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Hundreds injured in ‘massive’ explosion at Iranian port
News Agencies, Published on 26/04/2025
» A “massive” blast, likely caused by the explosion of chemical materials stored at Iran’s biggest port killed at least four people and injured more than 500, Iranian state media reported on Saturday.
Trump and Zelensky meet at pope’s funeral
News Agencies, Published on 26/04/2025
» ROME - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says he and US President Donald Trump discussed the possibility of an “unconditional ceasefire” with Russia during a meeting prior to the funeral for Pope Francis on Saturday morning.
Cambodia and China commit to canal megaproject
News Agencies and Online Reporters, Published on 19/04/2025
» Cambodia and China have signed a $1.2-billion financing agreement for a 150-kilometre canal that will link a branch of the Mekong River near Phnom Penh to a port on the Gulf of Thailand, ending months of uncertainty about the megaproject.
Anwar plots Myanmar peace deal
Agencies and Bangkok Post, Published on 15/04/2025
» KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysian Prime Minister and Asean chair Anwar Ibrahim said on Monday that he would meet Myanmar's isolated junta chief in Bangkok this week to push for the extension of a ceasefire between the military government and rebel groups to help earthquake relief.
Duterte ‘being sent to The Hague’
News Agencies, Published on 11/03/2025
» Former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte was on a plane bound for The Hague in the Netherlands on Tuesday night, following his arrest earlier in the day on an International Criminal Court (ICC) warrant.
Zelensky: Ukraine ‘fully committed’ to constructive talks with US
News Agencies, Published on 08/03/2025
» KYIV - Ukraine is “fully committed” to constructive dialogue with US representatives in Saudi Arabia next week and hopes to agree on the necessary steps, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Saturday.
Hamas to hand over more hostages and bodies
News Agencies, Published on 18/02/2025
» Israel and Hamas have reached an agrement under which six living Israeli hostages will be released on Saturday, and the bodies of eight others will be handed over this week and next.
Three Israeli hostages released in Gaza
News Agencies, Published on 01/02/2025
» GAZA - The Palestinian militant group Hamas handed over three Israeli hostages on Saturday, and dozens of Palestinian prisoners and detainees were released in exchange, in the latest stage of a truce aimed at ending the 15-month war in Gaza
Six feared dead as medical jet crashes in Philadelphia
News Agencies, Published on 01/02/2025
» PHILADELPHIA - A small medical plane carrying six people crashed near a shopping centre in northeast Philadelphia on Friday night, apparently leaving no survivors and sending a large fireball into the air that engulfed vehicles and homes in flames, authorities said.
Koran-burner shot dead in Sweden, 5 detained
News Agencies, Published on 30/01/2025
» An anti-Islam activist who burned the Koran at several protests, sparking outrage in Muslim countries, has been shot dead in Sweden, a day before a court was to rule on his case.