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Worst fears have passed for shot Slovak PM
Bratislava [Slovakia], May 20: The condition of Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico remains "serious" but worst fears have "passed", the...
UNRWA: Nearly 800,000 now displaced from Rafah
Gaza [Palestine], May 20: Roughly 800,000 people have been forced to flee Rafah since Israel launched a military operation in...
UAE following with deep concern media reports regarding...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], May 20: The UAE is following with deep concern media reports on the tragic accident of the...
Saudi King to undergo medical examinations in Jeddah:...
Jeddah [Saudi Arabia], May 20: The Saudi Royal Court said Sunday that the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King...
Paramilitary forces kill 8 civilians in central Sudan:...
Khartoum [Sudan], May 19: At least eight civilians were killed in an attack by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF)...
Cyprus aims at continuous flow of humanitarian aid...
Nicosia [Cyprus], May 19: Cyprus aims at having a continuous flow of humanitarian aid from the Larnaca port to the...
Wildfires sweep across Finland, straining rescue services
Helsinki [Finland], May 19: By Saturday afternoon, Finnish rescue services had responded to a total of 21 wildfire incidents across...
Sri Lanka warns of landslides following heavy rain
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 19: Following heavy rainfall that lashed Sri Lanka, the country's National Building Research Organization (NBRO), in...
Palestinian rights group calls for investigation into Meta's...
Gaza [Palestine], May 19: The Sada Social online rights group says US tech giant Meta must be investigated for helping...
Prime minister Fico in stable condition; Slovakian politicians...
Bratislava [Slovakia], May 19: Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico, who was critically injured in an assassination attempt on Wednesday, is...
100,000 people affected by climate protest that closes...
Munich [Germany], May 19: Members of the German climate activist group Last Generation breached Munich Airport's tarmac and glued themselves...
Biden's security adviser visits Saudi Arabia, Israel for...
Washington [US], May 19: US President Joe Biden's security adviser Jake Sullivan is to travel to Saudi Arabia and Israel...
Russia could increase attacks, says Zelensky
Kyiv [Ukraine], May 19: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said Russia could increase its attacks in Ukraine's north east following...
At least 23 people are missing off Tunisia...
Tunis [Tunisia], May 19: At least 23 people are missing off the Tunisian coast, local authorities have said, as search...
Georgian president vetoes foreign influence law as Russian...
Berlin [Germany], may 19: Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili on Saturday vetoed a controversial law against NGOs passed by parliament, in...
Australians in New Caledonia face food shortages
Canberra [Australia], May 19: Australians stranded in New Caledonia are rationing food as they wait for a way out of...
Japan military needs more women, harassment issue
Tokyo [Japan], May 19: As Japan embarks on a major military build-up, it's struggling to fill its ranks with the...
Britain's Conservatives trail Labour by 18 points
London [UK], May 19: The opposition Labour Party's lead over British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's governing Conservative Party has increased...
Eruption of Indonesia's Mt Ibu forces seven villages...
Mt Ibu [Indonesia], May 19: A volcano on the remote Indonesian island of Halmahera has spectacularly erupted, spewing a grey...
UAE flies first relief plane for flood-hit victims...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], May 19: The UAE today sent the first relief plane carrying 100 tonnes of food, medical and...
Austria to unblock funds for UNRWA
Vienna [Austria], May 19: Austria will release funds to the UN's Palestinian relief organisation UNRWA that were blocked after allegations...
All Israeli crossings with Gaza must be opened,...
Cairo [Egypt], May 19: Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry Friday said that all land crossings between Israel and the Gaza...
UAE President receives phone call from President of...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], May 19: UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan received a phone call today...
Jury of UNESCO-Hamdan Prize for Teacher Development discusses...
Paris [France], May 19: The International Jury of the UNESCO-Hamdan Prize for Teacher Development met at the UNESCO headquarters over...
Storms batter Houston, killing 4, causing widespread damage
Houston [US], May 18: Strong storms on Thursday night battered the Houston area, the largest city in the U.S. state...
At least 12 killed in southeast Mexico road...
Mexico City [Mexico], May 18: At least 12 people were killed and six others injured when two vehicles collided on...
Coroner concludes Boeing whistleblower's death as suicide
San Francisco [US], May 18: A coroner's office said in a report released on Friday that it has concluded the...