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US energy department says less than 50 purged...
New York [US], February 17: U.S. President Donald Trump and his adviser Elon Musk purged less than 50 workers from...

Austria says stabbing attack suspect swore allegiance to...
Vienna [Austria], February 17: The Syrian asylum seeker suspected of carrying out a deadly stabbing rampage in the Austrian town...

Egypt, Jordan emphasise necessity of starting reconstruction of...
Cairo [Egypt], February 17: Egypt and Jordan emphasised the necessity of immediately starting the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip, without...

UN chief welcomes continued Gaza ceasefire, hostage release
New York [US], February 17: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has welcomed the latest round of hostage releases in Gaza and...

US: At least 9 people dead in Kentucky,...
Kentucky [US], February 17: At least eight people have died after a powerful storm swept through Kentucky, resulting in flooding...

Washington, Moscow will now focus on peace, not...
Moscow [Russia], February 17: Moscow and Washington will from now on focus on peace, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in...

Heavy fighting between Ukrainian and Russian armies in...
Kiev [Ukraine], February 17: Russian and Ukrainian troops again engaged in heavy fighting in the western Russian region of Kursk,...

Talks about phase two of Gaza ceasefire to...
Washington [US], February 17: Talks about the second phase of the Gaza ceasefire agreement and exchange of Israeli hostages for...

Paris to hold meeting on Ukraine with European...
Paris [France], February 17: European leaders will discuss US President Donald Trump's plans to end the Ukraine war in the...

Munich Security Conference ends with message of hope...
Munich [Germany], February 17: The Munich Security Conference drew to a close on Sunday with a promising message for EU...

Protests escalate in Germany's Munich
Munich [Germany], February 17: Opposing protests took place in the southern German city of Munich on Sunday following a deadly...

Dozens killed in Mali illegal gold mine collapse
Bamako [Mali], February 17: More than 40 people, mostly women, were killed after an illegal gold mine collapsed in Mali...

Hamas says three of its police officers killed...
Jerusalem [Israel], February 17: Three Hamas police officers have been killed in an Israeli airstrike in the southern Gaza Strip,...

Taiwan detects 24 Chinese military aircraft near island
Taipei [Taiwan], February 17: Taiwan has detected 24 Chinese military aircraft near the island as a Canadian warship passed through...

He who saves his country does not violate...
Washington [US], February 17: US President Donald Trump has attracted criticism after using a paraphrased quote attributed to the self-crowned...

Iranian, Lebanese FMs discuss resolution of "snag" in...
Tehran [Iran], February 16: Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi and his Lebanese counterpart, Youssef Rajji, on Saturday discussed how...

Italy backs President Sergio Mattarella after scathing attack...
Rome [Italy], February 16: Italian President Sergio Mattarella has received cross-party support following a scathing attack from a Russian government...

Ukrainian president says time has come for 'armed...
Munich [Germany], February 16: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has called for the creation of an "armed forces of Europe" as...

Scholz hits back at US Vice President Vance
Munich [Germany], February 16: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz vehemently rejected remarks made by US Vice President JD Vance after he...

Hundreds evacuated from German train after suspicious object...
Berlin [Germany], February 16: Approximately 450 people had to leave an InterCity Express (ICE) train in northern Germany in the...

Two dead, one injured after fire breaks out...
Dresden [Germany], February 16: Two people died and one was injured after a fire broke out on the 11th floor...

Palestinians burn 'humiliating' shirts after their release
Gaza [Palestine], February 16: Israel's move to force the released Palestinians to wear shirts with a Star of David logo...

Belarus denies plans to raise troops, attack neighbouring...
Moscow [Russia], February 16: Belarus denied plans to rearm and attack its neighbours after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned of...

British couple on round-the-world motorcycle journey detained in...
London [UK], February 16: A British husband and wife on a motorcycle journey around the world have been detained in...

European leaders set to hold emergency summit on...
Kyiv [Ukraine], February 16: European leaders are set to gather next week for an emergency summit on the war in...

Three Israeli hostages freed in Gaza
Jerusalem [Israel], February 16: Israeli hostages Iair Horn, Sagui Dekel-Chen and Sasha (Alexander) Troufanov were freed in Gaza on Saturday...

UK announces multibillion-pound plans to boost steel industry
London [UK], February 16: The UK Government has announced multibillion-pound plans to boost the UK steel industry and help secure...