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Police clash with Indonesia protesters over law change

Police clash with Indonesia protesters over law change

Jakarta [Indonesia], August 23: Police have clashed with protesters in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta as tens of thousands of...

Crew of oil tanker rescued after multiple attacks in Red Sea

Crew of oil tanker rescued after multiple attacks...

Sanaa [Yemen], August 23: The 25 crew members of a Greek-owned and flagged oil tanker have been rescued by a...

Floods swamp turmoil-stricken Bangladesh

Floods swamp turmoil-stricken Bangladesh

Dhaka [Bangladesh], August 23: Floods triggered by torrential rains have swamped a swath of low-lying Bangladesh, disaster officials said Thursday,...

South Koreans confused after air raid drill

South Koreans confused after air raid drill

Seoul [South Korea], August 23: South Korea held a nationwide drill on Thursday that sowed confusion in the capital as...

Brazil 'struggles to breathe' as Amazon burns

Brazil 'struggles to breathe' as Amazon burns

Porto Velho [Brazil], August 23: Residents of Porto Velho in the Brazilian Amazon have barely seen sunlight in days as...

Thailand confirms first Asian case of new Mpox strain

Thailand confirms first Asian case of new Mpox...

Bangkok [Thailand], August 23: Thailand has announced its first confirmed case of a new, potentially deadlier strain of Mpox -...

Kamala Harris' roots reflect changing US demographics

Kamala Harris' roots reflect changing US demographics

Washington [US], August 23: The daughter of a Jamaican father and Indian mother, both immigrants, Kamala Harris reflects the United...

Arizona man wanted for threatening to kill Trump

Arizona man wanted for threatening to kill Trump

Arizona [US], August 23: An Arizona man is wanted after threatening over social media to kill former President Donald Trump,...

Iceland volcano erupts, spewing lava fountains

Iceland volcano erupts, spewing lava fountains

Reykjavik [Iceland], August 23: A volcano in southwestern Iceland erupted, the meteorological office said, spraying red-hot lava and smoke in...

Nepal lifts TikTok ban after app addresses cyber crime concerns

Nepal lifts TikTok ban after app addresses cyber...

Kathmandu [Nepal], August 23: Nepal lifted a ban on Chinese-owned TikTok on Thursday, more than nine months after outlawing the...

UAE joins final UN Secretary-General's Critical Energy Transition Minerals panel in Kenya

UAE joins final UN Secretary-General's Critical Energy Transition...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], August 23: Abdulla Balalaa, Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs for Energy and Sustainability, participated at the...

Sharjah City for Humanitarian Services unveils new facilities for 2024-2025 academic year

Sharjah City for Humanitarian Services unveils new facilities...

Sharjah [UAE], August 23: Sharjah City for Humanitarian Services (SCHS) is set to welcome students with disabilities to its new...

Israel forcibly displaced 250,000 Palestinians in Gaza Strip during August: UNRWA

Israel forcibly displaced 250,000 Palestinians in Gaza Strip...

New York [US], August 23: The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) announced on Thursday that...

UAE, United States, Switzerland, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, African Union and UN issue joint statement on Sustainable Peace in Sudan

UAE, United States, Switzerland, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, African...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], August 23: The United Arab Emirates, United States, Switzerland, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the African...

Yes she can: Obama says US ready for Harris

Yes she can: Obama says US ready for...

Chicago [US], August 22: Barack Obama told fellow Democrats in Chicago Tuesday that "the torch has been passed" to Kamala...

Netherlands faces "asylum crisis," says cabinet minister

Netherlands faces "asylum crisis," says cabinet minister

The Hague [Netherlands], August 22: Dutch Asylum and Migration Minister Marjolein Faber on Wednesday described the asylum situation in the...

Australia to produce long-range missiles in partnership with Norway's Kongsberg

Australia to produce long-range missiles in partnership with...

Canberra [Australia], August 22: Australia will begin producing long-range missiles from 2027 under a partnership with Norwegian defense company Kongsberg.

Three teens charged with alleged assault in Australia

Three teens charged with alleged assault in Australia

Sydney [Australia], August 22: Three teenage boys aged 16 to 17 have been charged following an alleged assault of a...

Traffic fatalities surge 20 pct in Bolivia

Traffic fatalities surge 20 pct in Bolivia

La Paz [Bolivia], August 22: Traffic fatalities in Bolivia surged by 20 percent to 732 in the first half of...

Argentina's public-sector workers launch "national day of struggle" against austerity

Argentina's public-sector workers launch "national day of struggle"...

Buenos Aires [Argentina], August 22: Workers from the Association of State Workers (ATE) launched a "national day of struggle" on...

Netanyahu says Israeli troops not to leave Gaza-Egypt border

Netanyahu says Israeli troops not to leave Gaza-Egypt...

Jerusalem [Israel], August 22: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denied on Wednesday that he has agreed to withdraw military forces...

US aircraft carrier arrives in the Middle East, President Biden promises to protect Israel

US aircraft carrier arrives in the Middle East,...

Washington [US], August 22: The USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier and its escort warships have arrived in the Middle East...

Philippines cancels passport, works with Interpol on mayor suspected of being Chinese

Philippines cancels passport, works with Interpol on mayor...

Manila [Philippines], August 22: The Philippines has provided the passport of a former mayor suspected of being Chinese to Interpol...

Iranian parliament approves new Cabinet

Iranian parliament approves new Cabinet

Tehran [Iran], August 22: Iran's parliament approved the new Cabinet of President Masoud Pezeshkian, with representatives agreeing to all 19...

Russia destroys 45 Ukrainian drones headed towards Moscow

Russia destroys 45 Ukrainian drones headed towards Moscow

Moscow [Russia], August 22: Russian air defences shot down 45 drones launched by Ukraine overnight, with 11 of them destroyed...

Kamala Harris' husband woos Chicago

Kamala Harris' husband woos Chicago

Chicago [US], August 22: He met Kamala Harris on a blind date, and on Tuesday her husband Doug Emhoff tried...

RFK Jr. to withdraw from Presidential race

RFK Jr. to withdraw from Presidential race

Washington [US], August 22: Independent U.S. presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. plans to drop out of the race by...