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EU allocates €76 million in aid for Rohingya refugees, other crises

EU allocates €76 million in aid for Rohingya...

Brussels [Belgium], March 4: The European Commission on Monday allocated €76 million ($79.4 million) in humanitarian aid for Rohingya refugees...

Russia launched over 2,300 aerial attacks in week: Zelensky

Russia launched over 2,300 aerial attacks in week:...

Kiev [Ukraine], March 4: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called for greater military support after a week in which Russia launched...

UN human rights chief concerned about growing power of tech oligarchs

UN human rights chief concerned about growing power...

Geneva [Switzerland], March 4: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk expressed concern about the growing power of IT...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

US to deploy 3,000 more troops to southern border

US to deploy 3,000 more troops to southern...

Washington [US], March 3: The US Department of Defense said Saturday that about 3,000 more soldiers will be deployed to...

Firefighters in Japan continue battle against wildfire

Firefighters in Japan continue battle against wildfire

Tokyo [Japan], March 3: Japan's disaster management agency on Sunday requested more fire departments across the country to join the...

Four killed in Gaza as destruction spreads in Jenin, Tulkarm

Four killed in Gaza as destruction spreads in...

Gaza [Palestine], March 3: Four Palestinians were killed and six others injured as Israeli forces targeted various areas across the...

Egypt stresses importance of full implementation of Gaza ceasefire

Egypt stresses importance of full implementation of Gaza...

Cairo [Egypt], March 3: Egypt's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Emigration and Egyptian Expatriates Affairs Badr Abdelatty has emphasised the critical...