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UAE condemns attack on UNIFIL convoy in Lebanon

UAE condemns attack on UNIFIL convoy in Lebanon

Abu Dhabi [UAE], February 16: The United Arab Emirates has strongly condemned the attack that set fire to a convoy...

ADNEC Group prepares for largest edition of IDEX & NAVDEX

ADNEC Group prepares for largest edition of IDEX...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], February 16: ADNEC Group has announced that preparations are well underway for what the forthcoming International Defence...

Hamas says it won't govern Gaza in next phase: Informed Source

Hamas says it won't govern Gaza in next...

Cairo [Egypt], February 16: An informed source on the ceasefire negotiations in Gaza stated that Hamas has confirmed it...

Kenya's mpox cases rise to 41

Kenya's mpox cases rise to 41

Nairobi [Kenya], February 15: Kenya has confirmed 41 cases of mpox across 12 counties, with one fatality reported since the...

Feature: Namibian farmers tune into radio for climate resilience amid changing weather patterns

Feature: Namibian farmers tune into radio for climate...

Windhoek [Namibia], February 15: Climate change has brought unpredictable weather patterns to many parts of Namibia, leaving farmers struggling to...

Sudan famine camp attacks alarm UN humanitarians

Sudan famine camp attacks alarm UN humanitarians

Washington DC [US], February 15: An escalation of fighting in and around a displaced people camp in western Sudan where...

Cape Verde invests 5.4 mln USD in rural projects with focus on women

Cape Verde invests 5.4 mln USD in rural...

Praia [Cape Verde], February 15: The government of Cape Verde on Friday launched a new phase of the Rural Socio-Economic...

Explainer: What to know about Munich Security Conference?

Explainer: What to know about Munich Security Conference?

Munich [Germany], February 15: The 61st edition of the Munich Security Conference (MSC) kicked off its three-day gathering on Friday.

Elementary school in southern BiH suspends classes over bomb threat

Elementary school in southern BiH suspends classes over...

Sarajevo [Bosnia and Herzegovina], February 15: An elementary school in Mostar, southern Bosnia and Herzegovina, suspended classes on Friday following...

Slovak economy rises by 2 pct in 2024: statistics office

Slovak economy rises by 2 pct in 2024:...

Bratislava [Slovakia], February 15: Slovakia's gross domestic product (GDP) increased by 2 percent in 2024, up from 1.4 percent the...

Heavy snowfall disrupts traffic in northern BiH

Heavy snowfall disrupts traffic in northern BiH

Sarajevo [Bosnia and Herzegovina], February 15: Heavy snowfall has disrupted traffic in northern Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), particularly in the...

Latvia's births drop 13.2 pct in 2024

Latvia's births drop 13.2 pct in 2024

Riga [Latvia], February 15: Latvia's birth rate continued to decline in 2024, reaching record lows each month, the national...

Zelensky says Ukraine ready to move toward peace after meeting with Vance

Zelensky says Ukraine ready to move toward peace...

Kyiv [Ukraine], February 15: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Ukraine stands ready to move towards peace following his meeting...

Italian prosecutors open tax fraud case against Amazon: media

Italian prosecutors open tax fraud case against Amazon:...

Rome [Italy], February 15: Italian prosecutors have launched a tax fraud investigation into retail giant Amazon, alleging the company evaded...

Trump slams India's high tariffs, vows to charge reciprocal levies

Trump slams India's high tariffs, vows to charge...

Olympia [Washington] (US), February 15: U.S. President Donald Trump criticized on Thursday India's high tariffs, vowing that the United States...

U.S. retails sales drop by 0.9 pct in January after strong holiday spending

U.S. retails sales drop by 0.9 pct in...

Olympia [Washington] (US), February 15: U.S. retail sales fell by 0.9 percent in January after a strong holiday spending, the...

U.S. CDC to cut one-tenth of workforce

U.S. CDC to cut one-tenth of workforce

Los Angeles [California] (US), February 15: Nearly 1,300 employees at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) --...

6.0-magnitude quake hits 6 km NNE of Metahāra, Ethiopia: USGS

6.0-magnitude quake hits 6 km NNE of Metahāra,...

Albany [New York] (US), February 15: An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 jolted 6 km NNE of Metahāra, Ethiopia...

Investigators say Black Hawk crew might not have heard tower instructions before collision with passenger jet

Investigators say Black Hawk crew might not have...

Olympia [Washington] (US), February 15: The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said Friday that the Army Black Hawk helicopter's...

U.S. stocks close mixed as retail sales decline

U.S. stocks close mixed as retail sales decline

Albany [New York] (USA) , February 15: U.S. stocks ended mixed on Friday after hitting near-record highs the previous day,...

Number of active U.S. drilling rigs up this week

Number of active U.S. drilling rigs up this...

Houston [Texas], February 15: The number of active drilling rigs in the United States stands at 588 this week, up...

US IRS prepares to lay off thousands of workers, sources say

US IRS prepares to lay off thousands of...

Washington DC [US], February 15: The U.S. Internal Revenue Service is preparing to fire thousands of workers in the coming...

Elon Musk's tactics frustrate some White House senior officials

Elon Musk's tactics frustrate some White House senior...

Washington DC [US], February 15: As tech billionaire Elon Musk expands his influence over more than a dozen U.S. federal...

Protest action shuts down air traffic in Belgium

Protest action shuts down air traffic in Belgium

Brussels [Belgium], February 14: A nationwide protest involving tens of thousands of demonstrators against the new government brought air traffic...

NATO chief responds cautiously to Trump's Ukraine course

NATO chief responds cautiously to Trump's Ukraine course

Brussels [Belgium], February 14: NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte reacted cautiously on Thursday to US President Donald Trump's announcement of...

Hundreds of foreigners freed from Myanmar's scam centres

Hundreds of foreigners freed from Myanmar's scam centres

Bangkok [Thailand], February 14: More than 250 people from 20 nationalities who had been working in telecom fraud centres in...

EU Parliament rejects Georgia's ruling party legitimacy, demands new elections

EU Parliament rejects Georgia's ruling party legitimacy, demands...

Brussels [Belgium], February 14: The European Parliament on Thursday overwhelmingly adopted a resolution that rejected the legitimacy of "Georgia's self-proclaimed...