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Pezeshkian urges BRICS to play role in stopping attacks

Pezeshkian urges BRICS to play role in stopping...

Tehran [Iran], March 22: Iran's president has said the BRICS alliance, which India currently chairs, should "play an independent role...

NASA moves Artemis 2 rocket back to launch pad ahead of moon mission

NASA moves Artemis 2 rocket back to launch...

Washington [US], March 22: About two weeks ahead of the next possible launch window, NASA said on Friday that it...

Four women killed in Russia's Belgorod region

Four women killed in Russia's Belgorod region

Moscow [Russia] / Kiev [Ukraine], March 22: At least four women have been killed in the Russian border region of...

Trump threatens to order ICE agents for airports' security

Trump threatens to order ICE agents for airports'...

Washington [US], March 22: US President Donald Trump has raised the prospect of deploying the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)...

Flash floods in Hawaii lead to mass evacuations

Flash floods in Hawaii lead to mass evacuations

Honolulu [Hawaii], March 22: Heavy rains have prompted widespread evacuations on the north shore of the island of Oahu, as...

UK foreign secretary slams 'reckless' Iranian attacks on Diego Garcia

UK foreign secretary slams 'reckless' Iranian attacks on...

London [UK], March 22: British Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper on Saturday condemned Iran's missile strikes on a joint US-UK base...

Former FBI director Robert Mueller dies

Former FBI director Robert Mueller dies

Washington [US], March 22: Robert Mueller, the head of the special investigation into the Russia affair involving US President...

Trump says considering "winding down" strikes on Iran

Trump says considering "winding down" strikes on Iran

Washington DC [US], March 21: U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday that he is considering "winding down" the U.S. military...

Trump says U.S. gets "very close" to objectives in war with Iran

Trump says U.S. gets "very close" to objectives...

Tehran [Iran], March 21: U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday that the United States is "getting very close to" meeting...

NASA returns moon mission rocket, spacecraft back to launch pad

NASA returns moon mission rocket, spacecraft back to...

Los Angeles [California], March 21: NASA on Friday returned its Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and the Orion spacecraft for...

U.S. FDA recalls nearly 90,000 bottles of children's ibuprofen nationwide

U.S. FDA recalls nearly 90,000 bottles of children's...

Los Angeles [California], March 21: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recalled nearly 90,000 bottles of children's ibuprofen...

Trump administration sues Harvard University over alleged antisemitism after months of stalled negotiations

Trump administration sues Harvard University over alleged antisemitism...

Washington DC [US], March 21: The Trump administration on Friday sued Harvard University over alleged antisemitism, marking an escalation from...

U.S. military sinks alleged drug boat in eastern Pacific

U.S. military sinks alleged drug boat in eastern...

Washington DC [US], March 21: The U.S. military sank an alleged drug-trafficking boat in the eastern Pacific on Thursday and...

Zelensky, US to resume talks over ending Russia war

Zelensky, US to resume talks over ending Russia...

Kyiv [Ukraine], March 20: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is counting on new talks with the United States starting on Saturday...

US approves $16.5bn arms deal to Gulf states

US approves $16.5bn arms deal to Gulf states

Washington [US], March 20: The United States Department of State has approved a $16.5bn deal for arms sales to the...

War enters new phase with energy infra hit

War enters new phase with energy infra hit

Tehran [Iran], March 20: Iran has ratcheted up the pressure on several Gulf nations by attacking their energy facilities in...

Trump tells Israel not to repeat strikes on Iranian energy as crisis deepens

Trump tells Israel not to repeat strikes on...

Washington [US], March 20: President Donald Trump told Israel not to repeat its attacks on Iranian natural gas infrastructure as...

UK, France, Germany, Netherlands, Italy, Japan condemn Iranian attacks on Gulf infrastructure

UK, France, Germany, Netherlands, Italy, Japan condemn Iranian...

London [UK], March 20: The United Kingdom, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Italy and Japan have strongly condemned Iran's attacks on...

UAE air defences responding to missile, drone threats from Iran

UAE air defences responding to missile, drone threats...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], March 20: The Ministry of Defence announced that the UAE air defences are currently responding to incoming...

France, Spain, Bahrain, India condemn Iranian attack on Ras Laffan in Qatar

France, Spain, Bahrain, India condemn Iranian attack on...

Doha [Qatar], March 20: H.H. Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Emir of the State of Qatar, held phone calls...

'Mother of the Nation Endowment for Orphans' initiative raises AED3.3bn during Ramadan; launches AED1 bn 'Mother of the Nation City' project

'Mother of the Nation Endowment for Orphans' initiative...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], March 20: Since its launch under the patronage of President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al...

State Security Apparatus dismantles terrorist network linked to Hezbollah, Iran; arrests members

State Security Apparatus dismantles terrorist network linked to...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], March 20: The UAE State Security Apparatus (SSA) has announced the dismantling of a terrorist network funded...

Bahrain intercepts, destroys 139 missiles, 238 drones since start of Iranian attacks

Bahrain intercepts, destroys 139 missiles, 238 drones since...

Manama [Bahrain], March 20: The General Command of the Bahrain Defence Force announced that its air defence systems, since the...

Japan rejects US intelligence assessment of a 'significant shift' in its Taiwan stance

Japan rejects US intelligence assessment of a 'significant...

Tokyo [Japan], March 19: Japan has not changed its position on how it determines ​an existential threat, its top government...

Delcy Rodriguez replaces Venezuela's Defence Minister Vladimir Padrino

Delcy Rodriguez replaces Venezuela's Defence Minister Vladimir Padrino

Caracas [Venezuela], March 19: Venezuela's interim President Delcy Rodriguez has announced that she is replacing the country's longtime defence minister,...

Ukraine sends 201 military experts to counter Iranian drones in the Gulf

Ukraine sends 201 military experts to counter Iranian...

Kiev [Ukraine], March 19: More than 200 Ukrainian military experts are in the Gulf region and wider Middle East helping...

Iran announces arrests, says US, Israel suffering 'defeats'

Iran announces arrests, says US, Israel suffering 'defeats'

Tehran [Iran], March 19: Iranian authorities have announced hundreds more arrests across the country, as well as operations to counter...