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Malta hosts first Duanwu Cup dragon boat friendship race

Malta hosts first Duanwu Cup dragon boat friendship...

Valletta [Malta], May 25: The first Duanwu Cup dragon boat friendship race in Malta was held Saturday in the historic...

Power restored in Cannes after suspected arson disrupts film festival

Power restored in Cannes after suspected arson disrupts...

Paris [France], May 25: Electricity has been restored in the southern French city of Cannes after a major power cut...

Murder arrest after three children and woman die in London house fire

Murder arrest after three children and woman die...

London [UK], May 25: Three children and a woman have died after a house fire in north-west London, with a...

Suspect in Germany's Hamburg station attack to be placed in psychiatric clinic

Suspect in Germany's Hamburg station attack to be...

Hamburg [Germany], May 25: A magistrate has ordered the 39-year-old suspect in the knife attack at Hamburg's central train station...

Syria's Al Sharaa meets Erdogan in Turkiye as sanctions lifted

Syria's Al Sharaa meets Erdogan in Turkiye as...

Istanbul [Turkey], May 25: Syria's interim President Ahmed Al Sharaa has met Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and other top...

Lebanon's local elections provide litmus test for weakened Hezbollah

Lebanon's local elections provide litmus test for weakened...

Beirut [Lebanon], May 25: Lebanese President Joseph Aoun on Saturday called on his compatriots to vote en masse in local...

European Commission calls on Hungary to drop law against NGOs

European Commission calls on Hungary to drop law...

Brussels [Belgium], May 25: The European Commission is threatening action against Hungary if the government of Prime Minister Viktor Orban...

Venezuela opposition politician among dozens arrested

Venezuela opposition politician among dozens arrested

Buenos Aires [Argentina], May 25: Venezuela's authoritarian government has stepped up its crackdown on opponents ahead of Sunday's regional and...

Russia and Ukraine exchange another 307 prisoners in major swap deal

Russia and Ukraine exchange another 307 prisoners in...

Moscow [Russia], May 25: Russia and Ukraine continued their largest prisoner exchange to date on Saturday, releasing a further 307...

Brazil state says it rules out bird flu

Brazil state says it rules out bird flu

Brasília [Brazil], May 25: Brazil's Santa Catarina state said it has ruled out an outbreak of bird flu in a...

US, Iran teams meet for two hours in Rome

US, Iran teams meet for two hours in...

Rome [Italy], May 25: U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff held more than two hours of talks with an Iranian delegation...

Trump threatens new tariffs on European Union and Apple

Trump threatens new tariffs on European Union and...

Washington DC [US], May 25: U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to ratchet up his trade war again.

UN says more food needed in Gaza

UN says more food needed in Gaza

Gaza [Gaza City], May 25: Israeli airstrikes killed at least six Palestinians guarding aid trucks against looters, Hamas officials said.

Trump rips DEI policies in rally-style speech

Trump rips DEI policies in rally-style speech

Washington DC [US], May 25: President Donald Trump ripped U.S. diversity and inclusion policies, knocked NATO, and took credit for...

Brazil state says it rules out bird flu

Brazil state says it rules out bird flu

Brasilia [Brazil], May 24: Brazil's Santa Catarina state said it has ruled out an outbreak of bird flu in a...

US top diplomat in Havana promises more sanctions

US top diplomat in Havana promises more sanctions

New York [US], May 24: The United States' top diplomat in Havana said the U.S. had more sanctions in store...

Judge temporarily blocks Trump admin

Judge temporarily blocks Trump admin

New York [US], May 24: A U.S. judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from revoking Harvard University's ability to enroll...

Shaken Jewish community looks to bolster security

Shaken Jewish community looks to bolster security

New York [US], May 24: When Adam Zimmerman chaperoned his son's fourth-grade class field trip to the natural history museum...

US issues orders easing Syria sanctions

US issues orders easing Syria sanctions

New York [US], May 24: The Trump administration on Friday issued orders that it said would effectively lift sanctions on...

Russia to present peace accord draft after prisoner exchange

Russia to present peace accord draft after prisoner...

Moscow [Russia], May 24: Russia will be ready to hand Ukraine a draft document outlining conditions for a long-term peace...

Plane crash kills 2 in San Diego neighborhood

Plane crash kills 2 in San Diego neighborhood

New York [US], May 24: At least two people were killed and eight others injured on Thursday when a small...

Brazil updates trade ban list after bird flu outbreak

Brazil updates trade ban list after bird flu...

Brasília [Brail], May 24: The Brazilian Agriculture Ministry on Thursday updated the list of countries that have placed restrictions on...

EU brands four countries as 'high risk' under deforestation law

EU brands four countries as 'high risk' under...

Brussels [Belgium], May 24: Commodities from just four countries will face the strictest checks under the European Union's anti-deforestation law,...

US farm agency cancels food aid for children in poor countries

US farm agency cancels food aid for children...

New York [US], May 24: The U.S. Department of Agriculture has terminated 17 projects under a foreign aid program that...

Death toll in Australia floods rises to four, tens of thousands stranded

Death toll in Australia floods rises to four,...

Sydney [Australia], May 24: The body of a man was found in a car trapped in floodwaters in Australia's southeast...

Trump administration blocks Harvard's international enrollments

Trump administration blocks Harvard's international enrollments

New York [US], May 24: U.S. President Donald Trump's administration revoked Harvard University's ability to enroll international students on Thursday,...

US indicts Russian accused of ransomware attacks

US indicts Russian accused of ransomware attacks

New York [US], May 24: The U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday unsealed charges against a Russian national accused of...