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Norway hosts global meeting to advance two-state solution...
Oslo [Norway], January 16: Norway hosted a high-level meeting on Wednesday to reinforce international backing for the two-state solution in...

Trump advisers concede Ukraine peace deal is months...
Kyiv [Ukraine], January 16: Advisers to President-elect Donald Trump now concede that the Ukraine war will take months or even...

Biden bids farewell from Oval Office as Trump...
Washington DC [US], January 16: President Joe Biden will cap his half-century political career on Wednesday with a final Oval...

Gaza ceasefire deal reached between Israel, Hamas; truce...
Gaza City [Gaza], January 16: Negotiators reached a phased deal to end the war in Gaza between Israel and Hamas,...

PIF to observe Vanuatu snap election
Port Vila [Vanuatu], January 16: The Pacific Islands Forum has deployed an Election Observer Mission to observe the Vanuatu snap...

NASA to send science to moon on private...
Los Angeles [California], January 15: NASA is preparing to send ten science instruments aboard American private aerospace firm Firefly Aerospace's...

Canadian PM to hold Cabinet retreat on Trump's...
Ottawa [Canada], January 15: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday announced that he will hold a Cabinet retreat from...

Kenya's horticulture exports down to 1.06 bln USD...
Nairobi [Kenya], January 15: Kenya's horticulture export earnings declined in 2024 due to reduced shipments to key markets in Europe...

African School of Governance inaugurated in Rwanda
Kigali [Rwanda], January 15: The African School of Governance (ASG), a graduate institution designed to offer world-class education programs in...

Tunisian urges ICC to investigate situation in Palestine
Tunis [Tunisia], January 15: Tunisian Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohamed Ali Nafti on Tuesday expressed concern over the "stagnation of...

AU to convene annual summit to elect senior...
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], January 15: The African Union (AU) on Tuesday disclosed that its annual summit will be held from...

Tunisia busts drug trafficking network, arrests 2
Tunis [Tunisia], January 15: Tunisian security units have dismantled a drug trafficking network in Ariana province near the capital Tunis,...

Feature: Eyewitness accounts of paramilitary-held days after Sudanese...
Khartoum [Sudan], January 15: Days after the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) recaptured Wad Madani, the capital city of Gezira State...

Turkish Airlines resumes flights to Libya's Benghazi after...
Tripoli [Libya], January 15: Libya's eastern-based government announced on Tuesday that Turkish Airlines had resumed flights to Benghazi after a...

Britain bans animal products imports from Germany over...
London [England], January 15: Britain has banned pigs, sheep and cattle imports from Germany after a case of foot-and-mouth disease...

IFC provides record 200 mln USD loan to...
Yerevan [America], January 15: The International Finance Corporation (IFC) extended a landmark loan of 200 million U.S. dollars to Ameriabank,...

Russia open to dialogue on security guarantees for...
Moscow [Russia], January 15: Moscow is prepared to discuss security guarantees for Ukraine, however it is important to agree on...

Ukrainian president, German defense minister meet on military...
Kyiv [Ukraine], January 15: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met with visiting German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius on Tuesday to discuss...

Santa Ana hurricane-force winds could intensify wildfires
Santa Ana [California], January 15: Firefighters on Tuesday held the line against two massive wildfires that have ravaged parts of...

Trump says he will create new agency to...
Washington DC [US], January 15: U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said he will create a new government agency called the External...

Hamas has agreed to a draft deal for...
Gaza City [Gaza], January 15: A missile fired by Yemen's Houthi rebels targeted central Israel early Tuesday, causing sirens to...

UN lays groundwork for Gaza aid surge under...
Gaza City [Gaza], January 15: The United Nations said on Tuesday it was busy preparing to expand humanitarian assistance to...

A look at the terms and tensions in...
Jerusalem [Israel], January 15: If the Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal goes according to the current draft, then fighting will stop in...

Trump's picks for his cabinet and other top...
Washington DC [US], January 15: Confirmation hearings for President-elect Donald Trump's picks for his cabinet and other high-ranking administration positions...

South Korean officials enter presidential compound to detain...
Seoul [South Korea], January 15: Seemingly hundreds of law enforcement officials in South Korea entered the residential compound of impeached...

World Bank funds 82 mln USD for Sudan...
Khartoum [Sudan], January 14: The World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Monday they...

Venezuelan FM slams attacks on diplomatic missions
Caracas [Venezuelan], January 14: Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yvan Gil on Monday denounced attacks on several of the country's diplomatic missions,...