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Small plane crashes in Philadelphia

Small plane crashes in Philadelphia

New York [US], February 1: A small plane crashed in a neighborhood of northeast Philadelphia on Friday, sparking a...

UN forms task force to coordinate war debris removal in Gaza

UN forms task force to coordinate war debris...

New York [US], February 1: International organisations and donor entities have begun assessing aid plans, funding programmes and development initiatives...

UN appeals for $500 million to address global human rights needs

UN appeals for $500 million to address global...

Geneva [Switzerland], February 1: Volker Türk, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, has launched an appeal to raise $500...

'Gazans depend on us for sheer survival', insists UNRWA

'Gazans depend on us for sheer survival', insists...

Geneva [Switzerland], February 1: UNRWA said on Friday that its staff are still providing aid to the people of Gaza...

Norway seizes ship suspected of sabotaging submarine cables in Baltic Sea

Norway seizes ship suspected of sabotaging submarine cables...

Oslo [Norway], February 1: According to Reuters, Norwegian police have detained a Norwegian ship at the request of Latvia on...

US fires dozens of FBI agents who investigated Trump

US fires dozens of FBI agents who investigated...

New York [US], February 1: CNN reported on February 1 that President Donald Trump's administration is about to lay off...

Trump may raise tariffs on China, Canada and Mexico today

Trump may raise tariffs on China, Canada and...

New York [US], February 1: The US leader said he would increase import taxes to 25% on goods imported from...

Another plane crash causes many casualties in the US

Another plane crash causes many casualties in the...

New York [US], February 1: The incident occurred near Roosevelt Mall in northeast Philadelphia. The Learjet 55 crashed at around...

US limits helicopter flights after Washington crash, 41 bodies found

US limits helicopter flights after Washington crash, 41...

New York [US], February 1: U.S. authorities restricted helicopter flights near Reagan Washington National Airport indefinitely on Friday, after a...

Investigators find black boxes after deadly Washington plane crash

Investigators find black boxes after deadly Washington plane...

New York [US], February 1: U.S. authorities said on Thursday it was not yet clear why a regional jet and...

Trump takes aim, without evidence, at diversity policies over midair collision

Trump takes aim, without evidence, at diversity policies...

New York [US], February 1: President Donald Trump suggested without evidence on Thursday that the deadly midair collision of two...

Russia launches themed train to mark Chinese New Year

Russia launches themed train to mark Chinese New...

Moscow [Russia], January 31: Moscow unveiled a themed metro train on Wednesday to mark the start of the Spring Festival,...

Belarus president approves resolution on border protection

Belarus president approves resolution on border protection

Minsk [Belarus], January 31: Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko on Thursday approved a resolution on state border protection in 2025.

Italy's GDP grows 0.5 pct in 2024: ISTAT

Italy's GDP grows 0.5 pct in 2024: ISTAT

Rome [Italy], January 31: Italy's economy sputtered into the final quarter of last year with expansion of just 0.5 percent...

Norwegian Centre Party quits coalition gov't over EU energy directives

Norwegian Centre Party quits coalition gov't over EU...

Helsinki [Finland], January 31: Norway's Centre Party announced on Thursday that it is leaving the coalition government due to its...

Romania faces surge in respiratory infections

Romania faces surge in respiratory infections

Bucharest [Romania], January 31: Romania recorded 133,635 cases of acute respiratory infections and eight flu-related deaths in the week from...

NATO scrambles for drones that can survive the Arctic

NATO scrambles for drones that can survive the...

New York [US], January 31: In 2023, Mads Petersen, owner of Greenland-based startup Arctic Unmanned, sat in a car to...

Belgian airspace reopens after short closure over technical issue

Belgian airspace reopens after short closure over technical...

Brussels [Belgium], January 31: Belgian airspace reopened on Thursday after a closure lasting a little over an hour due to...

France's Le Pen condemns death threats against those trying her

France's Le Pen condemns death threats against those...

Paris [France], January 31: French far-right leader Marine Le Pen said those behind death threats against a judge and prosecutors...

Nicaragua's Ortega expands power

Nicaragua's Ortega expands power

Managua [Nicaragua], January 31: Constitutional reforms proposed by Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega to further consolidate power by extending his control...

Colombia government to propose $2.86 billion tax reform

Colombia government to propose $2.86 billion tax reform

Bogota [Colombia], January 31: The Colombian government plans to pitch a new tax reform to Congress.

Japan asks 1.2 million people to refrain from bathing to save driver from 'death pit'

Japan asks 1.2 million people to refrain from...

Tokyo [Japan], January 31: The sinkhole suddenly appeared in the city of Yashio in Saitama Prefecture, Japan, during the morning...

US court rejects ban on handgun sales to people under 21

US court rejects ban on handgun sales to...

New York [US], January 31: In 1968, the US Congress passed a federal law prohibiting firearms dealers from dealing in...

US Secretary of State: China could close Panama Canal if there is conflict

US Secretary of State: China could close Panama...

New York [US], January 31: In an interview on January 30, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he had...

Merkel blasts own party amid uproar over vote with far right

Merkel blasts own party amid uproar over vote...

Berlin [Germany], January 31: Former German chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday criticized her opposition centre-right Christian Democrats (CDU) for passing...

Latest Gaza hostage-prisoner exchanges carried out

Latest Gaza hostage-prisoner exchanges carried out

Tel Aviv [Israel], January 31: The latest round of exchanges of hostages from the Gaza Strip for Palestinian prisoners has...

Rohingya refugees' boat runs aground in Indonesia's Aceh province

Rohingya refugees' boat runs aground in Indonesia's Aceh...

Naypyidaw [Myanmar], January 31: More than 70 Rohingya refugees fleeing persecution in Myanmar have arrived at a tourist beach in...