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At least 6 killed in Russian attacks on...
Kyiv [Ukraine], February 2: At least six people were killed and 16 others injured in Russia's overnight attacks on Ukraine...

Former German president Horst Koehler dies at 81
Berlin [Germany], February 2: Former German President Horst Koehler passed away at the age of 81 in the early hours...

Athletic Bilbao signs powerful striker Sannadi from Alaves
Madrid [Spain], February 2: Athletic Bilbao on Saturday strengthened the forward line with the signing of powerful striker Maroan Sannadi...

Feature: Chinese performers bring a taste of Chinese...
Frankfurt [Germany]/ Guangzhou [China], February 2: Hundreds of local residents experienced the festive joy of the Chinese New Year or...

Ukraine rejects Slovakian PM's allegations of interference
Kyiv [Ukraine], February 2: Ukraine's HUR military intelligence service on Saturday rejected allegations of involvement in mass protests in Slovakia...

Los Angeles wildfires contained after burning for 3...
Los Angeles [California], February 2: The devastating wildfires in and around Los Angeles have been completely contained after burning for...

Venezuela frees six US men
Caracas [Venezuela], February 2: Venezuela has freed six US detainees after talks in Caracas between President Nicolas Maduro and a...

All six people on board, motorist killed in...
Washington DC [US], February 2: A second plane crash in the United States in two days - this time in...

Rafah crossing reopens as Israel frees jailed Palestinians...
Gaza City [Gaza], February 2: The Rafah border crossing between Egypt and Gaza reopened on Saturday for the first time...

Arab ministers reject Trump's call to displace Palestinians...
Gaza City [Gaza], February 2: Foreign ministers of five Arab countries have issued a joint statement rejecting the forced displacement...

Nursing home fire near Paris kills three, injures...
Paris [France], February 2: Three people died and several were injured in an early Saturday morning fire at a...

Syrian authorities arrest former president's cousin
Damascus [Syria], February 1: Syrian authorities have arrested Atef Najib, former political security chief in the city of Daraa, in...

2 killed, 10 injured in Israeli airstrikes in...
Beirut [Lebanon], February 1: Two people were killed and 10 others injured in Israeli airstrikes in eastern Lebanon on Friday,...

Egypt to host high-level Arab meeting on Palestinian...
Cairo [Egypt], February 1: The Egyptian Foreign Ministry announced on Friday that foreign ministers from Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar,...

4 IS militants killed in airstrikes in central...
Baghdad [Iraq], February 1: Four Islamic State (IS) militants were killed on Friday in airstrikes on their hideout in central...

U.S. 15-year air safety streak comes to end:...
New York [US], February 1: The United States' streak of more than 15 years without a major fatal airline crash...

Canada announces deferral in implementing capital gains tax...
Ottawa [Canada], February 1: The Canadian Minister of Finance Dominic LeBlanc announced on Friday that the federal government is deferring...

Canada deploys investigators to Washington for midair collision...
Ottawa [Canada], February 1: Canada has sent a team of investigators following a midair collision accident in Washington, D.C. involving...

OpenAI launches "reasoning" model o3-mini
San Francisco [US], February 1: OpenAI on Friday launched a new artificial intelligence (AI) "reasoning" model o3-mini.

U.S. stocks slump after Trump commits to impose...
New York [US], February 1: U.S. stocks dived on Friday, after the White House confirmed that tariffs on Mexico and...

Small plane crashes in Philadelphia
New York [US], February 1: A small plane crashed in a neighborhood of northeast Philadelphia on Friday, sparking a...

UN forms task force to coordinate war debris...
New York [US], February 1: International organisations and donor entities have begun assessing aid plans, funding programmes and development initiatives...

UN appeals for $500 million to address global...
Geneva [Switzerland], February 1: Volker Türk, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, has launched an appeal to raise $500...

'Gazans depend on us for sheer survival', insists...
Geneva [Switzerland], February 1: UNRWA said on Friday that its staff are still providing aid to the people of Gaza...

Norway seizes ship suspected of sabotaging submarine cables...
Oslo [Norway], February 1: According to Reuters, Norwegian police have detained a Norwegian ship at the request of Latvia on...

US fires dozens of FBI agents who investigated...
New York [US], February 1: CNN reported on February 1 that President Donald Trump's administration is about to lay off...

Trump may raise tariffs on China, Canada and...
New York [US], February 1: The US leader said he would increase import taxes to 25% on goods imported from...