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Iraq rebukes US over strikes on Iran-backed groups

Iraq rebukes US over strikes on Iran-backed groups

Baghdad [Iraq], January 25: Iraq accused the United States of contributing to a "reckless escalation" of violence in the region...

Iran's Raisi flies to Turkey for delayed Gaza talks

Iran's Raisi flies to Turkey for delayed Gaza...

Ankara [Turkey], January 25: Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi flew to Turkey on Wednesday for twice-delayed talks aimed at ironing out...

3-year drought persists in Spain's Catalonia

3-year drought persists in Spain's Catalonia

Madrid [Spain], January 25: Although Atlantic storms regularly sweep through Spain they always seem to peter out before reaching Catalonia,...

Turkey's lawmakers approve Sweden's NATO membership

Turkey's lawmakers approve Sweden's NATO membership

Ankara [Turkey], January 25: Turkey's parliament on Tuesday ratified Sweden's NATO membership after more than a year of delays that...

Tuvalu expected to review Taiwan ties after election

Tuvalu expected to review Taiwan ties after election

Tuvalu [Oceania], January 25: Tuvalu expects to review its diplomatic ties with Taiwan after Friday's election.

Trudeau govt to appeal ruling on use of emergency powers to end 2022 protests

Trudeau govt to appeal ruling on use of...

Ottawa [Canada], January 25: The Canadian government will appeal a court ruling that Ottawa's use of emergency powers in early...

Israeli attack on UN refuge in Gaza prompts rare rebuke from Washington

Israeli attack on UN refuge in Gaza prompts...

Gaza [Palestine], January 25: Israeli tanks struck a huge U.N. compound sheltering displaced Palestinians on Wednesday, causing "mass casualties", the...

39 killed, 9 injured in east China building fire

39 killed, 9 injured in east China building...

Beijing [China], January 25: Thirty-nine people were killed, and nine others injured after a building fire broke out Wednesday afternoon...

UN chief calls for immediate humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza

UN chief calls for immediate humanitarian cease-fire in...

United Nations, January 24: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday yet again called for an immediate humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza.

Two-state solution only way out of Israeli-Palestinian conflict: UN chief

Two-state solution only way out of Israeli-Palestinian conflict:...

United Nations, January 24: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres stressed Tuesday that a lasting end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict can only...

Jailed Polish ex-ministers released after being pardoned again

Jailed Polish ex-ministers released after being pardoned again

Warsaw [Poland], January 24: Poland's former Interior Minister Mariusz Kaminski and his deputy Maciej Wasik were released from prison on...

Bosnia and Herzegovina on path to EU accession: European Commission chief

Bosnia and Herzegovina on path to EU accession:...

Sarajevo [Bosnia and Herzegovina], January 24: Bosnia and Herzegovina is on the EU path, said Ursula von der Leyen, president...

Canada announces new military donations for Ukraine

Canada announces new military donations for Ukraine

Ottawa [Canada], January 24: Canadian Minister of National Defence Bill Blair on Tuesday announced new military donations for Ukraine.

Trump projected to win New Hampshire Republican primary

Trump projected to win New Hampshire Republican primary

Washington [US], January 24: Former U.S. President Donald Trump has defeated former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley...

WHO appoints new Western Pacific regional director

WHO appoints new Western Pacific regional director

Manila [Philippines], January 24: The World Health Organization (WHO) executive board on Tuesday confirmed the appointment of Saia Ma'u Piukala...

New Zealand records smallest annual inflation in 2 years

New Zealand records smallest annual inflation in 2...

Wellington [New Zealand], January 24: New Zealand recorded the smallest annual inflation in more than two years, according to the...

Airstrikes send 'clearest possible message' to Houthis, says Britain

Airstrikes send 'clearest possible message' to Houthis, says...

London [UK], January 24: The latest round of UK and US strikes against Houthi targets was designed to "send the...

Hungary's Orban invites Swedish PM to discuss NATO membership bid

Hungary's Orban invites Swedish PM to discuss NATO...

Budapest [Hungary], January 24: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said he has sent a letter inviting his Swedish counterpart, Ulf...

24 Israeli soldiers killed; army encircles Khan Younis

24 Israeli soldiers killed; army encircles Khan Younis

Jerusalem [Israel], January 24: The Israeli military says its ground forces have "encircled" the city of Khan Younis in the...

Rescuers search for survivors after China landslide kills 31

Rescuers search for survivors after China landslide kills...

Beijing [China], January 24: The death toll from a landslide that struck a remote and mountainous part of southwestern China...

US, UK hit targets in Yemen as Houthis vow to strike back

US, UK hit targets in Yemen as Houthis...

Sanaa [Yemen], January 24: The United States and Britain launched a second round of joint military strikes on Yemen's Houthis...

Drones are hit and miss for Ukrainian soldiers

Drones are hit and miss for Ukrainian soldiers

Kyiv [Ukraine], January 24: A Ukrainian soldier near the front line looks into video goggles and clutches a control set...

French farmers up pressure on government as protests spread

French farmers up pressure on government as protests...

Paris [France], January 24: Protesting farmers blocked roads across France and there was one fatal accident.

Nine killed in Russian missile strikes on Ukrainian cities

Nine killed in Russian missile strikes on Ukrainian...

Kyiv [Ukraine], January 24: Russian missiles hit the Ukrainian capital and other cities, local officials said.

US envoy pushing pause in Gaza war as Israel suffers worst loss of soldiers

US envoy pushing pause in Gaza war as...

Washington [US], January 24: Twenty-four Israeli soldiers were killed in Israel's worst day of losses in Gaza, the military said.

Honduras ex-president gets new lawyer after DEA 'infiltration' claim

Honduras ex-president gets new lawyer after DEA 'infiltration'...

Tegucigalpa [Honduras], January 24: A U.S. judge appointed a new lawyer to represent Juan Orlando Hernandez.

North Korea tears down monument symbolizing union with South -report

North Korea tears down monument symbolizing union with...

Pyongyang [North Korea], January 24: North Korea has demolished a major monument in its capital that symbolized the goal of...