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Chinese blogger who documented start of Covid-19 released...
Beijing [China], May 4: The Chinese blogger Fang Bin, who was arrested in 2020 for documenting the beginnings of the...
Myanmar junta pardons more than 2,000 political prisoners
Yangon [Myanmar], May 4: Myanmar's junta pardoned more than 2,000 political prisoners to mark a Buddhist holiday on Wednesday, triggering...
Iran seizes second Gulf oil tanker as US...
Dubai [UAE], May 4: Sanctions-hit Iran seized on Wednesday a second oil tanker in less than a week as tensions...
Iran's president visits Syria for the first time...
Damascus [Syria], May 4: Mr Raisi's visit comes as Iran and regional rival Saudi Arabia have restored ties after years...
Russian defence minister calls for missile production to...
Moscow [Russia], May 4: Russia's defence minister has urged a state company to double its production of missiles as an...
Zelensky denies Ukraine attacked Putin or Moscow
Kyiv [Ukraine], May 4: Ukraine's President VolodymyrZelensky has denied his country carried out an alleged drone attack on the Kremlin,...
Ukraine tried to assassinate Putin by drone, Kremlin...
Moscow[Russia], May 4: Russia accused Ukraine on Wednesday of a failed attempt to assassinate President Vladimir Putin in a drone...
Police arrest suspect in fatal mass shooting at...
Georgia [US], May 4: Police have arrested the man suspected of killing one woman and wounding four others.
DCT Abu Dhabi, Jordan Tourism Board sign MoU...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], May 4: The Department of Culture and Tourism - Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi) and the Jordan...
CBUAE raises base rate at 25 basis points
Abu Dhabi [UAE], May 4: The Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE) has decided to raise the Base Rate applicable...
European banks pull back after collapse of First...
Rome [Italy], May 3: European banking stocks fell sharply on Tuesday in the wake of the failure and subsequent...
Australia failing to monitor agricultural chemical effect on...
Canberra [Australia], May 3: Australia is failing to properly monitor the effect of chemicals used in the agriculture industry on...
Populist questions EU membership during Swedish presidency
Stockholm [Sweden], May 3: Sweden's membership of the European Union needs to be re-evaluated, the head of the right-wing populist...
Finland coalition hopefuls meet
Helsinki [Finland], May 3: Talks on forming a new coalition government in Finland following the April 2 elections began formally...
Risk of NATO disappointment for Ukraine at July...
Brussels [Belgium], May 3: Ukraine's hopes for a more fixed path towards NATO membership may be in vain, according to...
300 migrants rescued in Mediterranean
Rome [Italy], May 3:A vessel operated by Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has rescued over 300 migrants in distress in the...
UK healthcare pay offer to be implemented but...
London [UK], May 3: Over one million National Health Service staff in England will receive a pay rise after trade...
Afghanistan world's biggest humanitarian crisis: UN chief
Doha [Qatar], May 3: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has stressed that the situation in Afghanistan was difficult, describing it as...
Paraguay's lost candidates want recount
Asuncion [Paraguay], May 3: Supporters of a right-wing candidate who came third in Paraguay's presidential election clashed with police outside...
Khuder Adnan, Palestinian captive on 86-day food strike,...
Ramallah [Palestine], May 3: Palestinian captive, Khuder Adnan, who was on food strike for 86 days in protest of detainment,...
Ukrainian farmer comes up with novel way to...
Kyiv [Ukraine], May 3: A Ukrainian farmer has come up with a novel way to remove mines left in his...
E. Jean Carroll called minutes after Trump allegedly...
New York [US], May 3: A friend of E. Jean Carroll backed up the writer's account of being raped by...
Ex-Minneapolis officer found guilty of aiding in George...
Minnesota [US], May 3: Former Minneapolis police officer Tou Thao was found guilty of aiding and abetting in the 2020...
US to temporarily send 1,500 troops to Mexico...
Washington [US], May 3: President Joe Biden's administration will temporarily send 1,500 additional troops to help secure the U.S.-Mexico border,...
Seven bodies, including two missing teens, found in...
Oklahoma [US], May 3: The bodies of seven people, including two missing teens and a convicted sex offender, were found...
Abu Dhabi Judicial Department discusses legal frameworks to...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], May 3: The Abu Dhabi Judicial Department, represented by the Abu Dhabi Judicial Academy, organised a series...
UAE delegation explores bilateral opportunities at SelectUSA Investment...
Washington [US], May 3: Dr.Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, Minister of State for Foreign Trade, has led a UAE delegation...