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Supreme Court backs 'biological' definition of woman
London [UK], April 17: Judges at the UK Supreme Court have unanimously ruled that a woman is defined by biological...

US senator blocked from visiting wrongly deported Salvadoran...
New York [US], April 17: Democratic U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen said on Wednesday authorities in El Salvador had denied...

Zelensky meets Rutte on Ukrainian, European security
Kyiv [Ukraine], April 16: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met on Tuesday with visiting North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Secretary General...

BiH adopts revised strategy to eliminate landmine threat
Sarajevo [Bosnia], April 16: Bosnia and Herzegovina's Council of Ministers adopted a revised Mine Action Strategy for 2025-2027, reaffirming the...

France to recall ambassador, expel 12 Algerian diplomats...
Paris [France], April 16: French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot announced on Tuesday that France will recall its ambassador to Algeria...

Croatian, Polish presidents rule out sending troops to...
Zagreb [Croatia], April 16: Croatian President Zoran Milanovic and visiting Polish President Andrzej Duda reaffirmed on Tuesday that their countries...

Interview: U.S. auto tariffs threatens job, production in...
Birmingham [Alabama], April 16: The U.S. government's new wave of tariffs on imported vehicles is placing severe pressure on Britain's...

Top Hegseth adviser put on leave in Pentagon...
Washington DC [US], April 16: One of U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's leading advisers, Dan Caldwell, was escorted from the...

Canadian universities report jump in US applicants as...
Ottawa [Canada], April 16: More students living in the United States are applying to Canadian universities or expressing interest in...

US transfers land on Mexican border to the...
Washington DC [US], April 16: The Trump administration announced an emergency transfer of nearly 110,000 acres of federal land along...

Hundreds of Northland homes lose power as storm...
Wellington [New Zealand], April 16: More than 200 Northland homes are without power after severe wind gusts toppled trees downing...

Ministers coy on Indonesia reply to Russia warplane...
Moscow [Russia], April 16: Australia's foreign and defence ministers have evaded questions about a possible request from Russia to station...

Oman, Netherlands sign three agreements covering diverse fields
Muscat [Oman], April 16: The Sultanate of Oman and the Netherlands today signed three agreements related to the production and...

UAE urges 'concrete, collective action" to save lives...
London [UK], April 16: Lana Nusseibeh, Assistant Minister for Political Affairs, headed the UAE delegation at the Conference for Sudan...

Jordan thwarts major plot to destabilize national security
Amman [Jordan], April 16: Jordan's Intelligence Department said on Tuesday it has thwarted a series of plots aimed at undermining...

Maldives to ban entry for Israeli citizens due...
Tel Aviv [Israel], April 16: The Maldivian government has announced its intention to ban Israeli citizens from entering the country...

Israel has killed at least 71 civilians in...
Washington [US], April 16: The United Nations has said at least 71 civilians have been killed by Israeli forces in...

Hamas 'studying' Israeli ceasefire proposal; demand to disarm...
Gaza [Palestine], April 16: Negotiations for a renewed ceasefire and an end to the war in Gaza appear to be...

Family of Dominican Republic nightclub collapse victim press...
Santo Domingo [Dominican Republic], April 16: The parents and wife of one of the people who died when the roof...

Singapore to hold general election on May 3...
Singapore, April 16: Singapore will head to the polls on May 3, in what will be the first electoral test...

Arson attacks and gunfire target several prisons in...
Paris [France], April 16: Several prisons in France were targeted with arson attacks and gunfire overnight, Justice Minister Gerald Darmanin...

UK's Lammy urges warring parties in Sudan to...
London [UK], April 16: British Foreign Secretary David Lammy has urged the warring parties in Sudan to "put peace first"...

S Korea's Yoon attends first trial for insurrection...
Seoul [South Korea], April 15: Former South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol appeared in a Seoul court on Monday for...

Come to Ukraine before peace deal, Zelensky urges...
Kyiv [Ukraine], April 15: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has implored US President Donald Trump to visit his country and witness...

Houthis report 36 casualties in US airstrike
Washington DC [US], April 15: The number of casualties from a US airstrike targeting a ceramics factory on the outskirts...

Ecuador's Noboa re-elected as president as rival demands...
Quito [Ecuador], April 15: Ecuador's conservative President Daniel Noboa has secured victory in the country's presidential run-off vote on Sunday,...

South Africa appoints special envoy to ease tensions...
Johannesburg [South Africa], April 15: South Africa has appointed a special envoy to the US in an effort to ease...