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Sudan famine camp attacks alarm UN humanitarians
Washington DC [US], February 15: An escalation of fighting in and around a displaced people camp in western Sudan where...

Elementary school in southern BiH suspends classes over...
Sarajevo [Bosnia and Herzegovina], February 15: An elementary school in Mostar, southern Bosnia and Herzegovina, suspended classes on Friday following...

Slovak economy rises by 2 pct in 2024:...
Bratislava [Slovakia], February 15: Slovakia's gross domestic product (GDP) increased by 2 percent in 2024, up from 1.4 percent the...

Zelensky says Ukraine ready to move toward peace...
Kyiv [Ukraine], February 15: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Ukraine stands ready to move towards peace following his meeting...

Italian prosecutors open tax fraud case against Amazon:...
Rome [Italy], February 15: Italian prosecutors have launched a tax fraud investigation into retail giant Amazon, alleging the company evaded...

Trump slams India's high tariffs, vows to charge...
Olympia [Washington] (US), February 15: U.S. President Donald Trump criticized on Thursday India's high tariffs, vowing that the United States...

U.S. retails sales drop by 0.9 pct in...
Olympia [Washington] (US), February 15: U.S. retail sales fell by 0.9 percent in January after a strong holiday spending, the...

U.S. CDC to cut one-tenth of workforce
Los Angeles [California] (US), February 15: Nearly 1,300 employees at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) --...

6.0-magnitude quake hits 6 km NNE of Metahāra,...
Albany [New York] (US), February 15: An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 jolted 6 km NNE of Metahāra, Ethiopia...

Investigators say Black Hawk crew might not have...
Olympia [Washington] (US), February 15: The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said Friday that the Army Black Hawk helicopter's...

U.S. stocks close mixed as retail sales decline
Albany [New York] (USA) , February 15: U.S. stocks ended mixed on Friday after hitting near-record highs the previous day,...

Number of active U.S. drilling rigs up this...
Houston [Texas], February 15: The number of active drilling rigs in the United States stands at 588 this week, up...

US IRS prepares to lay off thousands of...
Washington DC [US], February 15: The U.S. Internal Revenue Service is preparing to fire thousands of workers in the coming...

Elon Musk's tactics frustrate some White House senior...
Washington DC [US], February 15: As tech billionaire Elon Musk expands his influence over more than a dozen U.S. federal...

Protest action shuts down air traffic in Belgium
Brussels [Belgium], February 14: A nationwide protest involving tens of thousands of demonstrators against the new government brought air traffic...

NATO chief responds cautiously to Trump's Ukraine course
Brussels [Belgium], February 14: NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte reacted cautiously on Thursday to US President Donald Trump's announcement of...

Hundreds of foreigners freed from Myanmar's scam centres
Bangkok [Thailand], February 14: More than 250 people from 20 nationalities who had been working in telecom fraud centres in...

EU Parliament rejects Georgia's ruling party legitimacy, demands...
Brussels [Belgium], February 14: The European Parliament on Thursday overwhelmingly adopted a resolution that rejected the legitimacy of "Georgia's self-proclaimed...

Driver ploughs into Munich crowd in 'suspected attack,'...
Munich [Germany], February 14: A driver crashed his car into a trade union march making its way through the streets...

Hamas to release three captives amid ceasefire deal...
Gaza [Palestine], February 14: Hamas says it is committed to the release of captives held in Gaza according to a...

US launches reciprocal tariff plan regardless of allies...
Washington [US], February 14: "On trade, in the interest of fairness, I will impose reciprocal tariffs , meaning the United...

US aircraft carrier collides with merchant ship in...
New York [US], February 14: The US Navy said on February 13 that the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman...

14 US states sue Mr. Trump and billionaire...
Washington [US], February 14: A group of 14 states, led by New Mexico, alleges that Elon Musk 's position as...

Escaped death after falling into the mouth of...
Santiago [Chile], February 14: Adrian Simancas, 24, was kayaking with his father in the waters off the coast of Chile,...

Hun Sen releases audio recording containing information about...
Phnom Penh [Cambodia], February 14: The two recordings were released on February 13, in which the two men were discussing...

NATO launches two new multinational air defence initiatives,...
Brussels [Belgium], February 14: NATO on Thursday launched two new multinational High-Visibility initiatives to further enhance the protection of its...

UAE calls for developing Agreement on Facilitating Trade...
Cairo [Egypt], February 14: Abdullah bin Touq Al Marri, Minister of Economy, has affirmed the UAE's full commitment to implementing...