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Beijing's freshwater diplomacy
Beijing [China], May 29: The modern diplomatic world has just added a new concept of diplomatic methods: freshwater diplomacy.

Georgian parliament votes to override presidential veto of...
Georgia [US], May 29: Georgia's parliament voted to override a presidential veto of a bill on "foreign agents" that has...

Israel's Rafah operation not a major offensive -...
Tel Aviv [Israel], May 29: The US does not believe Israel has launched a full-scale invasion of Rafah in southern...

Pope issues rare apology over reported homophobic slur
Vatican City [Italy], May 29: Pope Francis, widely quoted as having used a highly derogatory word to describe the LGBT...

Floods in southern Brazil leave students without classrooms
Brasilia [Brazil], May 29: Tens of thousands of students in southern Brazil have been gone a month without seeing their...

Spain, Ireland and Norway recognise Palestinian statehood
Tel Aviv [Israel], May 29: Spain, Ireland and Norway officially recognised a Palestinian state, prompting an angry reaction from Israel,...

Climate change threatens low-lying Caribbean hospitals
Washington [US], May 29: Tens of millions of people living in coastal areas around the Caribbean and Latin America face...

Papua New Guinea orders evacuations after landslide, thousands...
Port Moresby [Papua New Guinea], May 29: Papua New Guinea ordered thousands of residents to evacuate from the path of...

Putin warns West not to let Ukraine use...
Moscow [Russia], May 29: Russian President Vladimir Putin warned the West on Tuesday that NATO members in Europe were playing...

Israeli tanks hit evacuation zone west of Rafah
Tel Aviv [Israel], May 29: Israel's military denied striking a tent camp west of the city of Rafah on Tuesday...

Dubai Media Council launches book titled 'Dubai Media...
Dubai [UAE], May 29: In line with the directives of H.H. Sheikh Ahmed bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Second...

EU ministers adopt new sanctions regime for Russia
Brussels [Belgium], May 28: EU foreign ministers on Monday adopted a new sanctions regime to punish serious human rights violations...

Ukraine, Spain sign historic $1.2bn security agreement
Madrid [Spain], May 28: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Monday signed a bilateral security...

Houthis attack three ships, two US destroyers
Sanaa [Yemen], May 28: Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis have said they launched attacks on three ships in the Indian Ocean and...

Gaza's al-Aqsa Hospital faces imminent shutdown
Gaza border [Israel], May 28: Gaza's Government Media Office has said in a statement that Deir el-Balah's al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital...

Terrifying deadly landslide in Papua New Guinea
Port Moresby [Papua New Guinea], May 28: The Papua New Guinea government recently informed the UN that more than 2,000...

NATO disagrees over '100 billion euro plan' for...
Kyiv [Ukraine], May 28: Politico newspaper reported on May 26 that members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization ( NATO...

Egyptian soldier killed in gunfight with Israel in...
Cairo [Egypt], May 28: Israeli and Egyptian forces exchanged gunfire near the city of Rafah in the Gaza Strip on...

Low expectations after the China - Japan -...
Seoul [South Korea], May 28: Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio and Chinese Premier Li...

The world was shocked, the Security Council held...
Tel Aviv [Israel], May 28: Many countries are concerned, condemn, and call for a ceasefire after Israel's airstrike in the...

Trump said he would suppress pro-Palestinian protests at...
New York [US], May 28: Former US President Donald Trump told a group of his donors that he would crack...

Russia airstrikes Zaporizhzhia airport, Ukraine attempts to raid...
Moscow [Russia], May 28: Fighting is fierce in the eastern and southern regions of Ukraine, after Russia opened a front...

When Taiwan not only faces military tensions
Taipei [Taiwan], May 28: Not only facing increased military pressure from Beijing, Taipei is facing other consequences for the semiconductor...

Biden says US troops fight to protect democracy
Washington [US], May 28: President Joe Biden honoured service members who gave their lives for a "more perfect union" and...

What happens if Trump is convicted in hush-money...
New York [US], May 28: Thirty-four charges, 12 jurors, one often exasperated judge and a parade of witnesses.

Millions of Americans under storm alerts after deadly...
Washington [US], May 28: More than 120 million Americans woke to severe weather warnings on Monday, after huge storms killed...

Israeli attack on Rafah tent camp kills 45
Tel Aviv [Israel], May 28: An Israeli airstrike triggered a fire that killed 45 people in a tent camp in...