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Fire in Kuwait building kills 49 foreign workers

Fire in Kuwait building kills 49 foreign workers

Mangaf [Kuwait], June 13: At least 49 people were killed in Kuwait after a fire broke out in a building...

Wildfires prompt Cyprus President to cut short Jordan visit

Wildfires prompt Cyprus President to cut short Jordan...

Nicosia [Cyprus], June 12: Cyprus' President Nikos Christodoulides cut short his visit to Jordan on Tuesday, where he was attending...

Putin revamps government body supervising Russia's defense industry

Putin revamps government body supervising Russia's defense industry

Moscow [Russia], June 12: Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a presidential decree on Tuesday to update the composition of...

NATO will defend every ally: Stoltenberg

NATO will defend every ally: Stoltenberg

Riga [Latvia], June 12: NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has again promised the states on NATO's eastern flank the alliance's...

49 dead, 140 missing as boat capsizes off Yemen coast

49 dead, 140 missing as boat capsizes off...

Cairo [Egypt], June 12: Dozens of people have died after a migrant boat carrying around 260 people capsized off the...

Ukraine seeks air defence boost to protect energy grid

Ukraine seeks air defence boost to protect energy...

Berlin [Germany], June 12: President Volodymyr Zelensky has called on allies to increase their air defence support to Ukraine to...

Abdullah bin Zayed meets US Secretary of State on sidelines of 'Call for Action: Urgent Humanitarian Response for Gaza' Conference

Abdullah bin Zayed meets US Secretary of State...

Amman [Jordan], June 12: H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs, met with Antony Blinken, US...

Hong Kong sees surge in visitors during three-day holiday

Hong Kong sees surge in visitors during three-day...

Hong Kong, June 12: Hong Kong's efforts to host large-scale cultural and sports events helped attract more than 400,000 visitors...

Over 1.5m Hajj pilgrims arrive in Saudi

Over 1.5m Hajj pilgrims arrive in Saudi

Makkah [Saudi Arabia], June 12: Saudi Arabia's General Directorate of Passports announced that around 1.55 million pilgrims have arrived...

US judge strikes down Florida healthcare ban

US judge strikes down Florida healthcare ban

Florida [US], June 12: A federal judge ruled on Tuesday that parts of Florida's ban of puberty blockers and hormone...

President's son Hunter Biden convicted of lying

President's son Hunter Biden convicted of lying

Washington [US], June 12: President Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden was convicted by a jury on Tuesday of lying about...

Hamstrung at home, G7 leaders struggle to resolve global woes

Hamstrung at home, G7 leaders struggle to resolve...

Rome [Italy], June 12: Group of Seven (G7) leaders will fly to southern Italy this week for their annual summit...

Two US men jailed for conspiracy to sell Iranian oil to China

Two US men jailed for conspiracy to sell...

Washington [US], June 12: Two Texas men convicted by a U.S. jury in November of trying to sell Iranian petroleum...

Pope repeats gay slur in closed-door meeting

Pope repeats gay slur in closed-door meeting

Vatican City [Italy], June 12: The pope has again used a highly disparaging word against gay people for which he...

President's son Hunter Biden lied about drug use to buy gun

President's son Hunter Biden lied about drug use...

Washington [US], June 12: President Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden was convicted by a jury on Tuesday of lying about...

Hamas says it accepts UN-backed Gaza truce plan

Hamas says it accepts UN-backed Gaza truce plan

Tel Aviv [Israel], June 12: Hamas accepts a U.N. resolution backing a plan to end the war with Israel in...

Europe's new climate project launched in Finland

Europe's new climate project launched in Finland

Helsinki [Finland], June 11: The European Commission on Monday inaugurated a sustainable development project, Destination Earth (DestinE), in Kajaani, Finland.

Apple introduces personal intelligence system across platforms

Apple introduces personal intelligence system across platforms

San Francisco [US], June 11: Apple on Monday introduced Apple Intelligence, the personal intelligence system for iPhone, iPad, and Mac...

Mexican president says no uptick in northern border migration following new U.S. rules

Mexican president says no uptick in northern border...

Mexico City [Mexico], June 11: Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said Monday that new immigration measures recently adopted by...

Over 30 students sent to hospital after pepper spray exposure in Tokyo

Over 30 students sent to hospital after pepper...

Tokyo [Japan], June 11: More than 30 students in a school in Tokyo were taken to hospitals Tuesday after...

Austrian Airlines A320 plane badly damaged by a hailstorm

Austrian Airlines A320 plane badly damaged by a...

Vienna [Austria], June 11: An Austrian Airlines A320 plane was badly damaged by a hailstorm while on approach to Vienna...

Russian plane crashes in North Ossetia, killing crew

Russian plane crashes in North Ossetia, killing crew

Moscow [Russia], June 11: A Russian Su-34 fighter jet crashed in the North Ossetian mountains during a training mission,...

Singapore Airlines offers $10,000 for minor turbulence injuries

Singapore Airlines offers $10,000 for minor turbulence injuries

Singapore, June 11: Singapore Airlines Ltd. has offered US$10,000 in compensation to passengers who sustained minor injuries during a flight...

Fire at Thailand's famous Chatuchak Weekend Market kills hundreds of caged animals

Fire at Thailand's famous Chatuchak Weekend Market kills...

Bangkok [Thailand], June 11: Hundreds of caged animals died Tuesday after a fire struck Chatuchak Weekend Market, one of the...

Blinken arrives in Middle East to push for Gaza ceasefire deal

Blinken arrives in Middle East to push for...

Washington [US], June 11: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has arrived in the Middle East on his latest trip...

UNSC to vote on Gaza truce resolution

UNSC to vote on Gaza truce resolution

New York [US], June 11: The UN Security Council plans to vote on Monday on a resolution tabled by the...

France's far-right National Rally projected to win snap election

France's far-right National Rally projected to win snap...

Paris [France], June 11: The far-right National Rally was forecast to win a snap election in France but fall short...