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Europe swelters under deadly 'Omega' heatwave

Europe swelters under deadly 'Omega' heatwave

London [UK], June 25: Western Europe was in the grip of a heatwave on Wednesday that claimed dozens of lives,...

Secretary Rubio tries to reassure Gulf allies on US-Iran deal details

Secretary Rubio tries to reassure Gulf allies on...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], June 25: United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio was on the second day of a visit...

First ships pass through Hormuz under UN evacuation scheme

First ships pass through Hormuz under UN evacuation...

London [UK], June 25: The first ships have passed through the Strait of Hormuz under a UN-backed operation to evacuate...

No need for panic, says WHO after first Ebola case detected in France

No need for panic, says WHO after first...

Geneva [Switzerland], June 25: The World Health Organization (WHO) is not raising its risk assessment for Ebola, despite the first...

Italy rebukes NATO chief Rutte over remarks on US use of military bases

Italy rebukes NATO chief Rutte over remarks on...

Rome [Italy], June 25: Comments by NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte about the use of US military bases in Italy...

Iran contradicts IAEA's Rafael Grossi on access for nuclear inspectors

Iran contradicts IAEA's Rafael Grossi on access for...

Tokyo [Japan] / Tehran [Iran], June 25: There is confusion over whether inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)...

Trump's Board of Peace for Gaza to hold two-day meeting in Cyprus

Trump's Board of Peace for Gaza to hold...

Athens [Greece], June 25: The Board of Peace established by US President Donald Trump is due to meet on the...

Germany, France, UK express concern over China's activities off Taiwan

Germany, France, UK express concern over China's activities...

Taipei [Taiwan], June 25: Germany, France and the United Kingdom on Wednesday jointly expressed concern over recent Chinese activities off...

UN inquiry finds Israel deliberately targeted Palestinian children in Gaza

UN inquiry finds Israel deliberately targeted Palestinian children...

Gaza [Palestine], June 24: Israeli authorities and security forces deliberately targeted Palestinian children , resulting ​in genocide, crimes against...

US Senate votes to halt Iran war in latest rebuke of Trump

US Senate votes to halt Iran war in...

New York [US], June 24: The U.S. Senate backed legislation on Tuesday directing President Donald Trump to halt U.S. military...

Trump allies defend him to Israelis anxious over Iran deal

Trump allies defend him to Israelis anxious over...

New York [US], June 24: American allies of President Donald Trump this week defended him to an Israeli public anxious...

NATO is preparing for war against Russia, says Putin

NATO is preparing for war against Russia, says...

Moscow [Russia], June 24: The West, fronted by NATO, is actively preparing for war against Russia, President Vladimir Putin told...

More killed as Israel says it targets fighters near Nabatiyeh

More killed as Israel says it targets fighters...

Beirut [Lebanon], June 24: Two people were killed and another was wounded after Israeli forces opened fire on the southern...

Eiffel, Louvre shut doors as France swelters in historic heat

Eiffel, Louvre shut doors as France swelters in...

Paris [France], June 24: The Eiffel Tower and the Louvre in Paris closed early for visitors on Tuesday in response...

EU hosts Taliban officials in Brussels for first time since takeover

EU hosts Taliban officials in Brussels for first...

Brussels [Belgium], June 24: The European Commission hosted Taliban representatives in Brussels on Tuesday for the first time since the...

Poland-Ukraine history row escalates

Poland-Ukraine history row escalates

Kiev [Ukraine] / Warsaw [Poland], June 24: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is not expected to travel to a reconstruction conference...

Iran to hold Khamenei burial on July 9, four months after death

Iran to hold Khamenei burial on July 9,...

Tehran [Iran], June 24: The funeral of Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike...

UN maritime agency to evacuate 11,000 seafarers from Middle East

UN maritime agency to evacuate 11,000 seafarers from...

London [UK], June 24: The International Maritime Organization (IMO) will evacuate thousands of sailors from the Middle East following the...

Protests erupt after two young Palestinians shot dead in West Bank

Protests erupt after two young Palestinians shot dead...

Tel Aviv [Israel], June 24: Protests erupted in the occupied West Bank on Monday after the Palestinian Health Ministry reported...

Starmer resigns as UK prime minister, Andy Burnham poised to take over

Starmer resigns as UK prime minister, Andy Burnham...

London [UK], June 24: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced he will resign as prime minister less than two...

US eases sanctions on Iranian oil after 'productive' talks

US eases sanctions on Iranian oil after 'productive'...

Washington [US], June 24: The United States Treasury on Monday announced the temporary easing of sanctions on Iranian oil up...

Music icon Clive Davis dies at 92

Music icon Clive Davis dies at 92

New York [US], June 23: Clive Davis' final public appearance was just weeks before his death.

Spain swelters in first official heatwave of 2026

Spain swelters in first official heatwave of 2026

Madrid [Spain], June 23: Tourists and locals in Madrid struggled to cope with temperatures reaching up to 40 ​degrees Celsius...

Syria has made no progress on Sweida reintegration plan, UN says

Syria has made no progress on Sweida reintegration...

Damascus [Syria], June 23: A United Nations official warned on Monday that efforts to repair divisions and stabilise ​southern Syria...

Youths reach breaking point before seeking counselling

Youths reach breaking point before seeking counselling

New York [US], June 23: Crisis interventions for young people seeking counselling have more than tripled in recent years with...

Ukraine may recalibrate its offer of ceasefire with Russia, envoy tells UN

Ukraine may recalibrate its offer of ceasefire with...

Kiev [Ukraine], June 23: Ukraine may revise its offer to Russia of a ceasefire along the de facto frontline if...

North Korea's Kim says country will exercise its position as nuclear state, KCNA reports​​

North Korea's Kim says country will exercise its...

Pyongyang [North Korea], June 23: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said exercising the country's position as a ​nuclear state...