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Sharjah-Japan Business Forum explores prospects for trade, investment cooperation

Sharjah-Japan Business Forum explores prospects for trade, investment...

Dubai [UAE], November 25: The Sharjah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI), in collaboration with the Japan External Trade Organisation...

Latvian Embassy hosts National Day reception

Latvian Embassy hosts National Day reception

Riga [Latvia], November 25: The Embassy of the Republic of Latvia in the UAE held a reception on Monday evening...

5.2-magnitude earthquake hits Indonesia's East Java

5.2-magnitude earthquake hits Indonesia's East Java

Java [Indonesia], November 25: An earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale struck Indonesia's East Java province on Monday.

Study finds way to 'reboot' eye, restore impaired vision

Study finds way to 'reboot' eye, restore impaired...

New York [US], November 25: Scientists claim to have found a way to restore vision in people with a common...

Malaysian floods affect 11,000 people across seven states

Malaysian floods affect 11,000 people across seven states

Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], November 25: More than 11,000 people in seven Malaysian states have been affected by flooding caused by...

US-Ukraine talks make major headway as Trump's peace plan undergoes key revisions

US-Ukraine talks make major headway as Trump's peace...

Geneva [Swizterland], November 25: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio voiced confidence after what he described as a constructive first...

Mass kidnapping in Nigeria: 300 abducted, 50 escaped

Mass kidnapping in Nigeria: 300 abducted, 50 escaped

Abuja [Nigeria], November 25: At least 50 of the more than 300 students abducted from a Catholic school in Nigeria...

Jamaican reggae music pioneer Jimmy Cliff dies

Jamaican reggae music pioneer Jimmy Cliff dies

Kingston [Jamaica], November 25: Jimmy Cliff, the charismatic reggae pioneer and actor who preached joy, defiance and resilience in his...

Ukraine allies give cautious welcome to 'modified' peace framework

Ukraine allies give cautious welcome to 'modified' peace...

Kyiv [Ukraine], November 25: European allies of Ukraine have given a cautious welcome to efforts to refine a United States...

Israel's attacks threaten truce, Hamas tells Egypt's spy chief

Israel's attacks threaten truce, Hamas tells Egypt's spy...

Cairo [Egypt], November 25: A senior delegation from Hamas has met Egypt's intelligence chief in Cairo to discuss Israel's breaches...

Malaysia says it will ban social media for under-16s from next year

Malaysia says it will ban social media for...

Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], November 25: Malaysia plans to ban social media for users under the age of 16 starting from...

US adds Venezuelan 'Cartel of the Suns' to terror list as military threat rises

US adds Venezuelan 'Cartel of the Suns' to...

Washington [US], November 25: The United States has designated what Venezuelans call the "Cartel de los Soles", or "Cartel of...

Six killed in suicide attack in Pakistan's Peshawar

Six killed in suicide attack in Pakistan's Peshawar

Peshawar [Pakistan], November 25: Three suicide attackers have attacked the headquarters of a paramilitary force in the Pakistani city of...

Sudan's de facto ruler rejects US proposal for a ceasefire

Sudan's de facto ruler rejects US proposal for...

Khartoum [Sudan], November 25: Sudan's de facto president Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan has strongly rejected a US proposal for a ceasefire...

Voters in Slovenia reject assisted dying law for terminally ill people

Voters in Slovenia reject assisted dying law for...

Budapest [Hungary], November 25: Voters in Slovenia rejected a bill that would have allowed terminally ill people to end their...

Separatist candidate wins presidential vote in Bosnia's Serb region

Separatist candidate wins presidential vote in Bosnia's Serb...

Sarajevo [Bosnia and Herzegovina], November 25: A close ally of Bosnia's Serb Republic separatist leader Milorad Dodik won a snap...

Majority of Slovenians voted against law on assisted dying

Majority of Slovenians voted against law on assisted...

Ljubljana [Slovenia], November 25: As many as 53.43% Slovenians voted against a law that proposed legalising assisted dying for some...

Australia's teen social media ban pushes content creators to look abroad

Australia's teen social media ban pushes content creators...

Sydney [Australia], November 25: Australia is home for YouTube star Jordan Barclay, the place where he was born, went to...

Israel kills Hezbollah military leader in Beirut strike

Israel kills Hezbollah military leader in Beirut strike

Jerusalem [Israel], November 25: Israel killed militant group Hezbollah's top military official in an airstrike on a southern suburb of...

Toxic mines put Southeast Asia's rivers, people at risk

Toxic mines put Southeast Asia's rivers, people at...

Bangkok [Thailand], November 25: For most of her life, 59-year-old farmer Tip Kamlue has irrigated her fields in northern Thailand...

Seven killed in tourist bus overturn in Mexico

Seven killed in tourist bus overturn in Mexico

Mexico City [Mexico], November 24: Seven people were killed and at least 20 others injured when a tourist bus overturned...

EU, United States to resume trade talks Monday to resolve outstanding issues

EU, United States to resume trade talks Monday...

Brussels [Belgium], November 24: The European Union and the United States will resume trade negotiations on Monday in Brussels after...

Nepal adds more than 8,00,000 new voters in latest round of roll update ahead of March election

Nepal adds more than 8,00,000 new voters in...

Kathmandu [Nepal], November 24: A total of 8,37,094 new voters has been added to the electoral roll following the completion...

COP30 ends with finance boost but no fossil fuel roadmap

COP30 ends with finance boost but no fossil...

Belem [Brazil], November 24: The COP30 climate summit in Belem closed with a compromise agreement that expands financial support for...

Over 90 people dead in Vietnam floods

Over 90 people dead in Vietnam floods

Hanoi [Vietnam], November 24: The toll from flooding in Vietnam has risen to 102 people dead or missing, with thousands...

Iran sanctions mean life-saving medication in short supply

Iran sanctions mean life-saving medication in short supply

Tehran [Iran], November 24: "Many life-saving drugs are no longer available," said an Iranian pharmacist who wished to remain anonymous,...

Indonesia declared Polio-free by WHO

Indonesia declared Polio-free by WHO

Jakarta [Indonesia], November 24: The World Health Organisation (WHO) has officially declared the end of Indonesia's poliovirus type-2 outbreak, marking...