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Renewed fighting in DR Congo as regional powers...
Kinshasa [Democratic Republic of the Congo], March 26: Rwanda-backed M23 rebels and pro-government fighters have clashed in eastern Democratic Republic...

White House plays down leak of Houthi attack...
Washington [US], March 26: The White House on Tuesday played down a growing scandal over a journalist gaining inadvertent access...

Belarus opposition leader calls for Radio Free Europe...
Riga [Latvia], March 26: The Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya has called for US foreign broadcaster Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty...

SpaceX launch blamed for glowing spiral in UK
London [UK], March 26: A large glowing spiral which lit up the skies over the UK on Monday night...

New two-party liberal coalition in Estonia with narrow...
Riga [Latvia], March 26: A government reshuffle in Estonia was completed on Tuesday with the swearing in of five new...

South Korean PM Han Duck-soo reinstated as acting...
Seoul [South Korea], March 25: South Korea's Constitutional Court overturned the impeachment of Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, reinstating the nation's...

Israeli strike on Gaza hospital kills Hamas leader,...
Gaza [Palestine], March 25: An Israeli air strike on a hospital in southern Gaza has killed at least two people,...

Israel building agency to steer Palestinian 'voluntary departure'
Tel Aviv [Israel], March 25: Israel is set to establish a government agency that would oversee the "voluntary departure" of...

Chad condemns Sudan's airport threat as 'declaration of...
N'Djamena [Chad], March 25: Chad has condemned a senior Sudanese general's threat to target its airports, calling it a "declaration...

US deportations to Venezuela resume after dispute
New York [US], March 25: A flight carrying 199 Venezuelans deported from the US to their homeland has landed at...

Paris residents vote in favour of car-free zones...
Paris [France], March 25: Paris residents on Sunday voted in favour of the creation of a car-free zone across huge...

Egypt makes new proposal to restore Gaza truce...
Cairo [Egypt], March 25: Egypt has floated a new proposal aimed at restoring the Gaza ceasefire deal, security sources told...

Putin gave Trump a personal gift: Kremlin
Moscow [Russia], March 25: Russian President Vladimir Putin gave US President Donald Trump an "absolutely personal gift," presenting it to...

150 victims of Germanwings crash in French Alps...
Berlin [Germany], March 25: Relatives of the 150 people killed in a Germanwings airplane crash in the French Alps marked...

Three jailed over plot to smuggle drugs into...
Sydney [Australia], March 25: Three men were sentenced to a combined maximum of more than 15 years in prison for...

Egypt makes new proposal for Gaza truce
Cairo [Egypt], March 25: Egypt has floated a new proposal aimed at restoring the Gaza ceasefire deal, security sources told...

Pope Francis returns to Vatican
Rome [Italy], March 25: After 38 days in hospital battling double pneumonia almost entirely out of sight, Pope Francis made...

Trump pushes US claims to Greenland
Washington DC [US], March 25: President Donald Trump on Monday doubled down on his suggestion that the U.S. should take...

South Korean wildfires spread
Seoul [South Korea], March 25: Deadly wildfires spread further across South Korea on Monday as authorities designated three more counties...

Nazis were treated better than Venezuelans deported by...
Washington DC [US], March 25: A U.S. appeals court judge said on Monday that Nazis were given more rights to...

Erdogan slams protests over jailed Istanbul mayor as...
Ankara [Turkey], March 25: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that protests over the jailing of Istanbul's mayor had...

Ukraine sees Russian effort to sow chaos as...
Moscow [Russia], March 25: A powerful cyberattack knocked out the online ticketing system for Ukraine's state railway service, causing long...

Turkish President Erdogan's main rival jailed
Ankara [Turkey], March 25: The main rival to Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been formally arrested and charged with...

US, Russia wrap up talks on proposed Black...
Moscow [Russia], March 25: U.S. and Russian officials wrapped up day-long talks on Monday focused on a narrow proposal for...

White House mistakenly shares Yemen war plans with...
Washington DC [US], March 25: Top Trump administration officials mistakenly disclosed war plans in a messaging group that included a...

Wildfires force mandatory evacuation order in western North...
Raleigh [North Carolina], March 24: Wildfires in North Carolina have forced an evacuation in one county as emergency crews work...

4 killed, 6 injured, some 1,500 evacuated as...
Seoul [South Korea], March 24: At least four people were killed, six people were injured and some 1,500 people were...