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Guterres urges Security Council to overcome divisions for...
New York [US], February 20: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called on members of the UN Security Council to...
Japan reports 2.8 trillion yen trade deficit in...
Tokyo [Japan], February 20: Japan logged a 2.76 trillion yen ($18.2 billion) trade deficit in January, weighed down by increased...
Sudan: At least 200 killed in paramilitary attack
Khartoum [Sudan], February 20: Sudan's paramilitary forces launched a three-day assault near Khartoum, killing more than 200, the Emergency Lawyers...
SpaceX launches rocket from Florida's Cape Canaveral, booster...
Florida [US], February 20: SpaceX made history after launching a rocket into space from the coast of Florida and landing...
Russia advances on Ukraine's critical minerals
Moscow [Russia], February 20: Russia, like U.S. President Donald Trump, covets Ukraine's natural resources - and on the ground its...
Canada refugee claims drop as country issues fewer...
Toronto [Canada], February 20: Refugee claims in Canada are dropping from historic highs as the country grants fewer visas and...
Hundreds deported from US held in Panama hotel
Panama City [Panama], February 20: In a room at the luxury Decapolis Hotel in Panama City, two girls hold a...
Ukraine tensions rise as Trump echoes Kremlin talking...
Kiev [Ukraine] / Moscow [Russia], February 20: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused US President Donald Trump of "living in...
Macron hosts more talks as Europe confronts US...
Paris [France], February 20: French President Emmanuel Macron was holding an informal video conference with 19 European countries and Canada...
Trump calls Zelensky a 'dictator'
New York [US], February 20: US President Donald Trump continued to round on Volodymyr Zelensky, calling the Ukrainian president "a...
Egypt, Spain reject US plan to displace Gazans
Cairo [Egypt], February 20: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez rejected the controversial proposal by...
Hamas offers to release all captives to end...
Gaza [Palestine], February 20: Hamas has proposed to release all captives remaining in the Gaza Strip in "one go" in...
Scores of whales to be euthanised after mass...
Sydney [Australia], February 20: Australian authorities are euthanising about 90 false killer whales which survived a mass stranding on a...
EU aims at Russia's shadow fleet as it...
Brussels [Belgium], February 20: EU ambassadors backed a 16th sanctions package on Russia on Wednesday, just days before the third...
Thousands without power, water after Russian strike
Kiev [Ukraine] / Moscow [Russia], February 20: Tens of thousands of people in the port city of Odessa were left...
30 S Korean military members investigated over martial...
Seoul [South Korea], February 20: Thirty members of the South Korean military are under investigation over their alleged involvement in...
Man gets 10 years for attempted murder of...
Tokyo [Japan], February 20: A 25-year-old man was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Wednesday for the attempted murder...
Berlin event with UN Palestinian expert held online...
Berlin [Germany], February 20: A leading UN authority on the Palestinian Territories has warned against restrictions on academic freedom after...
South Africa's Gauteng Province says ready to host...
Gauteng [Johannesburg], February 19: South Africa's Gauteng Province is ready to host the Group of 20 (G20) Summit and seize...
Tunisia dismantles drug trafficking network, arrests 4
Tunis [Tunisia], February 19: Tunisian security forces have dismantled a drug trafficking network active in the southwestern province of Kebili...
AfDB projects 6.3 pct GDP growth for Cote...
Ivory Coast [Abidjan], February 19: A recent report by the Abidjan-based African Development Bank (AfDB), titled Africa's Macroeconomic Performance and...
Malta launches project to diversify fish species
Valletta [Malta], February 19: The Maltese government on Tuesday launched a new project to promote the diversification of fish species...
Kellogg chosen as U.S. representative for talks on...
Moscow [Russia], February 19: Washington has appointed U.S. President Donald Trump's Ukraine envoy Keith Kellogg to represent the United States...
Italian police seize 788 kg of cocaine in...
Rome [Italy], February 19: Italian finance police seized a record 788 kg of cocaine in a large-scale anti-drug operation on...
France's inflation rises to 1.7 pct in January:...
Paris [France], February 19: France's consumer price index (CPI) rose by 1.7 percent year-on-year in January, the French National Institute...
Finland, Sweden stress Europe's interests in Ukraine peace...
Helsinki [Finland], February 19: Finnish and Swedish politicians on Tuesday underscored Europe's interests in ongoing peace efforts as the United...
U.S. schools confront anxiety over Trump's actions on...
Albany [New York], February 19: U.S. President Donald Trump's immigration policies already are affecting schools across the country, as officials...






