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Two Hamas members killed in Israeli drone strike in southern Lebanon

Two Hamas members killed in Israeli drone strike...

Beirut [Lebanon], January 21: Two Hamas members were killed on Saturday morning in an Israeli drone strike targeting their vehicle...

UN envoy for Iraq warns against dragging Iraq further into regional conflict

UN envoy for Iraq warns against dragging Iraq...

Baghdad [Iraq], January 21: The UN Assistance Mission for Iraq warned Saturday that Iraq is at risk of being drawn...

Iraqi Shiite militia claims rocket attack on airbase housing U.S. forces in W. Iraq

Iraqi Shiite militia claims rocket attack on airbase...

Baghdad [Iraq], January 21: The Islamic Resistance in Iraq, an Iraqi Shiite militia, claimed responsibility Saturday for launching rockets toward...

Passenger plane has crashed in Afghanistan's northern Badakhshan province

Passenger plane has crashed in Afghanistan's northern Badakhshan...

Kabul [Afghanistan], January 21: A passenger plane has crashed in north Afghanistan's Badakhshan province, local television channel Tolonews reported Sunday,...

Japan's high-tech SLIM lands on moon, is having power issues

Japan's high-tech SLIM lands on moon, is having...

Tokyo [Japan], January 21: Japan successfully landed a high-tech probe on the moon as planned in the early hours of...

Iran vows revenge as Zionist strike on Syria kills Guards

Iran vows revenge as Zionist strike on Syria...

Damascus [Syria], January 21: Iran on Saturday accused the Zionist entity of a strike in Damascus that killed five Revolutionary...

First Turkish astronaut arrives at ISS

First Turkish astronaut arrives at ISS

Washington [US], January 21: An all-European crew including Turkey's first astronaut arrived at the International Space Station on Saturday on...

Iranian and Hezbollah commanders help direct Houthi attacks in Yemen

Iranian and Hezbollah commanders help direct Houthi attacks...

Tehran [Iran], January 21: Commanders from Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) and Lebanon's Hezbollah group are on the ground...

Army called in to rescue about 600 Spanish motorists stuck in snow

Army called in to rescue about 600 Spanish...

Madrid [Spain], January 21: Army units were mobilised to help about 600 drivers who were stuck on a motorway in...

Australia sweats in heatwave lifting bushfire risk, amid El Nino

Australia sweats in heatwave lifting bushfire risk, amid...

Canberra [Australia], January 21: Large swaths of Australia sweltered in a heatwave, the nation's weather forecaster said.

Middle East missile attacks raise Gaza escalation risk

Middle East missile attacks raise Gaza escalation risk

Gaza [Palestine], January 21: Missile attacks in Syria, Lebanon, Iraq and Yemen threw into sharp focus the increasing risk of...

Thousands of New Zealand Maori meet to discuss response to government plans

Thousands of New Zealand Maori meet to discuss...

Wellington [New Zealand], January 21: More than 10,000 New Zealand Maori congregated in the central North Island to discuss how...

Israeli soldiers uncover Gaza tunnel that once held hostages

Israeli soldiers uncover Gaza tunnel that once held...

Gaza [Palestine], January 21: At the end of a kilometer-long, booby-trapped tunnel in the Gaza Strip, Israeli soldiers discovered cramped...

Philippines' Marcos draws ire for helicopter use for Coldplay concert

Philippines' Marcos draws ire for helicopter use for...

Manila [Philippines], January 21: Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr drew flak on social media for his use of a presidential...

Protesters call for change to Netanyahu government

Protesters call for change to Netanyahu government

Tel Aviv [Israel], January 21: Thousands of Israelis gathered in Tel Aviv to protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government.

At Putin campaign HQ, soldier's wife says bring him home

At Putin campaign HQ, soldier's wife says bring...

Moscow [Russia], January 21: The wife of a Russian soldier delivered an emotional appeal for his return from Ukraine at...

UAE launches Global TradeTech Sandbox during World Economic Forum in Davos

UAE launches Global TradeTech Sandbox during World Economic...

Davos [Switzerland], January 21: The UAE government, during its participation in the 54th Annual Meeting of the World Economic...

Vietnam's export value grows eight-fold to $371.8bn since joining WTO

Vietnam's export value grows eight-fold to $371.8bn since...

Hanoi [Vietnam], January 21: Over 17 years of being a member of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Vietnam has seen...

On behalf of UAE President, Shakhboot bin Nahyan attends inauguration of President of the Democratic Republic of Congo

On behalf of UAE President, Shakhboot bin Nahyan...

Kinshasa [DR Congo], January 21: On behalf of President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Sheikh Shakhboot...

Tunisian president meets visiting Mauritanian FM

Tunisian president meets visiting Mauritanian FM

Tunis [Tunisia], January 20: Tunisian President Kais Saied received on Friday visiting Mauritania's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and...

South Africa seeks to prevent auction of Nelson Mandela items

South Africa seeks to prevent auction of Nelson...

Cape Town [South Africa], January 20: The South African Heritage Resources Agency (SAHRA) said on Friday that it will continue...

Ukraine allocates record 464 mln USD to fortify defense lines

Ukraine allocates record 464 mln USD to fortify...

Kyiv [Ukraine], January 20: Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said on Friday that the government has decided to allocate...

Italy experiencing "most severe flu season": health authorities

Italy experiencing "most severe flu season": health authorities

Rome [Italy], January 20: Italy is in the midst of its "most severe flu season in years," with some...

EU's Reynders visits Poland to discuss rule of law

EU's Reynders visits Poland to discuss rule of...

Warsaw [Poland], January 20: European Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders held discussions with the new Polish government on Friday on...

Biden signs stopgap measure to extend government funding until March

Biden signs stopgap measure to extend government funding...

Washington [US], January 20: U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday signed a stopgap funding bill that will keep the government...

NASA confirms first U.S. commercial lunar delivery mission ends

NASA confirms first U.S. commercial lunar delivery mission...

Los Angeles [US], January 20: The first flight of NASA's commercial lunar delivery service carrying agency science and technology, as...

Japan's lunar probe not generating power despite moon landing

Japan's lunar probe not generating power despite moon...

Tokyo [Japan], January 20: Japan's national space agency on Saturday confirmed its first moon landing with the Small Lunar Landing...