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Economic Watch: Europe's sluggish economy dampens company profits, defense sector thrives

Economic Watch: Europe's sluggish economy dampens company profits,...

Valletta [Malta], March 22: Many major European companies across various sectors saw a sharp profit decline in 2024, while the...

Czech Republic resumes border controls with Slovakia amid FMD outbreak

Czech Republic resumes border controls with Slovakia amid...

Prague [Czech Republic], March 22: The Czech Republic on Friday reinstated border controls with neighboring Slovakia in response to an...

London Heathrow Airport resumes some flights after major fire disrupts operations

London Heathrow Airport resumes some flights after major...

London [England], March 22: The first plane landed at London Heathrow on Friday as the airport resumes some flights following...

Feature: Slovenia plants 2,000 trees to counter climate threat on Int'l Forest Day

Feature: Slovenia plants 2,000 trees to counter climate...

Ljubljana [Slovenia], March 22: In the forests near Apace, a small village in northeastern Slovenia, a group of volunteers, students,...

Slovakia enforces emergency measures following foot-and-mouth disease outbreak

Slovakia enforces emergency measures following foot-and-mouth disease outbreak

Bratislava [Slovakia], March 22: Slovakia has implemented a series of emergency measures in response to an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease,...

French, German, British FMs call for immediate return to ceasefire in Gaza

French, German, British FMs call for immediate return...

Brussels [Belgium], March 22: The foreign ministers of France, Germany, and Britain (the E3) called for an immediate return to...

Rwanda reassures Belgians of free movement despite cutting diplomatic ties

Rwanda reassures Belgians of free movement despite cutting...

Kigali [Rwanda], March 22: The Rwandan government has reassured Belgians in the country and those wishing to visit that the...

Sudanese army retakes presidential palace in key victory over paramilitary forces

Sudanese army retakes presidential palace in key victory...

Khartoum [Sudan], March 22: Sudan's military said on Friday it had taken control of the Republican Palace and key government...

UNICEF warns looting of medical supplies to compound dire humanitarian catastrophe in Sudan

UNICEF warns looting of medical supplies to compound...

Washington DC [US], March 22: The looting of vital aid supplies for malnourished children in Sudan's capital Khartoum will further...

7 killed in road accident in Egypt's Aswan

7 killed in road accident in Egypt's Aswan

Cairo [Egypt], March 22: Seven people were killed and four others injured on Friday in a collision between two pickup...

Tunisian new PM leads 1st ministerial meeting

Tunisian new PM leads 1st ministerial meeting

Tunis [Tunisia], March 22: Tunisia's newly appointed Prime Minister Sarra Zaafrani Zenzri chaired her first cabinet meeting on Friday, pledging...

Russia says Ukrainian drone attack already violates proposed ceasefire

Russia says Ukrainian drone attack already violates proposed...

Moscow [Russia], March 22: Russia's foreign ministry said on Thursday that Ukraine had already violated a proposed ceasefire on energy...

Top Pacific diplomats to talk on Bougainville independence

Top Pacific diplomats to talk on Bougainville independence

Buka [Bougainville], March 22: The Pacific's peak diplomatic bodies have signaled they are ready to engage with Papua New Guinea's...

Heathrow resumes some flights, aiming for full operations tomorrow

Heathrow resumes some flights, aiming for full operations...

Washington DC [US], March 22: The first plane lands at Heathrow after a fire at a nearby electrical substation shut...

Hamas studies US 'bridge' proposal for truce as Israel escalates return to war

Hamas studies US 'bridge' proposal for truce as...

Washington DC [US], March 22: Hamas said on Friday it was reviewing a U.S. proposal to restore the Gaza ceasefire...

Venezuela minister says no Tren de Aragua members among US deportees

Venezuela minister says no Tren de Aragua members...

Caracas [Venezuela ], March 22: Venezuela's Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello said on Friday that none of the hundreds of Venezuelans...

Ukraine strikes Russian strategic bomber airfield

Ukraine strikes Russian strategic bomber airfield

Kyiv [Ukraine], March 21: Ukraine struck a major Russian strategic bomber airfield on Thursday with drones, triggering a huge blast...

Zelensky: Ukrainian experts will be in Saudi Arabia on Monday

Zelensky: Ukrainian experts will be in Saudi Arabia...

Kyiv [Ukraine], March 21: Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Thursday Ukrainian experts would be present at upcoming talks involving...

North Korea's Kim oversees test-fire of anti-aircraft missile system

North Korea's Kim oversees test-fire of anti-aircraft missile...

Pyongyang [North Korea], March 21: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw the test-firing of the country's latest anti-aircraft missile...

Columbia up against Trump deadline

Columbia up against Trump deadline

New York [US], March 21: A deadline is looming for Columbia University to respond to nine demands on tightening restrictions...

American citizen Glezmann freed by Taliban, returning to US

American citizen Glezmann freed by Taliban, returning to...

Kabul [Afghanistan], March 21: The Taliban on Thursday freed an American citizen detained in Afghanistan for over two years following...

Russia says Ukrainian drone attack already violates proposed ceasefire

Russia says Ukrainian drone attack already violates proposed...

Moscow [Russia], March 21: Russia's foreign ministry said on Thursday that Ukraine had already violated a proposed ceasefire on energy...

President Trump to order dismantling of US education department

President Trump to order dismantling of US education...

Washington [US], March 21: US President Donald Trump was to sign an executive order on Thursday that aimed to dismantle...

Thousands of people mourn victims of North Macedonia nightclub fire

Thousands of people mourn victims of North Macedonia...

Skopje [North Macedonia], March 21: Thousands of mourners have flocked to funerals in North Macedonia for the dozens of victims...

Russia appoints negotiators for Monday talks with US

Russia appoints negotiators for Monday talks with US

Moscow [Russia], March 21: Russia has selected its negotiators for talks with the US due to be held in Saudi...

Estonia tells Russia it wants stolen buoys

Estonia tells Russia it wants stolen buoys

Riga [Latvia], March 21: In its ongoing border dispute with neighbouring Russia, Estonia has once again demanded the return of...

Putin will breach peace deal unless it is defended, says British PM Starmer

Putin will breach peace deal unless it is...

London [UK], March 21: Russian President Vladimir Putin "will breach" a peace in Ukraine unless any potential deal is defended,...