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Egypt's Suez Canal to raise transit fees in 2023

Egypt's Suez Canal to raise transit fees in...

Cairo [Egypt], September 18: The Suez Canal's transit tolls will increase by 15 percent for all types of vessels and...

Israeli strikes kill 27 Syrian soldiers in 2022: war monitor

Israeli strikes kill 27 Syrian soldiers in 2022:...

Damascus [Syria], September 18: Israel has carried out 25 missile strikes inside Syria in 2022, killing 27 government soldiers and...

Lebanon starts plan to return 15,000 Syrian refugees monthly

Lebanon starts plan to return 15,000 Syrian refugees...

Beirut [Lebanon], September 18: Lebanon on Saturday started implementing its plan to return 15,000 Syrian refugees monthly to their homeland,...

Cholera outbreak in Syria still under control: health minister

Cholera outbreak in Syria still under control: health...

Damascus [Syria], September 18: Syria's Health Minister said Saturday that the cholera outbreak in northern Syria is still under control,...

Palestinian PM says Israel defies peace agreements, disrespects int'l law

Palestinian PM says Israel defies peace agreements, disrespects...

Ramallah [Palestine], September 18: Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Ishtaye on Saturday accused Israel of defying all the signed peace agreements...

Arab aid to UN Palestinian refugee agency continues to decline in 2022: UNRWA official

Arab aid to UN Palestinian refugee agency continues...

Gaza [Palestine], September 18: The annual Arab financial aid to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees...

Germany's largest folk festival reopens after COVID-19 break

Germany's largest folk festival reopens after COVID-19 break

Munich [Germany], September 18: Germany's Oktoberfest, the largest folk festival in Germany, started Saturday here in Munich, Bavaria, after...

Hungarian gov't extends fuel, food price caps until yearend

Hungarian gov't extends fuel, food price caps until...

Budapest [Hungary], September 18: The Hungarian government has decided to extend the fuel and food price caps until Dec. 31,...

Oil prices end higher, but post weekly loss

Oil prices end higher, but post weekly loss

New York [US], September 18: Oil prices eked out modest gains on Friday, but demand worries kept prices lower for...

Singapore reports 1,847 new COVID-19 cases

Singapore reports 1,847 new COVID-19 cases

Singapore, September 18: Singapore reported 1,847 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, bringing the total tally to 1,873,747.

Vietnam reports 2,479 new COVID-19 cases

Vietnam reports 2,479 new COVID-19 cases

Hanoi [Vietnam], September 18: Vietnam recorded 2,479 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, down 601 from Friday, according to the Ministry...

7 killed, 5 wounded as landslides hit gold mine in Indonesia

7 killed, 5 wounded as landslides hit gold...

Jakarta [Indonesia], September 18: Seven gold miners were killed and 5 others injured after landslides hit a gold mine in...

Myanmar reports 361 new COVID-19 cases

Myanmar reports 361 new COVID-19 cases

Yangon [Myanmar], September 18: Myanmar recorded 361 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the tally to...

Brunei's 5G network to enter trial stage

Brunei's 5G network to enter trial stage

Bandar Seri Begawan [Brunei], September 18: Brunei will conduct a fifth generation (5G) mobile network trial for cellphone subscribers for...

Dementia cases to rise to over 7,000 by 2050 in Brunei: minister

Dementia cases to rise to over 7,000 by...

Bandar Seri Begawan [Brunei], September 18: According to findings from the Lancet's Global Burden of Disease study in 2019, Brunei...

Surge in dengue fever continues in Pakistan

Surge in dengue fever continues in Pakistan

Islamabad [Pakistan], September 18: A surge in dengue fever cases continues in parts of Pakistan amid the ongoing outbreak that...

Blockchain Summit 2022 sponsored by GDCC Blockchain -  History created in the field of the blockchain industry

Blockchain Summit 2022 sponsored by GDCC Blockchain -...

London [UK], September 17 (ANI/PNN): A Blockchain Summit presented by GDCC Blockchain concluded on September 10, 2022, which was the...

Cambodian PM orders crackdown on all types of illegal gambling

Cambodian PM orders crackdown on all types of...

Phnom Penh [Cambodia], September 17: Cambodian Prime Minister SamdechTecho Hun Sen on Saturday ordered a nationwide crackdown on all types...

Japan set to issue special typhoon warning for Kyushu region

Japan set to issue special typhoon warning for...

Tokyo [Japan], September 17: The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said Saturday it is ready to issue a special typhoon warning...

Malaysia reports 1,977 new COVID-19 infections, 6 new deaths

Malaysia reports 1,977 new COVID-19 infections, 6 new...

Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], September 17: Malaysia reported 1,977 new COVID-19 infections, as of midnight Friday, bringing the national total to...

Bolivia's president avows economic sovereignty, rebuffs IMF proposals

Bolivia's president avows economic sovereignty, rebuffs IMF proposals

La Paz [Bolivia], September 17: Bolivian President Luis Arce on Friday declined recommendations from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) aimed...

Tenth batch of Chinese medical team begins work in South Sudan

Tenth batch of Chinese medical team begins work...

Juba [South Sudan], September 17: The tenth batch of Chinese medical team on Friday started work in South Sudan after...

Zimbabwe makes progress in phasing out ozone depleting substances: minister

Zimbabwe makes progress in phasing out ozone depleting...

Harare [Zimbabwe], September 17: Zimbabwe's environment minister Mangaliso Ndlovu said Friday that the country had made significant progress in phasing...

Israel to connect Karish gas field to national system within days

Israel to connect Karish gas field to national...

Jerusalem [Israel], September 17: Israel's Energy Ministry on Friday said in a statement that it was preparing to connect the...

Bahrain reports 1st monkeypox case

Bahrain reports 1st monkeypox case

Manama [Bahrain], September 17: Bahrain's Health Ministry reported the kingdom's first monkeypox case on Friday.

Israel hosts dragon boat race to mark 30th anniversary of diplomatic ties with China

Israel hosts dragon boat race to mark 30th...

Jerusalem [Israel], September 17: A dragon boat race was held in northern Israel on Friday to mark the 30th anniversary...

Lebanon to adopt strict security measures after bank raids

Lebanon to adopt strict security measures after bank...

Beirut [Lebanon], September 17: Security forces will take strict measures amid mounting security concerns after a number of bank raids...