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Berlin: The German government on Wednesday backed plans to protect journalists and activists from spurious lawsuits designed to intimidate rights defenders into silence. The Cabinet approved a draft bill that …

Tel Aviv: The Israeli opposition has slammed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government over the sale of U.S. F-35 jets to Saudi Arabia and gathered 40 signatures to call an urgent …

Kyiv: Ukraine and Russia have again exchanged the bodies of fallen soldiers, both sides reported on Thursday. The staff in Kiev responsible for prisoners of war said that 1,000 bodies …

Geneva: The 183 states party to the international Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) are presently holding talks in Geneva on the global crackdown on nicotine and tobacco. Among the …

Brussels: The European Commission announced on Thursday that it had opened an investigation into whether Google has illegally disadvantaged media and news publishers in its search results. The EU’s executive …

Beijing: China has announced new measures to implement the trade agreement reached between President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump, following their meeting. The Commerce Ministry announced on Wednesday …

Mexico City: Haiti on Sunday declared a three-day national mourning starting Monday following Hurricane Melissa, which killed no fewer than 30 people in the Caribbean nation due to floods and …

Tel Aviv:   Thirty years after the murder of Yitzhak Rabin, an estimated 150,000 people in Tel Aviv paid tribute to the former prime minister late Saturday, according to Israeli …

Tokyo: The United States and Japan have agreed to deepen cooperation on the supply of critical minerals and rare earths. The agreement was signed on Tuesday in Tokyo by U.S. …

Abuja (Nigeria): Some consumers and retailers of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), popularly known as cooking gas, have called on the Federal Government to ensure steady availability and price stability of …