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Ukraine tensions rise as Trump echoes Kremlin talking...
Kiev [Ukraine] / Moscow [Russia], February 20: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused US President Donald Trump of "living in...

Macron hosts more talks as Europe confronts US...
Paris [France], February 20: French President Emmanuel Macron was holding an informal video conference with 19 European countries and Canada...

Trump calls Zelensky a 'dictator'
New York [US], February 20: US President Donald Trump continued to round on Volodymyr Zelensky, calling the Ukrainian president "a...

Egypt, Spain reject US plan to displace Gazans
Cairo [Egypt], February 20: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez rejected the controversial proposal by...

Hamas offers to release all captives to end...
Gaza [Palestine], February 20: Hamas has proposed to release all captives remaining in the Gaza Strip in "one go" in...

Scores of whales to be euthanised after mass...
Sydney [Australia], February 20: Australian authorities are euthanising about 90 false killer whales which survived a mass stranding on a...

EU aims at Russia's shadow fleet as it...
Brussels [Belgium], February 20: EU ambassadors backed a 16th sanctions package on Russia on Wednesday, just days before the third...

Thousands without power, water after Russian strike
Kiev [Ukraine] / Moscow [Russia], February 20: Tens of thousands of people in the port city of Odessa were left...

30 S Korean military members investigated over martial...
Seoul [South Korea], February 20: Thirty members of the South Korean military are under investigation over their alleged involvement in...

Man gets 10 years for attempted murder of...
Tokyo [Japan], February 20: A 25-year-old man was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Wednesday for the attempted murder...

Berlin event with UN Palestinian expert held online...
Berlin [Germany], February 20: A leading UN authority on the Palestinian Territories has warned against restrictions on academic freedom after...

South Africa's Gauteng Province says ready to host...
Gauteng [Johannesburg], February 19: South Africa's Gauteng Province is ready to host the Group of 20 (G20) Summit and seize...

Tunisia dismantles drug trafficking network, arrests 4
Tunis [Tunisia], February 19: Tunisian security forces have dismantled a drug trafficking network active in the southwestern province of Kebili...

AfDB projects 6.3 pct GDP growth for Cote...
Ivory Coast [Abidjan], February 19: A recent report by the Abidjan-based African Development Bank (AfDB), titled Africa's Macroeconomic Performance and...

Malta launches project to diversify fish species
Valletta [Malta], February 19: The Maltese government on Tuesday launched a new project to promote the diversification of fish species...

Kellogg chosen as U.S. representative for talks on...
Moscow [Russia], February 19: Washington has appointed U.S. President Donald Trump's Ukraine envoy Keith Kellogg to represent the United States...

Italian police seize 788 kg of cocaine in...
Rome [Italy], February 19: Italian finance police seized a record 788 kg of cocaine in a large-scale anti-drug operation on...

France's inflation rises to 1.7 pct in January:...
Paris [France], February 19: France's consumer price index (CPI) rose by 1.7 percent year-on-year in January, the French National Institute...

Finland, Sweden stress Europe's interests in Ukraine peace...
Helsinki [Finland], February 19: Finnish and Swedish politicians on Tuesday underscored Europe's interests in ongoing peace efforts as the United...

U.S. schools confront anxiety over Trump's actions on...
Albany [New York], February 19: U.S. President Donald Trump's immigration policies already are affecting schools across the country, as officials...

Investigation underway into why U.S. Delta plane flipped...
Albany [New York], February 19: Investigators have begun working to identify what caused a Delta Air Lines regional jet to...

NY governor to discuss NY mayor's fate with...
Albany [New York], February 19: U.S. New York City Mayor Eric Adams was fighting for his political survival on Tuesday,...

Trump admin fires thousands of federal workers without...
Albany [New York], February 19: Many U.S. federal government employees were dismissed over the holiday weekend as managers confronted a...

Trump cuts target next generation of scientists, public...
Albany [New York], February 19: U.S. President Donald Trump's plan to shrink the size of the federal work force dealt...
Villagers executed in Sudan, activists say
Khartoum [Sudan], February 19: More than 200 unarmed civilians have been killed in a cluster of villages in Sudan over...

Russia says NATO states can't enforce Ukraine peace
Moscow [Russia], February 19: Russia on Tuesday demanded NATO scrap its 2008 promise to one day give Ukraine membership of...

Russia agree to restore diplomatic missions
Moscow [Russia], February 19: The U.S. and Russia agreed on Tuesday to restore the normal functioning of each other's diplomatic...