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City bus lands in Seine near Paris as trainee driver makes steering mistake

City bus lands in Seine near Paris as...

Paris [France], May 2: A trainee driver learning to operate a city bus in a Paris suburb plunged the vehicle...

Iran threatens painful response if US renews attacks

Iran threatens painful response if US renews attacks

Tehran [Iran], May 2: Iran said on Thursday it would respond with "long and painful strikes" on U.S. positions if...

UK terror threat level raised to severe after two Jewish men stabbed

UK terror threat level raised to severe after...

London [UK], May 2: The UK terrorism threat level has been raised to "severe" following the Golders Green stabbings of...

Detained Gaza flotilla activists to be taken to Greece: Israel

Detained Gaza flotilla activists to be taken to...

Tel Aviv [Israel], May 2: Israel on Thursday said that dozens of activists intercepted by the Israeli military from a...

US pioneering gene researcher Venter dies

US pioneering gene researcher Venter dies

Los Angeles [US], May 2: US gene research pioneer Craig Venter, 79, died on Wednesday, the J Craig Venter Institute...

US indicts Sinaloa governor, 9 others over Mexican drug cartel links

US indicts Sinaloa governor, 9 others over Mexican...

Washington [US], May 2: Ten former and current Mexican officials were indicted in absentia on charges of drug trafficking and...

Putin, Trump discuss possible temporary ceasefire in Ukraine

Putin, Trump discuss possible temporary ceasefire in Ukraine

Moscow [Russia] / Washington [US] / Kiev [Ukraine], May 2: Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump discussed...

King Charles, Camilla bid formal farewell to Trump and Melania

King Charles, Camilla bid formal farewell to Trump...

London [UK], May 2: The British King and Queen have said farewell to the US president and first lady as...

Largest US aircraft carrier to depart Middle East

Largest US aircraft carrier to depart Middle East

Washington [US], May 1: The US Navy's largest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R Ford, is expected to leave the...

UK terror threat level raised to severe after two Jewish men stabbed

UK terror threat level raised to severe after...

London [UK], May 1: The UK terrorism threat level has been raised to "severe" following the Golders Green stabbings of...

Trump hits back again at German Chancellor Merz over Iran war criticism

Trump hits back again at German Chancellor Merz...

Washington [US], May 1: US President Donald Trump took aim at German Chancellor Friedrich Merz again on Thursday over his...

New York Mayor Mamdani urges UK king to return Koh-i-Noor diamond to India

New York Mayor Mamdani urges UK king to...

New York [US], May 1: New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani suggested that Britain should return one of its crown jewels...

Israeli strikes in Lebanon kill 27; Hezbollah attacks IDF

Israeli strikes in Lebanon kill 27; Hezbollah attacks...

Beirut [Lebanon] / Tel Aviv [Israel], May 1: Twnety-seven people were killed in Israeli attacks in Lebanon, including two minors...

Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi's sentence reduced

Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi's sentence reduced

Naypyidaw [Myanmar], May 1: Myanmar President Min Aung Hlaing has cut all prisoners' sentences by one-sixth, a blanket measure that...

Khamenei threatens response to any US attacks

Khamenei threatens response to any US attacks

Tehran [Iran], May 1: Iran's new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, on Thursday, threatened to respond to any further US attacks...

Trump warns Iran to 'get smart' over stalled talks

Trump warns Iran to 'get smart' over stalled...

Washington DC [US], April 30: United States President Donald Trump has warned Iran must "get smart soon" following a proposal...

US, Latin America countries criticise China's retaliation

US, Latin America countries criticise China's retaliation

Washington DC [US], April 30: Bolivia, Costa Rica, Guyana, Paraguay, Trinidad and Tobago, and the United States have released a...

Future Hungarian PM Magyar has 'highly constructive' meeting with EU

Future Hungarian PM Magyar has 'highly constructive' meeting...

Brussels [Belgium], April 30: Hungary's future prime minister Peter Magyar held talks in Brussels on Wednesday over reforms needed for...

War not a solution to resolve ongoing crisis: Iranian official

War not a solution to resolve ongoing crisis:...

Tehran [Iran], April 30: Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Saeed Khatibzadeh has said war is not a solution to resolve the...

UK expels Russian diplomat, summons ambassador in tit-for-tat move

UK expels Russian diplomat, summons ambassador in tit-for-tat...

Moscow [Russia], April 30: The UK is expelling a Russian diplomat and summoning ambassador Andrey Kelin in a tit-for-tat move...

Ukraine escalates dispute with Israel over grain from occupied areas

Ukraine escalates dispute with Israel over grain from...

Moscow [Russia], April 29: Ukraine has escalated its rhetoric toward Israel in a dispute over alleged shipments of grain from...

UK government to impose restrictions on social media for under-16s

UK government to impose restrictions on social media...

London [UK], April 29: The UK government has said it will introduce "age or functionality restrictions" on social media for...

89-year-old suspect arrested after Athens shooting spree: Authorities

89-year-old suspect arrested after Athens shooting spree: Authorities

Athens [Greece], April 29: An 89-year-old man armed with a hunting rifle opened fire inside a Greek social security office...

Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire continues to crumble

Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire continues to crumble

Tel Aviv [Israel], April 29: Mutual attacks between Israel and the Lebanese Hezbollah militia continue despite an official ceasefire, with...

Amnesty calls for US strike on Yemen to be investigated as war crime

Amnesty calls for US strike on Yemen to...

London [UK], April 29: Amnesty International has called for a United States air strike on a migrant detention centre in...

Gulf leaders meet in Saudi Arabia for first time since start of war on Iran

Gulf leaders meet in Saudi Arabia for first...

Tehran [Iran], April 29: Gulf leaders gathered in Saudi Arabia to discuss a regional crisis triggered by the United States-Israel...

Maldives police raid critical news outlet

Maldives police raid critical news outlet

Male [Maldives], April 29: Police in the Maldives have raided the offices of a critical news outlet and barred its...