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FDA's tobacco unit pledges reset after criticism 25 Feb 2023 - 12:05 am

Washington: Food and Drug Administration officials on Friday pledged a reset in the agency’s tobacco program, responding to criticisms that a lack of...

Turkiye, Ukraine presidents discuss developments of Russian-Ukrainian war 25 Feb 2023 - 12:04 am

Ankara: President of TurkiyeRecep Tayyip Erdogan discussed with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy developments of the Russian-Ukrainian war. A statement from the Turkish...

Nigeria prepares for crucial presidential vote Saturday 24 Feb 2023 - 11:08 pm

Abuja, Nigeria:Officials rushed to prepare polling stations Friday, on the eve of Nigeria’s crucial election, amid new concerns of vote buying after police...

Palestinian nurse spots own father among dying casualties from Israel raid 24 Feb 2023 - 11:03 pm

Nablus, Palestinian Territories: When Israel conducted its deadliest raid in the occupied West Bank in almost two decades this week, a young Palestinian...

Blinken to meet Asia 'Quad' after China friction 24 Feb 2023 - 10:48 pm

Washington: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will meet next week with his counterparts from India, Japan and Australia, on the heels of...

2 Pakistani brothers home after release from Guantanamo 24 Feb 2023 - 10:31 pm

ISLAMABAD: Two Pakistani brothers held by the United States at Guantanamo Bay detention facility for two decades were freed and returned home on...

Alabama governor says state will resume executions 24 Feb 2023 - 10:27 pm

Montgomery, Alabama: An internal review of Alabama's execution procedures is complete and the state will resume lethal injections, Gov. Kay Ivey announced Friday....

Biden to draw health care contrast with GOP in Virginia 24 Feb 2023 - 10:19 pm

Washington: President Joe Biden will aim to draw a contrast between his health care priorities and those of congressional Republicans at a Virginia...

Nigeria seizes 'vote-buying' cash hours before polls 24 Feb 2023 - 10:08 pm

Port Harcourt, Nigeria: Police in Nigeria's southern Rivers State on Friday arrested an opposition party lawmaker with almost half a million dollars in...

French teenager charged with murder over teacher killing: lawyer 24 Feb 2023 - 09:47 pm

Bayonne, France: Prosecutors on Friday charged a 16-year-old boy with murder over the fatal stabbing of his Spanish teacher during class earlier this...

Macron under fire for honouring Bezos with top award 24 Feb 2023 - 09:41 pm

Paris: President Emmanuel Macron was under fire from the French left on Friday for handing billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos the country's highest...

Russia launches ship to rescue space station astronauts 24 Feb 2023 - 08:42 pm

An uncrewed Russian spacecraft launched from Kazakhstan early Friday local time, serving as a lifeboat for three astronauts currently on board the International...

First Western tanks arrive in Ukraine, Zelensky eyes 'victory this year' 24 Feb 2023 - 07:38 pm

Kyiv: President Volodymyr Zelensky vowed on Friday to do everything to defeat Russia this year, as the first Western tanks arrived in Ukraine...

EU sanctions package 'too soft, too weak': Polish PM 24 Feb 2023 - 05:44 pm

Kyiv: Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on Friday the latest proposed EU sanctions against Russia were "too soft, too weak", as he...

Father of Cambodian girl who died from bird flu tests positive for virus 24 Feb 2023 - 05:34 pm

Phnom Penh: The father of an 11-year-old Cambodian girl who died this week from bird flu has tested positive for the virus, health...

Tunisia arrests opposition figure in escalating crackdown 24 Feb 2023 - 05:27 pm

Tunis: Tunisian security forces have arrested Jawhar Ben Mbarek, the most prominent opposition figure to be rounded up in an escalating campaign of...