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"Biggest one of all": Donald Trump backs world's largest triumphal arch for DC

"Biggest one of all": Donald Trump backs world's...

Washington, DC [US], February 3: United States President Donald Trump expressed his desire for Washington, DC, to have the world's...

Rafah border crossing in Gaza reopens for two-way traffic

Rafah border crossing in Gaza reopens for two-way...

Gaza [Palestine], February 3: Patients, wounded, and citizens begin crossing into Egypt, while stranded Palestinians return to Gaza Strip, amidst...

Japan snap election sparks debate over PM Takaichi's dissolution powers

Japan snap election sparks debate over PM Takaichi's...

Tokyo [Japan], February 3: A political debate has intensified in Japan over the prime minister's "exclusive prerogative" to dissolve the...

Laura Fernandez takes early lead in Costa Rica presidential election

Laura Fernandez takes early lead in Costa Rica...

San Jose [Costa Rica], February 3: Right-wing law-and-order candidate Laura Fernandez has emerged with a strong early lead in Costa...

Bangladesh court hands 10-year sentence to ex-PM Sheikh Hasina over Purbachal plot allocation

Bangladesh court hands 10-year sentence to ex-PM Sheikh...

Dhaka [Bangladesh], February 3: In two separate cases over allegations of allocating a 20-katha plot under the Purbachal New Town...

Italian unemployment reaches new record low of 5.6%

Italian unemployment reaches new record low of 5.6%

Rome [Italy], February 3: Italy's unemployment rate fell to 5.6 percent in December, marking the lowest level recorded since the...

Canadian, Danish PMs vow to bolster Arctic security, sovereignty

Canadian, Danish PMs vow to bolster Arctic security,...

Ottawa [Canada], February 3: Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney held a telephone conversation with Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen on...

U.S. lowers tariffs on India under trade deal

U.S. lowers tariffs on India under trade deal

New York [US], February 3: The United States and India have reached a trade deal, under which the U.S. will...

Trump "hopeful" Iran will "make a deal", says failure will show if Khamenei's "regional war" warning was right

Trump "hopeful" Iran will "make a deal", says...

Florida [US], February 2: US President Donald Trump on Sunday said he was "hopeful" that Iran would "make a deal"...

Israeli strikes kill more than 30 Palestinians in Gaza

Israeli strikes kill more than 30 Palestinians in...

Gaza [Palestine], February 2: Israel on Saturday carried out its heaviest airstrikes in Gaza in weeks, killing at least 32...

Anti-ICE protests spread in US after judge allows Operation Metro Surge

Anti-ICE protests spread in US after judge allows...

Washington DC [US], February 2: Protests against the Trump administration's immigration crackdown spread across the United States on Saturday, as...

Germany: Afghanistan's consulates pose threat to refugees

Germany: Afghanistan's consulates pose threat to refugees

Berlin [Germany], February 2: The Taliban are sending more officials to staff its consulates in Germany, leaving many Afghans who...

GCC Interconnection Authority begins direct power grid interconnection with Oman

GCC Interconnection Authority begins direct power grid interconnection...

Muscat [Oman], February 2: The Gulf Cooperation Council Interconnection Authority has announced the start of implementation of the direct electricity...

Russian drone strike kills 12 in eastern Ukraine

Russian drone strike kills 12 in eastern Ukraine

Kyiv [Ukraine], February 2: Twelve people have been killed by a Russian drone strike near a company shuttle bus in...

Iraq parliament fails again in bid to elect president

Iraq parliament fails again in bid to elect...

Cairo [Egypt], February 2: Iraq's parliament on Sunday failed in its second attempt to choose the country's new president amid...

Nine killed in coach accident in Turkiye's Antalya region: Authorities

Nine killed in coach accident in Turkiye's Antalya...

Ankara [Turkey], February 2: The death toll from a coach accident in the southern Turkish region of Antalya has risen...

Children among 31 killed as Israeli airstrikes hit Gaza

Children among 31 killed as Israeli airstrikes hit...

Gaza City [Gaza], February 1: At least 31 Palestinians, including six children and several police officers, have been killed in...

Multiple attacks kill at least 10 Pakistani soldiers in Balochistan

Multiple attacks kill at least 10 Pakistani soldiers...

Islamabad [Pakistan], February 1: At least 10 soldiers and 88 terrorists have been killed in fierce clashes in south-western Pakistan...

'Syria not stable enough for mass deportations'

'Syria not stable enough for mass deportations'

Syria [Damascus], February 1: The situation in Syria has not improved enough for European Union countries to start sending large...

More than 200 killed in mine collapse in eastern DR Congo

More than 200 killed in mine collapse in...

Goma [North Kivu], February 1: More than 200 people have been killed in a collapse at the Rubaya coltan mine...

Iraqi parliament sets new session to elect president amid splits

Iraqi parliament sets new session to elect president...

Baghdad [Iraq], February 1: Iraq's parliament is due to meet again on Sunday to elect the country's new president, days...

Enrique defends PSG's form amid 'out of this world' expectations

Enrique defends PSG's form amid 'out of this...

London [UK], February 1: Luis Enrique has defended Paris Saint-Germain's form as they struggle to replicate last season's success.

AI Demand fuels profit rebound across China's chip sector

AI Demand fuels profit rebound across China's chip...

Washington DC [US], February 1: Enterprises across China's semiconductor industry recorded hefty profit growth last year, according to their unaudited...

Trump taps career economist to lead statistics bureau

Trump taps career economist to lead statistics bureau

Washington DC [US], February 1: Trump nominates government economist to lead Bureau of Labor Statistics

Oil hovers near six-month high amid US-Iran tensions

Oil hovers near six-month high amid US-Iran tensions

Washington DC [US], February 1: Oil prices dipped a few cents per barrel on Friday, consolidating recent gains and holding...

Abdullah bin Zayed receives Austria's Federal Minister for European and International Affairs

Abdullah bin Zayed receives Austria's Federal Minister for...

Dubai [UAE], January 31: H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, received...

Abdullah bin Zayed receives phone call from Spanish FM

Abdullah bin Zayed receives phone call from Spanish...

Dubai [UAE], January 31: H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, received...