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China sends 33 warplanes towards Taiwan after US delegation visit

China sends 33 warplanes towards Taiwan after US...

Taipei [Taiwan], January 28: Taiwan's Defence Ministry on Saturday announced that it had detected 33 fighter planes from the Chinese...

Last functioning hospital in Gaza on brink of collapse: WHO head

Last functioning hospital in Gaza on brink of...

Gaza [Palestine], January 28: The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned of a collapse of a hospital...

Palestinians criticise suspension of UNRWA funding by some Western nations

Palestinians criticise suspension of UNRWA funding by some...

Gaza [Palestine], January 28: Top Palestinian officials and Hamas have criticised the decision by some Western countries to suspend funding...

China, N Korea key officials meet in Pyongyang

China, N Korea key officials meet in Pyongyang

Seoul [South Korea], January 28: China's vice foreign minister met with North Korea's top diplomats in Pyongyang on Friday, state...

US strikes Houthi target in Yemen

US strikes Houthi target in Yemen

Sanaa [Yemen], January 28: US forces struck an anti-ship missile in Houthi-held Yemen that they said was ready to fire...

Gunmen in Iran kill nine Pakistanis days after tit-for-tat strikes

Gunmen in Iran kill nine Pakistanis days after...

Tehran [Iran], January 28: Unidentified gunmen killed nine Pakistani workers in a restive southeastern border area of Iran.

Putin derides 'Russophobia' in Europe at World War Two memorial

Putin derides 'Russophobia' in Europe at World War...

Moscow [Russia], January 28: Russian President Vladimir Putin castigated Europe on Saturday for "Russophobia" and criticized the Baltic States over...

US approves sale of F-16 warplanes to Turkey

US approves sale of F-16 warplanes to Turkey

Washington [US], January 28: The United States on Friday finalized the $23 billion sale of F-16 fighter jets to Turkey...

World's largest cruise ship sets sail from Miami

World's largest cruise ship sets sail from Miami

Miami [US], January 28: The world's largest cruise ship, Royal Caribbean's Icon of the Seas, began its maiden journey on...

SAASST, NASA, US Mission discuss space exploration future

SAASST, NASA, US Mission discuss space exploration future

Sharjah [UAE], January 28: The Sharjah Academy for Astronomy, Space Sciences, and Technology (SAASST), an affiliate of the University of...

Magnitude 4.8 quake shakes Tokyo and Kanagawa in Japan

Magnitude 4.8 quake shakes Tokyo and Kanagawa in...

Tokyo [Japan], January 28: An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.8 struck Tokyo, Kanagawa Prefecture and other surrounding areas...

Presidents of UAE, Democratic Republic of the Congo discuss bilateral relations

Presidents of UAE, Democratic Republic of the Congo...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], January 28: President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan spoke by telephone today with His...

Egypt's strategic reserves of wheat sufficient for 4.2 months: Minister

Egypt's strategic reserves of wheat sufficient for 4.2...

Cairo [Egypt], January 28: Egypt's strategic reserves of wheat are sufficient for 4.2 months, oil for 5.3 months, and sugar...

Angola in AFCON's quarter-finals for first time since 2010

Angola in AFCON's quarter-finals for first time since...

Abidjan [West Africa], January 28: Angola defeated Namibia 3-0, reaching the Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals for the first...

Ghanaian president commissions Chinese-built oil refinery

Ghanaian president commissions Chinese-built oil refinery

Tema [Ghana], January 27: Ghanaian President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Friday commissioned the completion of the first phase of...

Zimbabwe receives donations to combat cholera

Zimbabwe receives donations to combat cholera

Harare [Zimbabwe], January 27: Zimbabwe received cholera treatment commodities and supplies worth 265,000 U.S. dollars from international organizations to combat...

Massive protest staged in Yemen to show support for Palestine

Massive protest staged in Yemen to show support...

Sanaa [Yemen], January 27: Tens of thousands of Yemenis who support the Houthi group protested Friday in solidarity with Palestinians,...

Russian authorities say missile downing of Il-76 fired from Kharkov

Russian authorities say missile downing of Il-76 fired...

Moscow [Russia], January 27: Russia's Investigative Committee has determined that the Il-76 military aircraft was hit with a missile that...

German rail operator pays record in compensation to passengers for delays

German rail operator pays record in compensation to...

Berlin [Germany], January 27: Deutsche Bahn, the German rail operator, paid a record 132.8 million euros (144.2 million U.S. dollars)...

Alaska Airlines to return grounding 737 MAX 9 to service

Alaska Airlines to return grounding 737 MAX 9...

San Francisco [US], January 27: Alaska Airlines on Friday announced the plan of returning 737 MAX 9 jets to flight...

2 teenagers killed in downtown Chicago shooting while leaving school

2 teenagers killed in downtown Chicago shooting while...

Chicago [US], January 27: Two teenagers were killed in a shooting in downtown Chicago on Friday, Chicago police and fire...

India, France agree to cooperate in defense, space, health: New Delhi

India, France agree to cooperate in defense, space,...

New Delhi [India], January 27: India and France agreed to cooperate in sectors including health, space and defense during the...

Philippine clash kills 9 suspected militants

Philippine clash kills 9 suspected militants

Manila [Philippines], January 27: Philippine troops killed nine suspected militants in a clash in Lanao del Sur province in the...

Donald Trump ordered to pay E. Jean Carroll $83.3 million

Donald Trump ordered to pay E. Jean Carroll...

Washington [US], January 27: Donald Trump was handed a stinging defeat by a Manhattan jury that ordered him to pay...

UN agency probes staff suspected of role in Oct 7 attacks on Israel

UN agency probes staff suspected of role in...

Tel Aviv [Israel], January 27: The United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) said it had opened an investigation.

Australia PM vows to introduce bill to reshape tax cuts within weeks

Australia PM vows to introduce bill to reshape...

Canberra [Australia], January 27: Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said his centre-left government would soon legislate changes to planned tax...

Trump opens up lead over Biden in rematch many Americans don't want

Trump opens up lead over Biden in rematch...

Washington [US], January 27: Donald Trump leads Democratic President Joe Biden by six percentage points in a Reuters/Ipsos poll.