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Macron to make state visit to UK before Trump

Macron to make state visit to UK before...

London [UK], April 21: Emmanuel Macron will be granted a state visit before Donald Trump's expected trip in September as...

DR Congo bans ex-president Kabila's party over alleged rebel links

DR Congo bans ex-president Kabila's party over alleged...

Kinshasa [DRC], April 21: The Democratic Republic of Congo has banned the party of former President Joseph Kabila, accusing him...

Kiev, Moscow trade allegations of Easter ceasefire violations

Kiev, Moscow trade allegations of Easter ceasefire violations

Kyiv [Ukraine]/Moscow [Russia], April 21: Moscow and Kiev traded allegations of Easter ceasefire breaches on Sunday with both sides reporting...

Palestinians in Gaza, West Bank mark sorrowful Easter amid Israeli attacks

Palestinians in Gaza, West Bank mark sorrowful Easter...

Gaza [Gaza City], April 21: Palestinian Christians in Gaza, the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem have marked a second sombre...

Two killed in Israeli attacks in Lebanon

Two killed in Israeli attacks in Lebanon

Beirut [Lebanon], April 21: Two people were killed in Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon on Sunday, authorities said.

Ukraine seeks apology from Fox News

Ukraine seeks apology from Fox News

Kyiv [Ukraine], April 21: Ukraine's Foreign Ministry has sharply criticized US broadcaster Fox News after the network mistakenly identified Kiev...

German police continue search for gunman

German police continue search for gunman

Frankfurt [Germany], April 21: Police were continuing their search on Sunday for the gunman who shot and killed two men...

Pope grants brief Easter Sunday audience to US Vice President Vance

Pope grants brief Easter Sunday audience to US...

Rome [Italy], April 21: Pope Francis granted a brief audience to US Vice President JD Vance on Easter Sunday morning,...

Ecuador accuses 'bad losers' of assassination plot against President Daniel Noboa

Ecuador accuses 'bad losers' of assassination plot against...

Quito [Ecuador], April 21: Ecuador has declared a state of "maximum alert" over an assassination plot against President Daniel Noboa.

Boy dies after being trapped between rocks off NSW beach

Boy dies after being trapped between rocks off...

Washington DC [US], April 21: A nine-year-old boy has died after being caught between rocks on the NSW Mid North...

At least 4 dead in prison escape in Chad

At least 4 dead in prison escape in...

Yaounde [Cameroon], April 20: At least four people were killed after inmates attempted to escape from a prison in Chad,...

Over 1.2 mln ecstasy pills seized in Tunisia

Over 1.2 mln ecstasy pills seized in Tunisia

Tunis [Tunisia], April 20: Tunisian security forces have dismantled an international drug trafficking network, seizing more than 1.2 million ecstasy...

Russia, Ukraine swap 492 prisoners of war

Russia, Ukraine swap 492 prisoners of war

Moscow [Russia], April 20: Russia and Ukraine on Saturday exchanged 492 prisoners, said the Russian Defense Ministry.

Roundup: Belgian cyclist begins solar-powered journey from Brussels to Shanghai

Roundup: Belgian cyclist begins solar-powered journey from Brussels...

Brussels [Belgium], April 20: Belgian cyclist Claude Brouir, now in his sixties, officially set off on his cross-continental journey titled...

Switzerland, north Italy returning to normal after severe weather

Switzerland, north Italy returning to normal after severe...

Rome [Italy], April 20: Travel conditions largely returned to normal in Switzerland after heavy snowfalls cut key routes, and conditions...

British couple among four dead after cable car crash in south Italy

British couple among four dead after cable car...

London [UK], April 20: The two Britons who died in a cable crash near Naples were a couple.

Man who admitted UK police pursuit crash charge drove to work on bail

Man who admitted UK police pursuit crash charge...

London [UK], April 20: A personal trainer who was taking a woman out on a first date has admitted dangerous...

Cat on loose causes stir at White House

Cat on loose causes stir at White House

Washington DC [US], April 20: A cat found its way onto the heavily secured north lawn of the White House...

US Supreme Court blocks deportation of Venezuelans

US Supreme Court blocks deportation of Venezuelans

Washington DC [US], April 20: The US Supreme Court temporarily blocked the deportation of dozens of Venezuelans in an order...

Italian PM Meloni interpreter issues public apology for White House slip-up

Italian PM Meloni interpreter issues public apology for...

Rome [Italy], April 20: An interpreter working for Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has made a public apology after...

Tunisian court hands opposition figures lengthy jail terms

Tunisian court hands opposition figures lengthy jail terms

Tunis [Tunisia], April 20: Dozens of opposition figures in Tunisia have been handed lengthy prison terms on national security charges,...

Palestinian govt denounces threat to Al-Aqsa Mosque

Palestinian govt denounces threat to Al-Aqsa Mosque

Jerusalem [Palestine], April 20: The Palestinian government has expressed "extreme concern" over threats circulating among Israeli settler organisations to destroy...

Iran and the US agree on third round of nuclear discussions

Iran and the US agree on third round...

Rome [Italy], April 20: Iran and the United States have agreed to further nuclear discussions after the second round of...

At least 143 dead in boat accident on Congo River

At least 143 dead in boat accident on...

Goma [Congo], April 20: At least 143 people have died in a boat accident in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Protests against govt in Turkiye continue

Protests against govt in Turkiye continue

Istanbul [Turkey], April 20: Numerous people gathered in the central Turkish city of Yozgat on Saturday at an anti-government rally...

President Putin orders unilateral ceasefire in Ukraine for Easter

President Putin orders unilateral ceasefire in Ukraine for...

Moscow [Russia], April 20: Russian President Vladimir Putin has unilaterally declared a ceasefire in Ukraine over Easter, the Kremlin's press...

Zelensky says Russian attacks continuing after Putin announces 'Easter truce'

Zelensky says Russian attacks continuing after Putin announces...

Moscow [Russia], April 20: President Zelensky says Russian attacks are continuing on several frontlines, hours after Vladimir Putin called a...