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European Commission sues seven member states for failure to implement NPL Directive

European Commission sues seven member states for failure...

Vienna [Austria], February 14: The European Commission has filed a complaint against Austria and six other EU Member States with...

9th Xposure International Photography Festival to convene on February 20-26 in Sharjah

9th Xposure International Photography Festival to convene on...

Sharjah [UAE], February 14: Returning for its 9th edition, Xposure International Photography Festival is set to transform Aljada, Sharjah's newest...

Saif bin Zayed meets Kurdistan's Prime Minister at WGS

Saif bin Zayed meets Kurdistan's Prime Minister at...

Dubai [UAE], February 14: H.H. Lt. General Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior,...

12th Fujairah Open Taekwondo Championship earns place in Guinness World Records

12th Fujairah Open Taekwondo Championship earns place in...

Fujairah [UAE], February 14: The 12th edition of the Fujairah International Open Taekwondo Championship G2 has entered the Guinness World...

Air Arabia reports record AED1.6 bn profit in 2024

Air Arabia reports record AED1.6 bn profit in...

Sharjah [UAE], February 14: Air Arabia today announced its financial and operational results for the full year ending December 31,...

Saif bin Zayed meets Roblox International CEO at WGS

Saif bin Zayed meets Roblox International CEO at...

Dubai [UAE], February 14: Lt. General H.H. Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior,...

UAE President, VPs congratulate President of Indonesia on re-election as Chairman of Great Indonesia Movement Party

UAE President, VPs congratulate President of Indonesia on...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], February 14: President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has sent a congratulatory cable to...

Armenia's parliament votes in favour of EU accession process

Armenia's parliament votes in favour of EU accession...

Berlin [Germany], February 13: The parliament in Armenia has adopted a bill to start the process leading to EU accession...

Greece elects conservative Tassoulas as president despite protests

Greece elects conservative Tassoulas as president despite protests

Athens [Greece], February 13: Greece's parliament has elected the conservative government's nominee, Constantine Tassoulas, as the country's president, despite protester...

Gaza tensions rise again

Gaza tensions rise again

Tel Aviv [Israel], February 13: The Arab bloc has rejected a proposal to relocate Palestinians to allow the US to...

Russia, US have new moves on Ukraine

Russia, US have new moves on Ukraine

Washington [US], February 13: The White House announced yesterday (December 12) that Russia had released American citizen Marc Fogel in...

NASA speeds up the return of stranded astronauts to Earth

NASA speeds up the return of stranded astronauts...

Washington [US], February 13: The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and SpaceX said on February 11 that they...

The race to 'militarize' artificial intelligence

The race to 'militarize' artificial intelligence

Washington [US], February 13: The US's desire to "unleash" the field of artificial intelligence (AI) development in the race with...

Nomination for US Director of National Intelligence approved, another victory for Mr. Trump

Nomination for US Director of National Intelligence approved,...

Washington [US], February 13: The US Senate on February 12 approved Ms. Tulsi Gabbard for the position of leader of...

Driver who brought 10 Vietnamese people into the US in a truck carrying agricultural products receives prison sentence

Driver who brought 10 Vietnamese people into the...

Ho Chi Minh City [Vietnam], February 13: The driver who took 10 Vietnamese people from Canada to the US in...

Another fishing boat with Vietnamese crew capsizes in Korea

Another fishing boat with Vietnamese crew capsizes in...

Ho Chi Minh City [Vietnam], February 13: A fishing boat carrying 10 people capsized off Jeju Island in South Korea,...

IS suicide bomber targets Taliban in Afghanistan

IS suicide bomber targets Taliban in Afghanistan

Kabul [Afghanistan], February 13: The self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS) organization on February 12 claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing at...

Rumors that Israel plans to attack Iran's nuclear facilities this year

Rumors that Israel plans to attack Iran's nuclear...

Tel Aviv [Israel], February 13: US intelligence analysis suggests Israel could attack Iran's nuclear facilities this year.

What did Mr. Trump say to Mr. Zelensky after his phone call with Mr. Putin?

What did Mr. Trump say to Mr. Zelensky...

Washington [US], February 13: The phone call between US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky took place right...

Belarus releases 3 people, including an American and a jailed journalist

Belarus releases 3 people, including an American and...

Minsk [Belarus], February 13: Belarus has released three people, including an American and a journalist, who had been detained for...

Crackdown on Bangladesh protesters may be crime against humanity

Crackdown on Bangladesh protesters may be crime against...

Dhaka [Bangladesh], February 13: Former Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her government tried to cling on to power using...

Hegseth sets out hard line on European defence and Nato

Hegseth sets out hard line on European defence...

Washington [US], February 13: Pete Hegseth, the new US defence secretary, says it is "unrealistic" to expect Ukraine to return...

Hegseth says Ukraine cannot expect return to old borders

Hegseth says Ukraine cannot expect return to old...

Washington [US], February 13: U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said a return to Ukraine's pre-2014 borders was unrealistic and the...

MBRSG, UNDP sign MoU to advance digital transformation, AI governance

MBRSG, UNDP sign MoU to advance digital transformation,...

Dubai [UAE], February 13: The Mohammed Bin Rashid School of Government (MBRSG) has signed a strategic memorandum of understanding (MoU)...

Artemis Agreement signatories commit to continued openness and transparency in space endeavours

Artemis Agreement signatories commit to continued openness and...

New York [US], February 13: The signatories of the Artemis Agreements have reiterated their commitment to maintaining openness and transparency...

Japan, East Asian countries discuss Gaza reconstruction

Japan, East Asian countries discuss Gaza reconstruction

Tokyo [Japan], February 13: Japan, in collaboration with Palestine, hosted an online briefing session with participants from the East Asia...

Al-Azhar calls for support of Egyptian, Arab position on Gaza reconstruction

Al-Azhar calls for support of Egyptian, Arab position...

Cairo [Egypt], February 13: Al-Azhar has called for support of the Egyptian and Arab stance on the reconstruction of the...