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Trump's freeze on US aid rings alarm bells

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 affirming care for minors

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 to children in Gaza Strip

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 trade war

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

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 Afghanistan

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 finally come true'

'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 their homes

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 week's Bolu ski resort blaze

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 sanctions

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

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 experts

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

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 bell

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 as Treasury Secretary

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'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 hostage breakthrough

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 rights

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 Says

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

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

Brazil expresses concern over Trump's environmental policy rollbacks

Brasília [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 improve mobility

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 in Bolivia

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

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

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

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

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,...