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Residents in Western Australia urged to flee as...
Canberra [Australia], January 13: Residents in the state of Western Australia were urged to evacuate their homes on Saturday, as...
North Korea poised to admit first known tourists...
Seoul [South Korea], January 12: A group from Russia is poised to be the first known tourists allowed into North...
UN spokesperson highlights dire humanitarian situation in northern...
New York [US], January 12: A UN spokesperson on Thursday highlighted the worsening humanitarian crisis in northern Gaza, emphasizing significant...
Myanmar navy seizes 1.45 tons of narcotic drugs
Yangon [Myanmar], January 12: Myanmar navy has seized 1.45 tons of Methamphetamine (ICE) in its territorial waters, according to the...
Gaza hospitals cut off from UN aid as...
Tel Aviv [Israel], January 12: Repeated refusals by Israeli authorities to allow UN aid teams to deliver the desperately needed...
Blinken sees 'concrete steps forward' as he ends...
Washington [US], January 12: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday said the war in Gaza "is not escalating"...
Sheikh Hasina sworn in for fifth term as...
Dhaka [Bangladesh], January 12: Sheikh Hasina was sworn in for a another term as Bangladesh's prime minister on Thursday, less...
Zelensky says ceasefire would allow Russia to regroup...
Kyiv [Russia], January 12: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has firmly rejected the idea of a ceasefire with Russia, saying it...
Azerbaijan demands land corridor through Armenia
Moscow [Russia], January 12: The Caucasus republic of Azerbaijan is demanding that neighbouring Armenia establish a land corridor free of...
Trump attends closing arguments in NYC fraud trial
New York [US], January 12: The last day of Donald Trump's months-long Manhattan fraud trial started on time Thursday despite...
US, Britain carry out strikes against Houthis in...
Washington [US], January 12: The United States and Britain have started carrying out strikes against targets linked to Houthis in...
Ukraine builds barricades, digs trenches as focus shifts...
Kyiv [Ukraine], January 12: Rows of white concrete barricades and coils of razor wire stretch across an open field for...
Reaction to South Africa's UN court case against...
Tel Aviv [Israel], January 12: South Africa accused Israel of subjecting Palestinians to genocidal acts at the opening of hearings...
Russia's Medvedev warns of nuclear response
Moscow [Russia], January 12: A senior ally of President Vladimir Putin warned that any Ukrainian attacks on missile launch sites...
Tens of thousands protest in Poland against ex-ministers'...
Warsaw [Poland], January 12: Tens of thousands of opposition supporters massed outside Poland's parliament to protest against the new government's...
Iran seizes oil tanker involved in US-Iran dispute...
Tehran [Iran], January 12: The St Nikolas was boarded by armed intruders as it sailed close to the Omani city...
Netanyahu condemns ICJ genocide case
Tel Aviv [Israel], January 12: Benjamin Netanyahu condemned South Africa's genocide case against Israel in Gaza as "hypocrisy and lies".
Trump critic Chris Christie exits 2024 U.S. presidential...
Washington [US], January 11: Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, known as a vocal critic of former President Donald Trump,...
Bangladeshi president appoints Sheikh Hasina as new PM,...
Dhaka [Bangladesh], January 11: Bangladeshi President Mohammed Shahabuddin on Wednesday appointed ruling Bangladesh Awami League (AL) party leader Sheikh Hasina...
213 dead, 52 missing in Japan's quake-hit Ishikawa...
Tokyo [Japan], January 11: The death toll rose to 213 in the central Japanese prefecture of Ishikawa on Thursday, after...
At Washington meeting China demands end to US...
Beijing [China], January 11: At a meeting of military representatives, China has called on the United States to stop arming...
Zelensky appeals for air defence systems at start...
Kyiv [Ukraine], January 11: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky appealed for more air defence systems as he made a major trip...
US wants 'tangible steps' toward Palestinian state; Israel...
Washington [US], January 11: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday he supports "tangible steps" towards establishing a...
Polish police arrest MPs in presidential palace
Warsaw [Poland], January 11: Polish police have arrested the former interior minister and deputy interior minister inside the presidential palace...
US, allies slam alleged N Korea missiles to...
Washington [US], January 11: Nearly 50 countries joined the United States on Tuesday in condemning North Korea's alleged transfer of...
North Korea's Kim brands Seoul 'principal enemy'
Pyongyang [North Korea], January 11: North Korea's Kim Jong Un branded South Korea his country's "principal enemy" and warned he...
Pastor slams Western church 'silence' on Gaza
Ramallah [Palestine], January 11: For his first service of 2024, Palestinian pastor Munther Isaac read a biblical passage in which...