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Japan to spend 1.8% of GDP on defence in 2025, 2% target in sight

Japan to spend 1.8% of GDP on defence...

Tokyo [Japan], April 17: Japan's defence spending and related costs for fiscal 2025 are expected to total 9.9 trillion yen...

Temporary tariff pause mitigates trade contraction, but strong downside risks persist: WTO

Temporary tariff pause mitigates trade contraction, but strong...

Geneva [Switzerland], April 17: The volume of world merchandise trade is expected to decline by 0.2% in 2025 under current...

25 killed in Israeli bombing of Gaza Strip

25 killed in Israeli bombing of Gaza Strip

Gaza [Palestine], April 17: Twenty-five Palestinians were martyred, and 39 others were wounded over the past 24 hours as a...

Iran - US disagree over negotiations

Iran - US disagree over negotiations

Tehran [Iran], April 17: This was Mr. Araqchi's answer after US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff called on the Tehran government...

WHO reaches agreement on future pandemic response

WHO reaches agreement on future pandemic response

Geneva [Switzerland], April 17: The agreement outlines measures to prevent future pandemics and strengthen global cooperation, including establishing an access...

Harvard University 'duels' President Trump

Harvard University 'duels' President Trump

Massachusetts [US], April 17: Yesterday (April 16), President Trump threatened to deprive Harvard University of its tax-exempt privileges and...

Israel turns 30% of Gaza into a buffer zone, claims to block aid

Israel turns 30% of Gaza into a buffer...

Gaza [Palestine], April 17: AFP news agency on April 17 quoted the Israeli government as claiming to have used 30%...

North Korea reacts to U.S. sending B-1B bombers to Korean Peninsula

North Korea reacts to U.S. sending B-1B bombers...

Pyongyang [North Korea], April 17: The KCNA news agency reported on April 17 that North Korea criticized the United States...

Israel is about to attack Iran's nuclear facility, Mr. Trump stops?

Israel is about to attack Iran's nuclear facility,...

Jerusalem [Israel], April 17: The New York Times on April 17 quoted US officials and sources familiar with the matter...

Biden slams Trump administration's handling of Social Security Administration in first post presidency speech

Biden slams Trump administration's handling of Social Security...

Chicago [US], April 17: Former US President Joe Biden has criticised the Trump administration's handling of the Social Security Administration,...

Syrian doctors leave Germany to work for free at home

Syrian doctors leave Germany to work for free...

Damascus [Syria], April 17: The 55-year-old from the Syrian city of Hama had open-heart surgery in April, a procedure that...

IAEA chief Grossi meets Iran FM Araghchi, stresses need for nuclear cooperation

IAEA chief Grossi meets Iran FM Araghchi, stresses...

Tehran [Iran], April 17: Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Mariano Grossi, held a meeting with...

China's Xi promises to 'safeguard' Asia amid Trump tariffs

China's Xi promises to 'safeguard' Asia amid Trump...

Beijing [China], April 17: Chinese President Xi Jinping promised more trade cooperation on Wednesday during his ongoing tour of Southeast...

Trump officials could face contempt charges over deportations

Trump officials could face contempt charges over deportations

New York [US], April 17: Trump administration officials could face criminal contempt charges for violating a U.S. federal judge's order...

Ex New York police sergeant sentenced to prison for acting as Chinese agent

Ex New York police sergeant sentenced to prison...

New York [US], April 17: A former New York City police sergeant was sentenced to 1 - 1/2 years in...

California sues Trump administration to block tariffs

California sues Trump administration to block tariffs

New York [US], April 17: California on Wednesday filed a lawsuit seeking to block U.S. President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs...

Pentagon leak probe expands

Pentagon leak probe expands

New York [US], April 17: A Pentagon investigation into leaks of classified and sensitive information has expanded to include two...

Israel will keep Gaza buffer zone

Israel will keep Gaza buffer zone

Gaza [Palestine], April 17: Israeli troops will remain in the buffer zones they have created in Gaza even after any...

Supreme Court backs 'biological' definition of woman

Supreme Court backs 'biological' definition of woman

London [UK], April 17: Judges at the UK Supreme Court have unanimously ruled that a woman is defined by biological...

US senator blocked from visiting wrongly deported Salvadoran man

US senator blocked from visiting wrongly deported Salvadoran...

New York [US], April 17: Democratic U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen said on Wednesday authorities in El Salvador had denied...

Zelensky meets Rutte on Ukrainian, European security

Zelensky meets Rutte on Ukrainian, European security

Kyiv [Ukraine], April 16: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met on Tuesday with visiting North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Secretary General...

BiH adopts revised strategy to eliminate landmine threat

BiH adopts revised strategy to eliminate landmine threat

Sarajevo [Bosnia], April 16: Bosnia and Herzegovina's Council of Ministers adopted a revised Mine Action Strategy for 2025-2027, reaffirming the...

France to recall ambassador, expel 12 Algerian diplomats in reciprocal move

France to recall ambassador, expel 12 Algerian diplomats...

Paris [France], April 16: French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot announced on Tuesday that France will recall its ambassador to Algeria...

Croatian, Polish presidents rule out sending troops to Ukraine

Croatian, Polish presidents rule out sending troops to...

Zagreb [Croatia], April 16: Croatian President Zoran Milanovic and visiting Polish President Andrzej Duda reaffirmed on Tuesday that their countries...

Interview: U.S. auto tariffs threatens job, production in Britain, expert warns

Interview: U.S. auto tariffs threatens job, production in...

Birmingham [Alabama], April 16: The U.S. government's new wave of tariffs on imported vehicles is placing severe pressure on Britain's...

Top Hegseth adviser put on leave in Pentagon leak probe

Top Hegseth adviser put on leave in Pentagon...

Washington DC [US], April 16: One of U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's leading advisers, Dan Caldwell, was escorted from the...

Canadian universities report jump in US applicants as Trump cuts funding

Canadian universities report jump in US applicants as...

Ottawa [Canada], April 16: More students living in the United States are applying to Canadian universities or expressing interest in...