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Israel halts humanitarian aid; 116 killed in Gaza since ceasefire
Mar 02, 2025 (UPI)
"In light of Hamas's rejection of the Witkoff Outline, we decided to prevent any entry of goods and supplies into Gaza," Netanyahu said in a statement. "If Hama...
US to deploy nearly 3,000 additional troops to southern border
Mar 01, 2025 (AFP)
Border security is a key priority for President Donald Trump, who declared a national emergency at the US frontier with Mexico on his first day in office. "Appr...
Tens of thousands rally against leader of flood-hit Spain region
Mar 01, 2025 (AFP)
Anger and grief are still raw four months after the European country's worst natural disaster in decades killed 232 people, including 224 in the eastern Valenci...
UK minister resigns over overseas aid cut
Feb 28, 2025 (AFP)
"Ultimately these cuts will remove food and healthcare from desperate people," Dodds said in a letter to Starmer posted on X. On Tuesday, Starmer pledged to rai...
Anger as German conservatives question NGO funding
Feb 26, 2025 (AFP)
The CDU/CSU alliance of Friedrich Merz, which won Sunday's election with 28.5 percent of the vote, submitted a set of written questions to the outgoing governme...
Pentagon chief visits Guantanamo as US pushes to deport migrants
Feb 25, 2025 (AFP)
Trump unveiled a surprise plan last month to hold up to 30,000 migrants at the base -- a facility notorious for abuses against terror suspects detained after th...
Russians who fled war keen to stay on in Serbia
Feb 21, 2025 (AFP)
He shuttered his four hair salons in Siberia and decided to set up shop in Belgrade -- where thousands of potential customers already lay in wait frequenting th...
UN watchdog chief visits Fukushima as Japan returns to nuclear power
Feb 19, 2025 (AFP)
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is monitoring Japan's efforts to decommission the Fukushima Daiichi plant after a 2011 earthquake-triggered tsunam...
Two jailed for 18 years over tower block collapse in Turkey quake
Feb 19, 2025 (AFP)
The case concerned an eight-storey tower block at the Ebrar complex in the southeastern city of Kahramanmaras, Turkey's private NTV broadcaster said. There were...
UN nuclear chief to view soil removed from Fukushima
Feb 18, 2025 (AFP)
It is the fifth official visit to the country by Rafael Grossi, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). The organisation is monitoring the decade...
Israel defence minister announces agency for 'voluntary departure' of Gazans
Feb 17, 2025 (AFP)
"Defence Minister Israel Katz held a meeting today (Monday) on the voluntary departure of Gaza residents, at the end of which he decided that a directorate for ...
Greece announces measures to support businesses on quake-hit islands
Feb 16, 2025 (AFP)
Athens University recorded more than 14,000 tremors between January 26 and February 9 at sea between the islands of Santorini, Amorgos, Ios and Anafi. The activ...
TEPCO takes on challenge of making space for Fukushima nuclear debris
Feb 15, 2025 (AFP)
Operator Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) has been charged with finding a suitable place to store around 880 tonnes of radioactive material that remains ins...
Zelensky: Russian drone strike damages Chernobyl power plant
Feb 14, 2025 (UPI)
The International Atomic Energy Agency has confirmed the strike. Zelensky said a Russian attack drone with a "high-explosive warhead" hit the protective shelter...
Los Angeles fire zones hit by mudslides after heavy rain
Feb 14, 2025 (AFP)
Parts of Los Angeles got as much as 2.8 inches (7 centimeters) of rain in a day, leaving areas flooded and burn scars in Pacific Pallisades and Altadena strewn ...
Gutting aid, US cedes soft power game to China
Feb 12, 2025 (AFP)
In the Cook Islands, traditionally bound to New Zealand and friendly with the United States, the prime minister has announced plans to head to Beijing to sign a...
Syria leader tells podcast thousands joining new army
Feb 10, 2025 (AFP)
"I did not impose mandatory conscription in Syria. Instead, I opted for voluntary enlistment, and today thousands are joining the new Syrian army," Sharaa told ...
China landslide that buried dozens caused by prolonged rain: state media
Feb 09, 2025 (AFP)
China has been hit with extreme weather in recent months, with dozens of people killed in floods last year, its warmest on record. Scientists say climate change...
One dead, dozens missing in China landslide
Feb 09, 2025 (AFP)
China has been hit with extreme weather in recent months, with dozens of people killed in floods last year, its warmest on record. Scientists say climate change...
UK's Lammy warns US aid cuts could see China step into 'gap'
Feb 07, 2025 (AFP)
The UK's top diplomat pointed to reforms by Britain's previous Conservative government to its foreign aid programme as "a big strategic mistake" which the new T...
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