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Tunisia, Oman discuss boosting trade, investment ties

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 urges restraint

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 within next 2 weeks

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 Iran, Israel

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 trillion: UNCTAD

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

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 heatwave

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 escalates

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 could stop transmission

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

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 conflict within two weeks

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

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 exiting landmine treaty

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 as Trump mulls bombing Iran

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 for launch

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 phone call

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, urge de-escalation

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 shifts to Iran

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

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 hits hospital

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 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, IAEA confirms

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

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?

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

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 move into a nuclear weapon": IAEA Chief on Iran

"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, experts say Iran on agenda

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...