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Israeli army chief presents Netanyahu options for next steps in Gaza

Israeli army chief presents Netanyahu options for next...

Gaza [Gaza City], August 6: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has held talks with army chief Eyal Zamir about the...

Scandinavian NATO members to provide $500 mn for Ukraine

Scandinavian NATO members to provide $500 mn for...

Kyiv [Ukraine], August 6: The Scandinavian NATO countries Sweden, Denmark and Norway are providing a total of more than $500...

UN warns besieged Sudan city facing famine as supplies cut off by war

UN warns besieged Sudan city facing famine as...

Nairobi [Kenya], August 6: The World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Tuesday of famine in El Fasher, the capital of...

Australia pledges more Gaza aid after 90,000-strong Sydney march

Australia pledges more Gaza aid after 90,000-strong Sydney...

Sydney [Australia], August 5: The Australian government on Monday pledged further humanitarian aid for women and children in Gaza, a...

Lebanon's president calls for justice five years after Beirut port blast

Lebanon's president calls for justice five years after...

Beirut [Lebanon], August 5: On the fifth anniversary of the catastrophic explosion at the Beirut port, Lebanese President Joseph Aoun...

South Korea begins removing loudspeakers along border with North

South Korea begins removing loudspeakers along border with...

Seoul [South Korea], August 5: The South Korean military on Monday began dismantling loudspeakers used for propaganda broadcasts along the...

Syria's Kurdish-led SDF, govt forces clash in Aleppo province

Syria's Kurdish-led SDF, govt forces clash in Aleppo...

Damascus [Syria], August 5: The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have said that armed factions associated with the country's security...

SpaceX launches 28 new Starlink satellites

SpaceX launches 28 new Starlink satellites

Washington [US], August 5: SpaceX, the American Space Exploration Technologies Corporation, launched 28 novel Starlink satellites into space.

More than 2,000 homes still lack power as Storm Floris hits Ireland

More than 2,000 homes still lack power as...

Dublin [Ireland], August 5: Around 2,700 homes in Ireland are still without power after Storm Floris brought strong winds to...

Spain records heat-related death as temperatures soar to 42oC

Spain records heat-related death as temperatures soar to...

Madrid [Spain], August 5: A 85-year-old man has died in Spain after the country saw the start of the second...

Russia opens trial over deadly terrorist attack on concert hall

Russia opens trial over deadly terrorist attack on...

Moscow [Russia], August 5: A Russian military court has opened a high-profile trial of 19 defendants accused of carrying out...

Russia plays down nuclear risk after Trump's submarine deployment

Russia plays down nuclear risk after Trump's submarine...

Moscow [Russia], August 5: The Kremlin has dismissed concerns of a nuclear escalation following US President Donald Trump's decision to...

Iberia Airbus makes emergency landing in Madrid after vulture strike

Iberia Airbus makes emergency landing in Madrid after...

Madrid [Spain], August 5: An Iberia Airbus A321 en route to Paris was forced to return to Madrid's airport Sunday...

Illegal marijuana greenhouse uncovered during fire in Bulgaria

Illegal marijuana greenhouse uncovered during fire in Bulgaria

Sofia [Bulgaria], August 5: Bulgarian authorities have uncovered an illegal marijuana production greenhouse during a fire at a roadside building...

Iran affirms commitment to nuclear deal; rejects Europe's 'Trigger Mechanism'

Iran affirms commitment to nuclear deal; rejects Europe's...

Tehran [Iran], August 5: Iran announced today that a delegation from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will visit Tehran...

Five Palestinians die from acute malnutrition in Gaza within 24 hours

Five Palestinians die from acute malnutrition in Gaza...

Gaza [Gaza City], August 5: The Palestinian Ministry of Health announced on Monday the death of five adults in the...

Australia develops world-first foot and mouth vaccine to protect livestock

Australia develops world-first foot and mouth vaccine to...

Canberra [Australia], August 5: A team of scientists in New South Wales has developed the world's first mRNA vaccine designed...

UN Human Rights Chief condemns starvation in Gaza as 'affront to our collective humanity'

UN Human Rights Chief condemns starvation in Gaza...

New York [US], August 5: he United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, on Monday condemned the ongoing...

Turkmenistan hosts UN Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries

Turkmenistan hosts UN Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries

New York [US], August 5: The Third United Nations Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDC3), starts on Tuesday in the...

Australia lifts foreign student cap to 295,000 and prioritises Southeast Asia

Australia lifts foreign student cap to 295,000 and...

Canberra [Australia], August 5: Australia will raise its cap on foreign students by 9% to 295,000 next year and prioritise...

More Gazans die seeking aid and from hunger

More Gazans die seeking aid and from hunger

Gaza [Gaza City], August 5: At least 40 Palestinians were killed by Israeli gunfire and airstrikes on Gaza on Monday,...

OPEC+ to continue to ramp up oil output

OPEC+ to continue to ramp up oil output

Vienna [Austria], August 4: The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its allies, a group known as OPEC+,...

Maldives registers 43 pct increase in fish exports in H1 2025

Maldives registers 43 pct increase in fish exports...

Male [Maldives], August 4: The Maldives has registered a 43 percent increase in fish export in the first half of...

4 Palestinians martyred in Israeli attacks on Gaza, including 22 awaiting aid

4 Palestinians martyred in Israeli attacks on Gaza,...

Gaza [Gaza City], August 4: At least 44 Palestinians were martyred on Sunday, including 22 individuals who had gathered to...

GCC's total GDP at constant prices exceeds $456 billion

GCC's total GDP at constant prices exceeds $456...

Muscat [Oman], August 4: The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) at constant prices for the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries increased...

Foreign buying of S. Korean stocks hits 17-month high in July

Foreign buying of S. Korean stocks hits 17-month...

Seoul [South Korea], August 4: Foreign investors recorded their highest net purchases on South Korea's benchmark index in 17 months...

Significant escalation in air attacks between Russia and Ukraine

Significant escalation in air attacks between Russia and...

Moscow [Russia], August 4: The past hours have witnessed a significant escalation in the air attacks exchanged between Russia and...