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WHO reaches agreement on future pandemic response

WHO reaches agreement on future pandemic response

Geneva [Switzerland], April 17: The agreement outlines measures to prevent future pandemics and strengthen global cooperation, including establishing an access...

Harvard University 'duels' President Trump

Harvard University 'duels' President Trump

Massachusetts [US], April 17: Yesterday (April 16), President Trump threatened to deprive Harvard University of its tax-exempt privileges and...

Israel turns 30% of Gaza into a buffer zone, claims to block aid

Israel turns 30% of Gaza into a buffer...

Gaza [Palestine], April 17: AFP news agency on April 17 quoted the Israeli government as claiming to have used 30%...

North Korea reacts to U.S. sending B-1B bombers to Korean Peninsula

North Korea reacts to U.S. sending B-1B bombers...

Pyongyang [North Korea], April 17: The KCNA news agency reported on April 17 that North Korea criticized the United States...

Israel is about to attack Iran's nuclear facility, Mr. Trump stops?

Israel is about to attack Iran's nuclear facility,...

Jerusalem [Israel], April 17: The New York Times on April 17 quoted US officials and sources familiar with the matter...

Biden slams Trump administration's handling of Social Security Administration in first post presidency speech

Biden slams Trump administration's handling of Social Security...

Chicago [US], April 17: Former US President Joe Biden has criticised the Trump administration's handling of the Social Security Administration,...

Syrian doctors leave Germany to work for free at home

Syrian doctors leave Germany to work for free...

Damascus [Syria], April 17: The 55-year-old from the Syrian city of Hama had open-heart surgery in April, a procedure that...

IAEA chief Grossi meets Iran FM Araghchi, stresses need for nuclear cooperation

IAEA chief Grossi meets Iran FM Araghchi, stresses...

Tehran [Iran], April 17: Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Mariano Grossi, held a meeting with...

China's Xi promises to 'safeguard' Asia amid Trump tariffs

China's Xi promises to 'safeguard' Asia amid Trump...

Beijing [China], April 17: Chinese President Xi Jinping promised more trade cooperation on Wednesday during his ongoing tour of Southeast...

Trump officials could face contempt charges over deportations

Trump officials could face contempt charges over deportations

New York [US], April 17: Trump administration officials could face criminal contempt charges for violating a U.S. federal judge's order...

Ex New York police sergeant sentenced to prison for acting as Chinese agent

Ex New York police sergeant sentenced to prison...

New York [US], April 17: A former New York City police sergeant was sentenced to 1 - 1/2 years in...

California sues Trump administration to block tariffs

California sues Trump administration to block tariffs

New York [US], April 17: California on Wednesday filed a lawsuit seeking to block U.S. President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs...

Pentagon leak probe expands

Pentagon leak probe expands

New York [US], April 17: A Pentagon investigation into leaks of classified and sensitive information has expanded to include two...

Israel will keep Gaza buffer zone

Israel will keep Gaza buffer zone

Gaza [Palestine], April 17: Israeli troops will remain in the buffer zones they have created in Gaza even after any...

Supreme Court backs 'biological' definition of woman

Supreme Court backs 'biological' definition of woman

London [UK], April 17: Judges at the UK Supreme Court have unanimously ruled that a woman is defined by biological...

US senator blocked from visiting wrongly deported Salvadoran man

US senator blocked from visiting wrongly deported Salvadoran...

New York [US], April 17: Democratic U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen said on Wednesday authorities in El Salvador had denied...

Zelensky meets Rutte on Ukrainian, European security

Zelensky meets Rutte on Ukrainian, European security

Kyiv [Ukraine], April 16: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met on Tuesday with visiting North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Secretary General...

BiH adopts revised strategy to eliminate landmine threat

BiH adopts revised strategy to eliminate landmine threat

Sarajevo [Bosnia], April 16: Bosnia and Herzegovina's Council of Ministers adopted a revised Mine Action Strategy for 2025-2027, reaffirming the...

France to recall ambassador, expel 12 Algerian diplomats in reciprocal move

France to recall ambassador, expel 12 Algerian diplomats...

Paris [France], April 16: French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot announced on Tuesday that France will recall its ambassador to Algeria...

Croatian, Polish presidents rule out sending troops to Ukraine

Croatian, Polish presidents rule out sending troops to...

Zagreb [Croatia], April 16: Croatian President Zoran Milanovic and visiting Polish President Andrzej Duda reaffirmed on Tuesday that their countries...

Interview: U.S. auto tariffs threatens job, production in Britain, expert warns

Interview: U.S. auto tariffs threatens job, production in...

Birmingham [Alabama], April 16: The U.S. government's new wave of tariffs on imported vehicles is placing severe pressure on Britain's...

Top Hegseth adviser put on leave in Pentagon leak probe

Top Hegseth adviser put on leave in Pentagon...

Washington DC [US], April 16: One of U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's leading advisers, Dan Caldwell, was escorted from the...

Canadian universities report jump in US applicants as Trump cuts funding

Canadian universities report jump in US applicants as...

Ottawa [Canada], April 16: More students living in the United States are applying to Canadian universities or expressing interest in...

US transfers land on Mexican border to the Army to prevent illegal crossings

US transfers land on Mexican border to the...

Washington DC [US], April 16: The Trump administration announced an emergency transfer of nearly 110,000 acres of federal land along...

Hundreds of Northland homes lose power as storm hits

Hundreds of Northland homes lose power as storm...

Wellington [New Zealand], April 16: More than 200 Northland homes are without power after severe wind gusts toppled trees downing...

Ministers coy on Indonesia reply to Russia warplane ask

Ministers coy on Indonesia reply to Russia warplane...

Moscow [Russia], April 16: Australia's foreign and defence ministers have evaded questions about a possible request from Russia to station...

Oman, Netherlands sign three agreements covering diverse fields

Oman, Netherlands sign three agreements covering diverse fields

Muscat [Oman], April 16: The Sultanate of Oman and the Netherlands today signed three agreements related to the production and...