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Dutch investors pull back from U.S. stocks amid U.S. policy concerns: Rabobank

Dutch investors pull back from U.S. stocks amid...

The Hague [Netherlands], June 27: More than a quarter of Dutch investors have reduced their holdings in U.S. shares over...

Belarus president proposes to launch EAEU 2.0

Belarus president proposes to launch EAEU 2.0

Minsk [Belarus], June 27: Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko proposed to launch the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) 2.0, which would present...

Serbia issues red alert as heatwave pushes temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius

Serbia issues red alert as heatwave pushes temperatures...

Belgrade [Serbia], June 27: Serbia is under a red-level weather alert as an extreme heatwave grips the country, with temperatures...

Polish PM urges unity amid talks on potential gov't reshuffle

Polish PM urges unity amid talks on potential...

Warsaw [Poland], June 27: Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk on Thursday called for unity among the ruling coalition.

Hegseth defends results of US strikes in push to win public opinion battle

Hegseth defends results of US strikes in push...

Olympia [Washington], June 27: US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth took the lectern at the Pentagon briefing room on Thursday morning...

Russian advance in Sumy halted: Ukrainian commander

Russian advance in Sumy halted: Ukrainian commander

Kiev [Ukraine], June 27: Ukrainian forces have halted the Russian offensive in the Sumy border region in north-eastern Ukraine, Ukrainian...

Ukraine and Russia swap more prisoners under Istanbul deal

Ukraine and Russia swap more prisoners under Istanbul...

Kiev [Ukraine], June 27: Ukraine and Russia swapped further prisoners-of-war on Thursday as part of an agreement reached in Istanbul...

Activists see little progress at preparatory Bonn climate talks

Activists see little progress at preparatory Bonn climate...

Bonn [Germany], June 27: Environmental organizations voiced frustration at the lack of progress during climate talks in Bonn, which wrapped...

Slovakia blocks agreement on new EU sanctions on Russia

Slovakia blocks agreement on new EU sanctions on...

Brussels [Belgium], June 27: Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico said Thursday at a European Union summit in Brussels that he...

College bus crash into river in England sends five to hospital

College bus crash into river in England sends...

London [UK], June 27: A college bus which crashed off a road into a river "like a scene out of...

First Indian, Hungarian and Polish astronauts arrive at the ISS

First Indian, Hungarian and Polish astronauts arrive at...

New York [US], June 27: For the first time an Indian, a Hungarian and a Pole have arrived at the...

Kenya protests coup attempt, says minister

Kenya protests coup attempt, says minister

Nairobi [Kenya], June 27: Kenya's interior minister has denied that the police used excessive force during Wednesday's protests in which...

North Korea to open beach resort as Kim bets on tourism

North Korea to open beach resort as Kim...

Pyongyang [North Korea], June 27: North Korea is opening a beach resort that its leader Kim Jong-un hopes will boost...

EU urges Israel to respect law in Gaza, avoids action on ties

EU urges Israel to respect law in Gaza,...

Brussels [Belgium], June 27: European Union leaders on Thursday urged Israel to respect humanitarian law but did not draw any...

Israeli attacks kill 62 in Gaza, including three near aid site

Israeli attacks kill 62 in Gaza, including three...

Gaza City [Gaza], June 27: At least 62 people have been killed in Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip, medical...

Crush kills 29 pupils after blast in Central Africa

Crush kills 29 pupils after blast in Central...

Bangui [Central African Republic], June 27: Twenty-nine children who were taking their school exams in the Central African Republic have...

Iran one step closer to cutting cooperation with UN atomic watchdog

Iran one step closer to cutting cooperation with...

Tehran [Iran], June 27: Iran has taken one further step towards cutting off its cooperation with the United Nations' atomic...

Israel halts aid into northern Gaza

Israel halts aid into northern Gaza

Jerusalem [Israel], June 27: Israel has stopped aid from entering northern Gaza but is still allowing it to enter from...

Supreme Leader says Iran would strike back if attacked

Supreme Leader says Iran would strike back if...

Tehran [Iran], June 27: Iran would respond to any future U.S. attack by striking American military bases in the Middle...

Trump says he's had a 'very nice' meeting with Zelensky

Trump says he's had a 'very nice' meeting...

The Hague [Netherlands], June 26: US President Donald Trump has said his meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on the...

Switzerland and US dispute cost of controversial fighter jet deal

Switzerland and US dispute cost of controversial fighter...

Geneva [Switzerland], June 26: Switzerland and the United States are at odds over the price of 36 US-made F-35 fighter...

British Royal Navy shadows Russian ships through English Channel

British Royal Navy shadows Russian ships through English...

London [UK], June 26: Britain's Royal Navy has shadowed Russian ships as they travelled through the English Channel.

NATO defence spending hike 'monumental win' for Trump

NATO defence spending hike 'monumental win' for Trump

The Hague [Netherlands], June 26: US President Donald Trump on Wednesday hailed a decision by NATO allies to spend 5%...

Some 200 arrested at protest against NATO summit in The Hague

Some 200 arrested at protest against NATO summit...

The Hague [Netherlands], June 26: Some 200 people were arrested as Dutch police cleared a protest on the sidelines of...

France's Le Pen asks protege Bardella to prepare for 2027 presidential run

France's Le Pen asks protege Bardella to prepare...

Paris [France], June 26: France's far-right populist Marine Le Pen, who a court has barred from standing in elections, has...

Some 200 arrested at protest against NATO summit in The Hague

Some 200 arrested at protest against NATO summit...

The Hague [Netherlands], June 26: Some 200 people were arrested as Dutch police cleared a protest on the sidelines of...

Iran to temporarily suspend cooperation with IAEA

Iran to temporarily suspend cooperation with IAEA

Tehran [Iran], June 26: The Iranian parliament has voted to temporarily suspend cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA),...