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UAE 'Sultan of Space' plans to fast on ISS

UAE 'Sultan of Space' plans to fast on...

Dubai [UAE], February 3: The second Emirati to journey into space, martial arts enthusiast Sultan AlNeyadi, weighed up Thursday performing...

Conflict over security, Turkey summons ambassadors of 9 Western countries

Conflict over security, Turkey summons ambassadors of 9...

Ankara [Turkey], February 3: Turkey on February 2 summoned the ambassadors of nine Western countries, including the US and Sweden,...

Germany agrees to send Leopard 1 tanks to Ukraine

Germany agrees to send Leopard 1 tanks to...

Berlin [Germany], February 3: The German government has approved the delivery of Leopard 1 tanks to Ukraine and is negotiating...

Police ban planned Quran burning protest in Norway

Police ban planned Quran burning protest in Norway

Oslo [Norway], February 3: Police in Norway have banned a planned protest including the burning of a copy of the...

Russian President Vladimir Putin compares Ukraine invasion to Stalingrad fight against Nazi Germany

Russian President Vladimir Putin compares Ukraine invasion to...

Moscow [Russia], February 3: Russian President Vladimir Putin has compared the Ukraine invasion to the fight against Nazi Germany in...

Israel says Sudan peace deal to be signed in Washington

Israel says Sudan peace deal to be signed...

Jerusalem [Israel], February 3: Israel and Sudan will sign a "historic peace agreement" in Washington in a few months' time,...

U.S. stocks rise after Fed delivers small rate hike

U.S. stocks rise after Fed delivers small rate...

New York [US], February 2: U.S. stocks climbed on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve approved a small interest rate hike.

WTI crude futures settle lower

WTI crude futures settle lower

New York [US], February 2: U.S. oil prices dropped on Wednesday.

Bangladesh's largest annual book fair begins in Dhaka

Bangladesh's largest annual book fair begins in Dhaka

Dhaka [Bangladesh], February 2: Bangladesh's largest annual book fair kicked off in the capital Dhaka on Wednesday.

S. Korea's consumer price rises 5.2 pct in January

S. Korea's consumer price rises 5.2 pct in...

Seoul [South Korea], February 2: South Korea's consumer price rose 5.2 percent in January from a year earlier, marking a...

German police nab serial killer who targeted older women

German police nab serial killer who targeted older...

Berlin [Germany], February 2: A 31-year-old Serbian man suspected of having killed several older women in the Schwabisch Hall area...

Radioactive capsule found on remote Australian road after huge search

Radioactive capsule found on remote Australian road after...

Sydney [Australia], February 2: Emergency teams in Western Australia have successfully located a tiny radioactive capsule that fell off a...

Ozzy Osbourne not 'physically capable' of tour after major surgery

Ozzy Osbourne not 'physically capable' of tour after...

London [UK], February 2: Ozzy Osbourne said that following extensive spinal surgery he is not "physically capable" of doing his...

Syrians fear IS resurgence as Kurdish-led forces sweep Raqa

Syrians fear IS resurgence as Kurdish-led forces sweep...

Damascus [Syria], February 2: From his rooftop in the Syrian city of Raqa, Youssef Nasser watches nervously as hundreds of...

Myanmar junta extends state of emergency

Myanmar junta extends state of emergency

Yangon [Myanmar], February 2: Myanmar's junta was granted a six-month extension to a state of emergency, state media reported Wednesday,...

Half a million strike in UK as crisis bites

Half a million strike in UK as crisis...

London [UK], February 2: Half a million people stopped work over pay in Britain on Wednesday leaving transport networks paralyzed...

Ukraine predicts a new escalation of Russia

Ukraine predicts a new escalation of Russia

Kyiv [Ukraine], February 2: Yesterday (February 1), Reuters quoted pro-Russian official Yan Gagin in Donetsk as saying that Russian forces...

The Japan-NATO handshake in the middle of the "power game" in the Indo-Pacific

The Japan-NATO handshake in the middle of the...

Tokyo [Japan], February 2: The increased cooperation between Japan and NATO is assessed to create a lot of influence in...

No classified documents found at president's beach house

No classified documents found at president's beach house

Washinton [US], February 2: No classified documents were found during an FBI search of President Joe Biden's home in Rehoboth,...

Qatar Airways, Airbus reach settlement in A350 legal case

Qatar Airways, Airbus reach settlement in A350 legal...

London [UK], February 2: Qatar Airways and Airbus have reached a settlement in a long-standing legal dispute over the safety...

Iranian couple handed prison sentence for dancing in the streets

Iranian couple handed prison sentence for dancing in...

Tehran [Iran], February 2: An Iranian couple, both social media influencers, have been given lengthy prison sentences after a video...

Ukraine billionaire IhorKolomoisky targeted in new anti-corruption swoop

Ukraine billionaire IhorKolomoisky targeted in new anti-corruption swoop

Kyiv [Ukraine], February 2: Ukraine has launched a fresh wave of anti-corruption raids on high-profile figures, including one of the...

Impassioned calls for police reform at Tyre Nichols' funeral

Impassioned calls for police reform at Tyre Nichols'...

Washington [US], February 2: Tyre Nichols ' family and friends remembered him with songs of faith and emotional tributes Wednesday,...

Democratic-backed Connecticut bill would ban 'Latinx' term

Democratic-backed Connecticut bill would ban 'Latinx' term

Washington [US], February 2: A group of Hispanic lawmakers in Connecticut has proposed that the state follow Arkansas' lead and...

Israeli forces killed two more Palestinians, demolished the house of another suspected attacker

Israeli forces killed two more Palestinians, demolished the...

Jerusalem [Israel],February 2: Israeli soldiers today killed a Palestinian man who allegedly tried to stab a soldier in the West...

Sri Lanka's inflation drops to 54.2 percent in January

Sri Lanka's inflation drops to 54.2 percent in...

Colombo [Sri Lanka], February 1: Sri Lanka's inflation decreased to 54.2 percent in January from 57.2 percent in December 2022,...

Wagner group committed human rights violations in Mali: UN experts

Wagner group committed human rights violations in Mali:...

Geneva [Switzerland],February 1: Independent UN human rights experts have called for an investigation into the activities of the Russian mercenary...