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US vetoes UN Security Council demand for Gaza ceasefire

US vetoes UN Security Council demand for Gaza...

Gaza [Palestine], June 5: The United States vetoed a U.N. Security Council demand on Wednesday for an "immediate, unconditional and...

Justice Department accuses two Chinese researchers of smuggling

Justice Department accuses two Chinese researchers of smuggling

New York [US], June 5: U.S. federal prosecutors have accused two Chinese nationals of smuggling a dangerous biological pathogen that...

Israeli military unleashes strikes on Syria

Israeli military unleashes strikes on Syria

Tel Aviv [Israel], June 5: The Israeli military said in a statement it struck weapons belonging to the Syrian regime...

China calls on WTO for greater oversight on unilateral tariffs

China calls on WTO for greater oversight on...

New York [US], June 5: China's commerce minister has called on the World Trade Organisation to strengthen supervision over unilateral...

Judge extends ban on Trump administration canceling COVID school aid

Judge extends ban on Trump administration canceling COVID...

New York [US], June 5: A federal judge in Manhattan has extended an injunction banning the Trump administration from canceling...

Top Cuban official accuses US of provoking conflict

Top Cuban official accuses US of provoking conflict

Havana [Cuba], June 5: A visiting senior Cuban official on Tuesday accused the Trump administration of ratcheting up tensions between...

UNICEF spokesman 'shocked' by extent of malnutrition in Gaza

UNICEF spokesman 'shocked' by extent of malnutrition in...

Gaza [Palestine], June 5: UNICEF spokesman James Elder, currently in Gaza, has described the "horrors" he witnessed within just 24...

Gaza aid centres shut, access to area prohibited

Gaza aid centres shut, access to area prohibited

Tel Aviv [Israel] / Gaza [Palestine], June 5: Following reports that Israeli forces killed people near a food distribution site...

Pro-Palestine protesters in UK call for Israel arms embargo and sanctions

Pro-Palestine protesters in UK call for Israel arms...

London [UK], June 5: Pro-Palestine campaigners have rallied against Israel's punishing war on Gaza, gathering outside the British Parliament in...

Russia condemns NATO naval exercise

Russia condemns NATO naval exercise

Moscow [Russia], June 5: Russia on Wednesday criticized a two-week NATO naval exercise in the Baltic Sea as "provocative," one...

Taiwan commemorates 1989 Tiananmen anniversary amid China-US war of words

Taiwan commemorates 1989 Tiananmen anniversary amid China-US war...

Taipei [Taiwan], June 5: Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te on Wednesday commemorated the 36th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre, urging...

Hezbollah chief meets Iran's top diplomat amid Israeli drone activity

Hezbollah chief meets Iran's top diplomat amid Israeli...

Beirut [Lebanon], June 5: Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem met on Wednesday with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, amid heavy Israeli...

Dutch king accepts government's resignation after Wilders withdrawal

Dutch king accepts government's resignation after Wilders withdrawal

The Hague [Netherlands], June 5: Dutch King Willem-Alexander on Wednesday accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Dick Schoof, while asking...

Pilgrims arrive in Mina for Day of Al-Tarwiyah

Pilgrims arrive in Mina for Day of Al-Tarwiyah

Mecca [Saudi Arabia], June 5: Pilgrims have completed their arrival at Mina, the 8th of Dhul-Hijjah, to observe the Day...

Ukraine allies pledge continued support

Ukraine allies pledge continued support

Brussels [Belgium], June 5: Defence ministers from the Ukraine Defence Contact Group pledged further support for Ukraine on Wednesday despite...

No chance for immediate resolution to ongoing Ukraine war, says Trump

No chance for immediate resolution to ongoing Ukraine...

Washington [US] / Moscow [Russia] / Kiev [Ukraine], June 5: US President Donald Trump sees no chance for an immediate...

Bill Gates to give most of $200 billion fund to Africa

Bill Gates to give most of $200 billion...

Washington [US], June 4: US billionaire Bill Gates on Tuesday announced that the majority of his philanthropic Gates Foundation's $200...

US President remains positive about progress...: White House on Russia-Ukraine war

US President remains positive about progress...: White House...

Washington [US], June 4: US President Donald Trump remains optimistic about the progress being seen amid the ongoing conflict between...

Elon Musk slams Trump's funding bill, calls it 'disgusting abomination'

Elon Musk slams Trump's funding bill, calls it...

Washington [US], June 4: Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk has intensified his criticism of US President Donald Trump's legislative agenda,...

Over 75 per cent of households likely to face extreme weather in next decade: World Bank Report

Over 75 per cent of households likely to...

New Delhi [India], June 4: More than 60 per cent of households and firms have experienced extreme weather in the...

Rubio praises bravery of Chinese people killed in Tiananmen Square

Rubio praises bravery of Chinese people killed in...

Washington [US], June 4: U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday praised the bravery of the Chinese people who...

Britain pledges to deliver 100,000 drones to Ukraine

Britain pledges to deliver 100,000 drones to Ukraine

London [UK], June 4: Britain pledged on Wednesday to supply 100,000 drones to Ukraine by the end of the current...

Trump administration scraps Biden policy on emergency abortions

Trump administration scraps Biden policy on emergency abortions

Washington [US], June 4: U.S. President Donald Trump's administration on Tuesday rescinded guidance issued during his Democratic predecessor Joe Biden's...

CDC expert resigns from COVID vaccines advisory role

CDC expert resigns from COVID vaccines advisory role

Washington [US], June 4: Pediatric infectious disease expert Dr. Lakshmi Panagiotakopoulos of the U.S. CDC resigned on Tuesday as co-leader...

Suicide bomber killed in Uganda's capital: Army

Suicide bomber killed in Uganda's capital: Army

Kampala [Uganda], June 4: Two people who the Ugandan army describe as "armed terrorists" have been killed in the capital,...

Netherlands to hold snap elections after coalition falls apart

Netherlands to hold snap elections after coalition falls...

Amsterdam [Netherlands], June 4: The Netherlands is set to hold new elections after the collapse of the governing coalition on...

Ukrainian secret service says it targeted pillar of key Crimea bridge

Ukrainian secret service says it targeted pillar of...

Kiev [Ukraine], June 4: The Ukrainian secret service SBU said on Tuesday it has seriously damaged a pillar of the...