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AU expresses concern over deteriorating situation in western Sudan

AU expresses concern over deteriorating situation in western...

Addis Ababa [Africa], April 28: African Union Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat on Friday expressed deep concern over the deteriorating...

19 children killed in suspected measles outbreak in northeastern Nigeria

19 children killed in suspected measles outbreak in...

Abuja [Nigeria], April 28: At least 19 children have been killed so far by a suspected measles outbreak in Nigeria's...

Cambodia urges people to minimize direct exposure to sun with soaring temperature

Cambodia urges people to minimize direct exposure to...

Phnom Penh [Cambodia], April 28: Cambodia's Ministry of Health on Sunday called on people to minimize direct exposure to the...

Australian PM joins mass protests against gendered violence

Australian PM joins mass protests against gendered violence

Canberra [Australia], April 28: Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has joined nationwide protests calling for an end to violence against...

Thousands demonstrating in Madrid want PM Sanchez to stay in office

Thousands demonstrating in Madrid want PM Sanchez to...

Madrid [Spain], April 28: Over 10,000 people demonstrated in Madrid on Saturday in favour of keeping left-wing Prime Minister Pedro...

Tehran condemns sanctions introduced by US, UK, Canada

Tehran condemns sanctions introduced by US, UK, Canada

Tehran [Iran], April 28: Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani has condemned the sanctions imposed by the United States, the...

Thousands rally against violence towards women in Australia

Thousands rally against violence towards women in Australia

Canberra [Australia], April 28: Thousands of Australians rallied against violence towards women on Saturday following April's attack on a Sydney...

Yemen's Houthis damage oil tanker, shoot down US drone

Yemen's Houthis damage oil tanker, shoot down US...

Sanaa [Yemen], April 28: Yemen's Houthis have damaged an oil tanker and downed another MQ-9 Reaper drone of the United...

An upbeat Biden ranges far as trial keeps Trump tied up

An upbeat Biden ranges far as trial keeps...

Washington [US], April 28: Meetings, interviews, fundraising events, official travel: Joe Biden tried this week to be everywhere at once...

King Charles to resume some public duties

King Charles to resume some public duties

London [UK], April 28: British head of state King Charles III will make a limited return to public duties next...

Flash floods kills at least 155 people in Tanzania

Flash floods kills at least 155 people in...

Dodoma [Tanzania], April 28: Flooding in Tanzania has killed 155 people and left at least 236 injured, the country's Prime...

Trump trial tests his campaign strategy of embracing bad publicity

Trump trial tests his campaign strategy of embracing...

New York [US], April 28: Meetings with foreign dignitaries at Trump Tower. A staged visit to a convenience store in...

Ship with 400 tons of food aid destined for Gaza has left Cyprus

Ship with 400 tons of food aid destined...

Nicosia [Cyprus], April 28: A desperately needed shipment of food aid destined for Gaza departed from Cyprus on Saturday, weeks...

Russian missiles pound power plants in central and western Ukraine

Russian missiles pound power plants in central and...

Kyiv [Ukraine], April 28: Russian missiles pounded power facilities in central and western Ukraine on Saturday, increasing pressure on the...

Iraq criminalises same-sex relationships with maximum 15 years in prison

Iraq criminalises same-sex relationships with maximum 15 years...

Baghdad [Iraq], April 28: Iraq's parliament passed a law criminalising same-sex relationships with a maximum 15-year prison sentence on Saturday,...

Police arrest scores of pro-Palestinian protesters on US university campuses

Police arrest scores of pro-Palestinian protesters on US...

Bloomington [US], April 28: Pro-Palestinian protesters were arrested on a handful of U.S. university campuses on Saturday, as activists vowed...

Forbes journalist placed under house arrest for allegedly spreading fake news about Russian army

Forbes journalist placed under house arrest for allegedly...

Moscow [Russia], April 28: A Russian court has placed Forbes journalist Sergey Mingazov under house arrest after he was detained...

EU's medicinal, pharmaceutical products exports reached €277 bn, imports stood at €119 bn in 2023

EU's medicinal, pharmaceutical products exports reached €277 bn,...

Brussels [Belgium], April 28: In 2023, EU exports of medicinal and pharmaceutical products to countries outside the EU went down...

Open Forum Riyadh 2024 to spark debate on global challenges, opportunities

Open Forum Riyadh 2024 to spark debate on...

Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], April 28: The World Economic Forum, together with the Ministry of Economy and Planning of the Kingdom...

UAE President, VPs condole with Saudi King on passing of Prince Mansour bin Badr

UAE President, VPs condole with Saudi King on...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], April 28: President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has sent a cable of condolences...

3 killed after building collapses in north Nigeria

3 killed after building collapses in north Nigeria

Abuja [Nigeria], April 27: At least three people were killed and two others injured after a three-storey building under construction...

Opposing armed groups threaten key W Sudan city, blocking aid delivery to hungry thousands: UN

Opposing armed groups threaten key W Sudan city,...

New York [US], April 27: The maneuvering of opposing armed forces in western Sudan is raising tensions, blocking aid to...

Turkish president, Dutch PM discuss NATO chief candidacy

Turkish president, Dutch PM discuss NATO chief candidacy

Istanbul [Turkey], April 27: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and visiting Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte discussed Rutte's candidacy for...

Slovenia's jobless rate falls to historic low

Slovenia's jobless rate falls to historic low

Ljubljana [Slovenia], April 27: Slovenia's jobless rate fell to a historic low of 3.1 percent in March, down by...

Explosions heard across Ukraine amid missile attacks

Explosions heard across Ukraine amid missile attacks

Kyiv [Ukraine], April 27: Explosions were heard in several Ukrainian regions late on Friday amid Russian missile attacks, local media...

Singaporean authority arrests 67 drug offenders

Singaporean authority arrests 67 drug offenders

Singapore, April 27: Singapore's Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) said Friday it arrested 67 suspected drug offenders, including a 16-year-old female,...

Mongolia launches program to mitigate impacts of climate change on livestock husbandry

Mongolia launches program to mitigate impacts of climate...

Ulan Bator [Mongolia],April 27: Mongolia on Friday launched a national program to mitigate the negative impacts of climate change...