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Trump and Xi set for second day of talks after Taiwan warning

Trump and Xi set for second day of...

New York [US], May 15: U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping are set to meet on Friday...

OpenAI explores legal options against Apple, source says

OpenAI explores legal options against Apple, source says

New York [US], May 15: Apple's (AAPL.O), opens new tab two-year-old partnership with OpenAI has become strained, with the AI...

Skilled migrants fill key roles in Australian farming sector

Skilled migrants fill key roles in Australian farming...

Canberra [Australia], May 15: Skilled migrants do not take Australian jobs, but fill critical labour shortages, enrich cultural diversity and...

Taliban detains three journalists in Afghanistan, UN says

Taliban detains three journalists in Afghanistan, UN says

Kabul [Afghanistan], May 15: Afghanistan's Taliban government has detained at least three journalists on unspecified charges, the United ​Nations mission...

UAE denies report of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu visit during Iran war

UAE denies report of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu...

Cairo [Egypt], May 15: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Thursday denied reports that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu secretly...

International aid flotilla bound for Gaza sets sail again from Turkiye

International aid flotilla bound for Gaza sets sail...

Istanbul [Turkiye], May 15: Two weeks after being intercepted by the Israeli navy, an international Gaza aid flotilla has again...

Israel and Hezbollah continue to trade attacks ahead of Washington talks

Israel and Hezbollah continue to trade attacks ahead...

Washington [US], May 15: Fighting between Israel and Hezbollah continued on the ground in Lebanon as Israeli and Lebanese officials...

Xi issues warning over Taiwan

Xi issues warning over Taiwan

Beijing [China], May 15: Chinese President Xi Jinping issued a stern warning to the United States not to overstep on...

Yemen gov't, Houthis to release more than 1,600 POWs in 'largest' swap

Yemen gov't, Houthis to release more than 1,600...

Sanaa [Yemen], May 15: Yemen's internationally recognised government and the Houthi group have signed a United Nations-backed agreement in Jordan...

UK's Starmer on the brink as health secretary quits

UK's Starmer on the brink as health secretary...

London [UK], May 15: Wes Streeting quit as Britain's health secretary on Thursday, paving the way for a leadership challenge...

Turkiye detains over 300 Islamic State suspects in nationwide raids

Turkiye detains over 300 Islamic State suspects in...

Istanbul [Turkey], May 14: Turkish police detained more than 300 suspected Islamic State extremists in coordinated raids across 47 provinces,...

Climbers clear path to Everest summit past giant chunk of ice

Climbers clear path to Everest summit past giant...

Kathmandu [Nepal], May 14: An elite team of Nepali climbers have managed to clear a way to the summit of...

12 killed in Israeli drone strikes on Lebanon highway

12 killed in Israeli drone strikes on Lebanon...

Beirut [Lebanon], May 14: Three Israeli drone strikes on cars on a major highway linking Beirut to southern Lebanon have...

Gunshots ring out at Philippine Senate

Gunshots ring out at Philippine Senate

Manila [Philippine], May 14: Gunshots rang out at the Philippine Senate on Wednesday where a legislator and former police chief...

UN urges probes into Nigeria, Chad air attacks

UN urges probes into Nigeria, Chad air attacks

New York [US], May 14: The United Nations human rights chief has demanded independent investigations into reports that separate air...

IRGC targeted island earlier, says Kuwait

IRGC targeted island earlier, says Kuwait

Cairo [Egypt], May 13: Kuwait on Tuesday accused the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) being behind a failed attack on...

Iraq militia sweeps southern desert after report of alleged Israeli outpost

Iraq militia sweeps southern desert after report of...

Baghdad [Iraq], May 13: Iraq's Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), a pro-Iranian militia also known as Hashd Shaabi, said on...

Rehabilitation equipment for Gaza stuck at border for over one year, says WHO

Rehabilitation equipment for Gaza stuck at border for...

Geneva [Switzerland], May 13: New estimates from the World Health Organization (WHO) indicate that 43,000 people in the Gaza Strip...

EU Commission invites Taliban officials to Brussels for talks on deportations

EU Commission invites Taliban officials to Brussels for...

Brussels [Belgium], May 13: The European Commission has invited representatives from Afghanistan to Brussels for talks on deporting Afghan nationals...

Russia, Ukraine resume drone strikes after ceasefire expires

Russia, Ukraine resume drone strikes after ceasefire expires

Moscow [Russia], May 13: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky blamed Russia for the resumption of fighting following the expiry of a...

Israeli settler attacks threaten survival of Palestinian kids, young people: UNICEF

Israeli settler attacks threaten survival of Palestinian kids,...

Geneva [Switzerland], May 13: Unprecedented violence by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank is increasingly undermining the safety and...

Pentagon raises Iran war cost estimate to $29 bn

Pentagon raises Iran war cost estimate to $29...

Washington DC [US], May 13: The Pentagon updated its estimate for the costs of the Iran war by several billion...

UK PM Starmer vows to prove 'doubters' wrong after mauling

UK PM Starmer vows to prove 'doubters' wrong...

London [UK], May 13: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer vowed to prove his doubters wrong as a former minister backed...

Philippine Congress impeaches VP Sara Duterte for second time

Philippine Congress impeaches VP Sara Duterte for second...

Mindanao [Philippine], May 12: The Philippine House of Representatives has voted overwhelmingly to impeach Vice President Sara Duterte for the...

Polish, Moldovan prisoners released from Belarus and Russia: Trump

Polish, Moldovan prisoners released from Belarus and Russia:...

Washington DC [US], May 12: US President Donald Trump on Sunday said five prisoners from Poland and Moldova had been...

US to negotiate with China in S Korea

US to negotiate with China in S Korea

Beijing [China], May 12: Representatives from China and the US are set to meet for a round of negotiations to...

Gaza genocide death toll rises to 72,740 as Israeli assault continues: Ministry

Gaza genocide death toll rises to 72,740 as...

Gaza City [Gaza], May 12: The Health Ministry in Gaza has released the latest casualty figures in Israel's genocidal war...