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Deadly clashes in Kenya as protesters mark tax protest anniversary

Deadly clashes in Kenya as protesters mark tax...

Nairobi [Kenya], June 26: At least eight people have been killed and hundreds more injured in demonstrations that were held...

Tehran slams NATO chief Rutte's praise for US attacks

Tehran slams NATO chief Rutte's praise for US...

Tehran [Iran], June 26: Iran has reacted with outrage to NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte's praise of US President Donald...

Iranian airspace to remain closed

Iranian airspace to remain closed

Tehran [Iran], June 26: Iran's airspace will remain closed until at least Thursday, the government has said.

Thailand closes border crossings in dispute with Cambodia

Thailand closes border crossings in dispute with Cambodia

Bangkok [Thailand], June 26: Thailand has closed border crossings in six provinces in a bitter border dispute with neighbouring Cambodia.

Truce holds amid reports of limited 'damage' to Iran's nuclear plans

Truce holds amid reports of limited 'damage' to...

Tehran [Iran], June 26: A fragile ceasefire between Iran and Israel appeared to be holding in the 24 hours following...

Israeli attacks kill at least 51 as Trump signals 'great progress' in Gaza talks

Israeli attacks kill at least 51 as Trump...

Gaza [Gaza City], June 26: Israeli attacks have killed at least 51 people in the Gaza Strip, including 14 Palestinians...

Sixteen deaths recorded in Kenya protests

Sixteen deaths recorded in Kenya protests

Nairobi [Kenya], June 26: Sixteen people died during nationwide anti-government protests in Kenya on Wednesday, most of them killed by...

Armenia arrests archbishop over alleged coup plot

Armenia arrests archbishop over alleged coup plot

Yerevan [Armenia], June 26: Armenian authorities on Wednesday arrested a prominent Christian cleric, Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan, along with 13 other...

Ukraine turns to Africa in its struggle against Russia

Ukraine turns to Africa in its struggle against...

Moscow [Russia], June 26: On Africa's dry western tip, Mauritania has become an unlikely staging post for Ukraine's increasingly global...

Greece arrests Georgian suspected of fuelling Chios fire with cigarette

Greece arrests Georgian suspected of fuelling Chios fire...

Athens [Greece], June 26: Greece has arrested a Georgian woman suspected of discarding a cigarette that helped trigger one of...

Ceasefire between Israel and Iran appears to hold as Trump vents frustration with both sides

Ceasefire between Israel and Iran appears to hold...

Jerusalem [Israel], June 26: A fragile ceasefire between Iran and Israel appeared to hold Tuesday after initially faltering, and U.S....

Iran hangs three men

Iran hangs three men

Tehran [Iran], June 26: Iran executed three men on Wednesday, after they were convicted of collaborating with Israel's Mossad spy...

France: 145 festivalgoers jabbed with syringes

France: 145 festivalgoers jabbed with syringes

Paris [France], June 25: French police on Sunday detained 12 suspects after scores of people reported being pricked with syringes...

Heat officers help sweltering cities stay cool

Heat officers help sweltering cities stay cool

Berlin [Germany], June 25: International cities from Athens to Dhaka, Freetown and Santiago are united in their efforts to protect...

Trump tells Congress that Iran had nuclear weapons program, contradicting US spy agencies

Trump tells Congress that Iran had nuclear weapons...

New York [US], June 25: U.S. President Donald Trump told Congress this week that the Iranian sites bombed by the...

US to give $30 million to Gaza aid operation

US to give $30 million to Gaza aid...

New York [US], June 25: The United States is giving $30 million to a controversial humanitarian group delivering aid in...

US strikes failed to destroy Iran's nuclear sites

US strikes failed to destroy Iran's nuclear sites

Tehran [Iran], June 25: U.S. airstrikes did not destroy Iran's nuclear capability and only set it back by a few...

Romanian parliament votes in unwieldy pro-EU coalition government

Romanian parliament votes in unwieldy pro-EU coalition government

Budapest [Romania], June 25: The Romanian parliament on Monday voted a new pro-EU coalition government into office, the Mediafax news...

No more European 'free-riding' on US security policy, says Germany's Merz

No more European 'free-riding' on US security policy,...

Berlin [Germany], June 25: Europe can no longer engage in "free-riding" on US security policy and must invest in defence...

Russia accuses Israel of 'political murder' in Iran

Russia accuses Israel of 'political murder' in Iran

Moscow [Russia], June 25: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has accused Israel of "political murder" in its targeting of senior...

Rutte promises Zelensky continued support

Rutte promises Zelensky continued support

The Hague [Netherlands], June 25: NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday that he can...

Group claims responsibility for Syrian church bombing

Group claims responsibility for Syrian church bombing

Damascus [Syria], June 25: A little-known group, Saraya Ansar al-Sunna (Brigade of Sunni Supporters), claimed responsibility on Tuesday for the...

China flooding: People missing, bridges collapse

China flooding: People missing, bridges collapse

Beijing [China], June 25: Days of heavy rainfall have led to severe flooding in China, triggering damage and reports of...

Israeli forces kill over 410 during weeks of Gaza food aid chaos, says UN

Israeli forces kill over 410 during weeks of...

Geneva [Switzerland], June 25: At least 410 people have been killed by Israeli forces since late May during the chaotic...

Israel-Iran ceasefire off to a shaky start, draws Trump's ire

Israel-Iran ceasefire off to a shaky start, draws...

Tehran [Iran], June 25: The ceasefire between Israel and Iran is already showing signs of strain - and has triggered...

World wary as it welcomes ceasefire

World wary as it welcomes ceasefire

Tehran [Iran], June 25: The world has welcomed the ceasefire agreed by Israel and Iran but remains wary that any...

Fifteen killed, 170 injured in Russian missile attack on Ukraine's Dnipro

Fifteen killed, 170 injured in Russian missile attack...

Kiev [Ukraine], June 25: At least 15 people were killed and more than 170 injured in Russian missile strikes on...