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Supreme Court backs 'biological' definition of woman

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 man

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

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

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 in reciprocal move

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 Ukraine

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 Britain, expert warns

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 leak probe

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 Trump cuts funding

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 Army to prevent illegal crossings

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 hits

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 ask

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

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 at London Conference on Sudan

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

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 to ongoing Gaza War

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 Lebanon since ceasefire, says UN

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 'red line'

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 charges

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 as ruling PAP expected to retain power

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 France

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 'put peace first'

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 charges

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 Trump

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

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 recount

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 with Unites States

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...