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