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UK PM Sunak ruthlessly fires ally Zahawi over...
London [UK], January 30: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Sunday dismissed a senior ally whose murky tax dealings have...
51 die in twin Pak tragedies
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 30: At least 51 people were killed in two separate transport accidents in western Pakistan on Sunday,...
Drone attack targets Iran defense site
Tehran [Iran], January 30: Iran on Sunday condemned a "cowardly" night-time drone attack that targeted a defense ministry site, at...
Gunfight at the rich in the US, 3...
Washington [US], January 30: A gunfight occurred in the rich Beverly Crest neighborhood of Los Angeles (USA) killing 3 people...
Netanyahu gives Israelis 'green light to shoot Palestinians'
Jerusalem [Israel], January 30: A rise in violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem is feared...
Russians gone from Ukraine village, fear and hardship...
Kyiv [Ukraine], January 30: When night falls in Tatiana Trofimenko's village in southern Ukraine, she pours sunflower oil that aid...
Trump opens 2024 run, says he's 'more committed'...
Washington [US], January 30: Former President Donald Trump kicked off his 2024 White House bid with stops Saturday in New...
Heavy rain continues, Auckland state of emergency in...
Auckland [New Zealand], January 30: Aucklanders are waking to the sound of yet more rain over the already sodden city...
Blinken arrives in Egypt as Israeli-Palestinian tensions soar
Cairo [Egypt], January 30: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has arrived in Egypt at the start of a three-day...
Ukraine needs more weapons faster, Zelenskiy say
Kyiv [Ukraine], January 30: Ukraine needs new weapons and faster deliveries to confront a "very tough" situation of constant attacks...
Germany will not send fighter jets to Ukraine...
Berlin [Germany], January 30: Germany will not send fighter jets to Ukraine, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said, while Kiev is...
Erdogan: Turkey could approve the admission of Finland...
Ankara [Turkey], January 30: Turkish President RecepTayyip Erdogan hinted on Sunday that Turkey might approve the admission of Finland to...
'Spartan Khorfakkan' Championship attracts 2,250 contestants cheered on...
Sharjah [UAE], January 29: More than 2,250 people of various nationalities on Saturday successfully took part in the Spartan Khorfakkan...
Syria dismisses report on Syrian military's involvement in...
Damascus [Syria], January 29: The Syrian Foreign Ministry on Saturday slammed as "lacking credibility" a recent report by the Organization...
Iranian official vows legal pursuit of Trump, Pompeo...
Tehran [Iran], January 29: An Iranian official vowed on Saturday that the legal pursuit of former U.S. President Donald Trump...
Afghan women students barred from sitting university entrance...
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 29: The Taliban-run Ministry of Higher Education has banned female students in Afghanistan from registering for the...
Nepali government websites disrupted by hacker attack
Kathmandu [Nepal], January 29: Following a cyber attack on Saturday, all websites run by the Nepali government were temporarily disrupted,...
Faure elected leader of French Socialist party, ending...
Paris [France], January 29: Members of the French Socialists party have elected incumbent Olivier Faure as the party chairman, ending...
Sweden hopeful for NATO membership despite tensions with...
Stockholm (Sweden), January 29: The tensions with Turkey over Islamophobic incidents are having an impact on the country's NATO accession...
German leader Scholz sets off on S America...
Berlin [Germany], January 29: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is travelling to South America for a four-day trip to Argentina, Chile...
Former NATO general Pavel wins Czech presidential election
Prague [Czech Republic], January 29: The former Chief of General Staff Petr Pavel will be the new president in the...
Russian athletes' neutral Olympic flags 'stained by blood':...
Kyiv [Ukraine], January 29: Ukrainian President VolodymyrZelensky has once again called on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) headed by Thomas...
Usain Bolt fires business manager over Jamaica fraud...
Kingston [Jamaica], January 29: Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt told reporters Friday that he is baffled over how $12.7 million of...
Auckland flooding: Three people dead after torrential rain...
Auckland (New Zealand), January 29: At least three people have died and one is missing after New Zealand's largest city...
Israeli PM warns of 'swift' response after attacks
Jerusalem [Israel], January 29: Israel's prime minister has promised "strong" and "swift" response after two separate attacks by Palestinians in...
House collapses in Tauranga landslide amid wild weather
Tauranga (North Island) [New Zealand], January 29:Tauranga residents told 1News it sounded like a "tornado" others said they heard a...
Three dead in ritzy LA neighbourhood shooting
Los Angeles [US], January 29:Three people were killed and four others wounded in a shooting at a multi-million dollar short-term...