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Faced with backlash over photo of Pope in...
Washington [US], May 6: Reuters on May 6 quoted US President Donald Trump trying to calm the backlash against the...

Israel bombs Yemen's Hodeidah port after attack near...
Tel Aviv [Israel], May 6: The Israeli military said it carried out air strikes on targets at Yemen's Hodeidah port,...

Romanian PM Ciolacu pulls party out of government...
Bucharest [Romania], May 6: Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu has resigned and his Social Democrat party is to leave the...

Hamas rejects Israel's 'conquest' threats
Gaza [Palestine], May 6: Israeli attacks on Gaza killed at least 51 people since dawn on Monday, medical sources said,...

Thirteen found dead in Peru after kidnapping
Mexico City, May 6: Thirteen people who were kidnapped in northern Peru on April 26 have been found dead days...

Trump wants to reopen Alcatraz prison, a museum...
Washington [US], May 6: US President Donald Trump on Sunday said he has given instructions to the relevant authorities to...

Czech Republic to continue training Ukrainian pilots: PM
Prague [Czech Republic], May 6: The Czech Republic will continue training Ukrainian pilots and supplying ammunition and heavy equipment to...

Protests disrupt Liberation Day ceremony with Dutch, Polish...
The Hague [Netherlands], May 6: A smoke bomb was set off amid protests on Monday during a May 5 Liberation...

Britain commemorates WW II with military procession, flypast
London [UK], May 6: Britain held military processions and a Royal Air Force flypast on Monday to commemorate the 80th...

Interview: Multilateralism key to long-term development, says Malaysian...
Milan [Italy], May 6: Malaysian Second Finance Minister Amir Hamzah Azizan has called for a renewed commitment to multilateralism and...

Romanian PM pulls party out of government after...
Bucharest [Romania], May 6: Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu has resigned, and his Social Democrat party is to leave the...

Israel may seize all Gaza in expanded operation
Jerusalem [Israel], May 6: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday an expanded offensive against Palestinian militant group Hamas...

Israel debates 80% tax on foreign donations to...
Jerusalem [Israel], May 6: An Israeli parliamentary committee on Monday began debate on a law that would impose an 80%...

Court rejects Trump bid to revoke 400,000 migrants'...
Washington DC [US], May 6: A federal appeals court rejected on Monday a request by U.S. President Donald Trump's administration...

Trump orders 100% tariff on foreign-made movies
Washington DC [US], May 6: U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday announced a 100% tariff on movies produced outside the...

Indonesia starts cloud seeding to prevent forest fires
Jakarta [Indonesia], May 5: Indonesia's National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) has started weather modification operations in Riau province to anticipate...

Emir of Kuwait receives written message from Emir...
Kuwait, May 5: His Highness Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Emir of the State of Kuwait, received a letter from...

President El-Sisi emphasises Egypt's keenness on success of...
Cairo [Egypt], May 5: President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi of Egypt met with Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of the...

Hundred of tourists evacuated amid flash floods in...
Petra [Jordan], May 5: Jordan's Petra Development and Tourism Region Authority (PDTRA) evacuated hundreds of tourists from the ancient city...

Syrian security forces 'oversaw' armed civilians who killed...
Damascus [Syria], May 5: One of the men accused of taking part in a wave of sectarian violence against Syria's...

NGO in talks with Malta to repair Gaza-bound...
Gaza [Palestine], May 5: An international NGO that intends to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza by sea said on Sunday...

Trump AI pope image 'wasn't good'- New York...
New York [US], May 5: U.S. Cardinal Timothy Dolan said on Sunday that President Donald Trump's posting of an AI-generated...

Starmer talks defence cooperation with Australia's re-elected Albanese
London [UK], May 5: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has congratulated Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese's election win in a phone...

Ceasefire with Russia possible at any moment
Kiev [Ukraine] / Moscow [Russia], May 5: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday that a ceasefire with Russia in...

Trump not considering running for third term
New York [US], May 5: US President Donald Trump has denied that he is considering running for a third presidential...

Israel calls on Qatar to 'stop playing both...
Tel Aviv [Israel], May 5: Israel called on Qatar, a key mediator between Israel and Hamas, to "stop playing both...

Pro-Kurdish MP and key peace negotiator Onder dies...
Istanbul [Turkey], May 5: Sirri Sureyya Onder, a prominent pro-Kurdish party lawmaker and key figure in Turkey's tentative process to...