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UK PM reiterates "unwavering support" for Ukraine

UK PM reiterates "unwavering support" for Ukraine

London [England], March 19: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer reiterated the country's "unwavering support" for Ukraine in a phone talk...

Hopes fade for more survivors after refugee boat capsized off Cyprus: minister

Hopes fade for more survivors after refugee boat...

Nicosia [Cyprus], March 19: Cyprus Defense Minister Vasilis Palmas stated on Tuesday that the chances of finding more survivors from...

Samsung CEO says company exploring deals amid growth struggles

Samsung CEO says company exploring deals amid growth...

Washington DC [US], March 19: Samsung Electronics (005930.KS), opens new tab said on Wednesday it is looking to drive growth...

Philippines Senate launches investigation into Duterte's ICC arrest

Philippines Senate launches investigation into Duterte's ICC arrest

Manila [Philippines], March 18: The Philippines Senate has announced it will probe the arrest and handover of former President Rodrigo...

Yemen's Houthis and US launch new attacks amid Red Sea shipping threat

Yemen's Houthis and US launch new attacks amid...

Sanaa [Yemen], March 18: Houthi rebels have claimed another attack on a United States naval vessel, calling it "retaliation" for...

Pyongyang slams G7 for call to abandon nukes

Pyongyang slams G7 for call to abandon nukes

Pyongyang [North Korea], March 18: North Korea has slammed the Group of Seven (G7) economically developed Western democracies after the...

Environmental emergency in Ecuador due to oil spill

Environmental emergency in Ecuador due to oil spill

Buenos Aires [Argentina], March 18: Ecuadorian authorities on Sunday declared an environmental emergency due to an oil spill which contaminated...

Ex-Georgian president convicted on new charges

Ex-Georgian president convicted on new charges

Tbilisi [Georgia], March 18: Georgia's former president Mikheil Saakashvili, imprisoned since 2021, has been sentenced to four and a half...

Clashes along Syria-Lebanon border after three Syrian soldiers killed

Clashes along Syria-Lebanon border after three Syrian soldiers...

Damascus [Syria], March 18: Clashes erupted along the Syrian-Lebanese border after three Syrian soldiers were kidnapped and killed by Lebanon's...

Dozens of North Macedonia fire victims sent abroad for treatment

Dozens of North Macedonia fire victims sent abroad...

Budapest [Hungary], March 18: Burn victims from the deadly fire that tore through a packed nightclub in North Macedonia are...

Israeli airstrike kills at least three people in central Gaza

Israeli airstrike kills at least three people in...

Tel Aviv [Israel], March 18: At least three people were killed in an Israeli airstrike in central Gaza on Monday.

France, Canada to strengthen ties as "reliable allies"

France, Canada to strengthen ties as "reliable allies"

Paris [France], March 18: French President Emmanuel Macron and visiting Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Monday said that France...

Italy's inflation hits 16-month high in February

Italy's inflation hits 16-month high in February

Rome [Italy], March 18: Italy's annual inflation rate rose to 1.6 percent in February, reaching its highest level since October...

Macron urges partners for "concrete peace plan" for Ukraine

Macron urges partners for "concrete peace plan" for...

Paris [France], March 18: French President Emmanuel Macron urged on Monday France's partners to work together to present a concrete...

EU pledges increased support for Syria at Brussels conference

EU pledges increased support for Syria at Brussels...

Brussels [Belgium], March 18: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Monday reaffirmed the European Union's (EU) commitment to...

Zelensky, Macron hold phone talks ahead of Trump-Putin conversation

Zelensky, Macron hold phone talks ahead of Trump-Putin...

Kyiv [Ukraine], March 18: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he spoke by phone with French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday...

Starmer, Carney pledge to strengthen UK-Canada ties

Starmer, Carney pledge to strengthen UK-Canada ties

London [England], March 18: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer met with visiting Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Monday as...

7 dead after refugee boat capsizes off Cyprus coast

7 dead after refugee boat capsizes off Cyprus...

Nicosia [Cyprus], March 18: Seven people have been confirmed dead after a refugee boat capsized off the southeastern coast...

Fifty-three killed in US strikes on Yemen

Fifty-three killed in US strikes on Yemen

Washington DC [US], March 18: The death toll from US strikes on Yemen has risen to 53, including five children,...

Trump and Putin to discuss power plants, land in Ukraine war talks

Trump and Putin to discuss power plants, land...

Washington DC [US], March 18: U.S. President Donald Trump said he would speak to Russia's Vladimir Putin on Tuesday about...

Blast from suspected old bomb in Syria kills 16

Blast from suspected old bomb in Syria kills...

Damascus [Syria], March 17: An unexploded bomb from Syria's 13-year conflict exploded in the coastal city of Lattakia, killing at...

Trump's cuts hit Voice of America, Radio Free Europe

Trump's cuts hit Voice of America, Radio Free...

Washington [US], March 17: Workers at Voice of America (VOA) received an email on Saturday placing them on paid administrative...

Cruise ship catches fire in Thailand, foreign tourists missing

Cruise ship catches fire in Thailand, foreign tourists...

Bangkok [Thailand], March 17: The Guardian reported on March 17 that a British tourist was missing after a cruise ship...

First photos of Pope Francis released after more than a month in hospital

First photos of Pope Francis released after more...

Rome [Italy], March 17: The Vatican has released the first photo of Pope Francis since he was hospitalized more than...

Major power outage hits Cuba

Major power outage hits Cuba

Havana [Cuba], March 17: Cuba's capital Havana plunged into darkness for a second night on Saturday as efforts to restore...

GCC Statistical Centre: $131.5 billion in remittances by workers in GCC countries

GCC Statistical Centre: $131.5 billion in remittances by...

Muscat [Oman], March 17: The total remittances of workers in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries to foreign destinations amounted...

Iraq seeks to join International Solar Alliance

Iraq seeks to join International Solar Alliance

Baghdad [Iraq], March 17: Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani has announced that Iraq is seeking to join the...