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Hunger crisis deepens in Gaza as 10 more starvation deaths reported

Hunger crisis deepens in Gaza as 10 more...

Gaza [Palestine], July 25: At least 10 more Palestinians have starved to death in the besieged Gaza Strip, health officials...

Deported Afghans at risk of torture and persecution, UN report finds

Deported Afghans at risk of torture and persecution,...

Islamabad [Pakistan], July 25: A UN report released on Thursday highlights cases of serious human rights violations against Afghans who...

Iran president says water crisis could force Tehran population to move

Iran president says water crisis could force Tehran...

Tehran [Iran], July 25: Tehran is facing a water shortage so severe that its population of 15 million could be...

At least 13 dead as Thailand, Cambodia exchange fire in deadly border clashes

At least 13 dead as Thailand, Cambodia exchange...

Bangkok [Thailand], July 25: At least 13 Thai civilians and one soldier have been killed in heavy fighting in the...

Saudi Arabia signs deal worth $6 bn with Syria

Saudi Arabia signs deal worth $6 bn with...

Damascus [Syria], July 25: Saudi Arabia on Thursday signed economic deals worth over $6 billion with war-shattered Syria, the latest...

Belgium has fourth biggest public debt in EU

Belgium has fourth biggest public debt in EU

Brussels [Belgium], July 24: Belgium's public debt reached 106.8 percent of its gross domestic product (GDP) in the first quarter...

Trump announces trade deal with Japan

Trump announces trade deal with Japan

Tokyo [Japan], July 24: United States President Donald Trump announced a trade framework with Japan on Tuesday, placing a 15...

More than 100 aid, rights groups call for action as hunger spreads in Gaza

More than 100 aid, rights groups call for...

Gaza [Palestine], July 24: More than 100 largely aid and rights groups on Wednesday called for governments to take action...

Study links 'forever chemicals' to increased risk of type 2 diabetes

Study links 'forever chemicals' to increased risk of...

New York [US], July 24: Exposure to a class of synthetic chemicals known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), commonly...

UN official reiterates call for Gaza ceasefire as 'nightmare of historic proportions' unfolds

UN official reiterates call for Gaza ceasefire as...

Gaza [Palestine], July 24: A senior UN official on Wednesday urged the Security Council to push for an immediate ceasefire...

ITFC allocated US$2.66 bn to Least Developed Member Countries in 2024

ITFC allocated US$2.66 bn to Least Developed Member...

Jeddah [Saudi Arabia], July 24: The International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC), a member of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB)...

EU: Over €33 billion in VAT revenues collected in 2024

EU: Over €33 billion in VAT revenues collected...

Berlin [Germany], July 24: New figures from Member States show that more than €33 billion in VAT revenues were collected...

Wildfire in central Türkiye kills 10, injures 14

Wildfire in central Türkiye kills 10, injures 14

Istanbul [Türkiye], July 24: Ten firefighters were killed, and 14 others were injured in Türkiye's central Eskisehir province while battling...

Tokyo stocks end up over 3% at 1-year highs on Japan-US tariff deal

Tokyo stocks end up over 3% at 1-year...

Tokyo [Japan], July 24: Tokyo stocks' key indexes ended up over 3% at one-year highs on Wednesday after Japan and...

UN report highlights progress in renewable energy transition

UN report highlights progress in renewable energy transition

Geneva [Switzerland], July 24: A new United Nations special report highlights how far the world has come in renewable energy...

Zelensky promises new bill amid protests over anti-corruption law

Zelensky promises new bill amid protests over anti-corruption...

Kyiv [Ukraine], July 24: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday announced he would propose a bill to "ensure the strength...

Interpol deletes wanted notice for anti-whaler Paul Watson

Interpol deletes wanted notice for anti-whaler Paul Watson

Paris [France], July 24: Well-known anti-whaling activist Paul Watson is no longer wanted by the international police organization Interpol, after...

Trump unveils AI plan that aims to clamp down on regulations and 'bias'

Trump unveils AI plan that aims to clamp...

Olympia [Washington], July 24: The Trump administration has unveiled a sweeping roadmap to develop artificial intelligence, pledging to boost US...

Countries must address climate change: ICJ

Countries must address climate change: ICJ

The Hague [Netherlands], July 24: The United Nations' highest court on Wednesday said countries must address the "urgent and existential...

WHO warns of 'surge' in malnutrition deaths in Gaza

WHO warns of 'surge' in malnutrition deaths in...

Geneva [Switzerland], July 24: The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned against a deadly hunger crisis in the Gaza Strip,...

Al Jazeera calls for global action to protect Gaza's journalists

Al Jazeera calls for global action to protect...

Gaza City [Gaza], July 24: Al Jazeera Media Network has called upon the journalistic community, press freedom organisations, and relevant...

Israel's starvation of Gaza is a cruel display of impunity of power

Israel's starvation of Gaza is a cruel display...

Gaza City [Gaza], July 24: A grim and powerful act of protest has taken place in Gaza. In the midst...

Israeli strike kills hungry Gaza family in their sleep

Israeli strike kills hungry Gaza family in their...

Gaza City [Gaza], July 24: The Al-Shaer family went to bed hungry at their home in Gaza City. An Israeli...

Hundreds of thousands of US taxpayer-funded vaccine doses may expire, lawmakers say

Hundreds of thousands of US taxpayer-funded vaccine doses...

Washington DC [US], July 24: Hundreds of thousands of doses of mpox vaccine that the United States had promised to...

Top UN court says countries can sue each other over climate change

Top UN court says countries can sue each...

Washington DC [US], July 24: A landmark decision by a top UN court has cleared the way for countries to...

US to officially withdraw from UNESCO by 31st December 2026

US to officially withdraw from UNESCO by 31st...

New York [US], July 23: The United States has formally notified Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific...

Austria records first trade surplus in 16 years

Austria records first trade surplus in 16 years

Vienna [Austria], July 23: Austria has recorded its first trade surplus in 16 years, registering a surplus of approximately €1.7...