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Czech Republic records nearly 15,000 cases of Pertussis, 6 die

Czech Republic records nearly 15,000 cases of Pertussis,...

Prague [Czech Republic], May 21: The Czech Republic has recorded nearly 15,000 cases of whooping cough, or pertussis, and six...

Report warns of increased blackout risks in Australia

Report warns of increased blackout risks in Australia

Canberra [Australia], May 21: The operator of Australia's electricity grid has warned of a heightened risk of blackouts due to...

President Biden said Israel did not commit genocide in Gaza, condemning the ICC prosecutor

President Biden said Israel did not commit genocide...

Washington [US], May 21: US President Joe Biden said that Israel's military campaign in Gaza was not genocide, criticizing the...

The Myanmar army continues to fall before the rebels

The Myanmar army continues to fall before the...

Yangon [Myanmar], May 21: The military government in Myanmar continues to lose another border town in the ongoing conflict...

Top court bars former president Jacob Zuma from South African election

Top court bars former president Jacob Zuma from...

Cape Town [South Africa], May 21: South Africa's highest court ruled on Monday that former president Jacob Zuma cannot...

Luis Abinader re-elected in Dominican Republic presidential election

Luis Abinader re-elected in Dominican Republic presidential election

Santo Domingo [Dominican Republic], May 21: Incumbent Luis Abinader has been re-elected in the first round of the presidential election...

Spain summons Argentinian ambassador

Spain summons Argentinian ambassador

Madrid [Spain], May 21: Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares has summoned the Argentinian ambassador in Madrid after Argentinian President...

Taiwan's President Lai takes office, urges Beijing to pursue 'peace'

Taiwan's President Lai takes office, urges Beijing to...

Taipei [Taiwan], May 21: Lai Ching-te of Taiwan's ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) was sworn in as the self-governing island's...

Death of Iran's Raisi could stir race for Khamenei succession

Death of Iran's Raisi could stir race for...

Tehran [Iran], May 21: Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi's death in a helicopter crash upsets the plans of hardliners who wanted...

Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's divisive leader in the eye of the ICC storm

Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's divisive leader in the eye...

Tel Aviv [Israel], May 21: Benjamin Netanyahu was one of the most polarising leaders in Israel's history long before the...

ANC support grows in weeks before South African election

ANC support grows in weeks before South African...

Johannesburg [South Africa], May 21: Support for South Africa's governing African National Congress has risen in the weeks leading up...

WikiLeaks founder allowed to appeal extradition from UK to US

WikiLeaks founder allowed to appeal extradition from UK...

Washington [US], May 21: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was given permission to appeal against extradition to the United States after...

Russia fails in rival UN bid on nuclear weapons in space

Russia fails in rival UN bid on nuclear...

Moscow [Russia], May 21: A Russian-drafted United Nations Security Council resolution that called on all countries to prevent "for all...

Australia, New Zealand send evacuation flights to New Caledonia

Australia, New Zealand send evacuation flights to New...

Paris [France], May 21: Australia and New Zealand said they will send government planes to New Caledonia to evacuate nationals...

Iran initiates power transition procedures after president's helicopter crash

Iran initiates power transition procedures after president's helicopter...

Tehran [Iran], May 21: Iran has begun the process of transferring power following the helicopter crash incident that claimed the...

SEWA provides services for Al Hafiya lake in Kalba

SEWA provides services for Al Hafiya lake in...

Sharjah [UAE], May 21: Sharjah Electricity, Water, and Gas Authority (SEWA) has completed the construction of a pumping station and...

UAE leaders congratulate President of Cameroon on National Day

UAE leaders congratulate President of Cameroon on National...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], May 21: President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has sent a message of congratulations...

Iran's presidential election slated for June 28

Iran's presidential election slated for June 28

Tehran [Iran], May 21: After examining the timing of the election process, the heads of branches of power decided 28th...

UNICEF rehabilitates medical centers in Libya's floods-hit Derna

UNICEF rehabilitates medical centers in Libya's floods-hit Derna

Tripoli [Libya], May 20: The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Sunday it has rehabilitated four primary medical centers...

Algeria launches 3rd general agricultural census

Algeria launches 3rd general agricultural census

Algiers [Algeria], May 20: Algeria on Sunday commenced its third general agricultural census, a critical measure to develop agricultural policies...

Ghana presidential convoy involved in fatal crash, president not in the convoy

Ghana presidential convoy involved in fatal crash, president...

Accra [Ghana], May 20: At least one person was killed and some others were injured as Ghana's presidential convoy was...

Lithuania confirms results of presidential election, referendum

Lithuania confirms results of presidential election, referendum

Vilnius [Lithuania], May 20: Lithuania's Central Election Commission (VRK) Sunday confirmed results of the first round of presidential election and...

Blue Origin completes first manned spaceflight since 2022 grounding

Blue Origin completes first manned spaceflight since 2022...

Los Angeles [US], May 20: U.S. aerospace company Blue Origin on Sunday launched a six-member crew to the edge...

Australian PM signals support for stricter social media age limits

Australian PM signals support for stricter social media...

Canberra [Australia], May 20: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has thrown his support behind a push to implement stricter age...

Japan's Hiroshima and Nagasaki lodge protest over US subcritical nuclear test

Japan's Hiroshima and Nagasaki lodge protest over US...

Tokyo [Japan], May 20: The administrations of Japan's Hiroshima and Nagasaki prefectures, which came under the US atomic bombing during...

Sri Lankan Tamils still haunted by civil war

Sri Lankan Tamils still haunted by civil war

Mullivaikkal [Sri Lanka], May 20: Sri Lanka's minority Tamil community marked 15 years since the end of the island nation's...

Biden reaches out to Gaza protesters in college speech

Biden reaches out to Gaza protesters in college...

Atlanta [US], May 20: President Joe Biden told students on Sunday at the former university of civil rights icon Martin...