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Bangladesh mulls to suspend services of Facebook, YouTube:...
Dhaka [Bangladesh], April 1: A Bangladeshi minister on Sunday said that the country would temporarily suspend services Facebook and YouTube...

Indonesia sees dengue case surge in Q1
Jakarta [Indonesia], April 1: Dengue fever cases in Indonesia in the first quarter of 2024 has increased almost three times...

In Easter address, Pope Francis calls for Gaza...
Vatican [Vatican City], April 1: Pope Francis has made renewed calls on Easter for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and...

Hezbollah confirms death of its key commander
Jerusalem [Israel], April 1: In a statement issued via its Telegram channel, the Lebanese group Hezbollah has confirmed claims by...

King Charles appears in public at Easter Sunday...
London [UK], April 1: King Charles has greeted well-wishers in his first major public appearance since being diagnosed with cancer.

Polls close in Turkey amid race for control...
Ankara [Turkey], April 1: Polling stations closed across Turkey on Sunday for municipal elections, election board chair Ahmet Yener told...

Taliban say US citizens detained for breaching Afghan...
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 1: The Taliban government chief spokesman confirmed on Sunday that some American citizens are being held in...

UN secretary general condemns drone attack on UNIFIL...
Beirut [Lebanon], April 1: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has condemned an explosion in Lebanon in which three UN observers and...

Russia targets Ukrainian power grid as Zelensky calls...
Kiev [Ukraine], April 1: President Volodymyr Zelensky called in an Easter Sunday message for Ukrainians to defend themselves against Russian...

British military conducts third aid airdrop over Gaza...
Gaza [Palestine], April 1: UK Defence Secretary Grant Shapps has said the British air force has conducted its third airdrop...

Türkiye's opposition takes election lead in key cities
Ankara [Turkey], April 1: Türkiye's main opposition, the Republican People's Party (CHP), led in local elections in key cities, including...

Somalia receives 1.4 mln doses of oral cholera...
Mogadishu [Somalia], April 1: Somalia has received 1.4 million vials of the oral cholera vaccine worth 2.5 million U.S. dollars...

OpenAI is 'afraid' of the voice cloning tool...
San Francisco [US], April 1: The tool named Voice Engine was first developed in 2022 and the first version was...

Chinese warships reappeared at the Cambodian naval base
Beijing [China], April 1: The Chinese Navy is said to be present at Cambodia's Ream Naval Base at least twice...

Bulgaria, Romania take first steps into EU visa-free...
Sofia [Bulgaria], April 1: Bulgaria and Romania joined Europe's vast Schengen area of free movement on Sunday, opening up travel...

Russia arrests three in Dagestan anti-terror operation
Moscow [Russia], April 1: Russian authorities on Sunday arrested three people in the North Caucasus republic of Dagestan on charges...

Netanyahu to undergo hernia surgery
Jerusalem [Israel], April 1: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will undergo surgery on Sunday for a hernia, his office said,...

Pope Francis, in Easter address, calls for Gaza...
Gaza [Palestine], April 1: Pope Francis called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and the release of all Israeli hostages...

UAE secured 44.1 % of Japan's crude oil...
Tokyo [Japan], April 1: The UAE secured 44.1 percent, namely 31.3 million barrels, of Japan's crude oil needs in February...

Abrahamic Family House honours winners of Ahmed El-Tayeb...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], April 1: The Abrahamic Family House in Abu Dhabi hosted an awards ceremony on Saturday to honour...

Germany's Easter marchers demand end to fighting in...
Berlin [Germany], March 31: Thousands of people across Germany on Saturday joined the country's traditional Easter marches that emerged from...

52 killed in Zionist strikes on Hezbollah in...
Beirut [Lebanon], March 31: The death toll in Zionist air strikes on Syria has risen to 52, including 38 government...

Japanese health officials search food supplement firm after...
Tokyo [Japan], March 31: Japanese health authorities have searched a factory operated by the Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Company in Osaka following...

Nine arrested in Tajikistan after Moscow concert hall...
Moscow [Russia], March 31: Nine people have been arrested in the Central Asian republic of Tajikistan one week after a...

UN observers wounded in south Lebanon explosion
Beirut [Lebanon], March 31: Three United Nations observers and one translator were wounded while patrolling the border in southern Lebanon...

Palestinian Foreign Ministry slams US for new weapons...
Ramallah [Palestine], March 31: The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has criticised the US after reports that it agreed to...

Climate change is slowing heat waves, prolonging misery
Washington [US], March 31: Climate change is causing heat waves to slow to a crawl, exposing humans to extreme temperatures...