Category: 2. World

The UK and France will abandon previous plans to recognize a Palestinian state at an upcoming conference, according to diplomats.

France had been lobbying the UK and other European allies to recognize a Palestinian state at the conference in…

A Colombian presidential candidate is in a critical condition after he was shot three times – reportedly twice in the head – at a campaign event in the capital, Bogotá.

Miguel Uribe Turbay, a 39-year-old senator, was attacked while addressing…

Kyrgyzstan has taken down a huge statue of the revolutionary Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin, which was thought to be the tallest in Central Asia, BBC reported.

First erected when Kyrgyzstan was part of the Soviet Union, the 23 m-tall monument…

The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation has no food distribution sites in northern Gaza.

For people living there, the closest aid point is on the other side of the Netzarim Corridor – an Israeli military zone that cuts off the north from the rest of…

Kenya’s independent police oversight body has launched an investigation into the death of a man who had been detained “for false publication”, the police have said.

Albert Ojwang was arrested in the western town of Homa Bay and then driven 350km…

The national Iranian team, who had defeated Indonesia 3-2 in their opening match, are scheduled to meet the Philippines on Monday.

Iran are drawn in Pool B, alongside the Philippines, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Indonesia, and New Zealand.

Pool A…

The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined to be at 4.47 degrees north latitude and 73.07 degrees west longitude, Xinhua news agency reported. 

The German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), however, said it was a…

Iranian officials have expanded a ban on dog walking to a swathe of cities across the country, citing public order and health and safety concerns.

The ban – which mirrors a 2019 police order that barred dog walking in the capital, Tehran – has…

Confrontations between Palestinian Resistance forces and Israeli occupation troops continued on Sunday east of Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, as confirmed by Palestinian media outlets and Al Mayadeen’s correspondent on the ground.

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