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Japan finishes first-year ocean discharge of nuclear-tainted wastewater amid backlash

Japan finishes first-year ocean discharge of nuclear-tainted wastewater...

Tokyo [Japan], March 18: Despite opposition and concern from at home and abroad, Japan's crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant...

Jordanian king warns of 'tragic' Gaza scene at Scholz meeting

Jordanian king warns of 'tragic' Gaza scene at...

Amman [Jordan], March 18: King Abdullah II of Jordan on Sunday warned of the "tragic" humanitarian situation in the Gaza...

Netanyahu again rejects calls for Gaza ceasefire

Netanyahu again rejects calls for Gaza ceasefire

Tel Aviv [Israel], March 18: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu again rejected calls for an end to the war in Gaza,...

Egypt won't allow displacement of Palestinians: Sisi

Egypt won't allow displacement of Palestinians: Sisi

Cairo [Egypt], March 18: Egypt's President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has said his country would not allow the forced displacement of...

New Jersey siege ends after US gunman kills three in Pennsylvania

New Jersey siege ends after US gunman kills...

Washington [US], March 18: A suspected gunman in a series of deadly shootings in Pennsylvania has been captured alive in...

21 dead after bus collides with Tanker in Afghanistan

21 dead after bus collides with Tanker in...

Kabul [Afghanistan], March 18: At least 21 people were killed and 38 injured on Sunday when a bus collided with...

Putin wins Russia election in landslide with record turnout

Putin wins Russia election in landslide with record...

Moscow [Russia], March 18: President Vladimir Putin won a record post-Soviet landslide in Russia's election on Sunday, cementing his grip...

Trump predicts the end of U.S. democracy if he loses 2024 election

Trump predicts the end of U.S. democracy if...

Washington [US], March 18: Donald Trump said on Saturday if he does not win November's presidential election it will mean...

Biden jokes about Trump's mental fitness

Biden jokes about Trump's mental fitness

Washington [US], March 18: U.S. President Joe Biden took jabs on Saturday at former President Donald Trump with jokes about...

Ukrainian drones attack refinery, target Moscow, disrupt power

Ukrainian drones attack refinery, target Moscow, disrupt power

Kiev [Ukraine], March 18: Ukraine launched 35 drones at targets across Russia that sparked a brief fire at an oil...

Putin claims landslide and scorns US democracy

Putin claims landslide and scorns US democracy

Moscow [Russia], March 18: Vladimir Putin was always going to claim his fifth term as president with a landslide, faced...

Researchers unveil AI-powered atomic fabrication technique

Researchers unveil AI-powered atomic fabrication technique

Singapore, March 18: Researchers at the National University of Singapore (NUS) have pioneered a groundbreaking method for crafting carbon-based quantum...

EU to provide Egypt €7.4 billion funding package

EU to provide Egypt €7.4 billion funding package

Brussels [Belgium], March 18: The European Union (EU) will provide Egypt with a funding package of €7.4 billion ($8.06 billion)...

Japan to join maritime corridor initiative for Gaza

Japan to join maritime corridor initiative for Gaza

Tokyo [Japan], March 18: Japan will join a maritime corridor initiative to deliver aid supplies to Gaza by sea from...

Hamdan bin Mohammed chairs Executive Council meeting; launches Government of Dubai's new logo

Hamdan bin Mohammed chairs Executive Council meeting; launches...

Dubai [UAE], March 18: Under the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister...

Abdullah bin Zayed meets with Prime Minister, FM of Qatar

Abdullah bin Zayed meets with Prime Minister, FM...

Doha [Qatar], March 18: H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs, met today with Sheikh Mohammed...

Trump predicts the end of U.S. democracy if he loses 2024 election

Trump predicts the end of U.S. democracy if...

Washington [US], March 17: Donald Trump said on Saturday if he does not win November's presidential election it will mean...

Iceland evacuations as volcano spews lava again

Iceland evacuations as volcano spews lava again

Reykjavik [Iceland], March 17: A state of emergency has been declared in southern Iceland because of another volcanic eruption on...

United Airlines flight 433 lands safely without panel in Oregon

United Airlines flight 433 lands safely without panel...

Washington [US], March 17: A Boeing plane landed without one of its fuselage panels at an airport in the US...

UNICEF says essential aid container looted at Haiti port

UNICEF says essential aid container looted at Haiti...

Washington [US], March 17: The U.N. children's agency said on Saturday one of its aid containers at Haiti's main port,...

Russia's presidential vote starts final day with accusations of Kyiv sabotage

Russia's presidential vote starts final day with accusations...

Moscow [Russia], March 17: Russia started its final day of presidential voting on Sunday with Moscow accusing Ukraine of using...

Israel prepares return to ceasefire talks; UN says Gaza hunger crisis worsens

Israel prepares return to ceasefire talks; UN says...

Tel Aviv [Israel], March 17: The main U.N. aid agency operating in Gaza said on Saturday that acute malnutrition was...

Russia: Schools and shops shut in Belgorod amid air strikes

Russia: Schools and shops shut in Belgorod amid...

Moscow [Russia], March 17: Shops and schools have been closed in the Russian city of Belgorod after bombardments that authorities...

German military parachutes aid into Gaza

German military parachutes aid into Gaza

Berlin [Germany], March 17: Germany delivered its first aid supplies for Gaza by parachute on Saturday after joining other countries...

Text warnings sent to Russians planning to protest elections

Text warnings sent to Russians planning to protest...

Moscow [Russia], March 17: Russian citizens who may be thinking of supporting a planned protest on Sunday during the presidential...

UN extends Afghan diplomatic mission for another year

UN extends Afghan diplomatic mission for another year

New York [US], March 17: The United Nations diplomatic mission in Afghanistan has been extended for another year, the Security...

Palestinian factions, Yemen's Houthis hold coordination talks: Reports

Palestinian factions, Yemen's Houthis hold coordination talks: Reports

Cairo [Egypt], March 17: Officials from Palestinian factions, including the Islamist Hamas movement, met a few days ago with Yemen's...