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Middle East: Trump's Gaza plan rejected by UAE
Dubai [UAE], February 21: United Arab Emirates President Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan informed visiting US Secretary of State Marco...

EU maritime transport: progress made, but environmental, sustainability...
Brussels [Belgium], February 21: Europe's maritime sector is making progress towards greater sustainability but will need to increase its efforts...

Google pays €326 million to settle tax dispute...
Rome [Italy], February 21: Italian authorities announced that Google has paid €326 million (US$339.4 million) to settle a dispute over...

Six elephants dead after being hit by train...
Colombo [Sri Lanka], February 21: A passenger train derailed after striking a herd of elephants near a wildlife reserve in...

Netanyahu vows revenge as Hamas hands over bodies...
Tel Aviv [Israel], February 21: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed revenge on Hamas on Thursday after the group released what...

Trump cuts deportation protections for 521,000 Haitians
Washington [US], February 21: U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Thursday cut the duration of deportation protections and work...

US Senate poised to confirm Kash Patel as...
Washington [US], February 21: The US Senate was set to vote on Thursday on whether to confirm Kash Patel as...

Passengers on crashed Toronto plane offered US$30,000 each
Toronto [Canada], February 21: Delta Air Lines is offering US$30,000 to each person on board a plane that crash-landed in...

Security chief of El Chapo's son arrested
Mexico City [Mexico], February 21: The Mexican army said it had arrested a key player in the Sinaloa drug cartel...

US calls off Kiev press conference after Trump...
Kiev [Ukraine] / Brussels [Belgium], February 21: The United States called off a press conference scheduled for Thursday with Keith...

Ex-Trump strategist Bannon sees right on the advance...
New York [US], February 21: The US political strategist Steve Bannon hopes that Germany's parliamentary election this weekend will fire...

Criminal trial of suspended South Korean president begins
Seoul [South Korea], February 21: Suspended South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol on Thursday appeared in a first preliminary hearing...

Hamas hands over bodies of four Israelis held...
Gaza [Palestine], February 21: Hamas has handed over the bodies of an Israeli woman, her two young children and an...

UN human rights chief decries 'parading of bodies'
New York [US], February 21: The UN Human Rights Commissioner Volker Türk has strongly condemned the conduct of the Palestinian...

Emir of Qatar arrives in Tehran
Tehran [Iran], February 20: H.H. Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, Emir of the State of Qatar arrived Wednesday in Tehran...

5.7-magnitude earthquake strikes off Indonesia coast
Jakarta [Indonesia], February 20: An earthquake measuring 5.7 magnitude on the Richter scale struck off the coasts of Indonesia on...

Guterres urges Security Council to overcome divisions for...
New York [US], February 20: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called on members of the UN Security Council to...

Japan reports 2.8 trillion yen trade deficit in...
Tokyo [Japan], February 20: Japan logged a 2.76 trillion yen ($18.2 billion) trade deficit in January, weighed down by increased...

SpaceX launches rocket from Florida's Cape Canaveral, booster...
Florida [US], February 20: SpaceX made history after launching a rocket into space from the coast of Florida and landing...

Russia advances on Ukraine's critical minerals
Moscow [Russia], February 20: Russia, like U.S. President Donald Trump, covets Ukraine's natural resources - and on the ground its...

Canada refugee claims drop as country issues fewer...
Toronto [Canada], February 20: Refugee claims in Canada are dropping from historic highs as the country grants fewer visas and...

Hundreds deported from US held in Panama hotel
Panama City [Panama], February 20: In a room at the luxury Decapolis Hotel in Panama City, two girls hold a...

Ukraine tensions rise as Trump echoes Kremlin talking...
Kiev [Ukraine] / Moscow [Russia], February 20: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused US President Donald Trump of "living in...

Macron hosts more talks as Europe confronts US...
Paris [France], February 20: French President Emmanuel Macron was holding an informal video conference with 19 European countries and Canada...

Trump calls Zelensky a 'dictator'
New York [US], February 20: US President Donald Trump continued to round on Volodymyr Zelensky, calling the Ukrainian president "a...

Egypt, Spain reject US plan to displace Gazans
Cairo [Egypt], February 20: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez rejected the controversial proposal by...

Hamas offers to release all captives to end...
Gaza [Palestine], February 20: Hamas has proposed to release all captives remaining in the Gaza Strip in "one go" in...