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Turkish, Israeli presidents hold phone talk on ties, regional issues

Turkish, Israeli presidents hold phone talk on ties,...

Ankara [Turkey], July 8: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday held a phone talk with his Israeli counterpart Isaac...

Israel says latest polio spread contained

Israel says latest polio spread contained

Jerusalem [Israel], July 8: The Israeli Ministry of Health on Thursday announced that it has stopped the latest spread of...

Saudi Arabia announces health, security measures for Hajj season

Saudi Arabia announces health, security measures for Hajj...

Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], July 8: Saudi Arabia on Thursday announced comprehensive health and security measures at ritual sites to protect...

Palestinian president meets with Israeli defense minister

Palestinian president meets with Israeli defense minister

Ramallah [Palestine], July 8: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday met with Israeli Minister of Defense Benny Gantz in the...

German Bundestag approves renewable energy expansion

German Bundestag approves renewable energy expansion

Berlin [Germany], July 8: The German Bundestag (lower house of Parliament) on Thursday approved a legislative package to accelerate the...

Germany's labor productivity remains unaffected by pandemic

Germany's labor productivity remains unaffected by pandemic

Berlin [Germany], July 8: Germany's labor productivity in the first quarter of 2022 rose by 0.7 percent year-on-year, the Federal...

Czech Republic backs Croatia's Schengen entry, says PM

Czech Republic backs Croatia's Schengen entry, says PM

Prague [Czech Republic], July 8: The Czech Republic supports Croatia's accession to the Schengen area, the borderless zone of the...

MEPs urge EU to include abortion in Charter of Fundamental Rights

MEPs urge EU to include abortion in Charter...

Brussels [Belgium], July 8: Members of the European Parliament on Thursday voted in favor of a resolution to add the...

Death toll from Italian glacier collapse rises to at least 10

Death toll from Italian glacier collapse rises to...

Rome [Italy], July 8: The number of deaths caused by a powerful landslide triggered by a melting glacier in northern...

EMA sees new COVID-19 wave in many EU countries

EMA sees new COVID-19 wave in many EU...

The Hague [Netherlands], July 8: Europe is facing a new wave of COVID-19 driven by the highly-transmissible BA.4 and...

Hungary, China resume regular passenger flights

Hungary, China resume regular passenger flights

Budapest [Hungary], July 8: A direct flight from Beijing landed at Budapest's Ferenc Liszt International Airport Thursday, marking the...

Peace negotiations between Russia, Ukraine to get more difficult with time: Putin

Peace negotiations between Russia, Ukraine to get more...

Moscow [Russia], July 8: Russia is open to peace talks, and the negotiations with Ukraine will get more difficult with...

Pakistani FM holds phone conversation with U.S. secretary of state

Pakistani FM holds phone conversation with U.S. secretary...

Islamabad [Pakistan], July 8: Pakistani Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari had a telephone conversation with U.S. Secretary of State Antony...

Canada to advance research on outpatient medications for COVID-19

Canada to advance research on outpatient medications for...

Ottawa [Canada], July 8: Canadian Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos announced Thursday an investment to create a pan-Canadian platform to advance...

U.S. oil imports up, exports down last week: EIA

U.S. oil imports up, exports down last week:...

Houston [US], July 8: The U.S. crude oil imports increased but exports decreased during the week ending July 1, the...

185 prisoners set free from Afghanistan's Kandahar jail

185 prisoners set free from Afghanistan's Kandahar jail

Kandahar [Afghanistan], July 8: On Thursday, 185 inmates from Kandahar's central jail were set free in Afghanistan, jail commander Mawlawi...

Chinese FM expounds on major concerns about situation in Ukraine

Chinese FM expounds on major concerns about situation...

Bali [Indonesia], July 8: Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Thursday exchanged views with Indian External...

China's Wang Yi meets Indian FM Jaishankar on bilateral ties

China's Wang Yi meets Indian FM Jaishankar on...

Bali [Indonesia], July 8: Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam...

Philippines logs 1,936 new COVID-19 cases

Philippines logs 1,936 new COVID-19 cases

Manila [Philippines], July 8: The Philippines' Department of Health (DOH) reported 1,936 new COVID-19 infections on Thursday, bringing the number...

China, Russia pledge to expand cooperation, safeguard interests of developing countries

China, Russia pledge to expand cooperation, safeguard interests...

Bali [Indonesia], July 8: Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov agreed here...

Japan's household spending drops in May

Japan's household spending drops in May

Tokyo [Japan], July 8: The household spending declined in May from a year earlier in Japan, the government said...

Australia's Melbourne announces plan to reduce COVID-19 in the workplace

Australia's Melbourne announces plan to reduce COVID-19 in...

Sydney [Australia], July 8: In its latest bid to attract workers back to the office, Australia's city of Melbourne has...

Australian, Chinese researchers observe critical star phase in world first

Australian, Chinese researchers observe critical star phase in...

Canberra [Australia], July 8: Australian and Chinese astronomers have made a breakthrough in understanding a mysterious stage in the life...

U.S. sanctions should be lifted to assure foreign investment in Iran: security official

U.S. sanctions should be lifted to assure foreign...

Tehran [Iran], July 7: The "oppressive" U.S. sanctions against Iran should be lifted in such a way that all countries...

Mixed fortunes for Chinese shuttlers on Day 2 of Malaysia Masters

Mixed fortunes for Chinese shuttlers on Day 2...

Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], July 7: There were mixed fortunes for Chinese shuttlers on the second day of the 2022 Malaysia...

Israel OKs COVID-19 vaccination for kids under 5

Israel OKs COVID-19 vaccination for kids under 5

Jerusalem [Israel], July 7: The Israeli Ministry of Health on Wednesday announced in a statement that it has allowed the...

Yemen's warring factions agree to consolidate truce during Eid al-Adha: UN

Yemen's warring factions agree to consolidate truce during...

Amman [Jordan]/Aden [Yemen], July 7: UN Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg announced on Wednesday that Yemen's warring factions agreed...