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Von der Leyen to present plan to 'rearm'...
London [UK], March 3: President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen has said she will present a plan...

Spain's Prime Minister Sanchez says Europe is a...
Madrid [Spain], March 3: Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Sunday rejected any possible subordination of Europe to US President...

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
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...
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...
Gaza [Palestine], March 3: Israel has halted the entry of all humanitarian aid into Gaza and threatened Hamas with more...

Four-year-old dies from Ebola amid new outbreak in...
Kampala [Uganda], March 3: A four-year-old has been identified as the second patient to die from the Ebola virus in...

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...

DR Congo army accuses Rwanda of faking genocide...
Kinshasa [Democratic Republic of the Congo], March 3: The army of the Democratic Republic of Congo has accused Rwanda of...

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

UK, France, Ukraine to present peace proposal to...
London [UK], Mach 3: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has said the United Kingdom, France and Ukraine have agreed to...

Austria regains status as electricity exporter due to...
Vienna [Austria], March 3: Austria has regained its status as an electricity-exporting country for the first time since 2009, driven...

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...

Cholera death toll in Angola rises to 201
Luanda [Angola], March 3: The death toll from the cholera outbreak in Angola has risen to 201, according to the...

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...

Arab League calls for fair water resource management
Cairo [Egypt], March 3: The General Secretariat of the League of Arab States has called for the integrated and equitable...

Egypt condemns Israeli decision to stop entry of...
Cairo [Egypt], March 3: Egypt has condemned the Israeli government's decision to stop the entry of humanitarian aid into the...

Israel threatens action if Druze community "harmed" by...
Jerusalem [Israel], March 2: At least one person was killed and nine others injured on Saturday as fighting erupted between...

Israel accepts U.S. proposal for temporary ceasefire in...
Jerusalem [Israel], March 2: Israel has accepted the U.S. proposal for a temporary ceasefire with Hamas in Gaza for...

World Bank approves $100 mn project to strengthen...
Tunis [Tunisia], March 2: The World Bank's Board of Directors approved a US$100 million project yesterday aimed at improving students'...

UN Ocean Forum to discuss ocean economy, sustainable...
Geneva [Switzerland], March 2: The 5th UN Ocean Forum will unite global leaders, experts and stakeholders to align trade and...

South Korean institutions' foreign securities holdings hit all-time...
Seoul [South Korea], March 2: South Korean institutions' investment in foreign securities rose 8.4 percent last year from a year...

Global biodiversity agreement mobilises $200 billion boost for...
Rome [Italy], March 2: Governments on Friday reached agreement on a strategy to raise an additional $200 billion each year...

Israel's attempt to dismantle agency would not resolve...
Gaza [Gaza City], March 2: The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) said that Israel's attempt to...

King of Jordan stresses need to rebuild Gaza...
Amman [Jordan], March 2: His Majesty King Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan on Saturday stressed...

EU's top diplomat Kaja Kallas says the free...
Brussels [Belgium], March 2: The EU's top diplomat has reacted forcefully to US President Donald Trump's verbal attack on Ukrainian...