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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...
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...
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
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:...
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...
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...
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...
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 [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....
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
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
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
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...
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
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
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...
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...
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...
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
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'...
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
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...
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
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
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 [Oceania], January 25: Tuvalu expects to review its diplomatic ties with Taiwan after Friday's election.
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...