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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...

Leftist Lee Jae-myung wins S Korea presidential election

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 rapprochement

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

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, says health ministry

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 rattle Karachi

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

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...