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EU leaders give nod to plans to strengthen bloc's defense capabilities

EU leaders give nod to plans to strengthen...

Brussels [Belgium], March 7: European Union (EU) leaders on Thursday greenlighted plans to enhance the bloc's defense capabilities, aiming to...

2025 Mobile World Congress concludes as Chinese firms win big

2025 Mobile World Congress concludes as Chinese firms...

Barcelona [Spain], March 7: The 2025 Mobile World Congress (MWC) wrapped up on Friday, with Chinese telecommunications companies winning multiple...

EU leaders greenlights defense plans, reaffirm support for Ukraine

EU leaders greenlights defense plans, reaffirm support for...

Brussels [Belgium], March 7: European Union (EU) leaders on Thursday greenlighted plans to enhance the bloc's defense capabilities and reaffirmed...

Norway to increase support for Ukraine by 50 bln NOK in 2025

Norway to increase support for Ukraine by 50...

Oslo [Norway], March 7: The Norwegian parliament on Thursday agreed to increase the country's support for Ukraine in 2025, with...

11 killed, 22 injured after terrorists target cantonment with explosives-laden vehicles in Bannu

11 killed, 22 injured after terrorists target cantonment...

Islamabad [Pakistan], March 6: At least 11 people, including five women and four children, were killed, and 22 others were...

Germany: Aircraft crashes into garden, killing pilot

Germany: Aircraft crashes into garden, killing pilot

Plettenberg [Germany], March 6: The police statement said that the aircraft smashed into the garden of a residential building in...

Muslim World League welcomes decisions of Extraordinary Arab Summit

Muslim World League welcomes decisions of Extraordinary Arab...

Mecca [Saudi Arabia], March 6: Muslim World League welcomed the decisions made during the Extraordinary Arab Summit, on the Developments...

Trump declares 'America is back' in 100-minute speech to Congress

Trump declares 'America is back' in 100-minute speech...

Washington [US], March 6: US President Donald Trump on Tuesday delivered his first address to both chambers of Congress since...

US astronauts say no political motive behind delay in return

US astronauts say no political motive behind delay...

New York [US], March 6: Two US astronauts who have been stranded on the International Space Station (ISS) since June...

Myanmar junta chief calls Putin 'a king' during visit to the Kremlin

Myanmar junta chief calls Putin 'a king' during...

Moscow [Russia], March 6: The ruler of Myanmar's military dictatorship, Min Aung Hlaing, referred to Russian President Vladimir Putin as...

Many feared dead in Sudan after shelling hits crowded market

Many feared dead in Sudan after shelling hits...

Khartoum [Sudan], March 6: Dozens of people in the Sudanese state of North Darfur are feared dead following heavy shelling...

US pauses intelligence support to Ukraine as world leaders weigh in

US pauses intelligence support to Ukraine as world...

Washington [US], March 6: The United States has stopped sending Ukraine critical intelligence as relations remain strained following a blow-up...

UN food agency says it has two weeks' worth of supplies in Gaza

UN food agency says it has two weeks'...

Gaza [Palestine], March 6: The World Food Programme has said it only has enough food supplies in Gaza to keep...

Iraqi PM, Turkmen president discuss ties over phone

Iraqi PM, Turkmen president discuss ties over phone

Baghdad [Iraq], March 6: Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani held a telephone conversation on Wednesday with Turkmen President Serdar...

Israel says has conveyed to Washington stance on U.S.-Hamas talks over hostages

Israel says has conveyed to Washington stance on...

Jerusalem [Israel], March 6: Israel said on Wednesday that it has conveyed to Washington its position on direct talks between...

Human body's protein recycling system fights bacteria like antibiotics: study

Human body's protein recycling system fights bacteria like...

Jerusalem [Israel], March 6: Israeli researchers have discovered a surprising immune defense role of the proteasome, a cellular structure known...

UN agencies fear Gaza crossing closures deal blow to humanitarian progress

UN agencies fear Gaza crossing closures deal blow...

Gaza [Gaza City], March 6: The closure of all Gaza cargo crossing points is undoing critical progress in delivering vital,...

European stock markets tumble amid global trade war concerns

European stock markets tumble amid global trade war...

London [England], March 5: European stock markets suffered heavy losses on Tuesday as fears of a global trade war intensified...

Ukraine ready for peace talks "as soon as possible": Zelensky

Ukraine ready for peace talks "as soon as...

Kyiv [Ukraine], March 5: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Tuesday that his country stands ready to enter peace negotiations...

Greece reports lowest unemployment rate since 2008

Greece reports lowest unemployment rate since 2008

Athens [Greece], March 5: Greece's unemployment rate fell to 8.7 percent in January, marking its lowest level since December 2008,...

German parties agree on plan to boost infrastructure, defense

German parties agree on plan to boost infrastructure,...

Berlin [Germany], March 5: German parties seeking to form the next government agreed on Tuesday to set up a 500-billion-euro...

Spreading eastern DRC violence threatens civilians, aid workers: UN

Spreading eastern DRC violence threatens civilians, aid workers:...

New York [US], March 5: Increased violence in the three easternmost provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)...

UN envoy condemns Israel's military escalations in Syria

UN envoy condemns Israel's military escalations in Syria

Washington DC [US], March 5: A UN special envoy on Tuesday strongly condemned Israel's military escalations in Syria, including airstrikes,...

Yemen's Houthis claim shooting down U.S. drone over Hodeidah

Yemen's Houthis claim shooting down U.S. drone over...

Aden [Yemen], March 5: Yemen's Houthi forces announced Tuesday that they successfully intercepted a U.S. MQ-9 reconnaissance drone over the...

Feature: War-weary Syrians gather for iftar amid ruins in Damascus

Feature: War-weary Syrians gather for iftar amid ruins...

Damascus [Syria], March 5: Amid the gray rubble of shattered concrete and collapsed buildings, hundreds of war-weary Syrians huddled together...

Roundup: Arab leaders adopt Egypt's Gaza reconstruction plan

Roundup: Arab leaders adopt Egypt's Gaza reconstruction plan

Cairo [Egypt]/Gaza [Gaza City], March 5: Arab leaders approved on Tuesday an Egyptian reconstruction plan for Gaza, which is estimated...

US health agency says employees can apply for early retirement

US health agency says employees can apply for...

Washington DC [US], March 5: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services told employees on Monday they could apply...