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Mar 29, 2025
New York [US], March 29: U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced plans to reshape federal public health agencies on Thursday, including cutting 10,000 employees and centralizing some functions of the FDA, CDC and others under his purview.
Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh fear aid cuts will deepen crisis
Maduro urges UN to back release of migrants
Remaining USAID staff fired
Vance accuses Denmark of not keeping Greenland safe from Russia, China
Myanmar-Thailand earthquake: Dozens dead in powerful quake
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US Treasury targets Hezbollah finance team sanctions evasion network
New York [US], March 29: The US Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) Friday designated five individuals and three associated companies...
Gaza hasn't received humanitarian aid for over three weeks, says UNRWA Commissioner-General
Gaza [Palestine], March 29: No humanitarian aid has entered Gaza for more than 3 weeks now, Philippe Lazzarini, Commissioner-General of UNRWA, said in his official...
UN expresses concern over repeated exchange of fire in Southern Lebanon
New York [US], March 29: Janine Hennis-Plasschaert, the United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon, expressed the UN's deep concern over the escalating tensions along the...
Over half of northern Gaza under forced evacuation orders: OHCHR
Geneva [Switzerland], March 29: The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has expressed deep concern over the shrinking space available...
Unsustainable fashion, textiles in focus for International Day of Zero Waste 2025
Nairobi [Kenya], March 29: Ahead of the International Day of Zero Waste 2025, events in Nairobi, New York and across the world have shone a...
Several killed in Israeli attacks in Lebanon
Mar 28, 2025
Beirut [Lebanon], March 28: At least three people have been killed in Israeli attacks in Lebanon, Lebanese media reported. The Israeli military said it...
British Royal Navy sailor jailed in Bahrain granted royal pardon
London [UK], March 28: A British Royal Navy sailor jailed in Bahrain has been granted a royal pardon by its king.
11 arrested in Europe-wide drug crime raids across five countries
Cologne [Germany], March 28: In a coordinated operation targeting organized drug crime, police forces across Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Poland and Spain launched raids on...
Five injured in central Amsterdam knife attack; suspect in custody
Amsterdam [Netherlands], March 28: Five people were injured in a knife attack in central Amsterdam on Thursday, police said.
Zelensky accuses Moscow of breaking deal
Moscow [Russia], March 28: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenksy says Russia is continuing to attack Ukraine's energy infrastructure, despite a US-brokered agreement to stop such attacks.
No consensus at Paris summit on sending European troops to Ukraine
Australia PM Albanese calls national election for May 3
Kennedy to slash 10,000 jobs in major overhaul of US health agencies
South Korea battles worst ever wildfires as death toll hits 28
Six Russians dead, 39 tourists rescued after submarine sinks in Red Sea off Egypt
Record 28 million people face acute hunger in conflict-ravaged Congo
Germany 'will not give in' to Trump car tariffs
US decision to end support for Gavi puts millions of children's lives at risk
ADNOC employees welcome Sultan Al Jaber for Iftar at Habshan 5 Gas Facility
