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