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Sudan famine camp attacks alarm UN humanitarians

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 bomb threat

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: statistics office

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 after meeting with Vance

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: media

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 reciprocal levies

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 January after strong holiday spending

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

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, Ethiopia: USGS

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 heard tower instructions before collision with passenger jet

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

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 week

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 workers, sources say

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 officials

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

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

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

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 new elections

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,' injuring 28

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 collapse fears

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 or opponents

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 Mediterranean

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 Elon Musk

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 a humpback whale

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 plot to assassinate him

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, strengthens existing projects

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 Exchange

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...