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Skygazers in some parts of world marvel at partial solar eclipse

Skygazers in some parts of world marvel at...

New York [US], March 30: Skygazers in some parts of the world have been enthralled catching the Moon passing between...

Thailand buildings built before 2007 not earthquake-proof

Thailand buildings built before 2007 not earthquake-proof

Bangkok [Thailand], March 30: A structural engineering expert has told the BBC that fewer than 10% of buildings in Bangkok...

Myanmar quake toll passes 1,600

Myanmar quake toll passes 1,600

Bangkok [Thailand], March 30: Myanmar's military rulers let in hundreds of foreign rescue personnel on Saturday after an earthquake killed...

Moscow accuses Kiev of stepping up attacks on energy facilities

Moscow accuses Kiev of stepping up attacks on...

Moscow [Russia], March 30: Russia on Saturday accused Ukraine of intensifying its attacks on energy facilities in violation of a...

Danish minister hits back at 'tone' of US Vice President JD Vance's Greenland criticism

Danish minister hits back at 'tone' of US...

Copenhagen [Denmark], March 30: Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen on Saturday responded to criticism of Copenhagen's policy on Greenland...

Corsican mafia boss shot and killed in Bastia

Corsican mafia boss shot and killed in Bastia

Paris [France], March 30: A notorious Corsican mafia boss was shot dead on his doorstep in Bastia on Saturday morning.

South Korea battles worst ever wildfires as death toll hits 28

South Korea battles worst ever wildfires as death...

Seoul [South Korea], March 29: Wildfires raging in South Korea doubled in size on Thursday from a day earlier, as...

Germany 'will not give in' to Trump car tariffs

Germany 'will not give in' to Trump car...

Berlin [Germany], March 29: Germany has said it "will not give in" and that Europe must "respond firmly" as US...

Record 28 million people face acute hunger in conflict-ravaged Congo

Record 28 million people face acute hunger in...

Kinshasa [Democratic Republic of Congo], March 29: Twenty-eight million people face acute hunger in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a...

South Koreans mourn historic temple burnt by wildfire, race to save others

South Koreans mourn historic temple burnt by wildfire,...

Seoul [South Korea], March 29: Charred, black ruins at South Korea's Gounsa temple stood on Thursday in stark contrast to...

Six Russians dead, 39 tourists rescued after submarine sinks in Red Sea off Egypt

Six Russians dead, 39 tourists rescued after submarine...

Moscow [Russia], March 29: Six Russians died on Thursday and 39 foreign tourists were rescued when a viewing submarine sank...

US pushes for streamlining, tension over leak case not over

US pushes for streamlining, tension over leak case...

Washington [US], March 29: CNN on March 28 quoted the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as saying...

Billionaire Elon Musk 'buys' social network X again

Billionaire Elon Musk 'buys' social network X again

New York [US], March 29: Billionaire Elon Musk announced that he has sold his social networking company X to his...

Ukrainian President sets conditions for signing mineral deal with US

Ukrainian President sets conditions for signing mineral deal...

Kyiv [Ukraine], March 29: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the country would not accept any mineral exploitation deals that threatened...

Kennedy to slash 10,000 jobs in major overhaul of US health agencies

Kennedy to slash 10,000 jobs in major overhaul...

New York [US], March 29: U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced plans to reshape...

Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh fear aid cuts will deepen crisis

Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh fear aid cuts will...

Dhaka [Bangladesh], March 29: Majuna Khatun sat cradling her six-month-old baby at a rehabilitation centre for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh,...

Swedish journalist jailed in Turkey on terrorism

Swedish journalist jailed in Turkey on terrorism

Ankara [Turkey], March 29: Swedish journalist Kaj Joakim Medin, who was in Turkey to cover protests against Istanbul Mayor Ekrem...

Maduro urges UN to back release of migrants

Maduro urges UN to back release of migrants

Caracas [Venezuela], March 29: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro this week spoke to the United Nations' Secretary General Antonio Guterres and...

Remaining USAID staff fired

Remaining USAID staff fired

New York [US], March 29: President Donald Trump's administration told Congress on Friday it would cut nearly all remaining jobs...

Vance accuses Denmark of not keeping Greenland safe from Russia, China

Vance accuses Denmark of not keeping Greenland safe...

New York [US], March 29: U.S. Vice President JD Vance on Friday accused Denmark of not doing a good job...

Myanmar-Thailand earthquake: Dozens dead in powerful quake

Myanmar-Thailand earthquake: Dozens dead in powerful quake

Naypyidaw [Myanmar], March 29: Myanmar's ruling junta has called for help after the massive earthquake which killed 144 people in...

US Treasury targets Hezbollah finance team sanctions evasion network

US Treasury targets Hezbollah finance team sanctions evasion...

New York [US], March 29: The US Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) Friday designated five...

Gaza hasn't received humanitarian aid for over three weeks, says UNRWA Commissioner-General

Gaza hasn't received humanitarian aid for over three...

Gaza [Palestine], March 29: No humanitarian aid has entered Gaza for more than 3 weeks now, Philippe Lazzarini, Commissioner-General of...

UN expresses concern over repeated exchange of fire in Southern Lebanon

UN expresses concern over repeated exchange of fire...

New York [US], March 29: Janine Hennis-Plasschaert, the United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon, expressed the UN's deep concern over...

Over half of northern Gaza under forced evacuation orders: OHCHR

Over half of northern Gaza under forced evacuation...

Geneva [Switzerland], March 29: The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has expressed deep concern...

Unsustainable fashion, textiles in focus for International Day of Zero Waste 2025

Unsustainable fashion, textiles in focus for International Day...

Nairobi [Kenya], March 29: Ahead of the International Day of Zero Waste 2025, events in Nairobi, New York and across...

Several killed in Israeli attacks in Lebanon

Several killed in Israeli attacks in Lebanon

Beirut [Lebanon], March 28: At least three people have been killed in Israeli attacks in Lebanon, Lebanese media reported....