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