New Delhi, Feb. 23, (dpa/GNA) - US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen announced additional substantial economic assistance for Ukraine on Thursday, the day before the first anniversary of…
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US announces $10 billion more in aid for Ukraine
New Delhi, Feb 23, (dpa/GNA) – US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, announced additional substantial economic assistance for Ukraine on Thursday, the day before the…
Kurdish activist executed in Iran
Tehran, Feb 23, (dpa/GNA) – A Kurdish activist was executed by hanging in Iran on Wednesday morning, the country’s Fars news agency reported later…
Quake-frightened Syrians take refuge in tents for safety
Beirut, Feb. 22, (dpa/GNA) - Afraid of aftershocks jolting areas in war-torn Syria’s north-west and north, people there have pitched tents near their homes to sleep in, activists have said. …
US holds missile defence exercise with South Korea and Japan
Seoul, Feb. 22, (dpa/GNA) - The United States has held a joint naval manoeuvre on missile defence with its allies South Korea and Japan amid growing tensions…
High-level Taiwan-US meeting in Washington irritates China
Taipei/Beijing, Feb. 22, (dpa/GNA) – Taiwan Foreign Minister Joseph Wu met senior US officials in Washington on Tuesday, to the irritation of Beijing. Top-level officials from Taiwan…
Six dead and dozens injured in military operation in Nablus
Tel Aviv/Ramallah, Feb 22, (dpa/GNA) – At least six Palestinians were killed, in an Israeli military operation in Nablus in the West Bank, according…
Iran rejects report it has increased uranium enrichment
Tehran/Vienna, Feb 20, (dpa/GNA) – Iran has denied a media report that it has increased uranium enrichment, as part of its controversial nuclear programme.…
Six killed, 28 injured in fire at hotel in Chinese city of Suzhou
Beijing, Feb. 16, (dpa/GNA) - Six people were killed when a fire broke out at a hotel in eastern China on Thursday morning, according to local media…
Armenia submits Nagorno-Karabakh peace proposal to Azerbaijan
Yerevan, Feb 16, (dpa/GNA) – Armenia has made a comprehensive peace offer to Azerbaijan, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said at a cabinet meeting in…
Avalanches kill at least 15 in Tajikistan
Dushanbe, Feb. 16, (dpa/GNA) - Avalanches have killed at least 15 people in the Central Asian country of Tajikistan, the civil defence agency said on Thursday. In the…
Tremors jolt Syrian city, reigniting quake fears
Latakia, Syria, Feb 16, (dpa/GNA) – Two successive tremors on Thursday, hit Syria’s coastal city of Latakia, more than a week after a deadly…
Lebanese crowd attacks banks in Beirut as economic crisis deepens
Beirut, Feb. 16, (dpa/GNA) - Dozens of Lebanese on Thursday attacked several banks in the capital Beirut amid anger over an economic crisis and a further devaluation of…
Armenia submits Nagorno-Karabakh peace proposal to Azerbaijan
Yerevan, Feb. 16, (dpa/GNA) – Armenia has made a comprehensive peace offer to Azerbaijan, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said at a cabinet meeting in Yerevan on Thursday,…
Lebanese pound plunges again amid worsening economic crisis
Beirut, Feb. 14, (dpa/GNA) - The Lebanese pound on Tuesday has fallen to a record low against the US dollar, amid a worsening economic crisis and political deadlock. The…
Philippines accuses Chinese coastguard of using blinding laser
Manila, Feb. 14, (dpa/GNA) – The Philippines on Tuesday lodged a formal protest with China, accusing Chinese coastguards of using a military-grade laser on a Philippine vessel,…
Beijing accuses US of flying its own balloons over China
Beijing, Feb 13, (dpa/GNA) – Beijing accused the United States on Monday, of having flown more than 10 illegal balloons over China in the…
Mohammed Shahabuddin declared Bangladesh’s president-elect
Dhaka, Feb 13, (dpa/GNA) – Bangladesh’s election authorities, declared retired judge Mohammed Shahabuddin the next president of the South Asian country, after no other…
Israel strikes at underground Hamas facility after rocket attack
Tel Aviv, Feb 13, (dpa/GNA) – The Israeli military responded to rocket fire from the Gaza strip, by launching air strikes aimed at an…
Pakistan launches anti-polio campaign, detects virus from Afghanistan
Islamabad, Feb 13, (dpa/GNA) – Pakistan on Monday, launched a door-to-door campaign to vaccinate millions of children against polio, after evidence of cross-border transmission…