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At least 25 killed in 'brazen attack' by Russia on western Ukraine

At least 25 killed in 'brazen attack' by...

Kiev [Ukraine], November 20: At least 25 people were killed in a heavy Russian air attack on the western Ukrainian...

Trial begins after deadly North Macedonia nightclub fire

Trial begins after deadly North Macedonia nightclub fire

Budapest [Hungary], November 20: A major trial opened in North Macedonia's capital Skopje on Wednesday following the devastating nightclub fire...

Germany will not reach defence spending target of 3.5% in 2029

Germany will not reach defence spending target of...

Berlin [Germany], November 20: Germany will not hit its own 3.5% defence spending target in 2029, Defence Minister Boris Pistorius...

Cuba struggles to ease power cuts amid reduced fuel supplies

Cuba struggles to ease power cuts amid reduced...

Havana [Cuba], November 20: Cuba's imports of crude and fuel in the first 10 months of the year fell more...

Twenty-five killed in Russian strike on apartment buildings in west Ukraine

Twenty-five killed in Russian strike on apartment buildings...

Kiev [Ukraine], November 20: At least 25 people were killed in a Russian drone and missile attack overnight that hit...

Saudi crown prince hosted at friendlier US Congress

Saudi crown prince hosted at friendlier US Congress

Washington [US], November 20: Members of Congress hosted Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the U.S. Capitol, on the...

Lithuania to reopen Belarus border after balloon incidents

Lithuania to reopen Belarus border after balloon incidents

Vilnius [Lithuania], November 20: Lithuania will reopen its border crossings with Belarus, ending a closure imposed in response to airspace...

Ukraine fires two ministers as corruption crisis spreads anger

Ukraine fires two ministers as corruption crisis spreads...

Kiev [Ukraine], November 20: Ukrainian lawmakers fired two ministers ensnared in a major corruption probe and called for more sweeping...

Senate passes measure on release of Epstein US Justice files

Senate passes measure on release of Epstein US...

Washington [US], November 20: The White House was quietly lobbying senators to slow-walk a vote to force the release of...

Suspected tuberculosis outbreak at Ecuador prison kills 10 inmates

Suspected tuberculosis outbreak at Ecuador prison kills 10...

Quito [Ecuador], November 20: Ecuador's prison authority said on Wednesday that 10 inmates at the Litoral prison in the capital...

Korea's Innospace developing strategic space partnership with UAE, MD reveals

Korea's Innospace developing strategic space partnership with UAE,...

Dubai [UAE], November 20: Win Marshal Bronzwall, Chief Global Business Officer, Managing Director of Innospace, a South Korean private aerospace...

UAE's first female mechanic shares her trailblazing journey at Knowledge Summit 2025

UAE's first female mechanic shares her trailblazing journey...

Dubai [UAE], November 20: Audiences at the tenth edition of the Knowledge Summit-organised by the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum...

Nahyan bin Mubarak attends Australian Embassy's National Day reception

Nahyan bin Mubarak attends Australian Embassy's National Day...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], November 20: Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence, this evening attended a...

Dubai Future Forum concludes on high note

Dubai Future Forum concludes on high note

Dubai [UAE], November 20: The Dubai Future Forum 2025, organised by Dubai Future Foundation (DFF) at the Museum of the...

Saudi Arabia, US issue joint statement on strategic AI partnership

Saudi Arabia, US issue joint statement on strategic...

Washington [US], November 20: Following the signing of the Strategic Artificial Intelligence (AI) Partnership between Saudi Arabia and the US...

UN official praises Arab Digital Economy vision; hails UAE's leadership in digital transformation

UN official praises Arab Digital Economy vision; hails...

Dubai [UAE], November 20: Dr. Abdallah Al Dardari, UN Assistant Secretary-General and Director of the UNDP Regional Bureau for Arab...

Russia seeks a way out in the oil market

Russia seeks a way out in the oil...

Moscow [Russia], November 19: US President Donald Trump is ready to sign legislation imposing sanctions on Russia, as long as...

How did the Mexican president react to President Trump's warning?

How did the Mexican president react to President...

Mexico City [Mexico], November 19: Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum responded on November 18 after US President Donald Trump left open...

NATO general urges 'rethink' of deterrence at Berlin security talks

NATO general urges 'rethink' of deterrence at Berlin...

Berlin [Germany], November 19: NATO General Ingo Gerhartz called on Germany to step up its efforts to deter possible future...

Mixed reactions to UN Security Council approval of Gaza plan

Mixed reactions to UN Security Council approval of...

Washington [US], November 19: Voices around the world have mostly welcomed the passage of a United Nations Security Council (UNSC)...

Philippine President Marcos rejects sister's accusation of chronic drug use

Philippine President Marcos rejects sister's accusation of chronic...

Manila [Philippines], November 19: Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr has rejected accusations by his estranged sister, Senator Imee Marcos, that...

Ukraine shells power grid in Russian-occupied Donetsk region

Ukraine shells power grid in Russian-occupied Donetsk region

Kiev [Ukraine], November 19: Ukrainian drone attacks have caused extensive damage to the power grid in the Russian-occupied part of...

Polish investigators identify two Ukrainian suspects in railway blast

Polish investigators identify two Ukrainian suspects in railway...

Warsaw [Poland], November 19: Polish investigators have identified two Ukrainian nationals suspected of carrying out an explosion on a strategically...

Zelensky to push for Russia talks during Turkiye visit

Zelensky to push for Russia talks during Turkiye...

Ankara [Turkey], November 19: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he hopes to advance efforts at reviving negotiations with Russia when...

Trump hosts Saudi crown prince for pomp-filled visit

Trump hosts Saudi crown prince for pomp-filled visit

Washington [US], November 19: President Donald Trump hosted Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the White House on Tuesday.

Trump says visiting Saudi crown prince knew nothing about Khashoggi killing

Trump says visiting Saudi crown prince knew nothing...

Washington [US], November 19: U.S. President Donald Trump insisted that Mohammed bin Salman knew nothing about the 2018 killing of...

Jamaica seeks $9.5 billion in financial help to rebuild after Melissa

Jamaica seeks $9.5 billion in financial help to...

Kingston [Jamaica], November 19: Jamaica spent years building a pot of money to handle climate-fuelled disasters.