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South Korea says US cancelled upcoming joint marine exercises over Iran war

South Korea says US cancelled upcoming joint marine...

Seoul [South Korea], August 25: South Korea says the United States has cancelled a large joint amphibious landing exercise scheduled...

Ebola cases in DRC hit 5,515 as Pope Leo urges global action to save lives

Ebola cases in DRC hit 5,515 as Pope...

The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has reached 5,515 confirmed cases of infection and killed...

Eight, including 2 children, killed in Gaza strikes

Eight, including 2 children, killed in Gaza strikes

Gaza [Israel], August 25: Sources at hospitals in Gaza told Al Jazeera Arabic that Israeli air strikes killed at least...

Iran vows to retaliate after US widens sanctions

Iran vows to retaliate after US widens sanctions

Tehran [Iran], August 25: Iran promised to retaliate against expanded U.S. economic sanctions that the Americans said would cut off...

US unveils 'economic D-Day' of sanctions to isolate Iran

US unveils 'economic D-Day' of sanctions to isolate...

Washington [US], August 25: The U.S. on Monday announced an expansion of secondary sanctions it hopes will "sever every economic...

US removes Syria from terrorism sponsor list

US removes Syria from terrorism sponsor list

Damascus [Syria], August 25: The United States removed Syria from its list of state sponsors of terrorism on Monday, lifting...

Tornado in southern France injures 26 people, damages 100 homes

Tornado in southern France injures 26 people, damages...

Paris [France], August 25: A tornado in the Aude department, southern France, injured at least 26 people and damaged around...

Hungary keeps 7.5% deficit goal while drought, energy costs bite

Hungary keeps 7.5% deficit goal while drought, energy...

Budapest [Hungary], August 25: Hungary's new government promised to clean up the budget. The weather and the energy market are...

S. Korea to develop environmental, ocean observation satellite

S. Korea to develop environmental, ocean observation satellite

Seoul [South Korea], August 25: South Korea will develop a next-generation environmental and ocean observation satellite by 2033 to succeed...

UN reports 47 killed, 22 injured in overnight gang attack near Port-au-Prince

UN reports 47 killed, 22 injured in overnight...

Port-au-Prince [Haiti], August 25: At least 47 people were killed and 22 more injured in an overnight gang raid on...

Landfill collapse in Guinea kills at least 30

Landfill collapse in Guinea kills at least 30

Conakry [Guinea], August 24: A mountainous heap of refuse has collapsed at the largest landfill in Guinea's capital, Conakry, killing...

Spanish villagers return home after wildfires and floods

Spanish villagers return home after wildfires and floods

Madrid [Spain], August 24: Spanish villagers on part of the Mediterranean coast hit by wildfires and flooding were returning home...

Two people dead as Latvia, Lithuania battered by severe summer storms

Two people dead as Latvia, Lithuania battered by...

Riga [Latvia], August 24: Two people have been killed and power supplies were partially disrupted in the Baltics after the...

Kazakhstan holds parliamentary polls expected to cement president's grip

Kazakhstan holds parliamentary polls expected to cement president's...

Almaty [Kazakhstan], August 24: Voters were heading to the polls in Kazakhstan's snap parliamentary election, which critics say will strengthen...

Wartime elections a 'huge risk', could 'destroy' Ukraine: Zelensky

Wartime elections a 'huge risk', could 'destroy' Ukraine:...

Kiev [Ukraine], August 24: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has rejected his ex-defence chief's calls for a wartime election, calling the...

Drones hit two industrial sites in Russia's Orenburg region

Drones hit two industrial sites in Russia's Orenburg...

Moscow [Russia], August 24: The governor of Russia's Orenburg region said on Sunday that two ​industrial facilities were hit by...

Syria foreign minister sees Israel security talks resuming despite no trust

Syria foreign minister sees Israel security talks resuming...

Damascus [Syria], August 24: Syria expects negotiations to resume soon with ​Israel over a security deal it hopes will lead...

Australia confirms first H5N1 bird flu case in local mammal

Australia confirms first H5N1 bird flu case in...

Sydney [Australia], August 24: Australia on Sunday confirmed its first case of H5N1 bird flu in a mammal, with ​the...

'Jeel 71' Programme builds life skills, national values in Emirati children

'Jeel 71' Programme builds life skills, national values...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], August 24: The "Jeel 71" (Generation 71) Programme is actively addressing the rapid transformations in modern childhood...

Thousands evacuated in Nevada as wildfire threatens Reno outskirts

Thousands evacuated in Nevada as wildfire threatens Reno...

Reno (Nevada) [US], August 24: Tens of thousands of people have been evacuated in Nevada as a human-caused wildfire spread...

Over 100 ex-diplomats urge France, UK to sanction Israel over Palestine

Over 100 ex-diplomats urge France, UK to sanction...

Paris [France], August 23: A coalition of 102 former French and British diplomats is calling on their countries to jointly...

Iran grants Iraqi tankers safe Hormuz passage

Iran grants Iraqi tankers safe Hormuz passage

Tehran [Iran], August 23: Iran is granting several oil tankers from neighbouring Iraq passage through the Strait of Hormuz, the...

Laptop catches fire on US flight; passenger treated at airport

Laptop catches fire on US flight; passenger treated...

Texas [US], August 23: One person has received medical treatment after a passenger's laptop caught fire on an American Airlines...

Indonesia bolsters troop numbers to combat Borneo wildfires

Indonesia bolsters troop numbers to combat Borneo wildfires

Jakarta [Indonesia], August 23: The Indonesian government is sending 1,500 more soldiers to Borneo to help tackle wildfires that have...

Child hunger crisis in Somalia deepens, says UNICEF

Child hunger crisis in Somalia deepens, says UNICEF

Mogadishu [Somalia], August 23: Life-threatening malnutrition among children is spiking in Somalia as more than 200 health and nutrition facilities...

Around 1,000 people evacuated due to forest fire in eastern Spain

Around 1,000 people evacuated due to forest fire...

Barcelona [Spain], August 23: Around 1,000 people have been evacuated due to a forest fire in eastern Spain. Buses have...

Trump's 'economic warfare' violates international law: Iran

Trump's 'economic warfare' violates international law: Iran

Tehran [Iran], August 23: Iran said on Saturday that the United States' planned "economic warfare" against Tehran would violate international...