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Zelensky, Scholz discuss defense support for Ukraine

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 high

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 downing transport plane

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 temporary ceasefire

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

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

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 talks

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

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

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 rare rebuke from Washington

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 fire

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

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

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 Britain

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

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 31

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 vow to strike back

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

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 spread

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 cities

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 Israel suffers worst loss of soldiers

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 South -report

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 specialised visitors with 30% growth

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

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 at 360,000 for 2024

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...

U.S., U.K. forces renew strikes on Houthi targets

U.S., U.K. forces renew strikes on Houthi targets

Washington [US], January 23: The coalition forces of the United States and Britain launched new strikes on Houthi targets in...

U.S., Britain launch airstrikes against Houthi camps in Yemen

U.S., Britain launch airstrikes against Houthi camps in...

Sanaa [Yemen], January 23: The U.S.-British coalition struck Houthi camps in Yemen's capital and other provinces at midnight, the Houthi-run...