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PALESTINE – January 29 (ONLINE) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced a series of punitive steps against the Palestinians after a pair of shootings in occupied West Bank that left seven Israelis dead and wounded five others. The controversial measures, announced late on Saturday, […]

ANKARA ,Jan 29 (AA/APP):Maldives President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih has won the ruling Maldivian Democratic Party’s (MDP) presidential primary election, becoming eligible to contest for another term, the preliminary results showed on Sunday. Preliminary results showed that the MDP was on track to win over two-thirds […]

ANKARA, Jan 29 (AA/APP):Portugal’s Foreign Minister Joao Gomes Cravinho will visit Türkiye on Monday. Talks with Cravinho will focus on “bilateral relations as well as regional developments and current international matters,” the Turkish Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Sunday. […]

Seoul, Jan 29 (AFP/APP): North Korea on Sunday denied providing arms to Moscow after the United States said the nuclear-armed state supplied rockets and missiles to Russia’s private military group Wagner. Washington earlier this month designated the Wagner group as a “transnational criminal organisation”, citing […]

Buenos Aires, Jan 28 (AFP/APP): The shocking story of a teenager beaten to death by eight young rugby players has opened old wounds and shed light on class, race and gender discrimination in Argentine society. Eight friends, now age 21 to 23, are facing life […]

HYDERABAD 28 Jan (Online): A young woman (Iqra) arrested along with her purported Hindu husband Mulayam Singh Yadav last Monday in Bengaluru (Bangalore) for staying in India illegally, had actually disappeared after leaving for college in Hyderabad on Sept 19, 2022. Iqra had been living […]

KIGALI, Rwanda, Jan 27 (AA/APP): At least 16 people have been killed while 19 are missing after strong tropical storm Cheneso hit Madagascar, according to the government’s risk management agency. Cheneso made landfall on Jan. 19 on the northeastern coast of the Indian Ocean island […]

BEIJING, Jan 27 (XINHUA/APP): China has ordered local authorities to better manage hazardous chemicals and ensure workplace safety following a fatal chemical plant explosion earlier this month, the Ministry of Emergency Management said Friday. The incident happened during maintenance at the plant’s alkylation facility in […]

ANKARA, Jan 25 (AA/APP): Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu and his Thai counterpart Don Pramudwinai this week will discuss stronger bilateral cooperation, the Turkish Foreign Ministry has announced. During a three-day visit to Türkiye starting on Wednesday, Cavusoglu and Pramudwinai will co-chair the 4th meeting of […]

BEIJING, Jan 25 (XINHUA/APP): Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang on Friday held a phone conversation with his Indonesian counterpart Retno Marsudi. As a major country of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Indonesia is also an important partner of Belt and Road cooperation, Qin […]