Cairo, Mar. 15, (dpa/GNA) – The chief of Yemen’s Houthis has threatened that the Iran-aligned group will expand its operations to block Israel-linked ships from even…
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At least 6 dead in attack on hotel in Mogadishu
Mogadishu, Mar. 15, (dpa/GNA) – At least six people were killed in an attack by the Islamist terrorist militia al-Shabaab on a hotel near the presidential palace…
Australia to resume funding of Palestinian aid organization UNRWA
Sydney, Mar. 13, (dpa/GNA) – The Australian government on Friday announced it would resume its funding of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees…
Macron again refuses to rule out sending Western troops to Ukraine
Paris, Mar. 15, (dpa/GNA) – French President Emmanuel Macron reiterated that he is not ruling out sending Western ground troops to Ukraine to avert a Russian victory.…
Blow to eradication as Pakistan reports first polio case in 2024
Islamabad, Mar. 15, (dpa/GNA) – Pakistani health authorities have detected a polio virus in a child in the country’s first case of the crippling disease in 2024,…
Russians start voting in three-day election
Moscow, Mar. 15, (dpa/GNA) – Russian voters were hitting the polls on Friday morning as a three-day presidential election that is all but certain to deliver Vladimir…
Dutch government formation advances after Wilders ends quest to be PM
Amsterdam, Mar. 15, (dpa/GNA) – Just under four months after the parliamentary elections in the Netherlands, there has been a breakthrough in the coalition talks to form…
Paul Alexander: ‘Man in the iron lung’ dies at the age of 78
March 13 (BBC/GNA) – The polio survivor known as “the man in the iron lung” has died at the age of 78. Paul Alexander…
Biden clears threshold for Democrat party’s presidential ticket
Washington, Mar. 13, (dpa/GNA) – US President Joe Biden on Tuesday achieved the required number of delegates to be nominated as the Democratic presidential candidate, according to…
Hunger being used ‘as a war arm’ in Gaza, EU’s Borrell charges
New York, Mar. 13, (dpa/GNA) – The European Union’s foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, has criticized the blocking of aid deliveries to those in need in the…
Four Palestinians killed in Israeli operations in West Bank
Ramallah/Tel Aviv, Mar. 13, (dpa/GNA) – Four people have been killed during Israeli army operations in the West Bank, the Health Ministry in Ramallah said on Wednesday.…
Andrew Tate to be extradited to UK on rape, trafficking allegations
London, Mar. 13, (PA Media/dpa/GNA) – Social media influencer Andrew Tate will be extradited to the UK after a British police force secured a European arrest warrant…
Sunak and Modi hold fresh talks about stalled UK-India trade deal
London, Mar. 13, (PA Media/dpa/GNA) – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has held fresh talks with his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi about stalled negotiations over a free…
Thousands at pro-Ukraine demonstration in Bratislava
Bratislava, Mar. 13, (dpa/GNA) – Several thousand people demonstrated against the Slovakian government and its foreign policy in a pro-Ukraine rally in Bratislava late on Tuesday. The…
Cyprus ship loaded with aid departs for Gaza after long delay
Athens, Mar. 12, (dpa/GNA) – The Open Arms ship carrying aid for the Gaza Strip has departed from the Cypriot port of Larnaca for the embattled Palestinian…
Ireland’s president decries ‘propaganda campaign’ against UN on Gaza
London, Mar. 12, (PA Media/dpa/GNA) – Ireland’s President Michael D Higgins has issued a strong statement condemning the “propaganda campaign” against the United Nations over Gaza as…
Cypriot coastguard finds 458 migrants, including unaccompanied minors
Athens, Mar. 12, (dpa/GNA) – The Cypriot coastguard has found 458 migrants aboard six boats that departed from Lebanon, a police spokesman told the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation…
Caribbean leaders: Haiti interim prime minister has agreed to resign
Havana, Mar. 12, (dpa/GNA) – Ariel Henry, the interim prime minister of crisis-hit Haiti, has agreed to resign, according to the Caribbean community of states CARICOM. A…
Greenpeace: Gold miners destroying massive amount of indigenous land
Buenos Aires, Mar. 12, (dpa/GNA) – Illegal gold miners are destroying an area the size of four football pitches per day in the indigenous protected areas of…
Macron backs assisted suicide legislation in France
Paris, Mar. 11, (dpa/GNA) – Draft legislation paving the way for assisted suicide for terminally patients will be placed before the French National Assembly in May, President…