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EU court strengthens possibility of asylum for stateless Palestinians

EU court strengthens possibility of asylum for stateless...

Luxembourg City [Luxembourg], June 14: An EU court has ruled that stateless Palestinians can obtain refugee protection in the European...

G7 summit: EU's Von der Leyen backs US peace plan for Gaza

G7 summit: EU's Von der Leyen backs US...

Apulia [Italy], June 14: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Thursday offered the commission's support for the peace...

Belarus, Armenia each recall ambassadors amid spat

Belarus, Armenia each recall ambassadors amid spat

Moscow [Russia], June 14: Armenia and Belarus each recalled their ambassadors for consultations on Thursday, as diplomatic tensions between the...

Israel says fighting continues in Rafah

Israel says fighting continues in Rafah

Tel Aviv [Israel], June 14: Israel's army says it is continuing its internationally criticized operations in the city of Rafah...

Abortion pill still under legal threat despite US Supreme Court ruling

Abortion pill still under legal threat despite US...

Washington [US], June 14: The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on Thursday keeping the abortion drug mifepristone on the market with...

G7 agrees on loan deal to support Ukraine with Russian assets

G7 agrees on loan deal to support Ukraine...

Apulia [Italy], June 14: Leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) major democracies agreed an outline deal to provide $50...

Canada to contribute 3.6 bln USD to new G7 deal for Ukraine

Canada to contribute 3.6 bln USD to new...

Ottawa [Canada], June 10: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Thursday announced 5 billion Canadian dollars (3.6 billion U.S. dollars)...

World Bank says Sri Lankan economy to expand 2.2 pct in 2024

World Bank says Sri Lankan economy to expand...

Colombo [Sri Lanka], June 14: Sri Lankan economy is expected to expand by 2.2 percent in 2024 and reach 3...

Philippines confirms Filipino crew aboard ship attacked in Red Sea

Philippines confirms Filipino crew aboard ship attacked in...

Manila [Philippines], June 14: The Philippines on Friday said Filipino sailors were among the crew on board a commercial ship...

Greece: Heat forces Acropolis closure for 2nd straight day

Greece: Heat forces Acropolis closure for 2nd straight...

Athens [Greece], June 14: Greek authorities closed down the Acropolis in Athens on Thursday afternoon for a second day running...

Record 120 million people displaced globally: UN report

Record 120 million people displaced globally: UN report

New York [US], June 14: The UN said on Thursday that a record-breaking 120 million people were living in a...

UAQ Ruler pardons number of inmates ahead of Eid Al Adha

UAQ Ruler pardons number of inmates ahead of...

Umm Al Quwain [UAE], June 14: H.H. Sheikh Saud bin Rashid Al Mu'alla, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Umm...

Bank of Japan decides to reduce government bond buying

Bank of Japan decides to reduce government bond...

Tokyo [Japan], June 14: The Bank of Japan (BOJ) on Friday decided to reduce its government bond buying, in...

UAE participates in 20th CGIAR System Council meeting in Brazil

UAE participates in 20th CGIAR System Council meeting...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], June 14: Mariam bint Mohammed Almheiri, Head of International Affairs Office at the Presidential Court, led the...

International film festival opens in Shanghai

International film festival opens in Shanghai

Shanghai [China], June 14: The 26th Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF) kicked off on Friday in the east Chinese metropolis,...

Iranian, Venezuelan FMs vow to promote ties, cooperation to counter sanctions

Iranian, Venezuelan FMs vow to promote ties, cooperation...

Tehran [Iran], June 13: Iran's Caretaker Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani and Venezuela's Foreign Minister Yvan Gil Pinto highlighted the...

U.S.-British coalition launches 3 airstrikes on Yemen's Red Sea port city

U.S.-British coalition launches 3 airstrikes on Yemen's Red...

Sanaa [Yemen], June 13: Warplanes of the United States and British naval coalition launched three airstrikes on Yemen's Red...

Cloud seeding claims overshadow record floods worldwide

Cloud seeding claims overshadow record floods worldwide

Washington [US], June 13: Climate skeptics are scapegoating a weather modification technique known as cloud seeding to deny the role...

New Caledonia vote reform that sparked riots 'suspended'

New Caledonia vote reform that sparked riots 'suspended'

Paris [France], June 13: President Emmanuel Macron said Wednesday that a voting reform that triggered deadly riots in French Pacific...

New Korean flare-up carries greater air of menace

New Korean flare-up carries greater air of menace

Seoul [South Korea], June 13: Border tensions are a fact of life on the Korean Peninsula, but analysts warn that...

Denmark recalls Korean instant noodles for being too spicy

Denmark recalls Korean instant noodles for being too...

Copenhagen [Denmark], June 13: Denmark's food agency has recalled three brands of South Korean instant ramen, warning that they were...

UAE, Uzbek ministers of justice discuss enhancing cooperation

UAE, Uzbek ministers of justice discuss enhancing cooperation

Abu Dhabi [UAE], June 13: Minister of Justice Abdullah bin Sultan bin Awad Al Nuaimi, and Akbar Tashkulov, Minister...

UN Independent International Commission finds Israel, Palestinian armed groups responsible for war crimes in Gaza

UN Independent International Commission finds Israel, Palestinian armed...

New York [US], June 13: Palestinian armed groups and Israeli authorities have both committed war crimes and crimes against humanity...

Massive fire breaks out at oil refinery in Iraq's Erbil

Massive fire breaks out at oil refinery in...

Baghdad [Iraq], June 13: A massive fire broke out at the asphalt storage facility of an oil refinery in Erbil...

Musk expects more from shareholders than himself

Musk expects more from shareholders than himself

Washington [US], June 13: A deal is a deal - sometimes, it seems. Discord is growing among electric-car maker Tesla's...

Gaza ceasefire in limbo as Hamas seeks changes, says US

Gaza ceasefire in limbo as Hamas seeks changes,...

Gaza border [Israel], June 13: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday that Hamas had proposed numerous changes,...

Russian missile attack kills 8, injures 21

Russian missile attack kills 8, injures 21

Moscow [Russia], June 13: A Russian ballistic missile strike on Ukraine's southern city of Kryvyi Rih killed at least eight...