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Delta pilot makes 'aggressive manoeuvre' to avoid collision with military jet

Delta pilot makes 'aggressive manoeuvre' to avoid collision...

New York [US], July 22: A Delta airlines pilot was forced to make an "aggressive" evasive manoeuvre to avoid a...

Notre Dame in Paris to be mapped digitally by Microsoft

Notre Dame in Paris to be mapped digitally...

Paris [France], July 22: Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris is to be digitally mapped by US tech giant Microsoft, with...

Ukraine seeks €5bn more for weapons amid new push for peace negotiations

Ukraine seeks €5bn more for weapons amid new...

Kiev [Ukraine], July 22: Kiev said on Monday that it requires the equivalent of over €5 billion ($5.84 billion) in...

Egypt's environment minister resigns to assume UN post

Egypt's environment minister resigns to assume UN post

Cairo [Egypt], July 21: Egyptian Environment Minister Yasmine Fouad has resigned to take up her new role as Executive Secretary...

Dozens of people in Gaza starve to death

Dozens of people in Gaza starve to death

Gaza [Palestine], July 21: Among the 86 people who died due to the famine, 76 were children, Xinhua news...

Typhoon No. 3 Wipha: China suffers widespread damage, Thailand sets up 'war room' to respond

Typhoon No. 3 Wipha: China suffers widespread damage,...

Bangkok [Thailand], July 21: After making two landfalls in Guangdong Province (China), Typhoon Wipha ( Typhoon No. 3 )...

Another senior assistant to the US defense secretary leaves the Pentagon

Another senior assistant to the US defense secretary...

New York [US], July 21: The New York Times on July 21 quoted the Pentagon's announcement that a top aide...

Passenger plane nearly collides with B-52 bomber in the US

Passenger plane nearly collides with B-52 bomber in...

New York [US], July 21: The New York Post reported on July 21 that a passenger plane operated by SkyWest...

Tsunami threat lifted in Russia's Kamchatka after powerful quake

Tsunami threat lifted in Russia's Kamchatka after powerful...

Moscow [Russia], July 21: The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center says there is no longer a danger of tsunami waves on...

Calm reported in Syria's Sweida, Damascus says truce holding

Calm reported in Syria's Sweida, Damascus says truce...

Damascus [Syria], July 21: Residents reported calm in Syria's Sweida on Sunday after the government announced that Bedouin fighters had...

Israel issues fresh evacuation order in central Gaza

Israel issues fresh evacuation order in central Gaza

Gaza [Palestine], July 21: The Israeli military has issued a new forced evacuation warning for the Palestinians in central Gaza,...

Man arrested following shooting at Oslo shopping centre

Man arrested following shooting at Oslo shopping centre

Copenhagen [Denmark], July 21: A suspect has been arrested in Norway after shots were fired at a busy shopping centre...

Outrage in Pakistan after video of couple's killing goes viral

Outrage in Pakistan after video of couple's killing...

Islamabad [Pakistan], July 21: Pakistani authorities on Sunday arrested a suspect believed to have been involved in the gruesome killing...

5 killed as passenger ferry catches fire off Indonesian coast

5 killed as passenger ferry catches fire off...

Manado [Indonesia], July 21: A passenger ferry carrying hundreds of people caught fire at sea on Sunday off Sulawesi island...

One killed, two missing after six swept over Oregon waterfall

One killed, two missing after six swept over...

Salem [Oregon], July 21: One person has died and two people remain missing after a group of six people were...

At least 10 dead in South Korea after heavy rains

At least 10 dead in South Korea after...

Seoul [South Korea], July 21: At least ten people have died and another nine are missing after days of heavy...

Moscow airports shut temporarily after Ukraine drone attacks

Moscow airports shut temporarily after Ukraine drone attacks

Russia [Moscow], July 21: A sustained Ukrainian drone attack on Russia caused Moscow's major airports to be temporarily closed and...

Japanese govt facing setback in upper house vote

Japanese govt facing setback in upper house vote

Tokyo [Japan], July 21: Japan's ruling coalition, led by Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), has suffered another...

Israeli forces kill 92 aid seekers in Gaza

Israeli forces kill 92 aid seekers in Gaza

Jerusalem [Israeli], July 21: At least 115 people, including 92 aid seekers, were killed by Israeli attacks across Gaza. More...

Russia insists on achieving Ukraine goals despite Trump's ultimatum

Russia insists on achieving Ukraine goals despite Trump's...

Russia [Moscow], July 21: Russia is open to peace with Ukraine, but achieving its goals remains a priority, Kremlin spokesman...

Pope Leo calls for end to 'barbarity of war'

Pope Leo calls for end to 'barbarity of...

Gaza City [Gaza], July 21: Pope Leo called for an end to the 'barbarity of war' on Sunday as he...

Trump says he will help Afghans stuck in the UAE

Trump says he will help Afghans stuck in...

Washington DC [US], July 21: President Donald Trump said on Sunday he would help Afghans detained in the United Arab...

Israeli fire kills 67 people seeking aid in Gaza, medics say, as hunger worsens

Israeli fire kills 67 people seeking aid in...

Gaza City [Gaza], July 21: At least 67 Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire as they waited for U.N. aid...

Sudan denounces new EU sanctions as legally unfair

Sudan denounces new EU sanctions as legally unfair

Khartoum [Sudan], July 20: Sudan's Foreign Ministry on Saturday denounced the new sanctions imposed by the European Union on Sudanese...

Bedouin tribal fighters withdraw from Syria's Sweida after ceasefire efforts: authorities

Bedouin tribal fighters withdraw from Syria's Sweida after...

Damascus [Syria], July 20: Syria's interior authorities said Saturday night that through their extensive efforts to implement a newly-reached ceasefire...

Israel's continued interventions worsen Syria's crisis: Turkish FM

Israel's continued interventions worsen Syria's crisis: Turkish FM

Ankara [Turkey], July 20: Israel's "continued interventions on Syrian territory" are worsening the crisis in Syria, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan...

Palestinian president issues decree on holding national council elections before yearend

Palestinian president issues decree on holding national council...

Jerusalem [Palestinian], July 20: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas issued a decree on Saturday about holding new Palestinian National Council (PNC)...