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US-brokered Russia-Ukraine peace talks end with no breakthrough

US-brokered Russia-Ukraine peace talks end with no breakthrough

Abu Dhabi [UAE], January 25: The first three-way talks between Russia, Ukraine and the US have ended with no apparent...

One dead, 4 migrants missing after attempting to reach Greece

One dead, 4 migrants missing after attempting to...

Athens [Greece], January 25: A migrant has lost his life while attempting to cross from Turkiye to Greece, and four...

NATO to boost eastern flank ammunition stockpiles, deploy robotic defences

NATO to boost eastern flank ammunition stockpiles, deploy...

Brussels [Belgium], January 25: NATO plans to significantly expand weapons and ammunition stockpiles along its eastern flank and to set...

Spectacular 1,400-year-old tomb discovered in Mexico

Spectacular 1,400-year-old tomb discovered in Mexico

Oaxaca [Mexico], January 25: A spectacular 1,400-year-old tomb belonging to the Zapotec civilization has been discovered in Mexico.

Denmark's PM Frederiksen slams Trump's Afghanistan NATO statements

Denmark's PM Frederiksen slams Trump's Afghanistan NATO statements

London [UK], January 25: Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has criticized US President Donald Trump for his controversial statements regarding...

Syria truce with Kurdish-led forces expires amid uncertainty over renewal

Syria truce with Kurdish-led forces expires amid uncertainty...

Damascus [Syria], January 25: A four-day ceasefire between the Syrian government and Kurdish forces has expired, with pressure mounting on...

Israeli strike kills two children collecting firewood in Gaza

Israeli strike kills two children collecting firewood in...

Gaza [Palestine], January 25: Two children have been killed in an Israeli attack in northern Gaza in the latest violation...

Seven killed, dozens missing as landslide buries homes in Indonesia

Seven killed, dozens missing as landslide buries homes...

Jakarta [Indonesia], January 25: Rescue teams are searching for survivors after a landslide in the West Bandung region of Indonesia's...

Iran rejects UN resolution condemning protest killings

Iran rejects UN resolution condemning protest killings

Tehran [Iran], January 25: The Iranian state has rejected a resolution by the United Nations' Human Rights Council that strongly...

Pakistani court jails rights activist, her husband for anti-state media posts

Pakistani court jails rights activist, her husband for...

Islamabad [Pakistan], January 25: A court in the Pakistani capital on Saturday handed down a sentence of 10 years in...

Heavy snowfall and rain kill 61, injure over 100 in Afghanistan

Heavy snowfall and rain kill 61, injure over...

Islamabad [Pakistan], January 25: Heavy snowfall and rain in Afghanistan have killed at least 61 people and injured 110...

Ancient human activity dating back 4,000 years discovered in western Cyprus

Ancient human activity dating back 4,000 years discovered...

Nicosia [Cyprus], January 24: Evidence of continuous human activity dating back about 4,000 years has been discovered in the mountainous...

Dutch airline KLM temporarily suspends flights to the Middle East

Dutch airline KLM temporarily suspends flights to the...

The Hague [Netherlands], January 24: Dutch flag carrier KLM has temporarily suspended flights to the Middle East, Dutch media reported...

Britain's retail sales drop in Q4

Britain's retail sales drop in Q4

London [UK], January 24: Britain's retail sales volumes fell by 0.3 percent in the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2025 compared...

White House weighing possible total oil blockade against Cuba: report

White House weighing possible total oil blockade against...

Washington [US], January 24: The White House is weighing a possible total blockade of Cuba's oil imports among options aimed...

About 100 clergy arrested at Minneapolis airport in anti-ICE protest

About 100 clergy arrested at Minneapolis airport in...

Washington [US], January 24: Approximately 100 clergy members were arrested at the U.S. Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport on Friday during...

U.S. continues strike on alleged drug boats, killing 2 in eastern Pacific

U.S. continues strike on alleged drug boats, killing...

Washington [US], January 24: The U.S. military on Friday struck an alleged drug-smuggling boat in the eastern Pacific, marking the...

U.S. stocks finish mixed as Intel plunge offsets tech gains

U.S. stocks finish mixed as Intel plunge offsets...

Washington [US], January 24: U.S. equities delivered a mixed performance on Friday, as a significant sell-off in a major chipmaker...

Canadian minister rejects U.S. comments on NATO troops, Alberta province

Canadian minister rejects U.S. comments on NATO troops,...

Ottawa [Canada], January 24: Canadian Finance Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne on Friday pushed back against recent remarks by the U.S. administration,...

Laos boosts efforts to eliminate workplace discrimination

Laos boosts efforts to eliminate workplace discrimination

Vientiane [Laos], January 24: Laos' Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare is stepping up efforts to eliminate discrimination in...

4 soldiers killed, 1 injured in S. Philippine ambush

4 soldiers killed, 1 injured in S. Philippine...

Manila [Philippines], January 24: Four soldiers were killed and another wounded in an ambush staged by suspected members of the...

1 dead, 1 missing as passenger boat capsizes off Indonesia's North Maluku

1 dead, 1 missing as passenger boat capsizes...

Jakarta [Indonesia], January 24: One person was killed and one remains missing after a passenger boat capsized in waters off...

Kazakhstan keeps base rate unchanged at 18 pct

Kazakhstan keeps base rate unchanged at 18 pct

Astana [Kazakhstan], January 24: Kazakhstan's central bank has decided to keep its base interest rate unchanged at 18 percent, local...

Laos focuses on modernizing labor, safeguarding workers

Laos focuses on modernizing labor, safeguarding workers

Vientiane [Laos], January 24: Laos continues its efforts to modernize and digitalize the labor and social welfare sector, while improving...

Kyrgyzstan sees nearly 21 million foreign entries in 2025

Kyrgyzstan sees nearly 21 million foreign entries in...

Bishek [Kyrgyzstan], January 24: Nearly 21 million foreign citizens entered Kyrgyzstan in 2025, an increase of 18.6 percent compared with...

US-Iran tensions escalate again

US-Iran tensions escalate again

Washington [US], January 24: Yesterday (Vietnam time), President Donald Trump announced that the US fleet was en route to the...

Trilateral dialogue on Ukraine

Trilateral dialogue on Ukraine

Kiev [Ukraine], January 24: On January 23, delegations of US, Russian, and Ukrainian officials met in Abu Dhabi (UAE) to...