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Russia launches Proton-M rocket with Luch-5X relay satellite
Vladivostok [Russia], March 13: Russia launched a Proton-M carrier rocket with a Breeze-M upper stage on Monday, sending the Luch-5X...
NASA's SpaceX Crew-5 returns to Earth
Los Angeles [US], March 13: NASA's SpaceX Crew-5 astronauts aboard the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft splashed down safely off the coast...
Huge fire breaks out in S. Korea's tire...
Seoul [South Korea], March 13: A huge fire broke out at a tire plant in the South Korean central city...
Ukraine, Russia say hundreds killed in battle for...
Kyiv [Ukraine], March 13: Ukraine and Russia claimed on Saturday that hundreds of enemy troops were killed over the previous...
Hunt avoids ruling out child detention in asylum...
London [UK], March 13: In Britain, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt did not rule out the prospect of children being detained under...
Sunak heads to US for talks on submarine...
London [UK], March 13: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is flying to the United States for meetings with US President...
More migrants brought ashore to Italy as locals...
Rome [Italy], March 13: Three boats overcrowded with migrants were brought safely to Italian ports on Saturday, the coastguard said,...
Iran says more than 100 arrested over poisonings...
Tehran [Iran], March 13: Iran has announced more than 100 arrests nationwide over the mystery poisonings of thousands of schoolgirls,...
BBC chief refuses to quit amid chaos
London [UK], March 13: Britain's finance minister on Sunday said "people's confidence" in the BBC needed to be restored as...
Iraq to plant 5m trees in climate action
Basra [Iraq], March 13: Iraq's prime minister on Sunday announced a campaign to combat the severe impacts of climate change...
Jordan princess weds in royal ceremony
Amman [Jordan], March 13: The daughter of Jordan's King Abdullah II on Sunday wed a financier of Greek origin at...
Saudi Arabia launches new national airline
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], March 13: Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman formally announced on Sunday the creation of a...
Eight dead after two migrant boats capsize near...
California [US], March 13: At least eight people have died after two fishing boats capsized off the coast of San...
Pope Francis to gather cardinals to mark his...
Vatican City [Italy], March 13: Pope Francis will mark his 10 years as head of the Roman Catholic Church by...
North Korea launches missiles from submarine as U.S.-South...
Pyongyang [North Korea], March 13: Nuclear-armed North Korea test-fired two strategic cruise missiles from a submarine on Sunday, state news...
Man sues three women for helping his ex-wife...
Texas [US], March 13: A Texas man has filed a wrongful death lawsuit accusing three women of helping his ex-wife...
Record-strength cyclone Freddy displaces hundreds in second Mozambique...
Maputo [Mozambique], March 13: Cyclone Freddy displaced hundreds of people as it battered central Mozambique after making landfall for a...
North Korea: Significant steps in response to war...
Pyongyang [North Korea], March 13: North Korea has decided to take "significant concrete steps" in order to deter war, the...
UAE aid ship arrives at Latakia Port carrying...
Latakia [Syria],March 13: A UAE aid ship, carrying 37,500 food parcels (1,000 tonnes) arrived at the Port of Latakia...
Gunman kills six at Jehovah's Witness hall attack...
Hamburg [Germany], March 12: A disgruntled former Jehovah's Witness member shot dead six people of the Christian group's congregation in...
Iran arrests over 100 for involvement in students'...
Tehran [Iran], March 12: Iran's Interior Ministry said on Saturday more than 100 people in 11 provinces have been arrested...
Peru's president delivers aid to areas affected by...
Lima [Peru], March 12: Peruvian President Dina Boluarte left Lima on Saturday to deliver humanitarian aid to areas affected by...
Venezuelan president optimistic about future of LatAm, Caribbean
Caracas [Venezuela], March 12: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro expressed his optimism about integrating Latin America and the Caribbean and affirmed...
Russia to launch e-visas and payment cards for...
St Petersburg [Russia], March 12: Foreign tourists may have a chance to apply for an electronic visa to enter Russia...
Aussie police intercept half ton of illicit drugs...
Sydney [Australia], March 12: In a joint operation with the national postal services provider Australia Post, the Australian Federal Police...
Tunisia welcomes Saudi-Iran decision to resume ties
Tunis [Tunisia], March 12: Tunisia welcomed the decision by Saudi Arabia and Iran to resume diplomatic ties, the Tunisian Ministry...
Protest held in Prague against inflation, military support...
Prague [Czech Republic], March 12: Thousands of people protested against high living costs and the government's military support for Ukraine...