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Russian, Ukrainian infrastructure damaged in drone, missile attacks
Moscow [Russia], February 4: Russia and Ukraine damaged each other's infrastructure during night-time drone and missile attacks, officials said on...

US Secretary of State Blinken set for fifth...
Washington [US], February 4: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is once again expected to attend crisis talks in the...

Michelle O'Neill becomes first Irish republican leader of...
London [UK], February 4: Sinn Fein's Michelle O'Neill, who made history on Saturday as the first leader of Northern Ireland...

UNICEF says 17,000 children in Gaza Strip without...
Tel Aviv [Israel], February 4: Around 17,000 Palestinian children and young people are living in the Gaza Strip without their...

Hamas demands release of 3,000 Palestinian prisoners held...
Tel Aviv [Israel], February 4: Hamas has demanded that Israel release 3,000 Palestinian prisoners during their indirect talks on a...

Australia sweats through heatwave, bushfire risk rated 'extreme'
Sydney [Australia], February 4: Large swaths of Australia on Sunday sweltered through a heatwave as authorities warned of elevated bushfire...

Biden wins South Carolina Democratic primary, Edison predicts
Washington [US], February 4: U.S. President Joe Biden on Saturday won the South Carolina Democratic primary - the first officially...

Australia PM says government 'examining' claims against UN...
Sydney [Australia], February 5: Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Sunday his government was probing claims that some staff...

U.S. launches strikes in Iraq, Syria, nearly 40...
Washington [US], February 4: The United States launched airstrikes in Iraq and Syria against more than 85 targets linked to...

Namibia grapples with worsening food security amid drought,...
Windhoek [Namibia], February 3: Namibia is grappling with a deepening household food security crisis, as revealed by the latest Agricultural...

Ethiopia reports 328,881 new malaria cases since Jan....
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], February 3: Malaria cases are surging in Ethiopia with 328,881 new cases reported since the beginning of...

61 cholera cases reported in NW Tazania
Sengerema [Tanzania], February 3: At least 61 people have been diagnosed with cholera in three days in Sengerema district in...

Maltese farmers take to streets to support fellow...
Valletta (Malta), February 3: Hundreds of Maltese farmers took to the streets on Friday in solidarity with their fellow European...

Ukrainian, Kazakh presidents hold phone talks on ties
Kyiv [Ukraine], February 3: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky held a phone conversation with his Kazakh counterpart Kassym-Jomart Tokayev to discuss...

EU countries unanimously endorse landmark AI legislation
Brussels [Belgium], February 3: The 27 member states of the European Union (EU) on Friday unanimously endorsed the bloc's landmark...

IMF chief says global economy shows positive momentum,...
Washington [US], February 3: Kristalina Georgieva, managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), said Thursday that although the IMF...

DPRK conducts cruise missile and anti-aircraft missile test
Seoul [South Korea], February 3: The Missile Administration of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) conducted a cruise missile...

Cambodia, Thailand vow to curb air pollution
Phnom Penh [Cambodia], February 3: Cambodia and Thailand have vowed to prevent smog and other pollutants in the environment, aiming...

Australian police seize 14.7-mln-USD worth of cocaine in...
Sydney [Australia], February 3: Australia's New South Wales Police Force said on Saturday that 15 kg of cocaine, with an...

Iraq warns after a new US attack targeting...
Baghdad [Iraq], February 3: The Iraqi side reacted strongly after a new US retaliatory attack against pro-Iranian armed groups in...

Survived 11 days in the Pacific Ocean thanks...
Bogota [Colombia], February 3: The Colombian Navy said on February 2 that it rescued three Panamanians who had been floating...

Japan's message for Donald Trump: don't cut a...
Tokyo [Japan], February 3: Japan, America's closest ally in Asia, has been trying to send a message to U.S. presidential...

US carries out strikes in Iraq and Syria...
Washington [US], February 3: The U.S. military launched airstrikes on Friday in Iraq and Syria against more than 85 targets...

Malaysia: Over 100 Rohingya flee migrant detention center
Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], February 3: A group of over 100 migrants, mostly Rohingya, fled an immigration center in Malaysia late...

Germany: Public transport workers launch nationwide strike
Berlin [Germany], February 3: Local public transport workers in Germany began a fresh 24-hour strike early Friday, posing a nightmare...

FAO Food Price Index down again in January
Rome [Italy], February 3: The benchmark for world food commodity prices fell further in January, albeit slightly, led by decreases...

Jawaher Al Qasimi launches 7th edition of Arab...
Sharjah [UAE], February 3: H.H. Sheikha Jawaher bint Mohammad Al Qasimi, Wife of His Highness the Ruler of Sharjah,...