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UNITED NATIONS | Xinhua |  Within minutes of the Gaza ceasefire taking effect, displaced Palestinians resumed movement to the north, UN humanitarians said Friday. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said that Israeli tanks had blocked Al Rashid Road along the coast after people attempted to …

Nobel Peace Prize for 2025 to Maria Corina Machado London, UK | THE INDEPENDENT | The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2025 to Maria Corina Machado for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to …

CAIRO, EGYPT | Xinhua | Israel and Hamas on Thursday agreed to a Gaza ceasefire deal, offering a tentative path toward ending the two-year conflict that has killed over 67,000 Palestinians, injured almost 170,000 others, and left the enclave in ruins. The deal on the “first phase” of a U.S.-backed …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Having successfully held the 19th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Heads of State and Government in January 2024, Uganda will host a midterm review meeting at the level of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) from October 13 – 16 …

WASHINGTON, the United States  | Xinhua | The U.S. federal government’s shutdown entered its second week on Wednesday, with no end on the horizon as the Senate was unable to reach an agreement to reopen it. On the day, two bills to fund the government — one from Democrats and …

CAIRO, EGYPT | Xinhua | An agreement covering all provisions and implementation mechanisms related to the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire deal will be enforced on Thursday at 12 p.m. local time (0900GMT), Egypt’s Al-Qahera News TV reported. The report added that communication channels between the delegations are still …

STOCKHOLM | Xinhua | Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi were awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry on Wednesday for developing metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced. “The Nobel Prize laureates in chemistry 2025 have created molecular constructions with large spaces through which …

CAIRO, EGYPT | Xinhua | As Hamas and Israel are meeting in Egypt over a potential ceasefire the world anxiously awaits, Gaza marked the grim second anniversary of the conflict on Tuesday. Over the past two years, what began as a cross-border attack by Hamas has, under the weight of …

MOSCOW | Xinhua | Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russian armed forces currently maintain full strategic initiative in the area of the special military operation, Kremlin said in a press release Tuesday evening. Putin made the remarks while meeting with the leaders of the Ministry of Defense, the General …

ADEN, Yemen | Xinhua | Yemen’s Houthi group has recently announced sanctions on some of the United States’ largest oil companies, senior executives, and crude carriers. The decision has raised concerns over maritime security and stability in the Red Sea, one of the world’s most vital shipping corridors, as well …