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

Leftist Lee Jae-myung wins S Korea presidential election
Seoul [South Korea], June 4: Left-wing candidate Lee Jae -myung has won the presidential election in South Korea, with conservative...

Meloni welcomes Macron to Rome amid signs of...
Rome [Italy], June 4: Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni welcomed her French counterpart Emmanuel Macron to Rome with a firm...

Trump to attend NATO summit
Washington [US], June 4: US President Donald Trump will participate in the NATO summit at the end of June in...

Israeli attacks kill 27 aid seekers in Gaza,...
Gaza [Palestine], June 4: Israeli forces have killed at least 27 Palestinians and injured 90 more as they opened fire...

Over 200 escape prison in Pakistan as tremors...
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 4: More than 200 inmates escaped from a jail in Pakistan after they were evacuated from their...

Trump, Xi Jinping likely to speak this week
Washington [US], June 4: US President Donald Trump is likely to hold a phone call with Chinese President Xi Jinping...