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Iran starts refining its oil in Venezuela: minister

Iran starts refining its oil in Venezuela: minister

Tehran (Iran), October 17: Iranian Petroleum Minister Javad Owji said on Sunday that Iran has started refining its crude oil...

Türkiye's energy hub ambition needs more countries than Russia to join: experts

Türkiye's energy hub ambition needs more countries than...

Ankara (Turkey), October 17: Türkiye's endorsement of Russia's proposal to establish a natural gas distribution center in the country reflects...

Biden meddles in Iran's state matters by supporting riots: Iranian spokesman

Biden meddles in Iran's state matters by supporting...

Tehran (Iran), October 17: The Iranian foreign ministry said on Sunday that U.S. President Joe Biden meddled in Iran's "state...

Iran expands range of Bavar-373 defense system to 300 km: media

Iran expands range of Bavar-373 defense system to...

TEHRAN (Iran), October 17: An Iranian commander said on Sunday that Iran has increased the operational range of the Bavar-373...

Uganda institutes lockdown measures in Ebola-affected districts

Uganda institutes lockdown measures in Ebola-affected districts

Kampala (Uganda), October 17: Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Saturday announced a decision to put the Ebola-affected central Ugandan districts...

Roundup: Inter-Parliamentary Union lawmakers commit to overcoming gender inequality

Roundup: Inter-Parliamentary Union lawmakers commit to overcoming gender...

Kigali (Rwanda), October 17: The Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) affirmed working in partnership with national parliaments to push forward gender equality...

3 dead, over 55,000 affected in Sri Lanka's floods, landslides

3 dead, over 55,000 affected in Sri Lanka's...

Colombo (Sri Lanka), October 16: Three people have died and over 55,000 people from 13,902 families have been affected by...

Coal mine blast kills 41 in N. Türkiye, authorities vow probes

Coal mine blast kills 41 in N. Türkiye,...

Ankara (Turkey), October 16: The Death toll in an underground coal mine explosion in northern Türkiye rose to 41, Turkish...

Company bankruptcies in Japan rise in April-September: survey

Company bankruptcies in Japan rise in April-September: survey

Tokyo (Japan), October 16: A total of 3,141 companies went bankrupt in the April-September period, up 6.9 percent year on...

Yoon orders quick resumption of disrupted Kakao, Naver services

Yoon orders quick resumption of disrupted Kakao, Naver...

Seoul (South Korea), October 16: President Yoon Suk-yeol on Sunday instructed officials to make efforts to ensure Kakao Corp. and...

Ghanaian official urges sustained hand hygiene to prevent COVID-19

Ghanaian official urges sustained hand hygiene to prevent...

Accra (Ghana) [India], October 16: Theodora Adomako-Adjei, the national coordinator of Ghana's handwashing campaign, urged sustained hand hygiene among the...

Finance minister highlights 'consistency' between financial, monetary policies

Finance minister highlights 'consistency' between financial, monetary policies

Washington/ Seoul (US/ South Korea), October 16: South Korean Finance Minister Choo Kyung-ho highlighted the importance of keeping "consistency" between...

Malaysia reports 2,023 new COVID-19 infections, no new deaths

Malaysia reports 2,023 new COVID-19 infections, no new...

Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), October 16: Malaysia reported 2,023 new COVID-19 infections as of midnight Saturday, bringing the national total to...

Australian Defence Force deployed to aid flood crisis response

Australian Defence Force deployed to aid flood crisis...

Canberra (Australia), October 16: The Australian Defence Force (ADF) has been deployed to aid in the response to catastrophic flooding...

S. Korea's new COVID-19 cases below 30,000 for 4th day amid downtrend

S. Korea's new COVID-19 cases below 30,000 for...

Seoul (South Korea), October 16: South Korea's new COVID-19 cases stayed below 30,000 for the fourth consecutive day Sunday as...

Myanmar reports 325 new COVID-19 cases

Myanmar reports 325 new COVID-19 cases

Yangon (Myanmar), October 16: Myanmar confirmed 325 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the tally to...

Namibia reports outbreak of foot and mouth disease

Namibia reports outbreak of foot and mouth disease

Windhoek (Namibia), October 16: Namibia has been hit by another outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in the Zambezi region, which...

Feature: Empowering women initiative helps rural women in Namibia have a better future

Feature: Empowering women initiative helps rural women in...

Windhoek (Namibia), October 1: "I have been weaving baskets since my 20s. Talent alone could not translate into business success...

Russia reports 13,384 new COVID-19 cases

Russia reports 13,384 new COVID-19 cases

Moscow (Russia), October 16: Russia registered 13,384 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, taking the nationwide tally to...

Iran says "enemies" highlight solely enrichment part of its nuclear program

Iran says "enemies" highlight solely enrichment part of...

Tehran (Iran), October 16: The spokesman of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) said on Saturday that uranium enrichment...

20 Lebanese entrepreneurs win ILO competition for best business idea

20 Lebanese entrepreneurs win ILO competition for best...

Beirut [Lebanon], October 15: Twenty Lebanese entrepreneurs won an UN-organized competition that granted them a cash prize for launching businesses...

10 child patients die as smuggled drugs run amok in war-ravaged Yemen

10 child patients die as smuggled drugs run...

Aden [Yemen], October 15: With a touch of deep sadness in his voice, Yemeni Mahmoud Abdul-Aziz Faqih who could barely...

German health minister urges tighter COVID-19 measures amid autumn wave

German health minister urges tighter COVID-19 measures amid...

Berlin [Germany], October 15:Germany's Minister of Health Karl Lauterbach called on the country's federal states to reintroduce stricter requirements for...

Austrian central bank raises 2022 inflation forecast to 8.5 pct

Austrian central bank raises 2022 inflation forecast to...

Vienna [Austria], October 15: Austria's central bank OeNB on Friday revised upwards its inflation forecasts for 2022 through 2024, citing...

Cyprus begins constructing electricity link between Asia and Europe

Cyprus begins constructing electricity link between Asia and...

Nicosia [Cyprus], October 15: The construction of an electricity link between Asia and Europe was launched at an event in...

Police identify victims of U.S. Raleigh shooting, suspected gunman in custody

Police identify victims of U.S. Raleigh shooting, suspected...

Washington [US], October 15: Police on Friday identified five victims of the Raleigh shooting in the U.S. state of North...

Trump responds to committee's vote to subpoena him over Capitol riot

Trump responds to committee's vote to subpoena him...

Washington [US], October 15: Former U.S. President Donald Trump has released a lengthy response to the Jan. 6 committee's vote...