Rome, Mar. 31, (dpa/GNA) – A fire broke out at a Tesla car dealership in Rome early on Monday, damaging 17 electric cars and leaving some of…
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Iran seizes two tankers in Persian Gulf over alleged fuel smuggling
Tehran, Mar. 31, (dpa/GNA) – Iran’s elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has seized two oil tankers in the Persian Gulf, accusing them of smuggling fuel, state…
US military confirms three missing soldiers in Lithuania are dead
Riga, Mar. 31, (dpa/GNA) – After recovering a tank that had sunk metres deep in mud, the US military confirmed on Monday the deaths of three of…
Five dead and four injured in mine explosion in Spain
Madrid, Mar. 31, (dpa/GNA) – Five workers died and four others were injured in an explosion at a mine in northern Spain, the emergency services said on…
Thousands of Israelis demonstrate for new hostage deal
Tel Aviv, Mar. 29, (dpa/GNA) – Thousands of Israelis staged renewed protests across the country on Saturday in favour of a new deal with Hamas for the release of…
Russian drone strike on Dnipro as tensions rise over energy strikes
Kiev/Moscow, Mar. 29, (dpa/GNA) – At least four people died and 21 were injured on Saturday in a Russian drone strike on Dnipro in central Ukraine, while Moscow accused…
Hundreds of thousands protest in Istanbul over Erdoğan rival jailing
Istanbul, Mar. 29, (dpa/GNA) – Hundreds of thousands of people in Istanbul joined one of the biggest demonstrations in recent Turkish history on Saturday to protest against…
Powerful quakes kill at least 144 in Myanmar, many still trapped
Bangkok, Mar. 28, (dpa/GNA) – At least 144 people have been killed and more than 700 are injured in Myanmar after powerful earthquakes struck South-East Asia on…
Greenland forms broad government in defiance of Trump’s control bid
Copenhagen, Mar. 28, (dpa/GNA) – Four Greenlandic parties have signed an agreement to form a broad coalition government as the territory aims to fend off threats by…
Guterres rejects Putin’s proposal that UN govern Ukraine
New York, Mar. 28, (dpa/GNA) – UN Secretary General António Guterres sees no need for new elections in Ukraine under United Nations supervision, rejecting a proposal from…
Several Palestinians injured in settler attack in the West Bank
Ramallah, Mar. 28, (dpa/GNA) – Several Palestinians have been injured in an attack by Israeli settlers on villagers in the Masafer Yatta region of the West Bank,…
Ukraine receives remains of 909 soldiers in exchange with Moscow
Kiev, Mar. 28, (dpa/GNA) – Ukraine has received the remains of more than 900 soldiers killed in combat, authorities said on Friday. The 909 soldiers were killed…
French prosecutors seek 7-year sentence for Sarkozy in Libya trial
Paris, Mar. 27, (dpa/GNA) – French prosecutors requested on Thursday a seven-year prison sentence for former president Nicolas Sarkozy, who is facing charges of accepting illegal campaign…
South Sudanese vice president placed under house arrest
Dakar/Cape Town, Mar. 27, (dpa/GNA) – South Sudan’s Vice President Riek Machar has been placed under house arrest, his SPLM-IO party said on Thursday. In response, the…
Russian tourists killed after submarine sinks off Egyptian coast
Cairo, Mar. 27, (dpa/GNA) – Six foreign tourists were killed and 39 others rescued on Thursday when a recreational submarine sank off Egypt’s Red Sea city of Hurghada, an…
Turkey bans some broadcasters after arresting 260 following protests
Istanbul, Mar. 27, (dpa/GNA) — Following the arrest of 260 people in nationwide demonstrations against the jailing of popular opposition presidential challenger Ekrem İmamoğlu,…
Brazil’s ex-president Bolsonaro to stand trial on coup charges
Buenos Aires, Mar. 26, (dpa/GNA) – Brazil’s Supreme Court on Wednesday authorized the indictment of former president Jair Bolsonaro over an alleged plot to overturn the country’s…
Sudanese army chief says ‘Khartoum is free’ after battle for capital
Omdurman, Mar. 26, (dpa/GNA) – The Sudanese government said on Wednesday that its forces had taken control of the capital Khartoum almost two years after the start…
Palestinians in Gaza protest against Hamas for second straight day
Cairo/Tel Aviv, Mar. 26, (dpa/GNA) – For a second straight day protests erupted across the Gaza Strip as thousands of Palestinians demanded an end to the war…
Russia hands long sentences to 23 Ukrainian prisoners of war
Moscow, Mar. 26, (dpa/GNA) – A Russian court has sentenced 23 Ukrainian prisoners of war to lengthy prison terms in the largest trial of captured Ukrainian troops…