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Israeli forces pound Gaza, battle Hamas in Rafah

Israeli forces pound Gaza, battle Hamas in Rafah

Jerusalem [Israel], June 27: Israeli forces pounded several areas across Gaza on Wednesday, and residents reported fierce fighting overnight in...

Russia marks 70th anniversary of world's first nuclear power plant

Russia marks 70th anniversary of world's first nuclear...

Moscow [Russia], June 27: Russia today held a series of ceremonial events in Obninsk (Kaluga region) on the occasion of...

Finland first country to start bird flu vaccinations for humans

Finland first country to start bird flu vaccinations...

Helsinki [Finland], June 27: Finland plans to offer preemptive bird flu vaccination as soon as next week to some workers...

UAE participates in SelectUSA Investment Summit

UAE participates in SelectUSA Investment Summit

Washington [US], June 27: Dr. Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, Minister of State for Foreign Trade, has visited Washington DC...

Jordan won't send troops to Gaza to replace Israeli occupation forces: Safadi

Jordan won't send troops to Gaza to replace...

Athens [Greece], June 27: Jordanian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Ayman Safadi, said that Jordan...

Aid teams will never abandon Gaza: Top UN official

Aid teams will never abandon Gaza: Top UN...

New York [US], June 27: UN aid teams and partner organisations remain deeply committed to delivering lifesaving supplies to Gazans...

World Drug Day report highlights spike in drug use, increased trafficking

World Drug Day report highlights spike in drug...

Geneva [Switzerland], June 27: The UN agency tackling crime and drug abuse (UNODC) released its annual World Drug Report on...

Man behind Hamburg airport hostage stand-off given 12 years in prison

Man behind Hamburg airport hostage stand-off given 12...

Hamburg [Germany], June 26: A 35-year-old man who abducted his daughter, drove his car to the Hamburg airport and provoked...

OIC Observatory warns Gaza is entering most critical humanitarian phase since October 7

OIC Observatory warns Gaza is entering most critical...

Gaza [Israel], June 26: The Organization of Islamic Cooperation's media observatory for Israel's crimes against the Palestinians warned that the...

Kenyan parliament stormed as thousands demonstrate against tax law

Kenyan parliament stormed as thousands demonstrate against tax...

Nairobi [Kenya], June 26: Several hundred demonstrators in the Kenyan capital Nairobi broke through security barriers and stormed the parliament...

WHO says worldwide alcohol consumption is declining too slowly

WHO says worldwide alcohol consumption is declining too...

Geneva [Switzerland], June 26: People around the world are drinking less alcohol than they used to, but the World Health...

Russia blocks access to 81 EU media

Russia blocks access to 81 EU media

Moscow [Russia], June 26: In response to the ban on broadcasting several Russian media in Europe, Russia has blacklisted 81...

Study finds Nile migration world's largest movement of land-animals

Study finds Nile migration world's largest movement of...

Nairobi [Kenya], June 26: The gigantic migration of antelopes in South Sudan and Ethiopia comprises around six million animals, new...

Top US health official declares gun violence a public crisis

Top US health official declares gun violence a...

Washington [US], June 26: The top US health official has declared gun violence in the country a public health crisis....

Assange headed to Pacific island on way to freedom in Australia

Assange headed to Pacific island on way to...

London [UK]/ Bangkok [Thailand], June 26: A plane in which Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is believed to be travelling on...

UN launches global principles to combat online hate, urges action

UN launches global principles to combat online hate,...

New York [US], June 26: Technology companies must take responsibility and mitigate harm to society, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres...

Ukraine starts EU membership negotiations in 'historic day'

Ukraine starts EU membership negotiations in 'historic day'

Luxembourg City [Luxembourg], June 26: Ukraine started negotiations with the European Union on joining the bloc on Tuesday, an important...

4 million USD for Albert Einstein's famous letter about the atomic bomb

4 million USD for Albert Einstein's famous letter...

Washington [US], June 26: The letter written by Mr. Einstein and his colleague Leo Szilard in August 1939 warned...

North Korea launched a new ballistic missile into the sea

North Korea launched a new ballistic missile into...

Pyongyang [North Korea], June 26: On June 26, South Korea and Japan announced the discovery of North Korea launching an...

Dagestan political elite to be vetted for links to radical Islam

Dagestan political elite to be vetted for links...

Dagestan [Russia], June 26: The Kremlin-backed head of Dagestan ordered background checks to be carried out on the Russian republic's...

Brazilian to become first head of Interpol from developing world

Brazilian to become first head of Interpol from...

Brasilia [Brazil], June 26: Interpol's executive committee for the first time elected a police officer from a developing nation to...

Four people arrested after protest at UK PM Sunak's home

Four people arrested after protest at UK PM...

London [UK], June 26: Four men were arrested on suspicion of aggravated trespass at Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's home in...

Peru to stop labeling transgender people as mentally ill

Peru to stop labeling transgender people as mentally...

Lima [Peru], June 26: Peru will stop listing individuals who identify as transgender, among others, as suffering from mental disorders,...

Police fire on demonstrators trying to storm Kenya parliament, several dead

Police fire on demonstrators trying to storm Kenya...

Nairobi [Kenya], June 26: Police fired on demonstrators trying to storm Kenya's legislature and at least five protesters were shot...

Israeli airstrikes kill at least 24 in Gaza City, health officials say

Israeli airstrikes kill at least 24 in Gaza...

Jerusalem [Israel], June 26: Israeli forces killed at least 24 Palestinians in three separate airstrikes on Gaza City early on...

Ahmed bin Saeed attends graduation ceremony of Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences

Ahmed bin Saeed attends graduation ceremony of Mohammed...

Dubai [UAE], June 26: H.H. Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chancellor of the Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine...

UAE mediation efforts succeed with exchange of 180 captives between Russia and Ukraine

UAE mediation efforts succeed with exchange of 180...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], June 26: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced the success of mediation efforts by the UAE...