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31.01.2024 16:01 With more aid for Ukraine stalled in Congress, U.S. spy chief William Burns says in a new assessment that it would be a self-inflicted mistake of "historic proportions" for the United States to walk away from its support for Kyiv in its nearly two-year war with Russia.

31.01.2024 16:01 French President Emmanuel Macron urged Europe's leaders to find ways to "accelerate" aid to Ukraine as Russia continued to pound the EU hopeful with missiles.

31.01.2024 16:01 As the United States prepares "multiple actions" in response to a drone attack by Iran-backed militants that killed American soldiers, Kataib Hezbollah, one of the more powerful of Iran's Iraq-based proxies, announced it is suspending all its military operations against U.S. troops in the region.

31.01.2024 16:01 Pressure to approve Sweden's accession to NATO is mounting on Hungary, the last member state yet to ratify Stockholm's application. The Hungarian and Swedish prime ministers are due to meet on the sidelines of a European Union summit in Brussels on Thursday to discuss the issue.

31.01.2024 16:01 The World Health Organization warns that defunding UNRWA, the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, threatens to worsen the already dire situation of more than 2 million civilians in Gaza, many of whom are facing starvation, ill health and the threat of death from the spread of infectious diseases.

31.01.2024 16:01 The allegations of involvement of several UNRWA staff in the heinous attacks on Israel on 7 October are horrifying. As the Secretary-General has said, any UN employee involved in acts of terror will be held accountable.

31.01.2024 16:01 Israeli forces killed three Palestinian militants Tuesday inside a hospital in the occupied West Bank, including one that Israel's military said was a Hamas member planning an imminent attack.

31.01.2024 16:01 The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas says it is "studying" a new ceasefire proposal, stressing that its priority is to end the Israeli aggression and a full withdrawal of occupying forces from the besieged Gaza Strip.

31.01.2024 16:01 Vietnam and the Philippines on Tuesday signed two memoranda of understanding on cooperation in the South China Sea during the visit by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to Hanoi, the Philippine Presidential Communications Office said.

31.01.2024 16:01 Vietnam and the Philippines agreed on Tuesday to boost cooperation between their two coast guards to prevent incidents in the South China Sea, waters claimed in their entirety by Beijing.

31.01.2024 16:01 The Islamic Resistance, an umbrella group of Iraqi anti-terror groups, has announced a pause in its operations against American targets across the region.

31.01.2024 16:01 The Korean People's Army staged a drill of launching strategic cruise missile "Hwasal-2" in the West Sea of Korea on January 30.

31.01.2024 16:01 Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife have each been sentenced to 14 years in prison on corruption charges.

31.01.2024 16:01 A special court in Pakistan sentenced former Prime Minister Imran Khan to 10 years in prison Tuesday on charges that while in office, he made public state secrets involving the United States.

31.01.2024 16:01 Hong Kong officially launched the public consultation process regarding the Article 23 legislation on Tuesday, which is considered a necessary step to enhance national security law's enforcement and effectively prevent activities that compromise national security.