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US Navy to build two Philippine ship repair facilities near South China Sea

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 policy

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

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 arrest warrant

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 added from exports in 2023

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

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: Statistics Austria

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

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

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

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

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 to discuss bilateral ties

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

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 in West Bank

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 nearly empty

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 100 in Pakistan

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 road accident aged 114

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

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 at ISS

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 northeast braces for more rain

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

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...

'Most Europeans would support independent Scotland joining EU'

'Most Europeans would support independent Scotland joining EU'

Edinburgh [Scotland], July 16: A majority of Europeans favour an independent Scotland being allowed into the European Union - though...

As theories swirl about Air India crash, key details remain unknown

As theories swirl about Air India crash, key...

New Delhi [India], July 16: While the preliminary report into what caused the loss of Air India Flight 171 last...

Man who murdered British backpacker Peter Falconio dies

Man who murdered British backpacker Peter Falconio dies

Sydney [Australia], July 16: Bradley Murdoch, the Australian man convicted of murdering British backpacker Peter Falconio in 2001, has died...

Thousands of Afghans were moved to UK in secret scheme after data breach

Thousands of Afghans were moved to UK in...

London [UK], July 16: Thousands of Afghans have moved to the UK under a secret scheme which was set up...

Putin, unfazed by Trump, will fight on and could take more of Ukraine

Putin, unfazed by Trump, will fight on and...

Moscow [Russia], July 16: President Vladimir Putin intends to keep fighting in Ukraine until the West engages on his terms...

Lebanon's worst drought on record drains largest reservoir

Lebanon's worst drought on record drains largest reservoir

Beirut [Lebanon], July 16: Water levels at Lebanon's largest reservoir on the Litani River have fallen to historic lows amid...