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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...
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
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
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 [Oceania], January 25: Tuvalu expects to review its diplomatic ties with Taiwan after Friday's election.
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...
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...
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...
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:...
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
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:...
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
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
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
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...
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...
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...
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
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...
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...
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
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...
Paris [France], January 24: Protesting farmers blocked roads across France and there was one fatal accident.
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...
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'...
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...
Pyongyang [North Korea], January 24: North Korea has demolished a major monument in its capital that symbolized the goal of...