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Israel says has conveyed to Washington stance on U.S.-Hamas talks over hostages

Israel says has conveyed to Washington stance on...

Jerusalem [Israel], March 6: Israel said on Wednesday that it has conveyed to Washington its position on direct talks between...

Human body's protein recycling system fights bacteria like antibiotics: study

Human body's protein recycling system fights bacteria like...

Jerusalem [Israel], March 6: Israeli researchers have discovered a surprising immune defense role of the proteasome, a cellular structure known...

UN agencies fear Gaza crossing closures deal blow to humanitarian progress

UN agencies fear Gaza crossing closures deal blow...

Gaza [Gaza City], March 6: The closure of all Gaza cargo crossing points is undoing critical progress in delivering vital,...

European stock markets tumble amid global trade war concerns

European stock markets tumble amid global trade war...

London [England], March 5: European stock markets suffered heavy losses on Tuesday as fears of a global trade war intensified...

Ukraine ready for peace talks "as soon as possible": Zelensky

Ukraine ready for peace talks "as soon as...

Kyiv [Ukraine], March 5: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Tuesday that his country stands ready to enter peace negotiations...

Greece reports lowest unemployment rate since 2008

Greece reports lowest unemployment rate since 2008

Athens [Greece], March 5: Greece's unemployment rate fell to 8.7 percent in January, marking its lowest level since December 2008,...

German parties agree on plan to boost infrastructure, defense

German parties agree on plan to boost infrastructure,...

Berlin [Germany], March 5: German parties seeking to form the next government agreed on Tuesday to set up a 500-billion-euro...

Spreading eastern DRC violence threatens civilians, aid workers: UN

Spreading eastern DRC violence threatens civilians, aid workers:...

New York [US], March 5: Increased violence in the three easternmost provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)...

UN envoy condemns Israel's military escalations in Syria

UN envoy condemns Israel's military escalations in Syria

Washington DC [US], March 5: A UN special envoy on Tuesday strongly condemned Israel's military escalations in Syria, including airstrikes,...

Yemen's Houthis claim shooting down U.S. drone over Hodeidah

Yemen's Houthis claim shooting down U.S. drone over...

Aden [Yemen], March 5: Yemen's Houthi forces announced Tuesday that they successfully intercepted a U.S. MQ-9 reconnaissance drone over the...

Feature: War-weary Syrians gather for iftar amid ruins in Damascus

Feature: War-weary Syrians gather for iftar amid ruins...

Damascus [Syria], March 5: Amid the gray rubble of shattered concrete and collapsed buildings, hundreds of war-weary Syrians huddled together...

Roundup: Arab leaders adopt Egypt's Gaza reconstruction plan

Roundup: Arab leaders adopt Egypt's Gaza reconstruction plan

Cairo [Egypt]/Gaza [Gaza City], March 5: Arab leaders approved on Tuesday an Egyptian reconstruction plan for Gaza, which is estimated...

US health agency says employees can apply for early retirement

US health agency says employees can apply for...

Washington DC [US], March 5: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services told employees on Monday they could apply...

EU allocates €76 million in aid for Rohingya refugees, other crises

EU allocates €76 million in aid for Rohingya...

Brussels [Belgium], March 4: The European Commission on Monday allocated €76 million ($79.4 million) in humanitarian aid for Rohingya refugees...

Russia launched over 2,300 aerial attacks in week: Zelensky

Russia launched over 2,300 aerial attacks in week:...

Kiev [Ukraine], March 4: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called for greater military support after a week in which Russia launched...

UN human rights chief concerned about growing power of tech oligarchs

UN human rights chief concerned about growing power...

Geneva [Switzerland], March 4: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk expressed concern about the growing power of IT...

Thousands evacuated as Japan's biggest fire in decades continues

Thousands evacuated as Japan's biggest fire in decades...

Tokyo [Japan], March 4: Japan has deployed more than 2,000 firefighters to battle the country's biggest forest fire in three...

Israeli-Palestinian film No Other Land wins Oscar for Best Documentary Feature

Israeli-Palestinian film No Other Land wins Oscar for...

New York [US], March 4: No Other Land, a film about Palestinians fighting to protect their homes from demolition by...

UK downplays French 'one-month truce' proposal for Ukraine

UK downplays French 'one-month truce' proposal for Ukraine

London [UK], March 4: The United Kingdom has downplayed French proposals for a one-month truce in Ukraine as a minister...

Arab nations, rights groups condemn Israel's decision to block Gaza aid

Arab nations, rights groups condemn Israel's decision to...

Gaza [Palestine], March 4: Several Arab nations and rights organisations have condemned Israel's decision to halt aid deliveries to the...

Europe's Group of Five political and military powers stand behind Ukraine

Europe's Group of Five political and military powers...

Berlin [Germany], March 4: Representatives of Germany, France, Britain, Italy and Poland reaffirmed their political and military aid for Ukraine...

Maiden commercial flight of European launch vehicle Ariane 6 rocket postponed

Maiden commercial flight of European launch vehicle Ariane...

Paris [France], March 4: Shortly before the maiden commercial flight of the new European launch vehicle, Ariane 6, the launch...

Italy aims to resume nuclear power generation by 2030

Italy aims to resume nuclear power generation by...

Rome [Italy], March 4:Italy's government has confirmed that the country will resume generating nuclear power no later than 2030.

Overweight, obesity affect nearly 29 pct of Italian children aged 8-9: report

Overweight, obesity affect nearly 29 pct of Italian...

Rome [Italy], March 4: An estimated 28.8 percent of Italian children between 8 and 9 years of age were overweight...

Two killed after car rams into crowd in Germany's Mannheim

Two killed after car rams into crowd in...

Berlin [Germany], March 4: A car plowed into a crowd in downtown Mannheim, a city in southwestern Germany, on Monday,...

Provocative Trump statements about Canada loom large as Trudeau meets King

Provocative Trump statements about Canada loom large as...

Ottawa [Canada], March 4: King Charles has met Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, under the shadow of inflammatory statements made...

UN rights chief concerned about US policy under Trump

UN rights chief concerned about US policy under...

Washington DC [US], March 4: The United Nations rights chief expressed deep concern on Monday about a "fundamental shift in...