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Commission on Narcotic Drugs holds high-level session to review progress on addressing world drug problem

Commission on Narcotic Drugs holds high-level session to...

Vienna [Austria], March 15: The Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND), the UN's main policy-making body on drugs, opened today in...

Dubai welcomed 1.77 million international tourists in January 2024

Dubai welcomed 1.77 million international tourists in January...

Dubai [UAE], March 15: Dubai welcomed 1.77 million international tourists in January 2024, an increase of 21% compared to 1.47...

European Parliament calls on Israel to open all crossings to Gaza for humanitarian aid

European Parliament calls on Israel to open all...

Brussels [Belgium], March 15: Members of the European Parliament (MEP) have expressed their deep concern about the "catastrophic humanitarian situation...

Speed up relief for Gaza on the brink of famine

Speed up relief for Gaza on the brink...

Gaza [Palestine], March 14: A new sea route is being tested while the US plans to set up a temporary...

North Korea has new tanks

North Korea has new tanks

Seoul [South Korea], March 14: Chairman Kim Jong-un of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea directed a military exercise involving...

Huge explosion at FBI facility, 16 US police officers injured

Huge explosion at FBI facility, 16 US police...

Washington [US], March 14: The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has opened an investigation after an explosion at the...

Calm in Haitian capital extends into second day as US, UN withdraw staff

Calm in Haitian capital extends into second day...

Port-au-Prince [Haiti], March 14: Haiti's capital was calm two days after the prime minister said he would step down, but...

Nigerian kidnappers demand 620k for release of school hostages

Nigerian kidnappers demand 620k for release of school...

Lagos [Nigeria], March 14: Gunmen who kidnapped 286 students and staff from a school in northern Nigeria last week have...

Italy plans prison crackdown that pushes Western boundaries

Italy plans prison crackdown that pushes Western boundaries

Rome [Italy], March 14: Prisoners in the northern Italian city of Parma are on hunger strike over poor sanitation and...

Chinese foreign minister to visit Australia next week

Chinese foreign minister to visit Australia next week

Beijing [China], March 14: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will visit Australia next week, the Guardian reported, amid a thaw...

Philippines' Marcos to meet Blinken next week

Philippines' Marcos to meet Blinken next week

Mindanao [Philippines], March 14: Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will meet U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on March 19...

Russia is ready for nuclear war: Putin

Russia is ready for nuclear war: Putin

Moscow [Russia], March 14: President Vladimir Putin told the West that Russia was technically ready for nuclear war and that...

Biden, Trump nominated for presidential rematch

Biden, Trump nominated for presidential rematch

Washington [US], March 14: President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump both clinched their parties' nomination on Tuesday, kicking...

UNRWA staff member killed, 22 wounded in Rafah warehouse strike

UNRWA staff member killed, 22 wounded in Rafah...

Gaza [Palestine], March 14: The UN agency for Palestinian refugees said a member of staff was killed and 22 others...

Sixty people die in heavy rainfall, cold weather in Afghanistan

Sixty people die in heavy rainfall, cold weather...

Islamabad [Pakistan], March 14: Afghanistan has experienced heavy rainfall and cold weather over the past three weeks, resulting in at...

Close Alexei Navalny ally combative after brutal hammer attack in Lithuania

Close Alexei Navalny ally combative after brutal hammer...

Vilnius [Lithuania], March 14: Russian opposition activist Leonid Volkov, a close ally of the late Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny who...

Australia: One dead, 29 rescued after gold mine collapse

Australia: One dead, 29 rescued after gold mine...

Ballarat [Australia], March 14: One man has died and another has been seriously injured after rocks collapsed at a gold...

US: Georgia judge drops 6 charges in Trump interference case

US: Georgia judge drops 6 charges in Trump...

Georgia [US], March 14: A judge in the US state of Georgia dismissed some of the charges in the sweeping...

Berlin techno added to UNESCO cultural heritage list

Berlin techno added to UNESCO cultural heritage list

Berlin [Germany], March 14: UNESCO announced on Wednesday that it has added six new entries in Germany to the intangible...

European Parliament approves Artificial Intelligence Act

European Parliament approves Artificial Intelligence Act

Brussels [Belgium], March 14: The European Parliament on Wednesday approved the Artificial Intelligence Act that ensures safety and compliance...

UAE President receives Rulers of the Emirates, Crown Princes on occasion of Ramadan

UAE President receives Rulers of the Emirates, Crown...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], March 14: President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan welcomed members of the Federal Supreme...

EU's exports to USA at €502 billion in 2023

EU's exports to USA at €502 billion in...

Brussels [Belgium], March 14: In 2023, the EU exported €502 billion worth of goods to the United States while importing...

Global child deaths reach historic low in 2022: UN report

Global child deaths reach historic low in 2022:...

Geneva [Switzerland], March 14: The number of children who died before their fifth birthday has reached a historic low, dropping...

Online child sexual exploitation rates triple in Canada

Online child sexual exploitation rates triple in Canada

Ottawa [Canada], March 13: Canada's online child sexual exploitation rates more than tripled between 2014 and 2022, Statistics Canada...

Japan's Space One rocket explodes after lift-off: live footage

Japan's Space One rocket explodes after lift-off: live...

Tokyo [Japan], March 13: The inaugural rocket launch of Japanese company Space One failed on Wednesday as the Kairos...

Orban claims Trump won't 'give a penny' to Ukraine

Orban claims Trump won't 'give a penny' to...

Budapest [Hungary], March 13: Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban has asserted former US president Donald Trump told him during a...

UK wants investigation into reports Gazan medical staff were beaten

UK wants investigation into reports Gazan medical staff...

London [UK], March 13: A full investigation must be carried out into reports that Gazan medical staff were beaten...