killed, and nine others injured after a building fire broke out Wednesday afternoon...
Jailed Polish ex-ministers released after being pardoned again
Warsaw [Poland], January 24: Poland's former Interior Minister Mariusz Kaminski and his deputy Maciej Wasik were released from prison on...
Trump projected to win New Hampshire Republican primary
Washington [US], January 24: Former U.S. President Donald Trump has defeated former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley...
Airstrikes send 'clearest possible message' to Houthis, says...
London [UK], January 24: The latest round of UK and US strikes against Houthi targets was designed to "send the...
24 Israeli soldiers killed; army encircles Khan Younis
Jerusalem [Israel], January 24: The Israeli military says its ground forces have "encircled" the city of Khan Younis in the...
Rescuers search for survivors after China landslide kills...
Beijing [China], January 24: The death toll from a landslide that struck a remote and mountainous part of southwestern China...
US, UK hit targets in Yemen as Houthis...
Sanaa [Yemen], January 24: The United States and Britain launched a second round of joint military strikes on Yemen's Houthis...
Drones are hit and miss for Ukrainian soldiers
Kyiv [Ukraine], January 24: A Ukrainian soldier near the front line looks into video goggles and clutches a control set...
French farmers up pressure on government as protests...
Paris [France], January 24: Protesting farmers blocked roads across France and there was one fatal accident.
Nine killed in Russian missile strikes on Ukrainian...
Kyiv [Ukraine], January 24: Russian missiles hit the Ukrainian capital and other cities, local officials said.
US envoy pushing pause in Gaza war as...
Washington [US], January 24: Twenty-four Israeli soldiers were killed in Israel's worst day of losses in Gaza, the military said.
North Korea tears down monument symbolizing union with...
Pyongyang [North Korea], January 24: North Korea has demolished a major monument in its capital that symbolized the goal of...
World of Coffee Dubai 2024 attracts over 13,000...
Dubai [UAE], January 24: World of Coffee Dubai 2024, organised by DXB Live, the integrated event management and experiential agency...
Iran's president to visit Türkiye Wednesday
Tehran [Iran], January 23: Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi will leave for Ankara on an official visit Wednesday at the invitation...
Canada sets intake cap for international student permits...
Ottawa [Canada], January 23: Canadian Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Marc Miller announced on Monday that the federal government...