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World Drug Day report highlights spike in drug...
Geneva [Switzerland], June 27: The UN agency tackling crime and drug abuse (UNODC) released its annual World Drug Report on...
Man behind Hamburg airport hostage stand-off given 12...
Hamburg [Germany], June 26: A 35-year-old man who abducted his daughter, drove his car to the Hamburg airport and provoked...
OIC Observatory warns Gaza is entering most critical...
Gaza [Israel], June 26: The Organization of Islamic Cooperation's media observatory for Israel's crimes against the Palestinians warned that the...
WHO says worldwide alcohol consumption is declining too...
Geneva [Switzerland], June 26: People around the world are drinking less alcohol than they used to, but the World Health...
Russia blocks access to 81 EU media
Moscow [Russia], June 26: In response to the ban on broadcasting several Russian media in Europe, Russia has blacklisted 81...
Top US health official declares gun violence a...
Washington [US], June 26: The top US health official has declared gun violence in the country a public health crisis....
Assange headed to Pacific island on way to...
London [UK]/ Bangkok [Thailand], June 26: A plane in which Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is believed to be travelling on...
UN launches global principles to combat online hate,...
New York [US], June 26: Technology companies must take responsibility and mitigate harm to society, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres...
Ukraine starts EU membership negotiations in 'historic day'
Luxembourg City [Luxembourg], June 26: Ukraine started negotiations with the European Union on joining the bloc on Tuesday, an important...
4 million USD for Albert Einstein's famous letter...
Washington [US], June 26: The letter written by Mr. Einstein and his colleague Leo Szilard in August 1939 warned...
North Korea launched a new ballistic missile into...
Pyongyang [North Korea], June 26: On June 26, South Korea and Japan announced the discovery of North Korea launching an...
Dagestan political elite to be vetted for links...
Dagestan [Russia], June 26: The Kremlin-backed head of Dagestan ordered background checks to be carried out on the Russian republic's...
Four people arrested after protest at UK PM...
London [UK], June 26: Four men were arrested on suspicion of aggravated trespass at Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's home in...
Police fire on demonstrators trying to storm Kenya...
Nairobi [Kenya], June 26: Police fired on demonstrators trying to storm Kenya's legislature and at least five protesters were shot...
Israeli airstrikes kill at least 24 in Gaza...
Jerusalem [Israel], June 26: Israeli forces killed at least 24 Palestinians in three separate airstrikes on Gaza City early on...
Ahmed bin Saeed attends graduation ceremony of Mohammed...
Dubai [UAE], June 26: H.H. Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chancellor of the Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine...
UAE mediation efforts succeed with exchange of 180...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], June 26: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced the success of mediation efforts by the UAE...
Police in Pakistan detain 23 people for deadly...
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 25: Police in north-western Pakistan have arrested at least 23 individuals who were allegedly part of a...
Sunak 'not aware' of other Tory candidates facing...
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said he is "not aware" of any other Tory candidates facing investigation by the...
Germany demands 'consequences' for Palestinian tied to Israeli...
Berlin [Germany], June 25: Germany condemned the way an injured Palestinian was tied to the bonnet of a military vehicle...
S Korean battery factory blaze kills at least...
Seoul [South Korea], June 25: At least 22 people died and eight others were injured in a major fire at...
Philippines vows to continue South China Sea resupply...
Manila [Philippines], June 25: The Philippines on Monday vowed to continue resupply missions to soldiers stationed at a disputed South...
Over 20,000 children buried, trapped, detained, lost amid...
Gaza [Palestine], June 25: Nearly 21,000 children are missing in Gaza, British aid group Save the Children has claimed.
EU okays $1.5 bn military aid to Ukraine...
Luxembourg [Luxembourg], June 25: EU foreign ministers approved €1.4 billion ($1.5 billion) in military aid for Ukraine, with the package...
Moscow promises US 'repercussions' for Ukraine's attack on...
Moscow [Russia], June 25: The Russian government said the United States bears responsibility for a Ukrainian attack on the Russian-annexed...
Princess Anne suffers minor injuries after being kicked...
London [UK], June 25: Princess Anne, the sister of Britain's King Charles III, is in hospital after suffering minor injuries...
German freed after completing 6-year terrorism sentence in...
Istanbul [Türkiye], June25: A 35-year-old German has been released from prison in Turkey after completing a sentence of more than...