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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...

Illegal weapons find exposes secret network

Illegal weapons find exposes secret network

Suva [Fiji], April 18: Unauthorized weapons found outside official military inventory have raised fresh national security concerns.

Vakarisi dies after medical emergency during military interview

Vakarisi dies after medical emergency during military interview

Suva [Fiji], April 18: The Republic of Fiji Military Forces Commander Ro Jone Kalouniwai says a man who presented himself...

Czech minister summons Russian envoy

Czech minister summons Russian envoy

Moscow [Russia], April 17: Czech Foreign Minister Petr Macinka summoned the Russian ambassador on Thursday after threats from Moscow against...

We are very close to deal with Iran, says Trump

We are very close to deal with Iran,...

Washington DC [US], April 17: US PresidentDonald Trump says an agreement to end the war with Iran is within reach,...

South African opposition politician Julius Malema jailed for five years

South African opposition politician Julius Malema jailed for...

Johannesburg, April 17: The leader of South Africa's opposition party, Julius Malema, has been sentenced to five years in prison...

Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi in critical condition: Brother

Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi in...

Tehran [Iran], April 17: Imprisoned Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi is in critical condition following a heart...

Lebanese army urges caution ahead of ceasefire

Lebanese army urges caution ahead of ceasefire

Washington DC [US], April 17: The Lebanese army on Thursday urged residents to wait until a ceasefire agreed between the...

No date set for US-Iran talks, as Pakistan pushes to keep diplomacy alive

No date set for US-Iran talks, as Pakistan...

Iran [Tehran], April 17: Pakistan's Foreign Ministry on Thursday confirmed that the United States and Iran were in discussions -...

Donald Trump's stance on Powell raises concerns over central bank autonomy

Donald Trump's stance on Powell raises concerns over...

New York [US], April 16: Federal prosecutors made an unannounced visit this week to a construction site at Federal Reserve...

Nine killed in second Turkiye school shooting in 24 hours

Nine killed in second Turkiye school shooting in...

Istanbul [Turkey], April 16: Nine people were killed in a school shooting in south-eastern Turkiye on Wednesday, Interior Minister Mustafa...

Russia and Azerbaijan settle row over plane crash

Russia and Azerbaijan settle row over plane crash

Moscow [Russia], April 16: Russia and Azerbaijan have reached "an appropriate settlement of the consequences, including the issue of payment...

US military kills four men in strike on suspected drug-smuggling boat

US military kills four men in strike on...

Washington DC [US], April 16: The US military killed four men in a strike on a suspected drug-smuggling vessel in...

US sending 10,000 more troops to Middle East

US sending 10,000 more troops to Middle East

Washington DC [US], April 16: The United States is sending more than 10,000 additional troops to the Middle East before...

US sending 10,000 more troops to Middle East

US sending 10,000 more troops to Middle East

Washington DC [US], April 16: The United States is sending more than 10,000 additional troops to the Middle East before...

Iran says $270bn war loss must be compensated

Iran says $270bn war loss must be compensated

Tehran [Iran], April 16: Iran has demanded that it receive compensation for the destruction caused by the United States and...