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Five Kenyan policemen arraigned over jail break of suspected serial killer

Five Kenyan policemen arraigned over jail break of...

Nairobi [Kenya], August 22: Five Kenyan police officers were arraigned, accused of helping a suspected serial killer and 12 others...

At least 24 killed as Congolese boat overturns

At least 24 killed as Congolese boat overturns

Mai-Ndombe [Congo], August 22: At least 24 people died after an overloaded boat capsized on a river in Congo's Mai-Ndombe...

Helicopter of Iran's late President Raisi crashed due to weather

Helicopter of Iran's late President Raisi crashed due...

Tehran [Iran], August 22: The helicopter crash in which Iran's late President Ebrahim Raisi was killed in May was caused...

Iran: Bus crash kills at least 28 Pakistani pilgrims

Iran: Bus crash kills at least 28 Pakistani...

Tehran [Iran], August 22: A bus carrying Pakistani pilgrims crashed in central Iran killing at least 28 people on board,...

U.S. crude oil production projected to grow to average of 13.7 mbpd in 2025: EIA

U.S. crude oil production projected to grow to...

Washington [US], August 22: Crude oil production in the United States will grow to an average of 13.7 million barrels...

Abu Dhabi Forum for Peace participates in G20 Interfaith Forum in Brazil

Abu Dhabi Forum for Peace participates in G20...

Brasilia [Brazil], August 22: Abu Dhabi Forum for Peace participated in the inaugural session of the G20 Interfaith Forum (IF20)...

3.5-magnitutde quake hits northern Kuwait

3.5-magnitutde quake hits northern Kuwait

Kuwait City [Kuwait], August 22: The Kuwait National Seismic Network (KNSN), affilaited to Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR), said...

Zimbabwe renews ban on alluvial, riverbed mining

Zimbabwe renews ban on alluvial, riverbed mining

Harare [Zimbabwe], August 21: The Zimbabwean government on Tuesday renewed its ban on alluvial and riverbed mining to curb environmental...

Croatia re-nominates Dubravka Suica for European Commission

Croatia re-nominates Dubravka Suica for European Commission

Zagreb [Croatia], August 21: The Croatian government has re-nominated Dubravka Suica, the current vice president of the European Commission, as...

EU approves Germany's 5-bln-euro subsidy for semiconductor plant

EU approves Germany's 5-bln-euro subsidy for semiconductor plant

Brussels [Belgium], August 21: The European Union (EU) has approved a 5-billion-euro (5.56 billion U.S. dollars) state subsidy from Germany...

Musk says 'willing to serve' in US govt

Musk says 'willing to serve' in US govt

New York [US], August 21: US entrepreneur Elon Musk said on Tuesday that he was ready to have a role...

Tunisian election will be a 'mere formality': Human rights activists

Tunisian election will be a 'mere formality': Human...

Cairo [Egypt], August 21: Tunisian authorities have intensified their crackdown on critics of President Kais Saied, just over six weeks...

German court upholds conviction of 99-year-old ex-Nazi camp secretary

German court upholds conviction of 99-year-old ex-Nazi camp...

Leipzig [Germany], August 21: Germany's Federal Court of Justice on Tuesday upheld the conviction of a 99-year-old former secretary at...

Convention spotlight shines on Biden - with speech he never wanted to give

Convention spotlight shines on Biden - with speech...

Chicago [US], August 21: It was not the speech Joe Biden wanted to give. At least, not this year, under...

Russia urges Kursk residents and soldiers to boost online security

Russia urges Kursk residents and soldiers to boost...

Moscow [Russia], August 21: The Russian Interior Ministry urged residents on Tuesday in three border regions near Ukraine to deactivate...

Kenya 'psychopath' serial killer suspect escapes from police

Kenya 'psychopath' serial killer suspect escapes from police

Nairobi [Kenya], August 21: Red-faced Kenyan police on Tuesday arrested eight of their own officers and launched a manhunt after...

For black Britons, UK riots leave lasting scars

For black Britons, UK riots leave lasting scars

London [UK], August 21: "Please do not go out until this blows over," Sarah Akinterinwa, messaged a friend on August...

Prabowo visits Australia, unveils defense pact

Prabowo visits Australia, unveils defense pact

Canberra [Australia], August 21: Australia and Indonesia cemented a landmark new defense pact Tuesday, pledging closer cooperation in the Asia-Pacific...

Putin visits Chechnya for first time since 2011

Putin visits Chechnya for first time since 2011

Moscow [Russia], August 21: RT reported that Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Chechnya on the evening of August 20...

Russia shoots down Ukrainian UAV heading towards Moscow

Russia shoots down Ukrainian UAV heading towards Moscow

Moscow [Russia], August 21: Ukraine launched a large-scale drone attack on Moscow and the provinces of Bryansk, Tula and Rostov,...

Blinken in Egypt seeking progress towards Gaza ceasefire deal

Blinken in Egypt seeking progress towards Gaza ceasefire...

Cairo [Egypt], August 21: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken pushed for progress towards a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release...

Mpox is not the new COVID, says WHO official

Mpox is not the new COVID, says WHO...

Geneva [Switzerland], August 21: A World Health Organization official stressed that mpox, regardless of whether it is the new or...

US criticises Israeli PM's 'maximalist' ceasefire stance

US criticises Israeli PM's 'maximalist' ceasefire stance

Washington [US], August 21: A senior US administration official has pushed back at reported comments by Benjamin Netanyahu, accusing the...

Barack Obama headlines DNC, Republicans endorse Harris

Barack Obama headlines DNC, Republicans endorse Harris

Washington [US], August 21: Former U.S. President Barack Obama returns to the national stage on Tuesday night to boost his...

Gaza ceasefire must initiate broader international recognition for Palestinian state: Sisi to Blinken

Gaza ceasefire must initiate broader international recognition for...

Cairo [Egypt], August 21: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi stressed on Tuesday that a ceasefire in Gaza must mark the...

Numerous wildfires currently engulfing forests across Canada

Numerous wildfires currently engulfing forests across Canada

Ottawa [Canada], August 21: Numerous wildfires are presently blazing across Canada, as declared by the responsible organisation, Canadian Interagency Forest...

UN warns of worsening humanitarian disaster as ceasefire talks continue on Gaza

UN warns of worsening humanitarian disaster as ceasefire...

New York [US], August 21: The UN chief's Spokesperson told journalists at the regular press briefing in New York on...