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Israeli forces pound Gaza, battle Hamas in Rafah
Jerusalem [Israel], June 27: Israeli forces pounded several areas across Gaza on Wednesday, and residents reported fierce fighting overnight in...
Russia marks 70th anniversary of world's first nuclear...
Moscow [Russia], June 27: Russia today held a series of ceremonial events in Obninsk (Kaluga region) on the occasion of...
Finland first country to start bird flu vaccinations...
Helsinki [Finland], June 27: Finland plans to offer preemptive bird flu vaccination as soon as next week to some workers...
UAE participates in SelectUSA Investment Summit
Washington [US], June 27: Dr. Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, Minister of State for Foreign Trade, has visited Washington DC...
Jordan won't send troops to Gaza to replace...
Athens [Greece], June 27: Jordanian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Ayman Safadi, said that Jordan...
Aid teams will never abandon Gaza: Top UN...
New York [US], June 27: UN aid teams and partner organisations remain deeply committed to delivering lifesaving supplies to Gazans...
World Drug Day report highlights spike in drug...
Geneva [Switzerland], June 27: The UN agency tackling crime and drug abuse (UNODC) released its annual World Drug Report on...
Man behind Hamburg airport hostage stand-off given 12...
Hamburg [Germany], June 26: A 35-year-old man who abducted his daughter, drove his car to the Hamburg airport and provoked...
OIC Observatory warns Gaza is entering most critical...
Gaza [Israel], June 26: The Organization of Islamic Cooperation's media observatory for Israel's crimes against the Palestinians warned that the...
Kenyan parliament stormed as thousands demonstrate against tax...
Nairobi [Kenya], June 26: Several hundred demonstrators in the Kenyan capital Nairobi broke through security barriers and stormed the parliament...
WHO says worldwide alcohol consumption is declining too...
Geneva [Switzerland], June 26: People around the world are drinking less alcohol than they used to, but the World Health...
Russia blocks access to 81 EU media
Moscow [Russia], June 26: In response to the ban on broadcasting several Russian media in Europe, Russia has blacklisted 81...
Study finds Nile migration world's largest movement of...
Nairobi [Kenya], June 26: The gigantic migration of antelopes in South Sudan and Ethiopia comprises around six million animals, new...
Top US health official declares gun violence a...
Washington [US], June 26: The top US health official has declared gun violence in the country a public health crisis....
Assange headed to Pacific island on way to...
London [UK]/ Bangkok [Thailand], June 26: A plane in which Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is believed to be travelling on...
UN launches global principles to combat online hate,...
New York [US], June 26: Technology companies must take responsibility and mitigate harm to society, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres...
Ukraine starts EU membership negotiations in 'historic day'
Luxembourg City [Luxembourg], June 26: Ukraine started negotiations with the European Union on joining the bloc on Tuesday, an important...
4 million USD for Albert Einstein's famous letter...
Washington [US], June 26: The letter written by Mr. Einstein and his colleague Leo Szilard in August 1939 warned...
North Korea launched a new ballistic missile into...
Pyongyang [North Korea], June 26: On June 26, South Korea and Japan announced the discovery of North Korea launching an...
Dagestan political elite to be vetted for links...
Dagestan [Russia], June 26: The Kremlin-backed head of Dagestan ordered background checks to be carried out on the Russian republic's...
Brazilian to become first head of Interpol from...
Brasilia [Brazil], June 26: Interpol's executive committee for the first time elected a police officer from a developing nation to...
Four people arrested after protest at UK PM...
London [UK], June 26: Four men were arrested on suspicion of aggravated trespass at Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's home in...
Peru to stop labeling transgender people as mentally...
Lima [Peru], June 26: Peru will stop listing individuals who identify as transgender, among others, as suffering from mental disorders,...
Police fire on demonstrators trying to storm Kenya...
Nairobi [Kenya], June 26: Police fired on demonstrators trying to storm Kenya's legislature and at least five protesters were shot...
Israeli airstrikes kill at least 24 in Gaza...
Jerusalem [Israel], June 26: Israeli forces killed at least 24 Palestinians in three separate airstrikes on Gaza City early on...
Ahmed bin Saeed attends graduation ceremony of Mohammed...
Dubai [UAE], June 26: H.H. Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chancellor of the Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine...
UAE mediation efforts succeed with exchange of 180...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], June 26: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced the success of mediation efforts by the UAE...