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American woman detained in Afghanistan released
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 30: An American woman who had been detained in Afghanistan by the Taliban since February has been...

Huge Istanbul protests over Imamoglu's arrest, imprisonment in...
Ankara [Turkiye], March 30: Hundreds of thousands of protesters in Turkiye's Istanbul have taken to the streets again, rallying against...

Hundreds of Muslim worshippers feared dead, mosques destroyed
Naypyidaw [Myanmar], March 30: Hundreds of Muslim worshippers are feared to be among the more than 1,600 people who died...

Hamas ready to release more hostages during 50-day...
Gaza [Palestine] / Tel Aviv [Israel], March 30: The Palestinian Hamas says it is prepared to release five hostages still...

Trump-wary Austrian chancellor elected as ÖVP leader
Vienna [Austria], March 30: The conservative Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) gave a landslide endorsement to Chancellor Christian Stocker as party...

Skygazers in some parts of world marvel at...
New York [US], March 30: Skygazers in some parts of the world have been enthralled catching the Moon passing between...

Thailand buildings built before 2007 not earthquake-proof
Bangkok [Thailand], March 30: A structural engineering expert has told the BBC that fewer than 10% of buildings in Bangkok...

Moscow accuses Kiev of stepping up attacks on...
Moscow [Russia], March 30: Russia on Saturday accused Ukraine of intensifying its attacks on energy facilities in violation of a...

Danish minister hits back at 'tone' of US...
Copenhagen [Denmark], March 30: Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen on Saturday responded to criticism of Copenhagen's policy on Greenland...

Corsican mafia boss shot and killed in Bastia
Paris [France], March 30: A notorious Corsican mafia boss was shot dead on his doorstep in Bastia on Saturday morning.

Germany 'will not give in' to Trump car...
Berlin [Germany], March 29: Germany has said it "will not give in" and that Europe must "respond firmly" as US...

Six Russians dead, 39 tourists rescued after submarine...
Moscow [Russia], March 29: Six Russians died on Thursday and 39 foreign tourists were rescued when a viewing submarine sank...

US pushes for streamlining, tension over leak case...
Washington [US], March 29: CNN on March 28 quoted the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as saying...

Billionaire Elon Musk 'buys' social network X again
New York [US], March 29: Billionaire Elon Musk announced that he has sold his social networking company X to his...

Ukrainian President sets conditions for signing mineral deal...
Kyiv [Ukraine], March 29: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the country would not accept any mineral exploitation deals that threatened...

Kennedy to slash 10,000 jobs in major overhaul...
New York [US], March 29: U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced plans to reshape...

Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh fear aid cuts will...
Dhaka [Bangladesh], March 29: Majuna Khatun sat cradling her six-month-old baby at a rehabilitation centre for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh,...

Swedish journalist jailed in Turkey on terrorism
Ankara [Turkey], March 29: Swedish journalist Kaj Joakim Medin, who was in Turkey to cover protests against Istanbul Mayor Ekrem...

Maduro urges UN to back release of migrants
Caracas [Venezuela], March 29: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro this week spoke to the United Nations' Secretary General Antonio Guterres and...

Remaining USAID staff fired
New York [US], March 29: President Donald Trump's administration told Congress on Friday it would cut nearly all remaining jobs...

Vance accuses Denmark of not keeping Greenland safe...
New York [US], March 29: U.S. Vice President JD Vance on Friday accused Denmark of not doing a good job...

US Treasury targets Hezbollah finance team sanctions evasion...
New York [US], March 29: The US Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) Friday designated five...

Gaza hasn't received humanitarian aid for over three...
Gaza [Palestine], March 29: No humanitarian aid has entered Gaza for more than 3 weeks now, Philippe Lazzarini, Commissioner-General of...

UN expresses concern over repeated exchange of fire...
New York [US], March 29: Janine Hennis-Plasschaert, the United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon, expressed the UN's deep concern over...

Over half of northern Gaza under forced evacuation...
Geneva [Switzerland], March 29: The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has expressed deep concern...

Several killed in Israeli attacks in Lebanon
Beirut [Lebanon], March 28: At least three people have been killed in Israeli attacks in Lebanon, Lebanese media reported....

British Royal Navy sailor jailed in Bahrain granted...
London [UK], March 28: A British Royal Navy sailor jailed in Bahrain has been granted a royal pardon by its...