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Year of Sustainability 2024 unveils 'Sustainability Champions Society' to engage the public in sustainable action

Year of Sustainability 2024 unveils 'Sustainability Champions Society'...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], March 8: Following the announcement by UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan to...

AD Ports Group welcomes Iraqi delegation to discuss strategic transport and logistics projects

AD Ports Group welcomes Iraqi delegation to discuss...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], March 8: AD Ports Group today welcomed an esteemed Iraqi delegation headed by Razzaq Muhaibas Al-Saadawi, Iraq's...

Shurooq showcases its approach to hospitality projects in ITB Berlin

Shurooq showcases its approach to hospitality projects in...

Berlin [Germany], March 8: Sharjah Investment and Development Authority (Shurooq), marking its 15th participation, has presented its pioneering approach to...

Mohammed bin Rashid issues Law on taxation of foreign banks in Dubai

Mohammed bin Rashid issues Law on taxation of...

Dubai [UAE], March 8: In his capacity as the Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum,...

Kremlin says West "playing with fire" by discussing sending troops to Ukraine

Kremlin says West "playing with fire" by discussing...

Moscow [Russia], March 7: Western leaders are "playing with fire" by discussing the possibility of sending European troops to Ukraine,...

Russia repatriates 2 Iranian prisoners

Russia repatriates 2 Iranian prisoners

Tehran [Iran], March 7: Two Iranians imprisoned in Russia were repatriated to their home country under a convict extradition agreement...

European People's Party proposes transfer of asylum seekers to "safe third countries"

European People's Party proposes transfer of asylum seekers...

Bucharest [Romania], March 7: The European People's Party (EPP), the European Parliament's main center-right grouping, has proposed major changes to...

German economy expected to narrowly escape recession in 2024: ifo

German economy expected to narrowly escape recession in...

Berlin [Germany], March 7: The ifo Institute for Economic Research Wednesday revised its growth forecast for the German economy in...

Canada drives innovation in wheat sector to improve production

Canada drives innovation in wheat sector to improve...

Ottawa [Canada], March 7: The Canadian federal government said Wednesday it will drive innovation in wheat sector to improve production.

3 killed in Mexico helicopter crash

3 killed in Mexico helicopter crash

Mexico City [Mexico], March 7: At least three members of the Mexican Navy died Wednesday when their helicopter crashed 370...

Nepal's PM expands new cabinet

Nepal's PM expands new cabinet

Kathmandu [Nepal], March 7: Nepal's Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Wednesday introduced 16 more ministers from four parties into...

DPRK top leader urges ramping up actual-war drills, war preparations

DPRK top leader urges ramping up actual-war drills,...

Seoul [South Korea], March 7: The top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Wednesday instructed the...

ASEAN countries refuse to take sides in power competition, Melbourne summit reveals

ASEAN countries refuse to take sides in power...

Manila [Philippines], March 7: ASEAN leaders, senior officials, and experts have voiced their opposition to being compelled to pick sides...

4 carmakers in S. Korea to recall some 69,000 vehicles

4 carmakers in S. Korea to recall some...

Seoul [South Korea], March 7: Four domestic and foreign carmakers in South Korea will voluntarily recall some 69,000 vehicles for...

Russia shells Odessa during visit by Zelensky, Greek PM Mitsotakis

Russia shells Odessa during visit by Zelensky, Greek...

Kyiv [Ukraine], March 7: Deadly explosions have rocked Ukraine's southern port city of Odesa as President Volodymyr Zelensky was meeting...

The Pentagon analyzes strange hot air balloons discovered by fishermen

The Pentagon analyzes strange hot air balloons discovered...

Washington [US], March 7: On March 7, CNN quoted US Department of Defense spokeswoman Sue Gough as saying that the...

Vietnam-Denmark high-level dialogue on health

Vietnam-Denmark high-level dialogue on health

Hanoi [Vietnam], March 7: On March 6, Deputy Minister Tran Van Thuan, on behalf of the leaders of the Ministry...

Protesters knock down door of Mexico's presidential palace

Protesters knock down door of Mexico's presidential palace

Mexico City [Mexico], March 7: A group protesting the disappearance of 43 students in Mexico in 2014 knocked down a...

Haiti gang leader threatens 'civil war' if PM does not resign

Haiti gang leader threatens 'civil war' if PM...

Port-au-Prince [Haiti], March 7: The gang leader behind the violence blighting the Haitian capital has warned there will be...

Nikki Haley ends White House bid, clearing path for a Trump-Biden rematch

Nikki Haley ends White House bid, clearing path...

Columbia (South Carolina) [US], March 7: Nikki Haley ended her long-shot challenge to Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump on Wednesday,...

South Africa asks World Court for more measures against Israel

South Africa asks World Court for more measures...

San Francisco (California) [US], March 7: South Africa has asked the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to order additional emergency...

Noor Dubai Foundation Initiative transforms lives in Philippines through free cataract surgical caravan

Noor Dubai Foundation Initiative transforms lives in Philippines...

Dubai [UAE], March 7: The Noor Dubai Foundation, in cooperation with the EYE hEAR Foundation and the Department of Health,...

Central Bank of Egypt floats EGP, raises interest rate by 6%

Central Bank of Egypt floats EGP, raises interest...

Cairo [Egypt], March 7: The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) decided on Wednesday morning to allow market forces to...

Russia sends fighter jet to escort French military planes near border

Russia sends fighter jet to escort French military...

Moscow [Russia], March 6: A Russian Su-27 fighter jet escorted three French military planes near the Russian border over the...

Italy approves participation in EU naval mission in Red Sea

Italy approves participation in EU naval mission in...

Rome [Italy], March 6: The Italian parliament on Tuesday approved the country's participation in the European Union (EU)'s "ASPIDES" mission.

EU presents first-ever defence industrial strategy

EU presents first-ever defence industrial strategy

Brussels [Belgium], March 6: The European Union (EU) presented on Tuesday its "first-ever" European Defence Industrial Strategy at the EU...

NASA's Juno mission measures oxygen production at Jupiter's moon Europa

NASA's Juno mission measures oxygen production at Jupiter's...

Los Angeles [US], March 6: Scientists with NASA's Juno mission to Jupiter have calculated the rate of oxygen being produced...