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Las Vegas judge attacked by felon during sentencing

Las Vegas judge attacked by felon during sentencing

Las Vegas [US], January 5: A Nevada man convicted of attempted assault vaulted over a judge's bench in a Las...

Voters aiming to ban Trump from Colorado ballot urge US Supreme Court ruling

Voters aiming to ban Trump from Colorado ballot...

Washington [US], January 5: Colorado voters seeking to bar Donald Trump from their state's ballot urged the U.S. Supreme Court...

Japan earthquake casts cloud over push to restart nuclear plants

Japan earthquake casts cloud over push to restart...

Tokyo [Japan], January 5: The powerful earthquake that hit Japan's western coast on New Year's Day has underscored the country's...

Myanmar junta to free 9,652 prisoners on humanitarian grounds - state media

Myanmar junta to free 9,652 prisoners on humanitarian...

Yangon [Myanmar], January 5: Myanmar's military government will release 9,652 prisoners, including 114 foreigners, under an amnesty to mark the...

IS claims responsibility for deadly Iran bombings that killed 84

IS claims responsibility for deadly Iran bombings that...

Tehran [Iran], January 5: The Islamic State group (IS) has said it carried out a bomb attack in Iran on...

Bangladesh holds general elections on Sunday

Bangladesh holds general elections on Sunday

Dhaka [Bangladesh], January 5: Bangladesh will hold general elections on Sunday, with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina set to win a...

UAE condemns in strongest terms statements by two Israeli Ministers

UAE condemns in strongest terms statements by two...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], January 5: The United Arab Emirates condemned in the strongest terms the extremist statements of the Israeli...

New ambassadors take oath before UAE President

New ambassadors take oath before UAE President

Abu Dhabi [UAE], January 5: A number of new UAE ambassadors today took their legal oath before President His Highness...

UAE President receives Chairman of People's Council of Turkmenistan

UAE President receives Chairman of People's Council of...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], January 5: President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan today received His Excellency Gurbanguly...

Bahrain welcomes success of UAE's mediation to exchange captives between Russia, Ukraine

Bahrain welcomes success of UAE's mediation to exchange...

Manama [Bahrain], January 5: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Bahrain has welcomed of the success of...

Israel's top court delays law thwarting removal of Netanyahu from office

Israel's top court delays law thwarting removal of...

Jerusalem [Israel], January 4: Israel's Supreme Court delayed on Wednesday the activation of a controversial law that aims at preventing...

Four Greek ministries change leadership in cabinet reshuffle

Four Greek ministries change leadership in cabinet reshuffle

Athens [Greece], January 4: Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has changed the leadership of four ministries in a cabinet reshuffle...

Ukraine says mine-clearing in Black Sea to take up to 5 years

Ukraine says mine-clearing in Black Sea to take...

Kiev [Ukraine], January 4: The actions to clear the Black Sea and its neighboring Sea of Azov from mines would...

4 injured in stabbing at Tokyo's Akihabara railway station, suspect detained

4 injured in stabbing at Tokyo's Akihabara railway...

Tokyo [Japan], January 4: A stabbing incident at the Japan Railways (JR) Akihabara Station in Tokyo on Wednesday evening has...

First major trial in connection with Turkish earthquake deaths begins

First major trial in connection with Turkish earthquake...

Ankara [Turkey], January 4: The first major trial in connection with the devastating earthquakes that rocked Turkey last February began...

Trains disrupted, hundreds of flood warnings after storm lashes UK

Trains disrupted, hundreds of flood warnings after storm...

London [UK], January 4: Serious disruption to travel had hit on Wednesday, with hundreds of flood warnings in place after...

WHO condemns Israeli attacks on Khan Younis hospital

WHO condemns Israeli attacks on Khan Younis hospital

Geneva [Switzerland], January 4: The World Health Organization (WHO) has accused Israel of "unconscionable" attacks on a hospital in the...

UN urges end to attacks on civilians in Ukraine war

UN urges end to attacks on civilians in...

Geneva [Switzerland], January 4: The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, has called on Russia and Ukraine to...

Situation tense in Middle East after killing of Hamas leader in Beirut

Situation tense in Middle East after killing of...

Beirut [Lebanon], January 4: There were calls for restraint as concerns continued to rise about an escalation of the Gaza...

Prices hiked as Houthis claim Red Sea attack

Prices hiked as Houthis claim Red Sea attack

Sanaa [Yemen], January 4: Yemen's Houthi rebels claimed responsibility for the latest attack Wednesday on a merchant ship in the...

Gaza tensions spike after blasts, killing

Gaza tensions spike after blasts, killing

Gaza [Palestine], January 4: Fears that the Zionist entity's war in Gaza could spiral across the Middle East grew Wednesday...

S.Korea opposition leader in ICU after knife attack amid calls for stronger security

S.Korea opposition leader in ICU after knife attack...

Seoul [South Korea], January 4: South Korea's opposition Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung remained hospitalised in intensive care, a day...

Multiple US statehouses evacuated after apparent hoax threats

Multiple US statehouses evacuated after apparent hoax threats

Washington [US], January 4: Multiple U.S. statehouses were evacuated on Wednesday morning following bomb threats, at least some of which...

Trump asks Supreme Court to overturn Colorado ban

Trump asks Supreme Court to overturn Colorado ban

Washington [US], January 4: Donald Trump has asked the US Supreme Court to reverse a Colorado ruling that barred him...

Japan says Coast Guard plane apparently not cleared for take-off

Japan says Coast Guard plane apparently not cleared...

Tokyo [Japan], January 4: Japanese authorities said a passenger jet that collided with a Coast Guard turboprop at a Tokyo...

Japan earthquake toll rises as heavy rain complicates rescue

Japan earthquake toll rises as heavy rain complicates...

Tokyo [Japan], January 4: Japanese rescuers searched for survivors of the New Year's Day earthquake on Wednesday ahead of predicted...

At least 73 killed, 150 wounded in blasts in Iran

At least 73 killed, 150 wounded in blasts...

Tehran [Iran], January 4: At least 73 people have died after explosions were heard near the grave of Iranian General...