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Tokyo: Japanese women in 2024 had the highest life expectancy in the world at 87.13 years, remaining in the top spot for the...

Abuja: Nigeria is ready to open its market to stablecoin businesses, as long as they comply with the country's regulations, the main regulatory...

London: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer stressed Friday that recognition of a Palestinian state must be part of a broader plan to ensure...

New York: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has condemned the killing of more than 1,000 Palestinians attempting to access food aid since May 27,...

Bangkok: Thailand will consider a ceasefire, but it must be based on appropriate on-the-ground conditions, the Thai Foreign Ministry said on Friday. In...

Mexico City: Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Friday deplored the humanitarian crisis unfolding in the Gaza Strip due to chronic food shortages in...

Athens: A week-long heatwave in Greece that began on Monday is now expected to last more than a week, the country's weather service...

Riyadh: Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah held a phone call Friday with his Ethiopian counterpart Gedion Timotheos, during which...

Washington: The United States on Friday called for an immediate halt to the ongoing clashes along the Thailand-Cambodia border, expressing concern over the...

Moscow: Investigators have recovered flight data recorders from the wreckage of a plane that crashed in Russia's far east, killing 48 people, and...

Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia on Friday urged Cambodia and Thailand to exercise utmost restraint and take immediate steps to de-escalate tensions. Malaysia's Foreign Ministry...

Colombo: Sri Lanka's highest court on Thursday ordered aSingaporean shipping firm to pay US$1 billion in damages for causing the island's worst marine...

Geneva: More than 1.3 million people who fled the fighting in Sudan have headed home, the United Nations said Friday, pleading for greater...

Geneva: The medical charity Doctors Without Borders said Friday that a quarter of all young children and pregnant or breastfeeding women screened at...

Islamabad: Almost half of the 266 deaths linked to Pakistan's heavier-than-normal monsoon rains were children on their national school holidays, officials said Friday....

Islamabad:Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Thursday that his country is determined to resolve issues under the Indus Waters Treaty through dialogue...

Ankara: The Central Bank of Turkiye (CBRT) on Thursday cut interest rates by 300 basis points to 43% , exceeding expectations. This marks...

Cairo: Egypt has welcomed French President Emmanuel Macron’s announcement that France intends to officially recognize the State of Palestine, calling it a significant...