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Cuban cigar exports increased sharply
Havana [Cuba], February 27: International sales of Cuban cigars, the Caribbean island nation's number one iconic export, rose 31% last...

Armenia 'farewelled' in bitterness
Yerevan [Armenia], February 27: Predictably, Armenia has decided to suspend its participation in the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) established...

Engine fire, American B-52 flying fortress makes emergency...
Washington [US], February 27: A US Air Force B-52H bomber had to make an emergency landing at a base in...

Denmark ends probe into 'deliberate' Nord Stream pipeline...
Copenhagen [Denmark], February 27: Denmark has dropped its investigation into the explosions in 2022 on the Nord Stream pipelines carrying...

Sweden clears final hurdle to join NATO as...
Budapest [Hungary], February 27: Hungary's parliament approved Sweden's NATO accession, clearing the last hurdle before the historic step by the...

Satellite images reveal floating barrier
Beijing [China], February 27: Satellite images of the hotly disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea show a new...

Polish farmers block highway at border crossing with...
Berlin [Germany], February 27: Polish farmers protesting against European Union regulations and cheap food imports from Ukraine blocked the A2...

New Zealand begins sentencing of those involved in...
Wellington [New Zealand], February 27: Sentencing for the tour booking agents and managers of an island in New Zealand where...

Palestinian PM resigns as pressure grows over post-war...
Gaza [Israel], February 27: Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh announced his resignation yesterday.

3 killed, 9 injured in confrontations on Lebanon-Israel...
Beirut [Lebanon], February 26: Three Hezbollah fighters were killed and nine people, including three Hezbollah fighters and six civilians, were...

Qatar announces new LNG expansion project
Doha [Qatar], February 26: Qatar's energy minister on Sunday announced a new liquefied natural gas (LNG) expansion project to further...

At least 25 Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks...
Gaza [Israel], February 26: At least 25 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks in the Gaza City on Sunday, medical...

Iraqi Shiite militia says current calm with U.S....
Baghdad [Iraq], February 26: The leader of an Iraqi armed Shiite militia said Sunday that the current period of calm...

1 dead, 3 injured in German asylum center...
Berlin [Germany], February 26: One person died and three others suffered minor to serious injuries on Sunday following a fire...

Over 300 kg illicit drugs seized in Sydney
Sydney [Australia], February 26: Australian Federal Police (AFP) reported on Monday that about 300 kg of MDMA and 70 kg...

Malaysian PM denounces "China-phobia" among U.S., Western allies
Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], February 26: Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has condemned the so-called "China-phobia" among the United States and...

Cambodian king, Queen Mother visit China for routine...
Phnom Penh [Cambodia], February 26: Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni, along with his mother, former Queen Norodom Monineath Sihanouk, left here...

3 killed in Philippine residential fire
Manila [Philippines], February 26: Three women, including a person with disability, died on Sunday night when a fire burned down...

Feleti Teo elected as Tuvalu's new PM: local...
Funafuti [Tuvalu], February 26: Feleti Teo has been appointed as the new prime minister of Tuvalu, one month after the...

US soldier sets himself on fire outside the...
Washington [US], February 26: A man set himself on fire outside the Israeli embassy in Washington DC (USA) on February...

The US-UK coalition launched a new attack against...
Washington [US], February 26: In a joint statement on February 24, the US and UK said their military operations targeted...

The US Congress has not yet reached an...
Washington [US], February 26: The effort to 'rescue' the US government from the risk of partial shutdown on March 1...

The Israeli Prime Minister said victory was only...
Tel Aviv [Israel], February 26: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu suggested that Israeli forces will soon achieve "total victory" in...

Mr. Trump on his journey to 'rematch' President...
Washington [US], February 26: Former US President Donald Trump is almost certain to represent the Republican Party in the presidential...

Taiwan ally Tuvalu to name a new prime...
Taipei [Taiwan], February 26: Tuvalu on Monday morning will announce a new prime minister, who is expected to be elected...

Russia will try new offensive in Ukraine as...
Kyiv [Ukraine], February 26: Russia is preparing a new offensive against Ukraine starting in late May or summer, but Kyiv...

Taliban releases Austrian far-right activist held in Afghanistan
Kabul [Afghanistan], February 26: The Taliban on Sunday released Herbert Fritz, an 84-year-old Austrian and far-right nationalist who was arrested...