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Tajikistan sends humanitarian aid to Iran
DUSHANBE, March 18 (Xinhua) — The government of Tajikistan has sent humanitarian aid to the people of Iran at the instruction of Tajik President Emomali Rahmon, the presidential press service […]
Countries propose safe corridor to free 20,000 seafarers stranded in Gulf
LONDON, March 18 (Reuters) – A proposal from the UN’s shipping agency on Wednesday calls for a safe maritime corridor to free some 20,000 seafarers stranded in the Gulf by […]
Colombia minister examining with Ecuador whether sovereignty was violated in border spat
BOGOTA, March 18 (Reuters) – Explosions in cocaine labs near the border with Ecuador killed 14 people in January, Colombia’s Defense Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Wednesday, when asked to […]
Vaccines facing misinformation spike: WHO experts
Geneva (AFP): Vaccine programmes are being challenged by rising misinformation and an uncertain pipeline for research funding, the World Health Organization’s immunisation experts said Wednesday. Read full story Date: 19 […]
UK races to contain meningitis outbreak in Kent after two deaths
LONDON, March 18 (Reuters) – Britain will roll out meningitis vaccines to students at a university in southeast England after an “unprecedented” outbreak of the disease killed two people while […]
Rescue underway at Swiss ski resort as ski lift cabin crashes down mountain
BERLIN, March 18 (Reuters) – A rescue operation is underway in a Swiss ski resort after media reported that a cable car cabin crashed down a snowy mountainside during strong […]
German foreign ministry strongly discourages travel to Cuba
BERLIN, March 18 (Reuters) – Germany’s foreign ministry strongly discouraged citizens from going to Cuba due to an acute energy crisis that particularly limits medical care in a travel notification […]
Trump has full confidence in Gabbard, Leavitt says
WASHINGTON, March 18 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump has full confidence in Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told Fox News on Wednesday, […]
A decade after Brussels attacks, survivor still battling for health and payout
ZAVENTEM, Belgium, March 18 (Reuters) – Ten years after coordinated bombings killed dozens of people at Brussels Airport and Maalbeek metro station, Walter Benjamin is not only battling the physical […]
Damaged Russian LNG tanker has reached Libyan waters, Italy says
ROME, March 18 (Reuters) – The damaged Russian liquefied natural gas tanker that has been adrift in the Mediterranean for the past two weeks has now entered Libyan search and […]