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Hamas supports UN truce call to vaccinate children...
Gaza [Palestine], August 17: Hamas supports the UN's call today for a seven-day truce to vaccinate thousands of children against...
Al-Qaeda claims responsibility for deadly suicide attack in...
Aden [Yemen], August 17: The Yemen-based al-Qaeda branch claimed responsibility on Friday for a deadly suicide attack on a military...
Israeli fighting in Gaza ended: state media
Jerusalem [Israel], August 17: The Israeli army's fighting in the Gaza Strip has ended, Israel's state-owned Kan TV news reported...
Nordic ministers discuss migration challenges, security concerns
Oslo [Norway], August 17: Nordic ministers responsible for migration and immigration convened in Rosendal, western Norway on Thursday and Friday...
Experts say mpox epidemic is low-risk in Europe...
Helsinki [Finland], August 17: Europe will probably see more imported cases of mpox caused by the Clade I virus currently...
Czech Republic, Slovakia agree on cooperation in medicines...
Prague [Czech Republic], August 17: Czech Health Minister Vlastimil Valek and his Slovak counterpart Zuzana Dolinkova signed a memorandum of...
Builders of Malaysia's mega railway project join hands...
Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], August 17: In the sweltering heat of Malaysia's mangrove forest near Malaysia's Port Klang, a group of...
China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand agree to step up...
Bangkok [Thailand], August 17: China, Laos, Myanmar and Thailand discussed cross-border crimes Friday at the Informal Discussion Between the Foreign...
Ukraine collapses bridge in Kursk, accused of plotting...
Kiev [Ukraine], August 17: TASS news agency quoted Russian officials as saying that Ukrainian forces destroyed a bridge over the...
WFP welcomes opening of Adra border crossing from...
Geneva [Switzerland], August 17: The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed news of the opening of the Adre...
Biden urges support for Gaza ceasefire efforts
New York [US], August 17: U.S. President Joe Biden said on Friday that no party in the Middle East should...
Harris vows to cut costs, build homes, lower...
New York [US], August 17: Kamala Harris outlined proposals to cut taxes for most Americans, ban "price gouging" by grocers...
Kremlin accuses the West of helping Ukraine attack...
Moscow [Russia], August 17: An influential aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that the West and the...
EU public health body raises mpox risk alert...
Brussels [Belgium], August 17: The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) on Friday raised its risk level for...
Philippines poverty rate at 15.5% in 2023
Manila [Philippines], August 16: The Philippines' poverty rate dropped to 15.5% last year from 18.1% in 2021, with rising food...
Biden, Harris celebrate medicare drug price cuts
New York [US], August 16: The United States has negotiated down the prices of 10 top-selling prescription drugs used by...
WHO confirms first mpox case outside Africa
Geneva [Switzerland], August 16: Global health officials on Thursday confirmed an infection with a new strain of the mpox virus...
US wants 'El Mayo' tried in Brooklyn
New York [US], August 16: Federal prosecutors are seeking to move alleged Mexican drug kingpin Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada from...
US backs Australia's, UK's export controls in AUKUS
New York [US], August 16: The U.S. State Department told the U.S. Congress on Thursday that Australia, Britain and the...
Trump tackles Harris' economic record at rambling press...
New York [US], August 16: Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump sought to tie his Democratic rival Kamala Harris to...
Kim and Putin pledge stronger ties on Korean...
Pyongyang [North Korea], August 16: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un reaffirmed a pledge to deepen cooperation with Russia in...
Gaza ceasefire talks extended amid rising death toll
Gaza [Palestine], August 16: Negotiators were to meet in the Qatari capital Doha again on Friday in an effort to...
Record 39 candidates to run in Sri Lanka's...
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 16: A record number of candidates are contesting Sri Lanka's presidential election next month as the...
Columbia University president Shafik resigns after Gaza protests
New York [US], August 16: The president of New York's renowned Columbia University, Nemat 'Minouche' Shafik, resigned on Wednesday, effective...
Two pilots killed in France as military jets...
Paris [France], August 16: Two French pilots died when their military jets collided mid-flight in eastern France, the nation's air...
Sicily's Mount Etna volcano erupts, closing airport at...
Rome [Italy], August 16: Mount Etna erupted overnight causing the nearby airport at Catania on Sicily's eastern coast to close,...
Thai ruling party names its leader, daughter of...
Bangkok [Thailand], August 16: Thailand's ruling Pheu Thai party has announced that it will nominate party head Paetongtarn Shinawatra for...