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Tsunami advisory lifted after 6.9 magnitude earthquake rattles southwest Japan

Tsunami advisory lifted after 6.9 magnitude earthquake rattles...

Tokyo [Japan], January 14: Japan's Meteorological Agency withdrew a tsunami advisory after a 6.9 magnitude earthquake occurred off the coast...

Lebanon's president names ICJ judge Nawaf Salam as PM-designate

Lebanon's president names ICJ judge Nawaf Salam as...

Beirut [Lebanon], January 14: Lebanon's newly elected President Joseph Aoun has summoned Nawaf Salam, the head of the International Court...

Hopes of Gaza ceasefire deal rise as Israel and Hamas report progress

Hopes of Gaza ceasefire deal rise as Israel...

Tel Aviv [Israel] / Cairo [Egypt], January 14: There was cautious optimism on Monday that a deal could be forthcoming...

Biden speaks with Netanyahu, urges 'immediate ceasefire' in Gaza

Biden speaks with Netanyahu, urges 'immediate ceasefire' in...

New York [US], January 14: United States President Joe Biden has spoken to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about the...

Nigeria military kills 16 civilians in air strike 'mistake'

Nigeria military kills 16 civilians in air strike...

Abuja [Nigeria], January 14: At least 16 civilians in Nigeria's north-western Zamfara State have been killed in a military air...

Landslides kill at least 10 in Brazil's Minas Gerais state

Landslides kill at least 10 in Brazil's Minas...

Brasilia [Brazil], January 14: At least 10 people have died after landslides swept through two cities in the Brazilian state...

Meghan Markle delays launch of lifestyle TV show due to LA wildfires

Meghan Markle delays launch of lifestyle TV show...

New York [US], January 14: Meghan Markle's new lifestyle TV series on Netflix, "With Love, Meghan," is being postponed by...

Swiss fighter jets to protect World Economic Forum in Davos

Swiss fighter jets to protect World Economic Forum...

Geneva [Switzerland], January 14: Several thousand soldiers have been deployed in the Swiss ski resort of Davos a week before...

'Around 300 North Koreans have died fighting in Ukraine'

'Around 300 North Koreans have died fighting in...

Seoul [South Korea], January 14: South Korea's National Intelligence Service (NIS) says around 300 North Korean soldiers are thought to...

South Korea's Yoon to skip first hearing in impeachment trial over safety concerns

South Korea's Yoon to skip first hearing in...

Seoul [South Korea], January 13: South Korea's suspended president Yoon Suk Yeol will not attend the first hearing in his...

EU agrees to discuss Syria sanctions as Western, Arab leaders meet in Riyadh

EU agrees to discuss Syria sanctions as Western,...

Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], January 13: European foreign ministers have agreed to meet at the end of January to discuss lifting...

Los Angeles set for more strong winds as wildfire death toll hits 16

Los Angeles set for more strong winds as...

Washington DC [US], January 13: Los Angeles firefighters, given a brief pause from fierce winds fanning wildfires in recent days,...

Six dead in Czech Republic restaurant explosion, fire

Six dead in Czech Republic restaurant explosion, fire

Prague [Czech Republic], January 13: Six people have died and eight others were injured in an explosion that caused a...

Russia claims to have seized new villages in eastern Ukraine

Russia claims to have seized new villages in...

Moscow [Russia], January 13: Russia claimed it had captured two villages in eastern Ukraine where its forces have been steadily...

More than 60 injured after two trams collide in France

More than 60 injured after two trams collide...

Paris [France], January 13: Two trams collided at Strasbourg's central station in northeastern France on Saturday, injuring 68 people, authorities...

Egypt expands African diplomatic push as Red Sea crisis hits economy

Egypt expands African diplomatic push as Red Sea...

Cairo [Egypt], January 13: Egypt is stepping up diplomatic engagement with African nations as it seeks to bolster security in...

Zoran Milanovic secures landslide victory in Croatian presidential runoff

Zoran Milanovic secures landslide victory in Croatian presidential...

Zagreb [Croatia], January 13: Incumbent Croatian President Zoran Milanovic convincingly won the presidential runoff held on Sunday, beating his rival...

PM Fico says Slovakia secures Russian gas supplies amid halted Ukraine transit

PM Fico says Slovakia secures Russian gas supplies...

Bratislava [Slovakia], January 13: Russia will honor its commitment to deliver natural gas to Slovakia in the coming months, Slovak...

Russia says it will continue oil and gas projects despite US sanctions

Russia says it will continue oil and gas...

Moscow [Russia], January 13: Russia's Foreign Ministry denounced new U.S. sanctions against Moscow's energy sector as an attempt to harm...

Trump prosecutor Jack Smith resigns from Justice Department

Trump prosecutor Jack Smith resigns from Justice Department

Washington DC [US], January 13: U.S. Special Counsel Jack Smith, who led the federal cases against Donald Trump on charges...

Top Israeli security delegation in Doha for Gaza talks

Top Israeli security delegation in Doha for Gaza...

Jerusalem [Israel], January 13: A top level Israeli security delegation arrived in Qatar for talks on a Gaza hostage and...

Cybersecurity firm identifies DDoS attacks on 46 Japanese companies, organizations

Cybersecurity firm identifies DDoS attacks on 46 Japanese...

Tokyo [Japan], January 12: A Japanese cybersecurity firm has identified distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks targeting 46 companies and...

Prince Harry, Meghan visit people affected by wildfires

Prince Harry, Meghan visit people affected by wildfires

California [US], January 12: The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have visited a meal distribution site for people affected by...

Fire brigade and ambulance service in Gaza desperate for spare parts

Fire brigade and ambulance service in Gaza desperate...

Tel Aviv [Israel], January 12: Fire and rescue services in the embattled Gaza Strip are only partially operational, the local...

Biden to deliver farewell address on Wednesday

Biden to deliver farewell address on Wednesday

Washington [US], January 12: Outgoing US President Joe Biden will give a farewell address to the nation on Wednesday, the...

Israeli forces intensify military measures around Nablus

Israeli forces intensify military measures around Nablus

Tel Aviv [Israel], January 12: Israeli forces have intensified military measures and imposed severe restrictions on the movement of Palestinians...

21 govt-backed fighters killed in Nigeria

21 govt-backed fighters killed in Nigeria

Anambra [Nigeria], January 12: At least 21 government-backed fighters have been killed in an ambush by bandits in Nigeria's northwest...