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Gaza ready to hold municipal elections: elections commission

Gaza ready to hold municipal elections: elections commission

Ramallah [Palestine], August 16: The Palestinian Central Elections Commission (CEC) on Tuesday said it is ready to hold municipal elections...

UN Women chief urges action against Taliban's gender apartheid in Afghanistan

UN Women chief urges action against Taliban's gender...

United Nations, August 16: The UN's lead agency for gender equality on Tuesday called on the global community to persistently...

Tourist plane carrying 3 crashes in W. France

Tourist plane carrying 3 crashes in W. France

Paris [France], August 16: A tourist plane with three people on board crashed Tuesday in France's western department of Loire-Atlantique,...

U.S. still focused on diplomatic solution to attempted coup in Niger: Blinken

U.S. still focused on diplomatic solution to attempted...

Washington [US], August 16: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Tuesday that the United States is still "very focused...

Paraguay's new President Peña vows to deliver economic growth

Paraguay's new President Peña vows to deliver economic...

Buenos Aires [Argentina], August 16: Paraguay's new President Santiago Peña promised at his swearing-in ceremony on Tuesday to make investments...

Typhoon Lan brings heavy rains and travel chaos to Japan

Typhoon Lan brings heavy rains and travel chaos...

Tokyo [Japan], August 16: Typhoon Lan lashed parts of central Japan with heavy rains and severely hampered the travel plans...

Court rules for young people in landmark US climate trial

Court rules for young people in landmark US...

Washington [US], August 16: In a landmark climate trial, a Montana court on Monday ruled in favor of a group...

Time 'running out': aid agencies urge immediate action on Sudan

Time 'running out': aid agencies urge immediate action...

Geneva [Switzerland], August 16: Four months into Sudan's conflict, the situation is spiraling out of control, with mass displacement and...

Bangladesh Islamist leader buried after violent protests

Bangladesh Islamist leader buried after violent protests

Dhaka [Bangladesh], August 16: Around 50,000 people attended Tuesday's funeral for an influential Islamist leader in Bangladesh, police said, after...

Clashes in Libya capital kill two; shut airport

Clashes in Libya capital kill two; shut airport

Tripoli [Libya], August 16: Gunfighting between the two leading armed groups in Tripoli killed two people and forced the closure...

35 killed in Russia fuel station blast

35 killed in Russia fuel station blast

Moscow [Russia], August 16: At least 35 people were killed in an explosion that created a huge fire ball at...

Afghan Taliban celebrate return to power

Afghan Taliban celebrate return to power

Kabul [Afghanistan], August 16: Afghanistan's Taliban marked the second anniversary of their return to power.

Wave of Russian air strikes hits western Ukraine

Wave of Russian air strikes hits western Ukraine

Kyiv [Ukraine], August 16: Russian air strikes hit two western regions of Ukraine bordering NATO member Poland and other areas.

Georgia charges Trump with racketeering

Georgia charges Trump with racketeering

Washington [US], August 16: Donald Trump faced a new raft of felony charges on Tuesday after a Georgia grand jury...

France: Pyrenees wildfire contained

France: Pyrenees wildfire contained

Paris [France], August 16: A fire that ravaged a 500-hectare (1,235 acres) area in the south of France has been...

Mohamed bin Zayed: Under UAE Presidency, COP28 will lead global efforts to protect the planet and safeguard future generations

Mohamed bin Zayed: Under UAE Presidency, COP28 will...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], August 16: President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan received at Qasr Al Bahr Majlis...

UAE leaders condole with Korean President on passing of his father

UAE leaders condole with Korean President on passing...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], August 16: President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has sent a message of condolences...

UAE expresses concern over developments in Libya's Tripoli and calls for dialogue and end to hostilities

UAE expresses concern over developments in Libya's Tripoli...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], August 16: The UAE has expressed its concern over the developments in Tripoli, the capital of...

Neymar Jr. officially signs with Saudi club Al-Hilal

Neymar Jr. officially signs with Saudi club Al-Hilal

Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], August 16: Al-Hilal Club announced that it has agreed terms to sign prolific goalscorer Neymar Jr. The...

45-year-old man charged after disruptions force int'l flight back to Sydney

45-year-old man charged after disruptions force int'l flight...

Sydney [Australia], August 15: A 45-year-old man was charged on Tuesday after causing disruptions to an international flight from Australia...

Singapore, Chile sign MoU to collaborate on carbon markets, carbon pricing

Singapore, Chile sign MoU to collaborate on carbon...

Singapore, August 15: Singapore and Chile signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to collaborate on carbon markets and carbon pricing...

Four Australians, three Indonesians missing after boat loses contact off Aceh

Four Australians, three Indonesians missing after boat loses...

Jakarta [Indonesia], August 15: Four Australian tourists and three Indonesian crew were missing off the eastern coast of Indonesia's Aceh...

Argentinian libertarian populist Milei wins presidential primary

Argentinian libertarian populist Milei wins presidential primary

Buenos Aires [Argentina], August 15: The libertarian populist Javier Milei has won Sunday's presidential primaries in Argentina, according to media...

Kiev reports progress near Bakhmut, other small gains in Donetsk

Kiev reports progress near Bakhmut, other small gains...

Kiev [Ukraine], August 15: Ukrainian troops are making progress in recapturing territory near the Russian-controlled city of Bakhmut in eastern...

Poland to hold referendum on border fence with Belarus: Defence minister

Poland to hold referendum on border fence with...

Warsaw [Poland], August 15: Poland is to let its citizens give their view on whether to keep a fence on...

International artists stand up for political prisoners in Belarus

International artists stand up for political prisoners in...

Minsk [Belarus], August 15: Thirteen prominent cultural figures have spoken out for the disappeared political prisoners in Belarus. In an...

Britain blames 'criminal gangs' for Channel migrant deaths

Britain blames 'criminal gangs' for Channel migrant deaths

London [UK], August 15: UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak blames the "criminal gangs" facilitating small boat Channel crossings for the...