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Top Pacific diplomats to talk on Bougainville independence
Buka [Bougainville], March 22: The Pacific's peak diplomatic bodies have signaled they are ready to engage with Papua New Guinea's...

Heathrow resumes some flights, aiming for full operations...
Washington DC [US], March 22: The first plane lands at Heathrow after a fire at a nearby electrical substation shut...

Hamas studies US 'bridge' proposal for truce as...
Washington DC [US], March 22: Hamas said on Friday it was reviewing a U.S. proposal to restore the Gaza ceasefire...

Venezuela minister says no Tren de Aragua members...
Caracas [Venezuela ], March 22: Venezuela's Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello said on Friday that none of the hundreds of Venezuelans...

Ukraine strikes Russian strategic bomber airfield
Kyiv [Ukraine], March 21: Ukraine struck a major Russian strategic bomber airfield on Thursday with drones, triggering a huge blast...

Zelensky: Ukrainian experts will be in Saudi Arabia...
Kyiv [Ukraine], March 21: Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Thursday Ukrainian experts would be present at upcoming talks involving...

North Korea's Kim oversees test-fire of anti-aircraft missile...
Pyongyang [North Korea], March 21: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw the test-firing of the country's latest anti-aircraft missile...

Columbia up against Trump deadline
New York [US], March 21: A deadline is looming for Columbia University to respond to nine demands on tightening restrictions...

American citizen Glezmann freed by Taliban, returning to...
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 21: The Taliban on Thursday freed an American citizen detained in Afghanistan for over two years following...

Russia says Ukrainian drone attack already violates proposed...
Moscow [Russia], March 21: Russia's foreign ministry said on Thursday that Ukraine had already violated a proposed ceasefire on energy...

President Trump to order dismantling of US education...
Washington [US], March 21: US President Donald Trump was to sign an executive order on Thursday that aimed to dismantle...

Thousands of people mourn victims of North Macedonia...
Skopje [North Macedonia], March 21: Thousands of mourners have flocked to funerals in North Macedonia for the dozens of victims...

Russia appoints negotiators for Monday talks with US
Moscow [Russia], March 21: Russia has selected its negotiators for talks with the US due to be held in Saudi...

Estonia tells Russia it wants stolen buoys
Riga [Latvia], March 21: In its ongoing border dispute with neighbouring Russia, Estonia has once again demanded the return of...

Putin will breach peace deal unless it is...
London [UK], March 21: Russian President Vladimir Putin "will breach" a peace in Ukraine unless any potential deal is defended,...

Zelensky criticizes Hungary on blocking Ukraine's EU entry
Brussels [Belgium], March 21: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday indirectly criticized Hungary's blockade of his country's accession to the...

Turkey opposition calls for more protests, defying Istanbul...
Istanbul [Turkey], March 21: Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) on Thursday called for fresh protests in at least...

China executes four Canadians
New York [US], March 21: Ottawa on Wednesday condemned the execution of four Canadian nationals in China in relation to...

M23 rebels capture key town of Walikale in...
Kinshasa [Democratic Republic of the Congo], March 21: Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have pushed deeper into the eastern Democratic Republic of...

Israeli attacks in Gaza kill at least 110...
Jerusalem [Israel], March 21: Israel's has continued its bombardment of Gaza for a third consecutive day, killing dozens of people...

Ethiopia does not want war with Eritrea, says...
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], March 21: Landlocked Ethiopia has no intention of starting a war with neighbouring Eritrea in order to...

Houthis claim missile launch at Israel amid renewed...
Gaza [Palestine], March 21: The Houthis have launched a hypersonic missile at Israel's Ben Gurion airport, days after the Israeli...

German embassy in Syria reopens after 13-year hiatus...
Damascus [Syria], March 21: Germany on Thursday reopened its embassy in Damascus, more than three months after the ouster of...

Malaysia greenlights new search for missing flight MH370
Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], March 21: The Malaysian government has given final approval for a marine robotics company to renew the...

South African energy minister reassures public amid Eskom's...
Johannesburg [South Africa], March 15: South African Minister of Electricity and Energy Kgosientsho Ramokgopa on Friday reassured the public that...

Roundup: Nigerians lament electricity tariff hike amid poor...
Abuja [Nigeria], March 15: Amid an erratic power supply, electricity consumers across Nigeria have continued to lament the tariff hike,...

Zimbabwe says to increase health funding as external...
Harare [Zimbabwe], March 15: The Zimbabwean government said Friday that it will boost health funding to cover a gap left...