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Houthis threaten to close key waterway amid escalating rhetoric

Houthis threaten to close key waterway amid escalating...

Cairo [Egypt], April 20: Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi rebels have threatened to close the Bab Al-Mandab Strait off Yemen, a crucial...

Iran rejects second round of talks with US

Iran rejects second round of talks with US

Tehran [Iran], April 20: Iran's leadership opposes holding a second round of talks with the US, state media reported on...

Qatari Prime Minister, Dutch Foreign Minister discuss regional developments

Qatari Prime Minister, Dutch Foreign Minister discuss regional...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], April 20: Qatari Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani...

Overshadowed by Iran, Gaza stuck between war and peace

Overshadowed by Iran, Gaza stuck between war and...

Gaza Strip [Palestine], April 19: Efforts to broker a stable ceasefire in the Gaza Strip between Hamas and Israel have...

Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei hails Army on Farvardin 29

Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei hails Army on...

Tehran [Iran], April 19: Marking his first Army Day since ascending to the leadership, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei...

Rutte dismisses speculation about US leaving NATO

Rutte dismisses speculation about US leaving NATO

Brussels [Belgium], April 19: NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has rejected speculation that the US is ending its membership in...

Hormuz 'safety valve' snaps shut: Iran reimposes blockade, fires on tankers

Hormuz 'safety valve' snaps shut: Iran reimposes blockade,...

Tehran [Iran], April 19: The global hope for a stable energy corridor was short-lived as Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)...

United Airlines flight diverted to Pittsburgh over possible security issue; passengers evacuate via emergency slides

United Airlines flight diverted to Pittsburgh over possible...

Pittsburgh [US], April 19: A United Airlines flight en route from Chicago to New York City was forced to make...

'Unconditional transit' in Hormuz is 'fiction' that 'sailed' after US-Israeli 'aggression': Iran slams EU

'Unconditional transit' in Hormuz is 'fiction' that 'sailed'...

Tehran [Iran], April 19: Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei on Friday (local time) strongly criticised the European Union's stance...

Iran war: Tehran says 'progress' made in talks with US

Iran war: Tehran says 'progress' made in talks...

Tehran [Iran], April 19: Speaker of the Iranian parliament, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, said that there has been "progress" in talks...

Bodies of 50 babies, 6 adults found in Trinidad and Tobago

Bodies of 50 babies, 6 adults found in...

Port of Spain [Trinidad and Tobago], April 19: Police in Trinidad and Tobago discovered the remains of at least 50...

Trump signs executive order to speed up review of handful of psychedelic drugs

Trump signs executive order to speed up review...

Washington [US], April 19: United States President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to speed up the review of...

Mexico arrests Hungarian drug trafficker

Mexico arrests Hungarian drug trafficker

Mexico City [Mexico], April 19: Security forces in the Mexican resort city of Cancun have arrested one of Europe's most...

Pope Leo to keep preaching peace, says 'not in my interest' to debate Trump

Pope Leo to keep preaching peace, says 'not...

Luanda [Angola], April 19: Pope Leo XIV on Saturday sought to ease tensions with US President Donald Trump, saying some...

At least 6 killed in Kiev as gunman opens fire and takes hostages

At least 6 killed in Kiev as gunman...

Kiev [Ukraine] / Moscow [Russia], April 19: At least six people have been killed and others injured after a person...

Venezuela's opposition leader Machado defends giving Nobel medal to Trump

Venezuela's opposition leader Machado defends giving Nobel medal...

Madrid [Spain], April 19: Venezuela's main opposition leader Maria Corina Machado says she has "no regrets" about giving US President...

Fifteen South American people deported from US arrive in DR Congo

Fifteen South American people deported from US arrive...

Kinshasa [Democratic Republic of Congo], April 19: Fifteen people who were deported from the United States arrived in the Democratic...

Thousands demonstrate in Germany against government's energy policy

Thousands demonstrate in Germany against government's energy policy

Berlin [Germany], April 19: Thousands of people took to the streets in Germany on Saturday to protest the government's energy...

More than 38,000 women, girls killed in Gaza since October 2023, says UN

More than 38,000 women, girls killed in Gaza...

Geneva [Switzerland], April 19: Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip killed more than 38,000 women and girls between October 2023...

Iran can't blackmail us: Trump

Iran can't blackmail us: Trump

Washington [US], April 19: US President Donald Trump said he is not letting Iran's blockade of the Strait of Hormuz...

French soldier serving with UNIFIL killed in Lebanon attack

French soldier serving with UNIFIL killed in Lebanon...

Beirut [Lebanon], April 19: A French soldier serving with the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Lebanon has been killed, and...

US confirms handover of bases in Syria

US confirms handover of bases in Syria

Damascus [Syria] / Washington [US], April 19: The US military has completed the handover of all major bases in Syria,...

Displaced people in Lebanon continue to return to homes

Displaced people in Lebanon continue to return to...

Beirut [Lebanon], April 19: Displaced residents in Lebanon were continuing to return to their homes on Saturday following the current...

Calls for exploration of alternative sugarcane products

Calls for exploration of alternative sugarcane products

Suva [Fiji], April 18: There are growing calls to explore alternative products from sugarcane to boost the industry's value.

RBF and ministry boost climate insurance protection for vulnerable families

RBF and ministry boost climate insurance protection for...

Suva [Fiji], April 18: Fiji has taken a major step to strengthen financial protection for vulnerable households, with the Reserve...

Outsourcing Sector targets GDP growth and 15,000 jobs by 2030

Outsourcing Sector targets GDP growth and 15,000 jobs...

Suva [Fiji], April 18: Fiji's outsourcing sector is setting its sights on becoming a major driver of the national economy,...

Ditoka in Singapore, Fiji rules out wage increase

Ditoka in Singapore, Fiji rules out wage increase

Suva [Fiji], April 18: Minister for Foreign Affairs Sakiasi Ditoka is currently in Singapore holding talks to secure fuel supply...