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Greek authorities says 104 rescued so far after fishing vessel capsizes off coast of Peloponnese Peninsula, in worst such disaster this year A fishing boat carrying migrants capsized and sank off the coast of Greece on Wednesday, authorities said, leaving at least 78 people dead and many dozens feared missing …

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing where they agreed to establish a strategic partnership between the two countries. During the Wednesday meeting, Xi said this partnership will mark a new stage in their relations that will build on their past achievements and open …

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has said his country has started taking delivery of Russian tactical nuclear weapons, some of which he said were three times more powerful than the atomic bombs the US dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. The deployment is Moscow’s first move of such warheads – …

As a probe is set to be launched into the UK government’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic, the victims’ relatives have called it a “farce” for not being called to give evidence. “Without learning from the experiences of our members, how can the inquiry properly evaluate the decisions made by …

India has slammed the ex-Twitter CEO’s allegations as an “outright lie,” saying it did not make any threats to shut down the social networking site. On Monday, Jack Dorsey, thco-founder of Twitter who quit as CEO in 2021, accused India of threatening to shut down Twitter due to the platform’s …

Russia says it has repelled attacks by Ukrainian forces on several villages in the southeastern regions of Ukraine, rejecting earlier claims by Kiev that its troops have “liberated” those villages from Russian control. In a statement on Monday, the Russian Defense Ministry said the country’s forces have successfully fought off three …

North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un says he will “hold hands” with President Vladimir Putin of Russia, offering “full support and solidarity” to Moscow. In a message to Putin on the occasion of Russia’s national day on Monday, Kim called for “closer strategic cooperation” with Moscow, and “holding hands firmly with …

Nearly 7,000 people have been evacuated from flooded areas in the war-ravaged Russia-controlled Kherson region of eastern Ukraine, its acting governor has declared. Vladimir Saldo declared in a post on his Telegram social media channel that coordination has been made to provide essentials for affected residents who have received certificates …

Japan has extended a military alert to shoot down any North Korean ballistic missile, rocket or debris approaching the island nation ahead of Pyongyang’s anticipated next satellite launch. Japan’s Defense Ministry declared on Sunday that the order for its military forces to be on high alert would remain in place …

A portion of a vital highway on the East Coast of the US collapsed in Philadelphia after a tanker truck carrying gasoline caught fire underneath an overpass, officials said on Sunday. No deaths or injuries were reported, but officials said the situation remains fluid and that investigators were still searching …

Beijing has slammed the new Iran-related sanctions imposed by the United States on Chinese targets, urging Washington to stop its unreasonable suppression of Chinese entities and people. A spokesperson for China’s Commerce Ministry told reporters on Monday “The US action lacks factual basis and due process, harming the legitimate rights …

Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani announced that the Joint High Committee between Iraq and Egypt has resulted in the signing of 11 memoranda of cooperation between the two countries. During a joint press conference held with his Egyptian counterpart, Mostafa Madbouly, in the Egyptian capital, Al-Sudani stated that the committee’s …

Four boys drowned in rough seas off the western Indian financial hub of Mumbai on Tuesday as India and Pakistan began evacuating people from coastal areas, two days before a cyclone is expected to make landfall. Classified as a very severe cyclonic storm, Biparjoy is expected to land around Thursday …

Ukrainian officials say the death toll from, what they said, Russian missile strikes on the central city of Kryvyi Rig, the hometown of President Volodymyr Zelensky, has risen to six. Oleksandr Vilkul, the head of Kryvyi Rig’s military administration, claimed on Tuesday that six missiles had hit five civilian sites …

Former U.S. President Donald Trump was due to appear in federal court in Miami on Tuesday to face criminal charges that he unlawfully kept national-security documents when he left office and lied to officials who sought to recover them. It will be the second courtroom visit for Trump since April, …

Palestine has called upon the international community to impose sanctions and other punitive measures against Israel over its settlement construction policies in the occupied territories, saying world countries should not simply suffice to written statements in this regard. The Palestinian foreign ministry stated on Tuesday that the Palestinian nation pays …

Police say three people have been found dead in the English city of Nottingham, and three others were hit by a van in linked incidents. The three hit by the van were injured and a man has been arrested on suspicion of murder, Nottinghamshire Police said. This is an horrific …

Congolese militia group, the Cooperative for the Development of the Congo (Codeco), has killed at least 46 people, half of them children, in a new wave of terror in Djugu, Ituri, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The bloody attack occurred on Sunday night, according to local sources who …

A storm off India’s west coast has strengthened to become a powerful cyclone and could hit India’s western state of Gujarat and southern parts of Pakistan this week, the Indian weather department said on Monday. The cyclone, named Biparjoy, is expected to make landfall on Thursday afternoon between Mandvi in …

The United States plans to rejoin the UNESCO organisation from this July onwards, UNESCO announced on Monday. The United States withdrew from the U.N. cultural agency in December 2018 under President Donald Trump over accusations of anti-Israel bias and mismanagement. “It is a strong act of confidence in UNESCO and …