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Biden, Xi have first phone call since Nov
Washington [US], April 3: US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping have spoken on the phone for the...

Czech Republic reports nearly 5,300 whooping cough cases...
Prague [Czech], April 3: Nearly 5,300 cases of whooping cough, or pertussis, have been reported in the Czech Republic so...

Portuguese new government sworn in
Lisbon [Portugal], April 3: Luis Montenegro, president of Portugal's Social Democratic Party (PSD), officially took office as prime minister on...

President Biden is outraged after Israel's deadly 'erroneous'...
Washington [USA], April 3: US President Joe Biden and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese reacted strongly after Israel's airstrike in...

The US - Japan - Australia - Philippines...
Washington [USA], April 3: The US, Japan, Australia and the Philippines plan to hold a joint naval exercise on Palawan...

Strong quake rocks Taiwan, tsunami warnings issued
Taipei [Taiwan], April 3: An earthquake offshore Taiwan with a magnitude of 7.2 rocked the capital Taipei on Wednesday morning,...

Deadly air strike shows system to protect aid...
New York [USA], April 3: A UN official says the Israeli attack which killed seven staff of the charity World...

International pressure grows over Israeli strike on World...
Jerusalem [Israel], April 3: Israel faces growing international pressure over an air strike which killed seven aid workers for charity...

UN Secretary-General condemns targeting of Iranian Diplomatic Mission...
New York [USA], April 3: Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, condemned the attack on diplomatic premises of the...

Abdullah bin Zayed meets with Hungarian counterpart in...
Budapest [Hungary], April 3: H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs, met with Peter Szijjarto, Minister...

Search for survivors called off after Russian gold...
Moscow [Russia], April 2: Two weeks after an accident at one of Russia's largest gold mines, the search for survivors...

Erdogan's ruling party loses mayoral race in Istanbul
Ankara [Turkey], April 2: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's ruling AKP party has lost the mayoral election in Turkey's largest...

Former Taiwan president Ma Ying-jeou visits China aiming...
Taipei [Taiwan], April 2: Former Taiwan president Ma Ying-jeou on Monday started an 11-day trip to China, aiming to ease...

Cypriot coastguard rescues 150 migrants from boats off...
Nicosia [Cyprus], April 2: The Cypriot coastguard rescued around 150 migrants from three boats east of the island on Monday,...

Hamas blames US for raid on largest hospital
Gaza [Palestine], April 2: Palestinian movement Hamas accused the United States on Monday of being responsible for the devastation Israeli...

Death and destruction as Israel's army withdraws from...
Gaza [Palestine], April 2: Israel has withdrawn its forces from Gaza's al-Shifa Hospital following a two-week operation, leaving behind scenes...

White House calls Israel's move to ban Al...
Washington [US], April 2: White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre has expressed concern about Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's push to stop...

US airman starts hunger strike to draw attention...
Washington [US], April 2: Veterans for Peace has said US Air Force senior airman Larry Hebert would start a hunger...

Highway crash kills 4, injures over 30 in...
La Paz [Bolivia], April 2: Four people were killed and about 36 others injured when a passenger bus plunged off...

Russia arrested four more suspects in a terrorist...
Moscow [Russia], April 2: Russia's FSB security agency said that four people arrested on March 31 provided money and weapons...

North Korea launches ballistic missiles, South Korea and...
Pyongyang [North Korea], April 2: Yonhap news agency on April 2, citing information from the South Korean military, said that...

The US considers selling Israel an 18 billion...
Washington [US], April 2: The US government is considering an $18 billion arms deal with Israel, while Israel "considers" Washington's...

Prosecutors: Trump intimidating trial witnesses
New York [US], April 2: New York prosecutors on Monday urged a judge to forbid Donald Trump from criticizing family...

Criticism over punishing US inmates for social media
Washington [US], April 2: A proposed change to U.S. federal prison rules that would punish inmates for using social media...

Israel bombs Iran embassy in Syria, Iranian commanders...
Jerusalem [Israel], April 2: Suspected Israeli warplanes bombed Iran's embassy in Syria on Monday, a marked escalation in a war...

Egypt, Jordan stress rejection of displacement of Palestinians...
Cairo [Egypt], April 2: Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi and King Abdullah II bin Al Hussein of Jordan have stressed their...

Bangladesh mulls to suspend services of Facebook, YouTube:...
Dhaka [Bangladesh], April 1: A Bangladeshi minister on Sunday said that the country would temporarily suspend services Facebook and YouTube...