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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...

Abu Dhabi welcomes warships from across the world...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], February 16: Abu Dhabi has welcomed warships from around the world at the ADNEC Marina in preparation...

International Defence Conference 2025 kicks off tomorrow
Abu Dhabi [UAE], February 16: Under the patronage of President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the International...

UAE condemns attack on UNIFIL convoy in Lebanon
Abu Dhabi [UAE], February 16: The United Arab Emirates has strongly condemned the attack that set fire to a convoy...

ADNEC Group prepares for largest edition of IDEX...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], February 16: ADNEC Group has announced that preparations are well underway for what the forthcoming International Defence...

Hamas says it won't govern Gaza in next...
Cairo [Egypt], February 16: An informed source on the ceasefire negotiations in Gaza stated that Hamas has confirmed it...

Sudan famine camp attacks alarm UN humanitarians
Washington DC [US], February 15: An escalation of fighting in and around a displaced people camp in western Sudan where...

Elementary school in southern BiH suspends classes over...
Sarajevo [Bosnia and Herzegovina], February 15: An elementary school in Mostar, southern Bosnia and Herzegovina, suspended classes on Friday following...

Slovak economy rises by 2 pct in 2024:...
Bratislava [Slovakia], February 15: Slovakia's gross domestic product (GDP) increased by 2 percent in 2024, up from 1.4 percent the...

Zelensky says Ukraine ready to move toward peace...
Kyiv [Ukraine], February 15: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Ukraine stands ready to move towards peace following his meeting...

Italian prosecutors open tax fraud case against Amazon:...
Rome [Italy], February 15: Italian prosecutors have launched a tax fraud investigation into retail giant Amazon, alleging the company evaded...

Trump slams India's high tariffs, vows to charge...
Olympia [Washington] (US), February 15: U.S. President Donald Trump criticized on Thursday India's high tariffs, vowing that the United States...

U.S. retails sales drop by 0.9 pct in...
Olympia [Washington] (US), February 15: U.S. retail sales fell by 0.9 percent in January after a strong holiday spending, the...

U.S. CDC to cut one-tenth of workforce
Los Angeles [California] (US), February 15: Nearly 1,300 employees at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) --...

6.0-magnitude quake hits 6 km NNE of Metahāra,...
Albany [New York] (US), February 15: An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 jolted 6 km NNE of Metahāra, Ethiopia...

Investigators say Black Hawk crew might not have...
Olympia [Washington] (US), February 15: The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said Friday that the Army Black Hawk helicopter's...

U.S. stocks close mixed as retail sales decline
Albany [New York] (USA) , February 15: U.S. stocks ended mixed on Friday after hitting near-record highs the previous day,...

Number of active U.S. drilling rigs up this...
Houston [Texas], February 15: The number of active drilling rigs in the United States stands at 588 this week, up...

US IRS prepares to lay off thousands of...
Washington DC [US], February 15: The U.S. Internal Revenue Service is preparing to fire thousands of workers in the coming...

Elon Musk's tactics frustrate some White House senior...
Washington DC [US], February 15: As tech billionaire Elon Musk expands his influence over more than a dozen U.S. federal...

Protest action shuts down air traffic in Belgium
Brussels [Belgium], February 14: A nationwide protest involving tens of thousands of demonstrators against the new government brought air traffic...