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Sharjah-Japan Business Forum explores prospects for trade, investment cooperation

Sharjah-Japan Business Forum explores prospects for trade, investment...

Dubai [UAE], November 25: The Sharjah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI), in collaboration with the Japan External Trade Organisation...

Latvian Embassy hosts National Day reception

Latvian Embassy hosts National Day reception

Riga [Latvia], November 25: The Embassy of the Republic of Latvia in the UAE held a reception on Monday evening...

5.2-magnitude earthquake hits Indonesia's East Java

5.2-magnitude earthquake hits Indonesia's East Java

Java [Indonesia], November 25: An earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale struck Indonesia's East Java province on Monday.

Study finds way to 'reboot' eye, restore impaired vision

Study finds way to 'reboot' eye, restore impaired...

New York [US], November 25: Scientists claim to have found a way to restore vision in people with a common...

US-Ukraine talks make major headway as Trump's peace plan undergoes key revisions

US-Ukraine talks make major headway as Trump's peace...

Geneva [Swizterland], November 25: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio voiced confidence after what he described as a constructive first...

Ukraine allies give cautious welcome to 'modified' peace framework

Ukraine allies give cautious welcome to 'modified' peace...

Kyiv [Ukraine], November 25: European allies of Ukraine have given a cautious welcome to efforts to refine a United States...

Israel's attacks threaten truce, Hamas tells Egypt's spy chief

Israel's attacks threaten truce, Hamas tells Egypt's spy...

Cairo [Egypt], November 25: A senior delegation from Hamas has met Egypt's intelligence chief in Cairo to discuss Israel's breaches...

Malaysia says it will ban social media for under-16s from next year

Malaysia says it will ban social media for...

Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], November 25: Malaysia plans to ban social media for users under the age of 16 starting from...

US adds Venezuelan 'Cartel of the Suns' to terror list as military threat rises

US adds Venezuelan 'Cartel of the Suns' to...

Washington [US], November 25: The United States has designated what Venezuelans call the "Cartel de los Soles", or "Cartel of...

Separatist candidate wins presidential vote in Bosnia's Serb region

Separatist candidate wins presidential vote in Bosnia's Serb...

Sarajevo [Bosnia and Herzegovina], November 25: A close ally of Bosnia's Serb Republic separatist leader Milorad Dodik won a snap...

Majority of Slovenians voted against law on assisted dying

Majority of Slovenians voted against law on assisted...

Ljubljana [Slovenia], November 25: As many as 53.43% Slovenians voted against a law that proposed legalising assisted dying for some...

Israel kills Hezbollah military leader in Beirut strike

Israel kills Hezbollah military leader in Beirut strike

Jerusalem [Israel], November 25: Israel killed militant group Hezbollah's top military official in an airstrike on a southern suburb of...

Toxic mines put Southeast Asia's rivers, people at risk

Toxic mines put Southeast Asia's rivers, people at...

Bangkok [Thailand], November 25: For most of her life, 59-year-old farmer Tip Kamlue has irrigated her fields in northern Thailand...

Seven killed in tourist bus overturn in Mexico

Seven killed in tourist bus overturn in Mexico

Mexico City [Mexico], November 24: Seven people were killed and at least 20 others injured when a tourist bus overturned...

EU, United States to resume trade talks Monday to resolve outstanding issues

EU, United States to resume trade talks Monday...

Brussels [Belgium], November 24: The European Union and the United States will resume trade negotiations on Monday in Brussels after...

Nepal adds more than 8,00,000 new voters in latest round of roll update ahead of March election

Nepal adds more than 8,00,000 new voters in...

Kathmandu [Nepal], November 24: A total of 8,37,094 new voters has been added to the electoral roll following the completion...

Over 90 people dead in Vietnam floods

Over 90 people dead in Vietnam floods

Hanoi [Vietnam], November 24: The toll from flooding in Vietnam has risen to 102 people dead or missing, with thousands...

Iran sanctions mean life-saving medication in short supply

Iran sanctions mean life-saving medication in short supply

Tehran [Iran], November 24: "Many life-saving drugs are no longer available," said an Iranian pharmacist who wished to remain anonymous,...

Indonesia declared Polio-free by WHO

Indonesia declared Polio-free by WHO

Jakarta [Indonesia], November 24: The World Health Organisation (WHO) has officially declared the end of Indonesia's poliovirus type-2 outbreak, marking...

Former Bangladesh PM Khaleda Zia hospitalised with chest infection, under intensive observation

Former Bangladesh PM Khaleda Zia hospitalised with chest...

Dhaka [Bangladesh], November 24: Former Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Khaleda Zia, has been admitted to Evercare Hospital in Bashundhara after...

Trump accuses Ukraine of ingratitude as officials meet in Geneva on US peace plan

Trump accuses Ukraine of ingratitude as officials meet...

Kyiv [Ukraine], November 24: Ukrainian, U.S. and European officials met in Geneva on Sunday to discuss a draft plan presented...

Zelenskiy says Ukraine is grateful for efforts by US, Trump

Zelenskiy says Ukraine is grateful for efforts by...

Kyiv [Ukraine], November 24: President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday that Ukraine was grateful to the United States and to...

US to launch new phase of Venezuela operations, sources say

US to launch new phase of Venezuela operations,...

Washington [US], November 24: The United States is poised to launch a new phase of Venezuela-related operations in the coming...

'Geneva negotiators working on changes to Trump peace plan'

'Geneva negotiators working on changes to Trump peace...

Washington [US], November 24: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said US, European and Ukrainian officials are busy making...

Trump blasts Ukraine for showing 'zero gratitude'

Trump blasts Ukraine for showing 'zero gratitude'

Washington [US], November 24: US President Donald Trump has again accused Ukraine of showing a lack of gratitude for his...

Israel violated Gaza truce nearly 500 times in 44 days

Israel violated Gaza truce nearly 500 times in...

Gaza [Palestine], November 24: Israel has violated the United States-brokered Gaza ceasefire at least 497 times in 44 days, killing...

Top Hezbollah official killed in Israeli strike on Beirut

Top Hezbollah official killed in Israeli strike on...

Jerusalem [Israel], November 24: The Israeli military killed Hezbollah's second most senior figure in the first attack in months on...