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Tunisia, Oman discuss boosting trade, investment ties
Tunis [Tunisia], June 21: Tunisian Minister of Trade and Export Development Samir Abid met Friday in Tunis with a high-level...

Iran says no to nuclear talks as UN...
Tehran [Iran], June 21: Iran said on Friday it would not discuss the future of its nuclear programme while under...

Trump 'ambiguous strategy', says will decide Iran issue...
New York [US], June 20: US President Donald Trump's statements about his plans for Iran and the ongoing war between...

Putin says Russia ready to mediate dialogue between...
St Petersburg [Russia], June 20: Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that he is in touch with US President Donald...

Global FDI rose 4% in 2024 to $1.5...
Geneva [Switzerland], June 20: The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) revealed a decline in global foreign direct...

Sustainable peace requires sustainable development: Guterres
New York [US], June 20: After decades of steady progress, the world is facing a development emergency and the engine...

Temperatures pass 32C as first UK area enters...
London [UK], June 20: The UK has recorded its hottest day of the year with temperatures passing 32C, as part...

Oil prices up nearly 3% as Israel-Iran conflict...
Tehran [Iran], June 20: Oil prices jumped almost 3% on Thursday as a week-old air war between Israel and Iran...

The world's only twice-a-year shot to prevent HIV...
New York [US], June 20: The U.S. has approved the world's only twice-a-year shot to prevent HIV, the first step...

Russia and Ukraine exchange more PoWs
Kiev [Ukraine] / Moscow [Russia], June 20: Ukraine and Russia exchanged prisoners of war for the fifth time on Thursday....

Trump to decide on US entry into Iran...
New York [US], June 20: US President Donald Trump is to make a decision on joining Israeli strikes against Iran...

Hurricane Erick, classified as 'dangerous', makes landfall in...
Mexico City, June 20: Hurricane Erick, which has been classified as dangerous, has reached Mexico.

Finland joins several of its NATO neighbours in...
Copenhagen [Denmark], June 20: Finland is to follow several of its NATO neighbours and exit the Ottawa Treaty banning...

UK's Starmer warns of 'real risk' to region...
London [UK], June 20: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has urged US President Donald Trump to step back from military...

SpaceX's Starship explodes on test stand while preparing...
Berlin [Germany], June 20: A SpaceX Starship rocket exploded while preparing for its 10th test flight in Texas late on...

Thai PM faces calls to quit after leaked...
Bangkok [Thailand], June 20: Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra's (pictured) coalition government is on the brink of collapse after a...

Putin and Xi criticise Israel's attacks on Iran,...
Moscow [Russia], June 20: Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping have called for de-escalation in the...

Gaza massacres, West Bank raids continue as attention...
Tehran [Iran], June 20: On Thursday, Israeli troops killed at least 16 Palestinians trying desperately to get food in Gaza....

Iraqi pro-Iran leader threatens US with attacks
Tehran [Iran], June 20: An Iraqi pro-Iranian leader on Thursday threatened the United States that its citizens and interests would...

Israel attacks Iran's Arak reactor as Iranian missile...
Tehran [Iran] / Tel Aviv [Israel], June 20: An Iranian missile barrage has struck several sites across Israel, damaging a...

Gaza death toll rises to 55,637
Gaza [Palestine], June 19: The number of Palestinians killed in the Gaza Strip has risen to 55,637, the majority of...

Iran's centrifuge production sites hit by Israeli strikes,...
Tehran [Iran], June 19: The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has confirmed that two Iranian centrifuge production facilities, TESA Karaj...

Drought has many faces and many impacts
Berlin [Germany], June 19: After a dry European spring, farmers across some parts of the continent are worried about this...

Is Bangladesh ready for a 'credible' election?
Dhaka [Bangladesh], June 19: Bangladesh's interim leader, Muhammad Yunus, recently met the leader of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), which...

Honda pulls off surprise reusable rocket test launch
Tokyo [Japan], June 19: Japan's second-largest carmaker, Honda, has successfully tested an experimental reusable space rocket on the nothern Japanese...

"Did not have any proof of effort to...
New Delhi [India], June 19: The Embassy of Iran in India on Wednesday shared a statement made by the Director-General...

Trump to meet Pak COAS Asim Munir in...
Washington [US], June 19: The White House on Tuesday confirmed a meeting between US President Donald Trump and Pakistan Chief...