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Thousands evacuated as Japan's biggest fire in decades continues

Thousands evacuated as Japan's biggest fire in decades...

Tokyo [Japan], March 4: Japan has deployed more than 2,000 firefighters to battle the country's biggest forest fire in three...

Israeli-Palestinian film No Other Land wins Oscar for Best Documentary Feature

Israeli-Palestinian film No Other Land wins Oscar for...

New York [US], March 4: No Other Land, a film about Palestinians fighting to protect their homes from demolition by...

Nigerian Muslims arrested for eating during Ramadan

Nigerian Muslims arrested for eating during Ramadan

Abuja [Nigeria], March 4: The Islamic police in the northern Nigerian state of Kano have arrested Muslims seen eating and...

UK downplays French 'one-month truce' proposal for Ukraine

UK downplays French 'one-month truce' proposal for Ukraine

London [UK], March 4: The United Kingdom has downplayed French proposals for a one-month truce in Ukraine as a minister...

Arab nations, rights groups condemn Israel's decision to block Gaza aid

Arab nations, rights groups condemn Israel's decision to...

Gaza [Palestine], March 4: Several Arab nations and rights organisations have condemned Israel's decision to halt aid deliveries to the...

Europe's Group of Five political and military powers stand behind Ukraine

Europe's Group of Five political and military powers...

Berlin [Germany], March 4: Representatives of Germany, France, Britain, Italy and Poland reaffirmed their political and military aid for Ukraine...

Maiden commercial flight of European launch vehicle Ariane 6 rocket postponed

Maiden commercial flight of European launch vehicle Ariane...

Paris [France], March 4: Shortly before the maiden commercial flight of the new European launch vehicle, Ariane 6, the launch...

Libya launches 1st oil, gas exploration public bidding in 17 years

Libya launches 1st oil, gas exploration public bidding...

Tripoli [Libya], March 4: Libya launched a new public bidding round for oil and gas exploration for the first time...

Italy aims to resume nuclear power generation by 2030

Italy aims to resume nuclear power generation by...

Rome [Italy], March 4:Italy's government has confirmed that the country will resume generating nuclear power no later than 2030.

Overweight, obesity affect nearly 29 pct of Italian children aged 8-9: report

Overweight, obesity affect nearly 29 pct of Italian...

Rome [Italy], March 4: An estimated 28.8 percent of Italian children between 8 and 9 years of age were overweight...

Two killed after car rams into crowd in Germany's Mannheim

Two killed after car rams into crowd in...

Berlin [Germany], March 4: A car plowed into a crowd in downtown Mannheim, a city in southwestern Germany, on Monday,...

Algeria, Italy discuss strengthening ties with investment focus

Algeria, Italy discuss strengthening ties with investment focus

Algiers [Algeria], March 4: Algeria and Italy discussed expanding cooperation across multiple sectors on Monday during a visit of Italian...

Provocative Trump statements about Canada loom large as Trudeau meets King

Provocative Trump statements about Canada loom large as...

Ottawa [Canada], March 4: King Charles has met Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, under the shadow of inflammatory statements made...

UN rights chief concerned about US policy under Trump

UN rights chief concerned about US policy under...

Washington DC [US], March 4: The United Nations rights chief expressed deep concern on Monday about a "fundamental shift in...

Gaza aid stockpiles limited after Israel cuts flows, aid groups warn

Gaza aid stockpiles limited after Israel cuts flows,...

Gaza [Gaza City], March 4: Food, medicine and shelter stockpiles in Gaza are limited and aid intended for Palestinians in...

White House seeks plan for possible Russia sanctions relief, sources say

White House seeks plan for possible Russia sanctions...

Washington DC [US], March 4: The United States is drawing up a plan to potentially give Russia sanctions relief as...

US pauses military aid to Ukraine, says White House

US pauses military aid to Ukraine, says White...

Washington DC [US], March 4: The United States is pausing military aid to Ukraine days after U.S. President Donald Trump...

Scientists crack the code for why locusts swarm

Scientists crack the code for why locusts swarm

Berlin [Germany], March 3: After months of building, the biggest locust swarm recorded in 70 years swept across 10 countries...

Canada PM Trudeau says protecting independence is his priority in talks with King Charles

Canada PM Trudeau says protecting independence is his...

London [UK], March 3: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said his priority in talks with King Charles on Monday will...

Von der Leyen to present plan to 'rearm' Europe in the coming days

Von der Leyen to present plan to 'rearm'...

London [UK], March 3: President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen has said she will present a plan...

Spain's Prime Minister Sanchez says Europe is a 'life insurance'

Spain's Prime Minister Sanchez says Europe is a...

Madrid [Spain], March 3: Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Sunday rejected any possible subordination of Europe to US President...

Finland releases shadow fleet tanker suspected of damaging cables

Finland releases shadow fleet tanker suspected of damaging...

Copenhagen [Denmark], March 3: A tanker suspected of having damaged cables in the Baltic Sea has been allowed to leave...

Ukrainian troops under pressure in Russia's Kursk

Ukrainian troops under pressure in Russia's Kursk

Kiev [Ukraine], March 3: Ukrainian troops are increasingly under pressure in the western Russian region of Kursk, military bloggers have...

President Trump designates English as official language of United States

President Trump designates English as official language of...

Washington [US], March 3: US President Donald Trump has designated English as the official language of the United States by...

Israel cuts off aid to Gaza as it seeks to change ceasefire deal with Hamas

Israel cuts off aid to Gaza as it...

Gaza [Palestine], March 3: Israel has halted the entry of all humanitarian aid into Gaza and threatened Hamas with more...

Four-year-old dies from Ebola amid new outbreak in Uganda

Four-year-old dies from Ebola amid new outbreak in...

Kampala [Uganda], March 3: A four-year-old has been identified as the second patient to die from the Ebola virus in...

At least 37 people killed, 39 wounded as two buses collide in Bolivia

At least 37 people killed, 39 wounded as...

Uyuni [Bolivia], March 3: At least 37 people have been killed and dozens more injured in a crash involving two...