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No complications after Pope's three-hour operation: Vatican

No complications after Pope's three-hour operation: Vatican

Rome [Italy], June 8: Pope Francis has had an abdominal operation that went off without any complications, the Holy See...

Two people shot dead near high school graduation ceremony in US

Two people shot dead near high school graduation...

New York [US], June 8: Two people were killed and five others wounded after gunfire erupted at a high school...

Philippine court denies bail for Duterte critic: Lawyer

Philippine court denies bail for Duterte critic: Lawyer

Manila [Philippines], June 8: Jailed Philippine human rights activist Leila de Lima was denied bail Wednesday on the remaining drug...

'No woman feels safe': Sexual violence rampant in Sudan war

'No woman feels safe': Sexual violence rampant in...

Cairo [Egypt], June 8: Zeinab was fleeing war-torn Sudan's capital to seek safety when she found herself pinned to the...

Blinken meets Gulf officials

Blinken meets Gulf officials

Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], June 8: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Gulf Arab officials in Saudi Arabia Wednesday at...

Defense chiefs of ASEAN countries agree to hold joint exercises in the East Sea

Defense chiefs of ASEAN countries agree to hold...

Beijing [China], June 8: At the 20th ASEAN Defense Chiefs Meeting (ACDFM-20) taking place on the island of Bali (Indonesia),...

Mexico foreign minister quits in bid to clinch presidential nomination

Mexico foreign minister quits in bid to clinch...

Mexico City [Mexico], June 8: Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard, one of the leading contenders to be the country's next...

North Korean youth group donates rocket launchers to military

North Korean youth group donates rocket launchers to...

Pyongyang [North Korea], June 8: A North Korean youth group has donated rocket launchers to the military in a show...

Tens of millions under air quality warnings

Tens of millions under air quality warnings

Washington [US], June 8: Tens of millions of people in North America have woken up to dangerous air quality levels...

U.S. East Coast blanketed in eerie veil of smoke from Canada fires

U.S. East Coast blanketed in eerie veil of...

New York [US], June 8: Schools across the U.S. East Coast cancelled outdoor activities, flights were halted and millions of...

Ukrainians face homelessness, disease risk as floods crest from burst dam

Ukrainians face homelessness, disease risk as floods crest...

Kyiv [Ukraine], June 8: Ukrainians abandoned inundated homes as floods crested across the south after the destruction of a huge...

Trump notified that he is the target of classified documents probe

Trump notified that he is the target of...

Washington [US], June 8: Federal prosecutors have notified former U.S. President Donald Trump that he is the target of an...

UAE will not be affected by Biparjoy cyclone: NCM

UAE will not be affected by Biparjoy cyclone:...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], June 8: The National Centre of Meteorology Wednesday classified Biparjoy as a category 1 (CAT 1) cyclone,...

Indonesia's Bali issues new rules for foreign visitors amid rising misbehaviors

Indonesia's Bali issues new rules for foreign visitors...

Jakarta [Indonesia], June 7: New obligations and prohibitions are being introduced for international visitors on the Indonesian resort island of...

5 dead, 2 injured in Philippine car crash

5 dead, 2 injured in Philippine car crash

Manila [Philippine], June 7: Philippine police said five people, including three South Koreans, died, and two others were critically injured...

Iranian embassy reopened in Riyadh after years of tension

Iranian embassy reopened in Riyadh after years of...

Cairo [Egypt], June 7: Iran reopened its embassy in the Saudi capital Riyadh on Tuesday, after the two regional rivals...

Dam explosion is devastating consequence of Russian invasion, says UN chief

Dam explosion is devastating consequence of Russian invasion,...

New York [US], June 7: United Nations Secretary General AntonioGuterres has said the explosion of the Kakhovka dam "is another...

Finland expels nine Russian embassy employees

Finland expels nine Russian embassy employees

Copenhagen [Denmark], June 7: Finland is expelling nine employees of the Russian embassy in Helsinki, Finnish President SauliNiinisto and the...

Eight killed, 13 injured in Jordan road accident

Eight killed, 13 injured in Jordan road accident

Cairo [Egypt], June 7: Eight people were killed and 13 injured on Tuesday when two vehicles collided in the northern...

Another Trump opponent joins the 2024 US presidential race

Another Trump opponent joins the 2024 US presidential...

Washington [US], June 7: Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie on June 6 announced his campaign for the US presidency...

Political party in Austria announces wrong leader due to Excel file technical error

Political party in Austria announces wrong leader due...

Innsbruck [Austria], June 7: The Social Democratic Party - a political party in Austria has mistakenly announced its leader due...

Internal conflicts, a group of Republican congressmen opposed the Speaker of the US House of Representatives

Internal conflicts, a group of Republican congressmen opposed...

Washington [US], June 7: Conservative members of the Republican Party in the US House of Representatives are expressing opposition to...

The first city in Japan to apply ChatGPT in administrative activities

The first city in Japan to apply ChatGPT...

Tokyo [Japan], June 7: The Japanese city of Yokosuka has officially applied ChatGPT to administrative activities since June 5, after...

World Bank raises growth outlook this year, cuts 2024 forecast

World Bank raises growth outlook this year, cuts...

Washington [US], June 7: The World Bank has just raised its growth outlook for the global economy this year but...

Smoke from Canadian wildfires sets off health alerts in New York

Smoke from Canadian wildfires sets off health alerts...

Ottawa [Canada], June 7: Authorities in New York, Toronto and Ottawa have warned residents about the health risks from air...

War zone villagers flee after massive Ukraine dam destroyed

War zone villagers flee after massive Ukraine dam...

Kyiv [Ukraine], June 7: A torrent of water burst through a massive dam on the Dnipro River that separates Russian...

US judge in Florida blocks enforcement of state ban on gender-affirming care

US judge in Florida blocks enforcement of state...

Florida [US], June 7: A federal judge in Florida partially blocked the state from enforcing its recent ban on people...