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