Ramallah, Jul. 7, (dpa/GNA) – Israeli soldiers fatally shot two armed Palestinian men during a military operation in the city of Nablus in the…
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China imposes food import ban on 10 Japanese prefectures
Beijing, July. 7, (dpa/GNA) – China has imposed an import ban on food from a total of 10 Japanese prefectures, the Chinese customs authority…
Seoul reports hardly any impact from Fukushima cooling water disposal
Seoul, Jul. 7, (dpa/GNA) – The discharge of treated cooling water from the ruins of Japan’s Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea is…
Israeli killed in West Bank before attacker ‘neutralized’
Tel Aviv, Jul. 6, (dpa/GNA) – An Israeli was killed in an attack in the West Bank on Thursday, according to the Israeli emergency rescue…
Israeli killed in West Bank, attacker ‘neutralized’
Tel Aviv, July 6, (dpa/GNA) – An Israeli was killed in an attack in the West Bank on Thursday, according to the Israeli emergency…
Israeli opposition leader Gantz urges dialogue on judicial reform
Tel Aviv, Jul. 6, (dpa/GNA) – Following fresh protests this week, Israel’s opposition leader Benny Gantz has asked the government to resume negotiations on…
Bangladesh reports highest single-day dengue cases of 678, death toll reaches 61
DHAKA, July 5, (Xinhua/GNA) — Bangladesh recorded 678 more cases of dengue fever on Tuesday, the highest number for a single day so far…
Afghanistan’s economic collapse prevented: caretaker gov’t leader
KABUL, June 29 (Xinhua/GNA) – The Afghan caretaker government’s Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada, said in a message on Thursday that Afghanistan’s economic collapse has…
Chinese premier warns against politicizing economic relations
Beijing, June 27, (dpa/GNA) – Chinese Premier, Li Qiang, has rejected the debate about reducing economic dependencies on China, and instead called for increased…
Israeli agents arrest three suspects after settler violence
Tel Aviv, Jun. 23, (dpa/GNA) – Israel’s Shin Bet domestic intelligence service has arrested three suspects in the wake of massive riots by Israeli…
Pakistan confirms 350 nationals were on boat that sank in Greece
Islamabad, Jun. 23, (dpa/GNA) – An estimated 350 Pakistanis were on board a boat that sank off the Greek coast last week while carrying…
Turkish trade deficit widens to $12.5 billion
Ankara, Jun. 23, (dpa-AFX/GNA) – Turkey’s foreign trade gap increased in May from the previous year as imports rose faster than exports, the Turkish…
Dozens killed in gas explosion in Chinese restaurant
Beijing, June 22, (dpa/GNA) – A gas explosion in a restaurant in northern China has killed at least 31 people, Chinese state news agency…
Zelensky: Ukraine counteroffensive is not ‘a Hollywood movie’
Kiev, June 21, (dpa/GNA) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, once again dampened expectations of a quick liberation of all territories occupied by Russia. “Some…
Pakistan hosts one of world’s largest refugee populations: president
ISLAMABAD, June 20 (Xinhua/GNA) — Pakistani President Arif Alvi, says his country continued to host one of the largest refugee populations in the world,…
Temperatures likely to hit 50 degrees amid heatwave in Pakistan
Islamabad, June 20, (dpa/GNA) – Pakistan is bracing for a heatwave with temperatures, expected to climb as high as 50 degrees Celsius in the…
Death toll of train accident in eastern Indian state mounts to 291
NEW DELHI, June 19, (Xinhua/GNA) — The death toll in India’s devastating trains mishap on June 2 has risen to 291, after one of…
Over 600 evacuees fall ill due to volcanic eruption in Philippines
MANILA, June 19 (Xinhua/GNA) — At least 628 people have fallen ill, after being displaced in shelters due to the eruption of Mayon Volcano,…
Tanzania mulls over removing levies on sanitary pads
DAR ES SALAAM, June 19, (Xinhua/GNA) — Tanzanian Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa, said Sunday that the government will remove levies imposed on the production…
Israeli gov’t to resume controversial judicial overhaul after compromise talks collapse
JERUSALEM, June 19, (Xinhua/GNA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Sunday that his government will resume the advancement of the contested plan…