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FAO launches groundbreaking financing facility to help prevent food crises before they escalate

FAO launches groundbreaking financing facility to help prevent...

Rome [Italy], July 3: The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) launched the Financing for Shock-Driven Food...

Qatar condemns statements by Israeli occupation government's minister of justice on annexing West Bank

Qatar condemns statements by Israeli occupation government's minister...

Doha [Qatar], July 3: The State of Qatar condemned the statements made by the Israeli Minister of Justice regarding the...

Dozens missing after ferry sinks off Bali

Dozens missing after ferry sinks off Bali

Indonesia [Bali], July 3: Dozens of people are missing after a ferry sank off Indonesia's tourist island of Bali, rescuers...

Greek firefighters battle wildfire on island of Crete

Greek firefighters battle wildfire on island of Crete

Jerusalem [Israel], July 3: Greek firefighters on Wednesday battled a blaze that raged on the popular vacation destination of Crete,...

Man admits murdering four students in deal to avoid death penalty

Man admits murdering four students in deal to...

Jerusalem [Israel], July 3: A 30-year-old man has admitted to murdering four roommates in a small Idaho college town in...

Hamas studies Gaza ceasefire proposal labelled 'final' by Trump

Hamas studies Gaza ceasefire proposal labelled 'final' by...

Gaza [Palestine], July 3: Hamas said on Wednesday it was studying what U.S. President Donald Trump called a "final" ceasefire...

Thai court suspends PM over leaked phone call

Thai court suspends PM over leaked phone call

Bangkok [Thailand], July 2: Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra has been suspended from office by the Constitutional Court over a...

Health alerts, risk of field fires as heatwave sweeps across Europe

Health alerts, risk of field fires as heatwave...

London [UK], July 2: A blistering early summer heatwave is making its way from the Iberian Peninsula northwards across Europe,...

Iran 'needs more time' to decide on resuming nuclear talks with US

Iran 'needs more time' to decide on resuming...

Tehran [Iran], July 2: Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs Abbas Araghchi has ruled out a quick resumption of talks with...

Trump orders lifting of Syria sanctions

Trump orders lifting of Syria sanctions

Washington [US], July 2: United States President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to dismantle a web of sanctions...

Netanyahu confirms trip to Washington as President Trump says Gaza deal close

Netanyahu confirms trip to Washington as President Trump...

Jerusalem [Israel], July 2: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed on Tuesday that he expects to travel to Washington next...

Macron, Putin have first phone call in 2 years

Macron, Putin have first phone call in 2...

Paris [France], July 2: French President Emmanuel Macron and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin have spoken on the phone for...

Russian combat jet crashes in Russia's Nizhny Novgorod region

Russian combat jet crashes in Russia's Nizhny Novgorod...

Moscow [Russia], July 2: A Russian fighter jet has crashed in the Russian Volga region of Nizhny Novgorod. The Su-34...

Ukraine drone attack on central Russia kills three, wounds 35

Ukraine drone attack on central Russia kills three,...

Moscow [Russia], July 2: A Ukrainian drone attack at an industrial plant in central Russia has killed three people and...

US, Indo-Pacific partners announce minerals initiative

US, Indo-Pacific partners announce minerals initiative

New York [US], July 2: The United States announced the launch of a critical minerals initiative with Australia, India and...

Trump urges Hamas to accept 'final proposal'

Trump urges Hamas to accept 'final proposal'

Washington [US], July 2: U.S. President Donald Trump urged Iran-backed Hamas militants on Tuesday to agree to what he called...

Iran made preparations to mine the Strait of Hormuz

Iran made preparations to mine the Strait of...

Tehran [Iran], July 2: The Iranian military loaded naval mines onto vessels in the Persian Gulf last month, a move...

Trump says Israel has agreed to conditions to finalize 60-day Gaza ceasefire

Trump says Israel has agreed to conditions to...

Washington [US], July 2: President Donald Trump said on Tuesday Israel had agreed "to the necessary conditions to finalize" a...

International charities and NGOs call for end.

International charities and NGOs call for end.

New York [US], July 2: Dozens of international charities and humanitarian groups called Tuesday for disbanding a controversial Israeli- and...

Trump to discuss Gaza, Iran with Netanyahu

Trump to discuss Gaza, Iran with Netanyahu

Washington [US], July 2: A senior Israeli official, Ron Dermer, has been in Washington this week holding talks ahead of...

Trump escalates feud with Musk

Trump escalates feud with Musk

New York [US], July 2: U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday threatened to cut off the billions of dollars in...

Real Madrid beat Juventus to reach Club World Cup quarter-finals

Real Madrid beat Juventus to reach Club World...

Miami [Florida], July 2: Real Madrid of Spain advanced to the quarter-finals of the FIFA Club World Cup, currently being...

Mansour bin Zayed restructures board of Al Jazira Football Company

Mansour bin Zayed restructures board of Al Jazira...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], July 2: His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice President, Deputy Prime Minister, and Chairman...

Half of Europe's population could face extreme heat risk by 2050: WMO

Half of Europe's population could face extreme heat...

Geneva [Switzerland], July 2: The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) has warned that an exceptional heatwave is currently affecting vast regions...

Dubai Airshow 2025 unveils main agenda, accompanying activities

Dubai Airshow 2025 unveils main agenda, accompanying activities

Dubai [UAE], July 2: Dubai Airshow has announced that registration is now open for its 19th edition, which will be...

Bolsonaro rallies supporters amid coup plot trial

Bolsonaro rallies supporters amid coup plot trial

Facing serious legal jeopardy with potentially years of incarceration over an alleged coup plot being tried by the nation's Supreme...

Zelensky requests more IRIS-T air defence systems

Zelensky requests more IRIS-T air defence systems

Kiev [Ukraine], July 1: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has asked Germany to supply additional IRIS-T air-defence systems to counter heavy...