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Iran's Khamenei seeks trusted hardliner to replace Raisi...
Tehran [Iran], May 30: Iran fires the starting gun this week on an election to replace President Ebrahim Raisi.

Nikki Haley writes 'Finish Them' on Israeli artillery...
New York [US], May 30: Republican former presidential contender Nikki Haley wrote "Finish Them!" on an Israeli artillery shell during...

Volcano in Iceland erupts for fifth time since...
Reykjavik [Iceland], May 30: A volcano in southwestern Iceland sent glowing hot lava shooting more than 50 metres into the...

Israel stepped up its attack on Rafah, the...
Tel Aviv [Israel], May 29: After Israeli tanks reached the center of Rafah City, Spain, Ireland and Norway officially recognized...

Mr. Trump 'blocked' the prosecutor's attack in the...
New York [US], May 29: Lawyers for former US President Donald Trump have asked Judge Aileen Cannon to deny...

Another bloody attack in the Rafah refugee area,...
Tel Aviv [Israel], May 29: Gaza officials announced a new airstrike at a refugee camp west of the city of...

Japan successfully built the world's first wooden satellite
Tokyo [Japan], May 29: Japanese researchers on May 28 announced that they had successfully built the world's first wooden satellite,...

What did Kim Jong-un say after North Korea...
Seoul [South Korea], May 29: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un issued a statement after the country's attempt to launch a...

Mr. Putin said Mr. Zelensky was no longer...
Moscow [Russia], May 29: Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Volodymyr Zelensky's presidential term ended last week, so the only...

France and Germany gave Ukraine the green light...
Paris [France], May 29: The leaders of France and Germany announced on May 28 that Ukraine should be allowed to...

China seeks to escape the siege of the...
Beijing [China], May 29: China has just launched a "super huge" support package for chip industry businesses to develop to...

Beijing's freshwater diplomacy
Beijing [China], May 29: The modern diplomatic world has just added a new concept of diplomatic methods: freshwater diplomacy.

Georgian parliament votes to override presidential veto of...
Georgia [US], May 29: Georgia's parliament voted to override a presidential veto of a bill on "foreign agents" that has...

Israel's Rafah operation not a major offensive -...
Tel Aviv [Israel], May 29: The US does not believe Israel has launched a full-scale invasion of Rafah in southern...

Pope issues rare apology over reported homophobic slur
Vatican City [Italy], May 29: Pope Francis, widely quoted as having used a highly derogatory word to describe the LGBT...

Spain, Ireland and Norway recognise Palestinian statehood
Tel Aviv [Israel], May 29: Spain, Ireland and Norway officially recognised a Palestinian state, prompting an angry reaction from Israel,...

Climate change threatens low-lying Caribbean hospitals
Washington [US], May 29: Tens of millions of people living in coastal areas around the Caribbean and Latin America face...

Putin warns West not to let Ukraine use...
Moscow [Russia], May 29: Russian President Vladimir Putin warned the West on Tuesday that NATO members in Europe were playing...

Israeli tanks hit evacuation zone west of Rafah
Tel Aviv [Israel], May 29: Israel's military denied striking a tent camp west of the city of Rafah on Tuesday...

Dubai Media Council launches book titled 'Dubai Media...
Dubai [UAE], May 29: In line with the directives of H.H. Sheikh Ahmed bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Second...

EU ministers adopt new sanctions regime for Russia
Brussels [Belgium], May 28: EU foreign ministers on Monday adopted a new sanctions regime to punish serious human rights violations...

Ukraine, Spain sign historic $1.2bn security agreement
Madrid [Spain], May 28: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Monday signed a bilateral security...

Houthis attack three ships, two US destroyers
Sanaa [Yemen], May 28: Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis have said they launched attacks on three ships in the Indian Ocean and...

Gaza's al-Aqsa Hospital faces imminent shutdown
Gaza border [Israel], May 28: Gaza's Government Media Office has said in a statement that Deir el-Balah's al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital...

NATO disagrees over '100 billion euro plan' for...
Kyiv [Ukraine], May 28: Politico newspaper reported on May 26 that members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization ( NATO...

Egyptian soldier killed in gunfight with Israel in...
Cairo [Egypt], May 28: Israeli and Egyptian forces exchanged gunfire near the city of Rafah in the Gaza Strip on...

Low expectations after the China - Japan -...
Seoul [South Korea], May 28: Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio and Chinese Premier Li...