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