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South Korean presidential candidate accuses party of pushing him out

South Korean presidential candidate accuses party of pushing...

Seoul [South Korea], May 9: South Korea's right-wing presidential candidate Kim Moon-soo accused his party on Thursday of trying to...

Colombia's top court orders arrests of former legislature presidents

Colombia's top court orders arrests of former legislature...

Bogota [Colombia], May 9: Colombia's Supreme Court on Wednesday issued arrest orders for Ivan Name, the former president of the...

Swiftly deporting migrants to Libya would violate court order

Swiftly deporting migrants to Libya would violate court...

New York [US], May 9: A U.S. judge said any effort by the Trump administration to deport migrants to Libya...

Dozens of students arrested in pro-Palestinian protest

Dozens of students arrested in pro-Palestinian protest

New York [US], May 9: Police arrested dozens of Columbia University students who seized part of the school's main library...

Romanian hard-right frontrunner Simion leads opinion poll

Romanian hard-right frontrunner Simion leads opinion poll

Bucharest [Romania], May 9: Romania's hard-right presidential frontrunner George Simion will win the May 18 run-off vote against centrist Bucharest...

Dozens of Gaza communal kitchens shut down

Dozens of Gaza communal kitchens shut down

Palestine [Gaza], May 9: Dozens of community kitchens in Gaza shut their doors on Thursday due to a lack of...

US says solution for Gaza aid is 'steps away'

US says solution for Gaza aid is 'steps...

New York [US], May 9: The U.S. State Department said on Thursday that a solution to be able to deliver...

Bill Gates to give away $200 billion by 2045

Bill Gates to give away $200 billion by...

New York [US], May 9: Bill Gates pledged on Thursday to give away $200 billion via his charitable foundation by...

Putin, Xi reaffirm partnership in face of EU, US trade restrictions

Putin, Xi reaffirm partnership in face of EU,...

Moscow [Russia], May 9: Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping reaffirmed their close partnership, which has been...

Danish minister meets US envoy over alleged Greenland espionage plot

Danish minister meets US envoy over alleged Greenland...

Copenhagen [Denmark], May 9: Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen met with a senior US embassy official on Thursday to...

Chicago Cardinal Robert Prevost becomes first US pope

Chicago Cardinal Robert Prevost becomes first US pope

Rome [Italy], May 9: The Catholic Church has a new pope: Chicago Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected on Thursday...

Ukraine reports hundreds of Russian attacks amid three-day ceasefire

Ukraine reports hundreds of Russian attacks amid three-day...

Kiev [Ukraine] /Moscow [Russia], May 9: Russia has violated its own three-day ceasefire in Ukraine more than 700 times, Ukraine's...

Temperatures remain above 1.5°C threshold after second hottest April

Temperatures remain above 1.5°C threshold after second hottest...

London [UK], May 9: Last month was the second hottest April on record with world temperatures remaining above the key...

German president warns against forgetting WWII lessons

German president warns against forgetting WWII lessons

Berlin [Germany], May 9: German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier reminded the country of the lessons learned from World War II in...

Lithuania votes to exit anti-mine agreement

Lithuania votes to exit anti-mine agreement

Riga [Latvia], May 9: Lithuania has withdrawn from an international agreement banning anti-personnel mines, becoming the second Baltic state after...

UN experts warn of 'annihilation' as Gaza Strip deaths mount

UN experts warn of 'annihilation' as Gaza Strip...

New York [US], May 9: United Nations experts have demanded action to avert the "annihilation" of Palestinians in Gaza, after...

Sarajevo airport sees 41.7 pct passenger growth in Q1

Sarajevo airport sees 41.7 pct passenger growth in...

Sarajevo [Bosnia], May 8: Sarajevo International Airport recorded a 41.7 percent increase in passenger traffic in the first quarter of...

GCC finance undersecretaries meet in Kuwait

GCC finance undersecretaries meet in Kuwait

Kuwait, May 8: The Sultanate of Oman participated today in the 73rd meeting of GCC Finance Undersecretaries, held in Kuwait...

When OPEC+ 'plays with a knife and cuts its hand'

When OPEC+ 'plays with a knife and cuts...

Vienna [Austria], May 8: Some members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and some partners, collectively known...

North Korea launches a series of missiles

North Korea launches a series of missiles

Pyongyang [North Korea], May 8: North Korea launched multiple ballistic missiles into the sea off its east coast on the...

Cardinals set for second day of conclave to elect a new pope

Cardinals set for second day of conclave to...

Rome [Italy], May 8: The largest and most geographically diverse conclave in history was due to resume, with Roman Catholic...

Junta in quake-hit Myanmar extends ceasefire to May 31

Junta in quake-hit Myanmar extends ceasefire to May...

Naypyidaw [Myanmar], May 8: Myanmar's junta has extended a temporary ceasefire to May 31 to support reconstruction efforts following a...

US and China to start talks over trade war this week

US and China to start talks over trade...

New York [US], May 8: US and Chinese officials are set to start talks this week to try to deescalate...

Western WWII narratives challenged during Xi's Moscow visit

Western WWII narratives challenged during Xi's Moscow visit

New York [US], May 8: Chinese President Xi Jinping is set to arrive in Russia today for a four-day state...

Trump says US forges deal to stop bombing Houthis

Trump says US forges deal to stop bombing...

New York [US], May 8: President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that the U.S. will stop bombing the Houthis in...

Merz, Macron seek restart of Franco-German ties

Merz, Macron seek restart of Franco-German ties

Paris [France], May 8: Less than 24 hours after taking office, Germany's new Chancellor Friedrich Merz met with French President...

Finnish city welcomes TikTok data center, anticipates major economic boost

Finnish city welcomes TikTok data center, anticipates major...

Helsinki [Finland], May 8: Kouvola, a city in southeastern Finland, has welcomed TikTok's decision to establish a new data center...