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EU unveils tougher sanctions package against Russia under U.S. pressure

EU unveils tougher sanctions package against Russia under...

Brussels [Belgium], September 20: The European Commission on Friday presented its 19th package of sanctions against Russia for approval by...

Russia denies airspace violation during MiG-31 transfer flight

Russia denies airspace violation during MiG-31 transfer flight

Moscow [Russia], September 20: Russia said that a flight by three Russian MiG-31 fighter jets from Karelia to the Kaliningrad...

Estonia summons Russian envoy over "airspace violation," Moscow denies breach

Estonia summons Russian envoy over "airspace violation," Moscow...

Tallinn [Estonia], September 20: Estonia summoned Russia's charge d'affaires on Friday to protest what it said was an "airspace violation"...

Italy's largest union stages nationwide strike in solidarity with Palestinians

Italy's largest union stages nationwide strike in solidarity...

Rome [Italy], September 20: Italy's largest labor union on Friday launched a nationwide strike to protest Israel's military actions in...

Explosion in northern Greece caused by WWII shell, two injured

Explosion in northern Greece caused by WWII shell,...

Athens [Greece], September 20: An explosion in the town of Tsotyli, northern Greece, which left two men injured on Friday,...

EU Commission proposes 19th sanctions package on Russia

EU Commission proposes 19th sanctions package on Russia

Moscow [Russia], September 20: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Friday announced the Commission's proposals for a 19th...

5.9-magnitude quake hits 178 km east of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia - USGS

5.9-magnitude quake hits 178 km east of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky,...

Moscow [Russia], September 20: An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.9 jolted 178 km east of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia at 1545...

Finland to list state-owned postal group on Nasdaq Helsinki

Finland to list state-owned postal group on Nasdaq...

Helsinki [Finland], September 20: Finland will list Posti Group Corporation, its state-owned postal and logistics company, on the Nasdaq Helsinki...

UN allows Palestinian President to address annual gathering via video

UN allows Palestinian President to address annual gathering...

New York [US], September 20: The United Nations General Assembly on Friday voted to allow Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to...

EU approves 'statement of intent' to cut emissions up to 72.5% by 2035

EU approves 'statement of intent' to cut emissions...

Brussels [Belgium], September 20: EU climate ministers on Thursday agreed to send a "statement of intent" to the UN, outlining...

Germany sees first decline in total refugee numbers since 2011

Germany sees first decline in total refugee numbers...

Berlin [Germany], September 20: The total number of refugees living in Germany has fallen slightly for the first time since...

NASA satellites spot new island in Alaska formed by melting glacier

NASA satellites spot new island in Alaska formed...

Washington [US], September 20: NASA satellite imagery has revealed a new island off the coast of Alaska that emerged after...

UNGA80: World leaders to discuss framework for inclusive, accountable AI governance

UNGA80: World leaders to discuss framework for inclusive,...

New York [US], September 20: As there is no recognised body to govern AI on a global level, world leaders...

Kuwait crude oil price drops to $72.66 pb

Kuwait crude oil price drops to $72.66 pb

Kuwait City [Kuwait], September 20: The price of Kuwait crude oil fell by 33 cents to US$72.66 per barrel (pb)...

Egypt, Spain sign first-of-its-kind Development Partnership Agreement

Egypt, Spain sign first-of-its-kind Development Partnership Agreement

Cairo [Egypt], September 19: Egypt and Spain have signed their first-of-its-kind Development Partnership Agreement (2025-2030) to strengthen cooperation in economic...

Stem cell therapy shows potential in stroke recovery

Stem cell therapy shows potential in stroke recovery

London [UK], September 19: Researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, the University of...

EU countries, Central Bank close to breakthrough on digital euro

EU countries, Central Bank close to breakthrough on...

Brussels [Belgium], September 19: The European Central Bank (ECB) has proposed handing EU capitals more power over the design of...

Fragile progress in Syria, UN warns

Fragile progress in Syria, UN warns

New York [US], September 19: Syria's tentative steps towards recovery could quickly unravel without inclusive politics, sustained aid and respect...

Putin 'really let me down' in Ukraine peace efforts: Trump

Putin 'really let me down' in Ukraine peace...

London [UK], September 19: US President Donald Trump said he has been "let down" by his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin...

More Ukrainian soldiers' bodies returned

More Ukrainian soldiers' bodies returned

Kiev [Ukraine], September 19: Moscow has handed over more soldiers' remains to Ukraine, officials said on Thursday, as Ukrainian President...

WHO warns hospitals on the brink as Israel pushes Gaza City assault

WHO warns hospitals on the brink as Israel...

Gaza [Palestine], September 19: The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that Gaza's hospitals are on the "brink of collapse"...

Mass protests draw hundreds of thousands in France

Mass protests draw hundreds of thousands in France

Paris [France], September 19: Mass protests against austerity measures drew hundreds of thousands of participants in France on Thursday.

Israel begins a wave of strikes on Hezbollah posts in southern Lebanon

Israel begins a wave of strikes on Hezbollah...

Beirut [Lebanon] / Tel Aviv [Israel], September 19: The Israeli military said on Thursday it had begun a wave of...

Obama warns of 'cancel culture' after Jimmy Kimmel's talk show pulled

Obama warns of 'cancel culture' after Jimmy Kimmel's...

Washington [US], September 19: Former US president Barack Obama has warned of "cancel culture" under Donald Trump's administration following the...

Israel opens new route out of Gaza City, death toll passes 65,000

Israel opens new route out of Gaza City,...

Gaza [Palestine], September 19: The Israeli military said it was opening an additional route for 48 hours that Palestinians could...

Macrons to offer 'scientific evidence' to US court

Macrons to offer 'scientific evidence' to US court

Paris [France], September 19: French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte plan to present photographic and scientific evidence in...

Gaza hit by telecoms blackout as Israeli tanks and infantry advance

Gaza hit by telecoms blackout as Israeli tanks...

Gaza [Palestine], September 19: Israeli tanks advanced along two gateways to the centre of Gaza City while internet and phone...