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Russia risked lives in downed plane, says Ukrainian president

Russia risked lives in downed plane, says Ukrainian...

Kyiv [Ukraine], January 26: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Moscow of "playing with the lives of Ukrainian prisoners", after...

US Supreme Court allows execution with nitrogen to go ahead

US Supreme Court allows execution with nitrogen to...

Washington [US], January 26: The US Supreme Court on Wednesday did not move to stop the planned execution, using nitrogen,...

US support for Taiwan 'firm', lawmakers tell president-elect Lai

US support for Taiwan 'firm', lawmakers tell president-elect...

Taipei [Taiwan], January 26: Two US lawmakers met Taiwanese president-elect Lai Ching-te on Thursday to reaffirm Washington's support for the...

Russia jails nationalist critic Girkin for 4 years

Russia jails nationalist critic Girkin for 4 years

Moscow [Russia], January 26: Russian nationalist and ex-rebel commander Igor Girkin, whose pro-Moscow militants sparked a decade-long armed conflict in...

S Korean ruling party MP attacked in street: Yonhap

S Korean ruling party MP attacked in street:...

Seoul [South Korea], January 26: A South Korean ruling party lawmaker was struck on the head with a rock by...

Florida lawmakers vote to restrict children's access to social media

Florida lawmakers vote to restrict children's access to...

Florida [US], January 26: The Florida House of Representatives approved on Wednesday a bill aimed at barring children aged 16...

Trump opens up lead over Biden in rematch many Americans don't want

Trump opens up lead over Biden in rematch...

Washington [US], January 26: Donald Trump leads Democratic President Joe Biden by six percentage points in a Reuters/Ipsos poll that...

Russia says Ukraine had 15-minute warning on PoW flight

Russia says Ukraine had 15-minute warning on PoW...

Moscow [Russia], January 26: A senior Russian lawmaker said Ukrainian military intelligence had been given a 15-minute warning before a...

Gaza starves as Israel presses war on Hamas

Gaza starves as Israel presses war on Hamas

Gaza [Palestine], January 26: In battered, hard-to-reach north Gaza, rare aid deliveries get mobbed by desperate, hungry Palestinians and aid...

Yemen's Houthis claim launching missile attacks at U.S. commercial vessels, navy warships

Yemen's Houthis claim launching missile attacks at U.S....

Sanaa [Yemen], January 25: Yemen's Houthi group said it hit an American warship on Wednesday in the Gulf of Aden...

Cyprus rescues 60 migrants lost at sea

Cyprus rescues 60 migrants lost at sea

Nicosia [Cyprus], January 25: Sixty migrants were rescued from a small boat off Cyprus on Wednesday after being stranded at...

Zelensky, Scholz discuss defense support for Ukraine

Zelensky, Scholz discuss defense support for Ukraine

Kiev [Ukraine], January 25: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Wednesday discussed defense support for Ukraine...

Moldova names new foreign minister

Moldova names new foreign minister

Chisinau [Moldova], January 25: Moldovan Prime Minister Dorin Recean announced on Wednesday that Vice President of Parliament Mihai Popsoi will...

U.S. stocks end mixed, S&P 500 hitting new high

U.S. stocks end mixed, S&P 500 hitting new...

New York [US], January 25: U.S. stocks ended mixed on Wednesday, as the S&P 500 notched its fourth consecutive record...

New Zealand household saving steady, net worth increases

New Zealand household saving steady, net worth increases

Wellington [New Zealand], January 25: New Zealand household saving was 856 million NZ dollars (522.95 million U.S. dollars) in the...

DPRK test-fires strategic cruise missile

DPRK test-fires strategic cruise missile

Seoul [South Korea], January 25: The Missile Administration of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Wednesday conducted the...

Sri Lankan state minister, police officer killed in road accident

Sri Lankan state minister, police officer killed in...

Colombo [Sri Lanka], January 25: Sri Lankan State Minister of Water Supply Sanath Nishantha and a police officer died in...

Russia says Kiev killed 65 Ukrainian POWs by downing transport plane

Russia says Kiev killed 65 Ukrainian POWs by...

Moscow [Russia], January 25: The Russian Defence Ministry accused Ukrainian forces of shooting down a Russian military transport plane, killing...

Hamas official reiterates rejection of any proposal for temporary ceasefire

Hamas official reiterates rejection of any proposal for...

Gaza [Palestine], January 25: A member of Hamas' political bureau, Osama Hamdan, on Wednesday reiterated that the Palestinian movement would...

Train driver strike paralyses rail transport in Germany

Train driver strike paralyses rail transport in Germany

Berlin [Germany], January 25: Germany's state-owned railway Deutsche Bahn faced massive disruptions and widespread cancellations on Wednesday as train drivers...

Thousands lose $16 mn in Singapore 'fake friend' scams

Thousands lose $16 mn in Singapore 'fake friend'...

Singapore, January 25: More than 6,300 people fell prey to "fake friend" scams in Singapore last year and collectively lost...

Iraq rebukes US over strikes on Iran-backed groups

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 talks

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

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

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 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 emergency powers to end 2022 protests

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...