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Russia says seeking UN Security Council meeting on...
Moscow [Russia], January 1: Russia on Saturday requested a meeting of the United Nations Security Council to discuss what it...
Denmark's Queen Margrethe II announces surprise abdication
Copenhagen [Denmark], January 1: Denmark's popular Queen Margrethe II, Europe's longest-serving monarch, said Sunday that she would abdicate on January...
US appeals court allows California to bar guns...
Washington [US], January 1: A federal appeals court on Saturday cleared the way for a California law that bans the...
Israel seeks full control of Gaza-Egypt border, Netanyahu...
Jerusalem [Israel], January 1: Israel must take full control of the Gaza Strip border corridor with Egypt to ensure a...
US sinks 3 ships, kills 10 after Houthi...
Washington [US], January 1: U.S. helicopters repelled an attack by Iran-backed Houthi militants on a Maersk (MAERSKb.CO) container vessel in...
Shakhboot bin Nahyan officially opens UAE desalination plants...
Rafah [Gaza Strip], January 1: In implementation to the directives of President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan,...
Abu Dhabi's New Year celebrations create unprecedented hospitality...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], January 1: The hospitality sector in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi is witnessing record levels of occupancy...
Saud bin Saqr receives Norwegian ambassador
Ras al-Khaimah [UAE], January 1: H.H. Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Ras Al...
Shakhboot bin Nahyan tours warehouses of Emirati relief...
Al-Arish [Egypt], January 1: Sheikh Shakhboot bin Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of State, and the accompanying UAE delegation...
Kenya gets into 2024 with government securities' interest...
Nairobi [Kenya], December 31: Interest rates on Kenya's government securities have closed 2023 at a historic high, putting the country...
Iran, Azerbaijan inaugurate new vehicular border bridge
Tehran [Iran], December 31: Iran and Azerbaijan on Saturday inaugurated a vehicular bridge across the Astarachay River, serving as a...
Israel launches missile attack near Aleppo int'l airport...
Damascus [Syria], December 31: Israel launched a missile attack near the international airport of Aleppo city in northern Syria on...
EU members agree to lift air, maritime internal...
Brussels [Belgium], December 31: European Union (EU) member states reached a unanimous agreement on Saturday to eliminate air and maritime...
Sri Lanka receives highest monthly tourist arrivals in...
Colombo [Sri Lanka], December 31: Tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka passed 200,000 in December, the highest number for a month...
6.4-magnitude earthquake hits off eastern Indonesia
Jakarta [Indonesia], December 31: A 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck off Indonesia's eastern province of Papua earlier Sunday, with no potential to...
Albania's ex-PM Berisha placed under house arrest in...
Berlin [Germany], December 31: Albania's right-wing opposition leader, Sali Berisha, has been placed under house arrest following allegations of corruption...
US State Dept approves arms sale to Israel,...
Washington [US], December 31: The US State Department has approved the sale of further weapons to Israel worth millions of...
Death toll from Israeli strikes in Gaza Strip...
Gaza [Palestine], December 31: The death toll from Israeli strikes in the Gaza Strip has reached 21,672, and the number...
UN says 81 aid trucks entered Gaza, number...
Gaza [Palestine], December 31: Eighty-one trucks carrying humanitarian aid entered the Gaza Strip through the Kerem Shalom and Rafah crossings...
Eurostar trains cancelled due to UK tunnel floods
London [UK], December 31: British authorities announced Saturday the cancellation of Eurostar trains linking London to French, Belgian and Dutch...
Russia says seeking UN Security Council meeting on...
Moscow [Russia], December 31: Russia on Saturday requested a meeting of the United Nations Security Council to discuss what it...
Xi urges Chinese envoys to create 'diplomatic iron...
Beijing [China], December 31: Chinese President Xi Jinping urged Chinese ambassadors to forge a "diplomatic iron army" loyal to the...
Massive waves on California coast cause flooding
California [US], December 31: Coastal communities in California faced another day of towering waves and possible flooding as officials issued...
Burundi's president says gay people should be stoned
Gitega [Burundi], December 31: Burundi's President Evariste Ndayishimiye has called on citizens to stone gay people, escalating a crackdown on...
McDonald's Malaysia sues Israel boycott movement for $1...
Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], December 31: McDonald's Malaysia has sued a movement promoting boycotts against Israel for "false and defamatory statements"...
Russia says 20 dead after 'indiscriminate' Ukrainian strikes...
Moscow [Russia], December 31: Russia said 20 people including two children had been killed and 111 injured in "indiscriminate" Ukrainian...
Palestinian economy hard hit by Israeli aggression in...
Ramallah [Palestine], December 31: Palestinian economy was hard hit by the Israeli aggression which started on October 7 and has...