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Oil prices soar over 6 pct after OPEC+ output cut

Oil prices soar over 6 pct after OPEC+...

New York [US],April 4: Oil prices surged on Monday after major producers unveiled a surprising decision over the weekend to...

Sri Lanka to raise duty-free allowance for migrant workers to encourage remittance

Sri Lanka to raise duty-free allowance for migrant...

Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 4:Sri Lanka is set to increase duty-free allowances for migrant workers at the airport starting May...

22 handgun dealers arrested in Europe

22 handgun dealers arrested in Europe

Amsterdam [Netherlands], April 4: According to Europol, investigators have arrested 22 handgun traffickers in a Europe-wide operation. In an operation...

IAEA chief to visit Kaliningrad for talks on occupied nuclear plant

IAEA chief to visit Kaliningrad for talks on...

Vienna [Austria], April 4: The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency plans to resume negotiations with Russia on Wednesday...

Car bomb in Damascus injures two

Car bomb in Damascus injures two

Damascus [Syria], April 4: A car bomb rocked the Syrian capital late Sunday, causing panic and slightly injuring two people,...

Legacy Twitter blue ticks to remain amid confusion over verification

Legacy Twitter blue ticks to remain amid confusion...

London [UK], April 4: Twitter has failed to take legacy blue ticks off the social media platform after it committed...

Israeli forces kill 2 Palestinians in occupied West Bank raid

Israeli forces kill 2 Palestinians in occupied West...

Nablus [West Bank], April 4: Israeli forces have killed two Palestinian men during a military raid in the occupied West...

Russia to locate N-weapons on Belarus' Poland border

Russia to locate N-weapons on Belarus' Poland border

Moscow [Russia], April 4: Russian tactical nuclear weapons, previously announced for deployment in Belarus, will be placed on the border...

In Britain, Afghan woman feels relieved as visa refusal overturned

In Britain, Afghan woman feels relieved as visa...

London [UK], April 4: A woman in Britain who was at risk of being sent back to Afghanistan and feared...

Philippine lawmaker accused of organising governor's murder

Philippine lawmaker accused of organising governor's murder

Manila [Philippines], April 4: A Philippine lawmaker has been accused of organising the murder of a provincial governor last month,...

Trial over fatal Paris synagogue attack opens after 43 years

Trial over fatal Paris synagogue attack opens after...

Paris [France], April 4: The trial of a 69-year-old Lebanese-Canadian charged over a fatal 1980 bomb attack outside a Paris...

Russia makes arrest in blogger killing

Russia makes arrest in blogger killing

Moscow [Russia], April 4: Russia alleged on Monday the "terrorist attack" that killed a top military blogger the day before...

Trump arrives in New York for surrender, opposes TV court coverage

Trump arrives in New York for surrender, opposes...

Washington [US], April 4: Former U.S. President Donald Trump flew into New York City on his private plane on Monday...

Belize reaffirms ties with Taipei as Taiwanese president visits

Belize reaffirms ties with Taipei as Taiwanese president...

Belmopan [Belize], April 4: The prime minister of Belize gave Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen a welcome diplomatic boost during her...

North Korea slams U.S. for protecting raiders of Spain embassy in 2019 case

North Korea slams U.S. for protecting raiders of...

Pyongyang [North Korea], April 4:North Korea criticized the U.S. for refusing to extradite a man who was accused of staging...

Abdullah bin Zayed, Greek FM review strengthening strategic partnership

Abdullah bin Zayed, Greek FM review strengthening strategic...

Athens [Greece], April 4: H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, and Greek...

Blue-chip communication stocks drive ADX, as Dubai Financial Market hits one-month high

Blue-chip communication stocks drive ADX, as Dubai Financial...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], April 4: UAE stock markets Monday continued to capitalise on improved investor sentiments, with blue-chip communication stocks...

Israeli drone crashes in Syria: Israeli army

Israeli drone crashes in Syria: Israeli army

Jerusalem [Israel], March 23: An Israeli drone crashed in Syria on Wednesday during "routine activity," the Israeli military said in...

Australian Defense Force to investigate army helicopter incident

Australian Defense Force to investigate army helicopter incident

Canberra [Australia], March 23: The Australian Defense Force (ADF) has launched an investigation after a helicopter ditched into the water...

UK Parliament approves new Brexit deal for N. Ireland

UK Parliament approves new Brexit deal for N....

London [UK], March 23: The United Kingdom's (UK) Parliament passed a key part of the government's new post-Brexit trade...

Pension Reform Isn't A Luxury, It's Not A Pleasure, It's A Necessity - Says French President Emmanuel Macron

Pension Reform Isn't A Luxury, It's Not A...

Paris [France], March 23: Yesterday, French president Emmanuel Macron talking about pension reform, said in the interview granted to TF1...

Four dead as Russia strikes Ukraine school

Four dead as Russia strikes Ukraine school

Kyiv [Ukraine], March 23: A Russian drone attack on a school near Kyiv killed at least four people before Chinese...

Google launches ChatGPT rival in US and Britain

Google launches ChatGPT rival in US and Britain

San Francisco [US], March 23: Google has invited people in the United States and Britain to test its AI chatbot,...

10 Yemeni troops killed as new fighting clouds peace efforts

10 Yemeni troops killed as new fighting clouds...

Dubai [UAE], March 23: At least 10 soldiers were killed in renewed fighting in Yemen, military sources told AFP, despite...

Tens of thousands without power in California as latest storm lashes state

Tens of thousands without power in California as...

California [US], March 23: Tens of thousands of storm-weary Californians were without power and under evacuation warnings as the latest...

Russia boosts defences near Japan, accuses US of expanding Asia-Pacific presence

Russia boosts defences near Japan, accuses US of...

Moscow [Russia], March 23: Russia said on Wednesday that a division of its Bastion coastal defence missile systems had been...

U.S. judge orders $1.68 blnpayout to families over 1983 Beirut bombing

U.S. judge orders $1.68 blnpayout to families over...

New York [US], March 23: A federal judge in New York ordered Iran's central bank and a European intermediary on...