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War escalates in southern Syria
Damascus [Syria], July 17: Fighting continued after the Syrian army entered the city of Sweida in the province of the...
The West seeks to put pressure on Russia
Moscow [Russia], July 17: The Kyiv Independent on July 16 quoted US President Donald Trump as saying that Patriot air...
Cambodia arrests more than 1,000 people, cracks down...
Phnom Penh [Cambodia], July 17: Cambodia has launched a nationwide crackdown on online scams, after Prime Minister Hun Manet threatened...
Ukraine War Day 1,239: Russia launches heavy bombing...
Kiev [Ukraine], July 17: US President Donald Trump has given Russia 50 days to reach a deal to end the...
Syrian army withdraws from deadly clash site after...
Damascus [Syria], July 17: Syria said its army had begun withdrawing from Sweida on July 16 after Israeli air strikes...
President Trump suggests Coca-Cola use cane sugar
Washington [US], July 17: Soft drink company Coca-Cola has agreed to use cane sugar instead of corn syrup in its...
US Navy to build two Philippine ship repair...
Washington [US], July 17: The US Navy will build two facilities to repair and maintain Philippine military ships in a...
Inflation 'makes it difficult' for President Trump's tax...
Washington [US], July 17: After a period of "restraint", US inflation has begun to rise, so the tax policy in...
Brazil tackles COP30 hotel costs, under pressure
Brasilia [Brazil], July 17: Brazil assured worried governments it has organized enough rooms to accommodate the tens of thousands of...
ICC judges reject Israel's request to withdraw Netanyahu...
Jerusalem [Israel], June 17: Judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) rejected Israel's request to withdraw arrest warrants against its...
EU automotive industry generates €91.6 billion in value...
Brussels [Belgium], July 17: In 2023, the EU automotive industry generated €91.6 billion in domestic value added from non-EU consumers,...
Arab League condemns Israeli airstrikes on Syria
Cairo [Egypt], July 17: The General Secretariat of the League of Arab States strongly condemned the Israeli airstrikes on Syria,...
Over quarter of Austria's population has migrant roots:...
Vienna [Austria], July 17: Statistics Austria has revealed that migration is the sole driver of population growth in the country,...
Mobile-phone technology powers saving surge in developing economies
Washington [US], July 17: More adults than ever in low- and middle-income countries now have bank or other financial accounts,...
Guterres condemns violence in Suwayda, Israeli airstrikes
Geneva [Switzerland], July 17: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has expressed deep concern over the ongoing escalation of violence in...
Bahrain, US sign agreement on peaceful nuclear energy
Washington [US], July 17: The Kingdom of Bahrain and the United States signed an agreement on cooperation in the field...
Europe loses 171,000 hospital beds in decade
Brussels [Belgium], July 17: Recent data from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, has revealed that EU member...
UAE President, Albanian Prime Minister meet in Tirana...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], July 17: UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan arrived in Tirana today on...
EU threatens accession candidate Georgia with sanctions
Brussels [Belgium], July 16: The EU is threatening Georgia, a candidate country for membership, with sanctions over violations of core...
UN reports surge in settler violence against Palestinians...
Geneva [Switzerland], July 16: The UN Human Rights Office has raised the alarm over a sharp rise in attacks by...
Iran faces worsening water crisis as several dams...
Tehran [Iran], July 16: Iran is bracing for a deepening water crisis as extreme summer heat strains already dwindling resources....
Weeks of erratic monsoon rains, floods kill over...
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 16: More than 100 people have been killed in weeks of erratic monsoon rains and flash floods...
World's 'oldest' marathon runner Fauja Singh dies in...
London [UK], July 16: British marathon runner Fauja Singh has died in a road accident in Punjab, India, aged 114.
Ex-Nigeria president Buhari buried at home
Abuja [Nigeria], July 16: Nigeria's former President Muhammadu Buhari has been buried at his home in northern Nigeria two days...
Private space crew returns to Earth after stay...
California [US], July 16: A private astronaut crew returned to Earth from the International Space Station (ISS) on Tuesday. The...
Two dead in New Jersey as soaked US...
New Jersey [US], July 16: Two people have been killed in New Jersey following flash flooding in the northeastern United...
Russian officials mock Trump's Ukraine plans, sanctions threats
Moscow [Russia], July 16: Senior Russian politicians have reacted with derision to US President Donald Trump's announcement of new arms...






