Islamabad, Mar. 4, (dpa/GNA) – Pakistan’s new Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif was sworn-in on Monday to face daunting economic challenges and political instability in the country. President…
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Mass jailbreak after armed gangs attack national prison in Haiti
Buenos Aires, Mar. 4, (dpa/GNA) – Armed gangs have attacked Haiti’s national prison in Port-au-Prince, apparently allowing hundreds of prisoners to escape. The police were unable to prevent…
At least 170 killed in attacks in Burkina Faso
Cape Town, Mar. 4, (dpa/GNA) – At least 170 people were killed in a series of attacks in northern Burkina Faso last weekend, according to Attorney General…
Trump supporters target black voters with faked AI images
Mar 04 (BBC/GNA) – Donald Trump supporters have been creating and sharing AI-generated fake images of black voters to encourage African Americans to vote…
WHO chief outraged at reports of deaths after Rafah airstrike
Gaza, March 3, (dpa/GNA) – The head of the World Health Organization (WHO), responded with outrage to reports of the deaths of several Palestinians,…
Elon Musk sues OpenAI for abandoning original mission for profit
Mar 1 (Reuters/GNA) – Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk has sued ChatGPT-maker OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman, saying they abandoned the startup’s original mission to…
Fire at commercial building kills 44 in Bangladeshi capital Dhaka
Dhaka, Mar. 1, (dpa/GNA) – At least 44 people have been killed and dozens others injured after a fire broke out in a commercial building in the…
Spain’s top court launches terrorism proceedings against Puigdemont
Madrid, Mar. 1, (dpa/GNA) – The Spanish Supreme Court has initiated criminal proceedings against Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont on terrorism charges, overruling the attorney general on…
Israel accused of killing 104 in aid queue as Gaza toll tops 30,000
Gaza/Tel Aviv, Mar. 1, (dpa/GNA) – The Hamas-controlled Health Ministry in Gaza accused Israeli soldiers of shooting dead 104 people and injuring 760 on Thursday as aid…
Elections open in Iran, record low turnout expected amid voter apathy
Tehran, Mar. 1, (dpa/GNA) – Iran’s religious leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has opened the elections in Iran under heavy security precautions. The head of state cast his…
Air taxi firm Volocopter gets green light to start manufacturing
Berlin, Mar. 1, (dpa/GNA) – German air taxi manufacturer Volocopter has been given the green light to start series production of its aircraft, the company announced on…
Meeting of G20 ministers in Brazil ends without joint declaration
SĂŁo Paulo, Mar. 1, (dpa/GNA) – The finance ministers of the leading industrialized and emerging economies (G20) failed to agree on a joint final declaration at their…
UN still waiting for docs from Israel a month after UNRWA allegations
New York, Mar. 1, (dpa/GNA) – One month after the start of an investigation into allegations that members of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine…
Tensions grow ahead of Navalny’s funeral in Moscow
Moscow, Mar. 1, (dpa/GNA) – Security forces in Russia’s capital on Friday mounted a show of force as mourners gathered for the funeral of Kremlin opponent Alexei…
Albert Einstein College of Medicine to offer free tuition after billion-dollar gift
New York, Feb 29 (CNN/GNA) — Students at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York will receive free tuition after a $1 billion dollar…
Iran state media report successful satellite launch from Russian soil
Tehran, Feb. 29, (dpa/GNA) – Iran said it has launched a domestically produced satellite into space. The Pars-1 research satellite equipped with cameras was launched from the…
Pakistan opens new parliament after disputed, bloody elections Â
Islamabad, Feb. 29, (dpa/GNA) – More than 300 members of Pakistan’s new parliament huddled in the capital Islamabad on Thursday for the inaugural session after elections last…
Poland not ruling out closing its border to goods from Ukraine
Warsaw, Feb. 29, (dpa/GNA) – Following weeks of protests by Polish farmers against cheap agricultural products from Ukraine, the government in Warsaw is no longer ruling out…
Zelensky secures support for peace plan from Balkan states
Kiev, Feb. 29, (dpa/GNA) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky secured further support for his peace plan from the participants at the Ukraine South-East Europe Summit hosted in…
Europol announces full-scale action against money laundering network
Amsterdam, Feb. 29, (dpa/GNA) – Investigators from Italy, Latvia and Lithuania took action against a money laundering ring and arrested 18 people in a joint operation, Europol…