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St Peter's Basilica bells toll ahead of pope funeral 26 Apr 2025 - 11:04 am

Vatican City: The bells of St Peter's Basilica tolled Saturday ahead of Pope Francis's funeral, as dignitaries took their seats in the piazza...

Hundreds of buildings damaged, dozens injured in 6.3 Ecuador quake 26 Apr 2025 - 10:30 am

Ecuador: A shallow 6.3-magnitude earthquake left more than 30 people injured, damaged more than 800 buildings and caused widespread power cuts in the...

Gaza rescuers say 4 dead, 30 missing under rubble after Israeli strike 26 Apr 2025 - 10:18 am

Gaza City, Palestinian Territories: Gaza's civil defence agency said an Israeli strike on Gaza City on Saturday killed at least four people and...

Francis's funeral to be grand farewell to 'Pope of the poor' 26 Apr 2025 - 09:32 am

Vatican City: Mourners thronged the Vatican and the streets of Rome on Saturday for the funeral of Pope Francis, champion of the poor...

Canada's election: how things work 26 Apr 2025 - 09:09 am

Ottawa: Canada holds an election on Monday after a campaign dominated by US President Donald Trump's trade war. Prime Minister Mark Carney, the...

Canadian Prime Minister condemns Israeli Occupation blockade of food supplies to Gaza 26 Apr 2025 - 08:57 am

Ottawa: Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney condemned the Israeli occupation's blockade of food supplies to Gaza Strip, calling on it to allow the...

Israel's Gaza aid block 'manmade starvation': UNRWA chief 25 Apr 2025 - 11:50 pm

Gaza City, Palestinian Territories: The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees on Friday condemned Israel's more than seven weeks aid block...

Lego block: Dutch court rules mould maker can't use toy trademark 25 Apr 2025 - 11:00 pm

The Hague: A Dutch court on Friday ordered a local concrete block mould manufacturer to scrap the word "Lego" on its website, saying...

Zelensky insists Crimea is Ukrainian as US envoy meets Putin 25 Apr 2025 - 10:24 pm

Kyiv, Ukraine: President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday rejected suggestions Ukraine give up Crimea to Russia, as US President Donald Trump's envoy met Russian...

Chinese animated blockbuster Ne Zha 2 premieres in Finland to warm welcome 25 Apr 2025 - 10:21 pm

Helsinki: Chinese animated phenomenon Ne Zha 2, the highest-grossing animated film of all time, made its Finnish premiere on Friday with a spectacular...

COMESA sounds alarm over US tariffs affecting 8 members 25 Apr 2025 - 10:16 pm

Lusaka: The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) cautioned on Friday that eight out of its 21 member states would encounter...

WFP says runs out of food stocks in Gaza as border crossings remain closed 25 Apr 2025 - 10:13 pm

Gaza: The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday it has run out of food stocks in the Gaza Strip as...

Trump heads to Pope funeral in first foreign trip of new term 25 Apr 2025 - 09:49 pm

Aboard Air Force One: US President Donald Trump headed to Rome on Friday for the funeral ofPopeFrancis, where he will brush shoulders with...

US conducts 1,200 raids on Yemen since March: Houthis 25 Apr 2025 - 09:45 pm

Aden, Yemen:The Houthi group claimed on Friday that USwarplanes had conducted 1,200 raids on Yemen since mid-March, resulting in hundreds of civilian casualties...

Syrian FM attends ceremony raising new Syrian flag at UN Headquarters 25 Apr 2025 - 09:38 pm

New: Syrian Minister of Foreign Affairs Asaad Al Shaibani participated today, April 25,in the ceremony to raise the new Syrian flag at the...

Bayer says legal woes could force it to pull weedkiller 25 Apr 2025 - 08:35 pm

Berlin: German pharmaceuticals and agrichemicals firm Bayer said Friday it could be forced to pull its Roundup weedkiller from the market if it...

Japan stocks end higher 25 Apr 2025 - 07:36 pm

Tokyo: Japanese stocks closed higher on Friday as investors flocked to technology stocks after the United States softened its trade stance with China...

'Crimea will stay with Russia' Trump tells TIME magazine 25 Apr 2025 - 07:19 pm

Washington: Ukraine's Crimean peninsula, annexed by Moscow in 2014, will stay with Russia, US President Donald Trump said in an interview with TIME...