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Top Pacific diplomats to talk on Bougainville independence

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 tomorrow

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 Israel escalates return to war

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 among US deportees

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

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 on Monday

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 system

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

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 US

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 ceasefire

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 department

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 nightclub fire

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

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

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 defended, says British PM Starmer

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

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 ban

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

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 eastern DR Congo

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 people

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 PM

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 fighting in Gaza

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 due to civil war

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

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 blackout setbacks

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 power supply

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 support declines

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...