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Trump's freeze on US aid rings alarm bells
Washington DC [US], January 29: Field hospitals in Thai refugee camps, landmine clearance in war zones, and drugs to...

Trump orders end to federal support for gender...
Washington DC [US], January 29: U.S. President Donald Trump issued an order on Tuesday to stop federal funding, sponsorship, promotion,...

UNICEF looking to scale up supplies and services...
Gaza [Palestine], January 28: The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) says it has accelerated the distribution of supplies and services...

Colombia yields on US deportation flights to avert...
Bogota [Colombia], January 28: A looming trade war between the US and Colombia appears to have been averted after the...

Survivors mark 80th anniversary of Auschwitz camp liberation
Warsaw [Poland], January 28: "It doesn't do any good for your heart, for your mind, for anything," said Holocaust survivor...

UN reports 64 casualties from unexploded ordnance in...
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 28: Sixty-four people, including 47 children, were killed or injured by explosive remnants of war in Afghanistan...

'The dream we have been waiting for has...
Gaza [Palestine], January 28: Gaza Strip residents expressed joy at being allowed to return to their homes in the north...

Hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians return to...
Gaza [Palestine], January 28: After 15 months of war, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians are returning to northern Gaza as...

Turkey detains 19 people in connection with last...
Istanbul [Turkey], January 28: Turkish authorities have taken 19 people into custody in connection with the blaze last week at...

EU top diplomat pushes for suspension of Syria...
Brussels [Belgium], January 28: European Union top diplomat Kaja Kallas said on Monday that she hopes EU foreign ministers will...

Many officials who prosecuted Mr. Trump were fired
New York [US], January 28: CNN reported on January 27 that the US Department of Justice has fired dozens of...

Ending birthright citizenship would impact all Americans: legal...
Albany [New York], January 28: The U.S. federal government's executive order to end birthright citizenship has sparked fear and uncertainly...

U.S. Justice Department fires officials who investigated Trump
Washington DC [US], January 28: The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has fired officials who were involved in investigating President...

Nasdaq celebrates Chinese Lunar New Year with closing...
Albany [New York], January 28: Nasdaq, a major stock exchange in the world, celebrated the Chinese Lunar New Year on...

U.S. Senate confirms hedge fund manager Scott Bessent...
Washington DC [US], January 28: The U.S. Senate on Monday confirmed hedge fund manager Scott Bessent as Treasury Secretary, positioning...

Gaza's ceasefire reveals a health nightmare
Gaza City [Gaza], January 28: Hospitals and clinics destroyed. Millions of tons of debris contaminated with toxic substances, unexploded ordnance...

Gaza residents stream home to the north after...
Gaza City [Gaza], January 28: Tens of thousands of Palestinians streamed along the main roads leading north in Gaza.

Transgender inmate sues over Trump's order curtailing LGBT...
Washington DC [US], January 28: A transgender woman serving in a federal prison has filed a lawsuit.

Trump to Target DEI, COVID Military Expulsions, Hegseth...
Washington DC [US], January 28: U.S. President Donald Trump will soon sign executive orders removing diversity, equity and inclusion from...

Mexican president pledges to defend independence, sovereignty
Mexico City [Mexico], January 27: Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Tuesday pledged to defend the country's independence and sovereignty in...

Brazil expresses concern over Trump's environmental policy rollbacks
BrasÃlia [Brazil], January 27: The environmental policy rollbacks announced by U.S. President Donald Trump during his inaugural address have raised...

Buenos Aires to introduce Chinese electric buses to...
Buenos Aires [Argentina], January 27: The Argentine capital of Buenos Aires will soon get electric buses from China to...

Rainy season kills 18 people, affects 50,000 families...
La Paz [Bolivia], January 27: Eighteen people have been killed and over 50,000 families across eight of Bolivia's nine departments...

5.5 magnitude quake hits northern Chile
Santiago [Chile], January 27: A 5.5 magnitude earthquake rocked northern Chile on Friday, with no reports of casualties and property...

19 killed as bus overturns in southern Bolivia
La Paz [Bolivia], January 27: At least 19 people died and nine others were injured early Sunday morning when a...

Colombia's Army announces 20 minors desert FARC faction
Bogota [Colombia], January 27: Colombia's Army announced that 104 fighters from a faction of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia...

Israel blocks thousands of Palestinians from northern Gaza
Jerusalem [Israel], January 27: Tens of thousands of Palestinians waited at roadblocks to return to their homes in northern Gaza,...