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Global coal demand to remain on plateau in 2025, 2026: IEA

Global coal demand to remain on plateau in...

Paris [France], July 25: Global coal demand is likely to remain broadly unchanged this year and next, despite short-term fluctuations...

Arab League condemns Israel's Knesset approval of declaration to impose sovereignty over occupied West Bank

Arab League condemns Israel's Knesset approval of declaration...

Cairo [Egypt], July 25: Ahmed Aboul Gheit, Secretary-General of the League of Arab States, strongly condemned the Knesset's vote yesterday...

France announces strategic plan to boost tourism revenues to €100 bn by 2030

France announces strategic plan to boost tourism revenues...

Paris [France], July 25: French Prime Minister François Bayrou announced today a strategic plan aiming to increase international tourism revenues...

Austrian FM expresses optimism over EU-US tariff dispute resolution

Austrian FM expresses optimism over EU-US tariff dispute...

Sydney [Australia], July 25: Beate Meinl-Reisinger, Austria's Foreign Minister, expressed her optimism about the possibility of reaching a negotiated solution...

UN-OIC cooperation critical to advancing peace, stability, UN official tells Security Council

UN-OIC cooperation critical to advancing peace, stability, UN...

Jeddah [Saudi Arabia], July 25: Khaled Khiari, Assistant Secretary-General for the Middle East, Asia and the Pacific underscored the importance...

"France will recognise the state of Palestine": Macron ahead of UNGA

"France will recognise the state of Palestine": Macron...

Paris [France], July 25: French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday announced that France will formally recognize the State of Palestine,...

UN calls for urgent, coordinated action to launch recovery efforts in Lebanon

UN calls for urgent, coordinated action to launch...

New York [US], July 25: The United Nations on Thursday called for urgent and coordinated action to launch recovery efforts...

Australian women win right to sue Qatar Airways over invasive searches

Australian women win right to sue Qatar Airways...

Sydney [Australia], July 25: Five Australian women who were strip-searched and invasively examined at Doha airport have won the right...

Russian plane crashes in Russia's far east, nearly 50 people on board feared dead

Russian plane crashes in Russia's far east, nearly...

Moscow [Russia], July 25: An Antonov An-24 passenger plane carrying 48 people crashed in Russia's far east as it was...

Severe floods triggered by storm Wipha kill at least three in Vietnam's Nghe An

Severe floods triggered by storm Wipha kill at...

Hanoi [Vietnam], July 25: Heavy rains triggered by tropical storm Wipha have caused severe flooding in the central Vietnamese province...

Thai fighter jet bombs Cambodian targets as border battle escalates

Thai fighter jet bombs Cambodian targets as border...

Bangkok [Thailand], July 25: Thailand scrambled an F-16 fighter jet to bomb targets in Cambodia on Thursday after artillery volleys...

EU for 'more balanced' trade ties with China

EU for 'more balanced' trade ties with China

Beijing [China], July 25: EU leaders on Thursday threatened China with new action to counter what they consider unfair trade...

'UK deeply committed to recognising Palestine'

'UK deeply committed to recognising Palestine'

London [UK], July 25: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer's government is "deeply committed" to recognizing a Palestinian state, a member...

Ukraine's Zelensky introduces bill after anti-corruption protests

Ukraine's Zelensky introduces bill after anti-corruption protests

Kiev [Ukraine], July 25: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has submitted a new draft bill to the country's legislature, in an...

49 killed in Russia plane crash

49 killed in Russia plane crash

Moscow [Russia], July 25: All 49 passengers and crew aboard a Russian Antonov An-24 were killed when the plane crashed...

Hunger crisis deepens in Gaza as 10 more starvation deaths reported

Hunger crisis deepens in Gaza as 10 more...

Gaza [Palestine], July 25: At least 10 more Palestinians have starved to death in the besieged Gaza Strip, health officials...

Deported Afghans at risk of torture and persecution, UN report finds

Deported Afghans at risk of torture and persecution,...

Islamabad [Pakistan], July 25: A UN report released on Thursday highlights cases of serious human rights violations against Afghans who...

Iran president says water crisis could force Tehran population to move

Iran president says water crisis could force Tehran...

Tehran [Iran], July 25: Tehran is facing a water shortage so severe that its population of 15 million could be...

At least 13 dead as Thailand, Cambodia exchange fire in deadly border clashes

At least 13 dead as Thailand, Cambodia exchange...

Bangkok [Thailand], July 25: At least 13 Thai civilians and one soldier have been killed in heavy fighting in the...

Saudi Arabia signs deal worth $6 bn with Syria

Saudi Arabia signs deal worth $6 bn with...

Damascus [Syria], July 25: Saudi Arabia on Thursday signed economic deals worth over $6 billion with war-shattered Syria, the latest...

Belgium has fourth biggest public debt in EU

Belgium has fourth biggest public debt in EU

Brussels [Belgium], July 24: Belgium's public debt reached 106.8 percent of its gross domestic product (GDP) in the first quarter...

Trump announces trade deal with Japan

Trump announces trade deal with Japan

Tokyo [Japan], July 24: United States President Donald Trump announced a trade framework with Japan on Tuesday, placing a 15...

More than 100 aid, rights groups call for action as hunger spreads in Gaza

More than 100 aid, rights groups call for...

Gaza [Palestine], July 24: More than 100 largely aid and rights groups on Wednesday called for governments to take action...

Study links 'forever chemicals' to increased risk of type 2 diabetes

Study links 'forever chemicals' to increased risk of...

New York [US], July 24: Exposure to a class of synthetic chemicals known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), commonly...

UN official reiterates call for Gaza ceasefire as 'nightmare of historic proportions' unfolds

UN official reiterates call for Gaza ceasefire as...

Gaza [Palestine], July 24: A senior UN official on Wednesday urged the Security Council to push for an immediate ceasefire...

ITFC allocated US$2.66 bn to Least Developed Member Countries in 2024

ITFC allocated US$2.66 bn to Least Developed Member...

Jeddah [Saudi Arabia], July 24: The International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC), a member of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB)...

EU: Over €33 billion in VAT revenues collected in 2024

EU: Over €33 billion in VAT revenues collected...

Berlin [Germany], July 24: New figures from Member States show that more than €33 billion in VAT revenues were collected...