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UN human rights chief condemns killings of women, children in Rafah

UN human rights chief condemns killings of women,...

Geneva [Switzerland], April 24: April 23 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations' (UN) Human Rights chief Volker Turk has strongly...

2 killed, 6 injured in Israeli strike in S. Lebanon

2 killed, 6 injured in Israeli strike in...

Beirut [Lebanon], April 24: Two Lebanese civilians were killed, and six others wounded on Tuesday in an Israeli air strike...

Qatar reassesses role as mediator in Gaza ceasefire talks

Qatar reassesses role as mediator in Gaza ceasefire...

Doha [Qatar], April 24: Qatar is undergoing reassessment of its role as a mediator between Israel and Hamas in the...

2 IS militants killed in airstrike in E. Iraq

2 IS militants killed in airstrike in E....

Baghdad [Iraq], April 24: Two Islamic State (IS) militants were killed on Tuesday in an airstrike in Iraq's eastern province...

Iranian FM slams EU's new sanctions on Tehran

Iranian FM slams EU's new sanctions on Tehran

Tehran [Iran], April 24: Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian on Tuesday criticized the European Union's recent decision to expand sanctions...

Heavy snowfall causes traffic chaos in Helsinki region

Heavy snowfall causes traffic chaos in Helsinki region

Helsinki [Finland], April 24: Ultimately tram services were not resumed until yesterday afternoon.

Military helicopters collide over Malaysian naval base; ten dead

Military helicopters collide over Malaysian naval base; ten...

Bangkok [Thailand], April 24: Two military helicopters crashed during a training session over a naval base on Malaysia's west coast...

Elon Musk hits out at Australia over ruling to hide stabbing videos

Elon Musk hits out at Australia over ruling...

Sydney [Australia], April 24: Tech billionaire Elon Musk has hit out at Australia over the country's attempts to ban footage...

President Duda says Poland ready to host nuclear weapons

President Duda says Poland ready to host nuclear...

Warsaw [Poland], April 24: Poland is open to hosting nuclear weapons from NATO allies, President Andrzej Duda said on Monday.

Russia to intensify bombardment of Ukraine ahead of US aid deliveries

Russia to intensify bombardment of Ukraine ahead of...

Moscow [Russia], April 24: Russia will expand its aerial bombardment of Ukraine, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Tuesday, days...

China shows off its nuclear power before the US Secretary of State's visit?

China shows off its nuclear power before the...

Beijing [China], April 24: China demonstrated its second nuclear strike capability, the ability to fight back in case of a...

South Korea launched its first nanosatellite

South Korea launched its first nanosatellite

Seoul [South Korea], April 24: A Korean nanosatellite was launched into earth orbit, within the framework of a national project...

The US Senate passes a bill to aid Ukraine and Israel

The US Senate passes a bill to aid...

Washington [USA], April 24: Late on April 23 (US time), the US Senate passed a foreign aid package, including payments...

Russia's Deputy Defense Minister was arrested after the meeting on suspicion of accepting bribes

Russia's Deputy Defense Minister was arrested after the...

TASS news agency today, April 24, quoted an announcement from the press agency of the Russian Investigative Committee saying that...

UN 'horrified' by Gaza hospital mass grave reports

UN 'horrified' by Gaza hospital mass grave reports

New York [USA], April 24: U.N. rights chief Volker Turk said on Tuesday he was "horrified" by the destruction of...

Israel steps up strikes across Gaza

Israel steps up strikes across Gaza

Gaza [Palestine], April 24: Israeli strikes intensified across Gaza on Tuesday in some of the heaviest shelling in weeks, residents...

Publisher testifies in Trump hush money trial

Publisher testifies in Trump hush money trial

Washington [USA], April 24: The first witness in Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial, former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker,...

Solomon Islands preps for tense government talks

Solomon Islands preps for tense government talks

Honiara [Solomon Islands], April 24: Solomon Islands faces a nervous wait to establish a government as opposition parties vie with...

Mansoor bin Mohammed attends opening of 1st GCC Youth Games

Mansoor bin Mohammed attends opening of 1st GCC...

Dubai [UAE], April 24: H.H. Sheikh Mansoor bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairman of the Dubai Sports Council, highlighted...

UAE President, Chancellor of Austria discuss bilateral ties, regional developments

UAE President, Chancellor of Austria discuss bilateral ties,...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], April 24:,President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan received a phone call today from His...

U.S. CDC announces new heat, health initiative to protect Americans from heat exposure

U.S. CDC announces new heat, health initiative to...

Washington [USA], April 23: The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Monday announced new heat and health...

Biden promises quick provision of additional arms to Ukraine in call with Zelensky

Biden promises quick provision of additional arms to...

Washington [USA], April 23: U.S. President Joe Biden told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky over phone on Monday that his administration...

Chinese tech firm to improve broadband for low-income households in Kenya

Chinese tech firm to improve broadband for low-income...

Nairobi [Kenya], April 23: Chinese technology firm Huawei said on Monday that it is stepping up its rollout of broadband...

Nigerian leader calls for regional counter-terrorism effort to address poverty, inequality

Nigerian leader calls for regional counter-terrorism effort to...

Abuja [Nigeria], April 23: Nigerian President Bola Tinubu on Monday called for the establishment of a regional counter-terrorism center that...

PowerChina launches construction of photovoltaic power plant in Algeria

PowerChina launches construction of photovoltaic power plant in...

Algeria [Algiers], April 23: Power Construction Corporation of China (PowerChina) on Monday started the construction of a photovoltaic power plant...

Seoul consults with US after N Korea fires missiles into the sea

Seoul consults with US after N Korea fires...

Seoul [South Korea], April 23: North Korea has once again fired several suspected ballistic missiles toward the open sea, prompting...

'Kebab diplomacy': German President Steinmeier in Turkey

'Kebab diplomacy': German President Steinmeier in Turkey

Berlin [Germany], April 23: German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier arrived in Istanbul on Monday carrying a 60-kilo kebab skewer symbolizing stories...