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UAE urges 'concrete, collective action" to save lives at London Conference on Sudan

UAE urges 'concrete, collective action" to save lives...

London [UK], April 16: Lana Nusseibeh, Assistant Minister for Political Affairs, headed the UAE delegation at the Conference for Sudan...

Jordan thwarts major plot to destabilize national security

Jordan thwarts major plot to destabilize national security

Amman [Jordan], April 16: Jordan's Intelligence Department said on Tuesday it has thwarted a series of plots aimed at undermining...

Maldives to ban entry for Israeli citizens due to ongoing Gaza War

Maldives to ban entry for Israeli citizens due...

Tel Aviv [Israel], April 16: The Maldivian government has announced its intention to ban Israeli citizens from entering the country...

Israel has killed at least 71 civilians in Lebanon since ceasefire, says UN

Israel has killed at least 71 civilians in...

Washington [US], April 16: The United Nations has said at least 71 civilians have been killed by Israeli forces in...

Hamas 'studying' Israeli ceasefire proposal; demand to disarm 'red line'

Hamas 'studying' Israeli ceasefire proposal; demand to disarm...

Gaza [Palestine], April 16: Negotiations for a renewed ceasefire and an end to the war in Gaza appear to be...

Family of Dominican Republic nightclub collapse victim press charges

Family of Dominican Republic nightclub collapse victim press...

Santo Domingo [Dominican Republic], April 16: The parents and wife of one of the people who died when the roof...

Singapore to hold general election on May 3 as ruling PAP expected to retain power

Singapore to hold general election on May 3...

Singapore, April 16: Singapore will head to the polls on May 3, in what will be the first electoral test...

Arson attacks and gunfire target several prisons in France

Arson attacks and gunfire target several prisons in...

Paris [France], April 16: Several prisons in France were targeted with arson attacks and gunfire overnight, Justice Minister Gerald Darmanin...

UK's Lammy urges warring parties in Sudan to 'put peace first'

UK's Lammy urges warring parties in Sudan to...

London [UK], April 16: British Foreign Secretary David Lammy has urged the warring parties in Sudan to "put peace first"...

S Korea's Yoon attends first trial for insurrection charges

S Korea's Yoon attends first trial for insurrection...

Seoul [South Korea], April 15: Former South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol appeared in a Seoul court on Monday for...

Come to Ukraine before peace deal, Zelensky urges Trump

Come to Ukraine before peace deal, Zelensky urges...

Kyiv [Ukraine], April 15: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has implored US President Donald Trump to visit his country and witness...

Houthis report 36 casualties in US airstrike

Houthis report 36 casualties in US airstrike

Washington DC [US], April 15: The number of casualties from a US airstrike targeting a ceramics factory on the outskirts...

Ecuador's Noboa re-elected as president as rival demands recount

Ecuador's Noboa re-elected as president as rival demands...

Quito [Ecuador], April 15: Ecuador's conservative President Daniel Noboa has secured victory in the country's presidential run-off vote on Sunday,...

South Africa appoints special envoy to ease tensions with Unites States

South Africa appoints special envoy to ease tensions...

Johannesburg [South Africa], April 15: South Africa has appointed a special envoy to the US in an effort to ease...

Iran to consult Russia on US nuclear talks, Rome may host next meeting

Iran to consult Russia on US nuclear talks,...

Tehran [Iran], April 15: Tehran's foreign minister will travel to Moscow this week for consultations over Iran's nuclear talks with...

Lebanese prime minister visits Syria's president to reset strained relations

Lebanese prime minister visits Syria's president to reset...

Beirut [Lebanese], April 15: Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam has held talks in Damascus with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, in...

Landmark anti-trust trial of tech giant Meta begins in Washington

Landmark anti-trust trial of tech giant Meta begins...

Washington DC [US], April 15: A trial of the US company Meta began in Washington on Monday over the tech...

Trump blames Biden, Zelensky for war in Ukraine

Trump blames Biden, Zelensky for war in Ukraine

Washington DC [US], April 15: US President Donald Trump on Monday accused his predecessor Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr...

EU ministers back German Taurus missile delivery to Kiev

EU ministers back German Taurus missile delivery to...

Kyiv [Ukraine], April 15: European officials on Monday responded positively to comments by Germany's incoming chancellor Friedrich Merz on deliveries...

Russia says Sumy strike hit commanders

Russia says Sumy strike hit commanders

Moscow [Russia], April 15: Russia's Defence Ministry on Monday said the airstrike on the north-eastern Ukrainian city of Sumy was...

Peruvian literature great Llosa dies

Peruvian literature great Llosa dies

Peru [Lima], April 15: Peruvian novelist and Nobel laureate Mario Vargas Llosa has died aged 89, his agency confirmed to...

Tariffs on imported semiconductor chips coming soon, Trump says

Tariffs on imported semiconductor chips coming soon, Trump...

Washington DC [US], April 15: U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday said he would be announcing the tariff rate on...

5.2-magnitude earthquake hits California

5.2-magnitude earthquake hits California

Sacramento [California], April 15: A 5.2 earthquake rattled San Diego, California, and the surrounding area on Monday afternoon, according to...

Apple takes top spot for first-quarter smartphone sales, data shows

Apple takes top spot for first-quarter smartphone sales,...

Washington DC [US], April 15: Apple (AAPL.O), opens new tab took the top spot for global smartphone sales in the...

Israeli makes new Gaza ceasefire proposal but prospects appear slim

Israeli makes new Gaza ceasefire proposal but prospects...

Israeli [Jerusalem], April 15: Mediator Egypt has presented a new Israeli proposal for a Gaza ceasefire to Hamas, Egyptian state-affiliated...

Trump administration cancels $3 billion climate-friendly farming program

Trump administration cancels $3 billion climate-friendly farming program

Washington DC [US], April 15: The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Monday said it had canceled a $3 billion program...

Up to 400,000 displaced from Darfur camp after Sudan RSF takeover

Up to 400,000 displaced from Darfur camp after...

Sudan [Khartoum], April 15: Between 60,000 and 80,000 households - or up to 400,000 people, - have been displaced from...