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Record January heat of almost 27C bakes Spain's Valencia 27 Jan 2025 - 10:23 pm

Madrid: Spain's Mediterranean coastal city of Valencia registered Monday its hottest January temperature of 26.9 degrees Celsius in records going back more than...

UK confirms 'rare' human case of bird flu 27 Jan 2025 - 09:06 pm

London: A "rare" human case of bird flu has been detected in England, the UK Health and Security Agency (UKHSA) announced on Monday....

OIC expresses rejection of schemes to displace Palestinian people 27 Jan 2025 - 06:21 pm

Jeddah: The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) expressed its rejection and condemnation of the schemes that aim to displace the Palestinian people from...

Iraq sees drop in unemployment, poverty rates 27 Jan 2025 - 06:18 pm

Baghdad:The Iraqi Ministry of Planning said unemployment and poverty rates have fallen over the past three years to 14 and 17 percent respectively,...

India says agreed with China to resume direct flights after 5 years 27 Jan 2025 - 05:53 pm

New Delhi: India said on Monday it had agreed with China to resume direct flights between the two countries, nearly five years after...

China urges US to stop politicisation of COVID-19 origins-tracing 27 Jan 2025 - 05:42 pm

Beijing:China urged the United States to stop politicising and weaponising origins-tracing of the COVID-19 pandemic, and stop scapegoating others, a Chinese foreign ministry...

Africa loses 18 bln USD annually due to conflict: African Union 27 Jan 2025 - 05:35 pm

Nairobi: Kenyan President William Ruto, who is also the champion of the African Union (AU) institutional reforms, said on Monday that conflict continues...

Bird feathers and bloodstains found in Jeju jet engines: report 27 Jan 2025 - 04:22 pm

Seoul: Bird feathers and bloodstains were found in both engines of the Jeju Air plane that crashed in December, according to a preliminary...

Colombia caves on deportations after Trump threats 27 Jan 2025 - 04:12 pm

Washington: Colombia on Sunday backed down and agreed to accept deported citizens sent on US military aircraft, hours after President Donald Trump threatened...

Chinese lion dance troupe shrugs off patriarchal past 27 Jan 2025 - 03:36 pm

Shantou, China: Flinging her male teammate into the air, performer Lin Xinmeng practises China's world-famous lion dance with a troupe that is shrugging...

Shock in France after teenager fatally stabbed for phone 27 Jan 2025 - 02:33 pm

Paris: French police are investigating the fatal stabbing of a 14-year-old who refused to give up his phone to two teenagers in Paris,...

19 arrested after Turkiye hotel inferno disaster 27 Jan 2025 - 02:24 pm

Ankara: Turkish authorities have arrested 19 people as part of an investigation into a fire at a ski resort hotel that killed 78...

Western France put on high flood alert after storm 'Herminia' 27 Jan 2025 - 02:13 pm

Rennes, France: France placed swathes of Brittany in the west of the country on red weather alert Monday as a violent storm brought...

Fire ravages Paris district town hall 27 Jan 2025 - 02:09 pm

Paris: A fire overnight Sunday to Monday ravaged the roof and bell tower of a town hall in one of Paris's districts, police...

Singapore to trial self-driving public buses from mid-2026 27 Jan 2025 - 01:38 pm

Singapore: Self-driving public buses will start plying routes across parts of Singapore from mid-2026 in a pilot test for their mass deployment, the...

Student protesters block major traffic intersection in Serbia capital 27 Jan 2025 - 12:41 pm

Belgrade: Student protesters blocked a major road in the Serbian capital Belgrade on Monday as demonstrators continue to pile pressure on the government...

Palestinians return to North Gaza after forced displacement by Israeli aggression 27 Jan 2025 - 12:04 pm

Gaza: Thousands of Palestinians who were forcibly displaced to central and southern Gaza due to Israeli aggression began to return to theNorthon Monday...