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Norway's PM announces cabinet reshuffle

Norway's PM announces cabinet reshuffle

Oslo [Norway], October 17: Norway's Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store reshuffled his cabinet on Monday, two years after he assumed...

Putin urges ceasefire in calls with Middle Eastern leaders

Putin urges ceasefire in calls with Middle Eastern...

Moscow [Russia], October 17: Russian President Vladimir putin called for an immediate ceasefire and the interests of the Palestinians to...

Boat accident in Congo claims 45 lives with 165 missing

Boat accident in Congo claims 45 lives with...

Kinshasa [Congo], October 17: At least 45 people have died and approximately a further 165 are missing after a boat...

Russian parliament paves the way for possible nuclear testing

Russian parliament paves the way for possible nuclear...

Moscow [Russia], October 17: The Russian parliament is preparing to vote on a measure that will authorize withdrawal from a...

Two dead after shooting in Brussels; suspect at large

Two dead after shooting in Brussels; suspect at...

Brussels [Belgium], October 17: Football fans have been locked in Belgium's national stadium after two Swedish people were shot dead...

Afghanistan earthquakes turn the affected area into 'tent city'

Afghanistan earthquakes turn the affected area into 'tent...

Islamabad [Pakistan], October 17: The epicentre of Afghanistan's latest earthquakes that killed more than 1,000 people has become a "tent...

Kuwaitis in US urged to keep low profile; Muslim boy killed

Kuwaitis in US urged to keep low profile;...

Washington [US], October 17: Kuwait Embassy in Washington on Monday urged its nationals to be cautious, follow local authorities' guidelines...

Gazans in despair as water supplies dwindle

Gazans in despair as water supplies dwindle

Rafah [Gaza Strip], October 17: In the southern Gaza Strip, scores of people line up at bathrooms, many of them...

Macron urges 'ruthless' response after school 'Islamist' attack

Macron urges 'ruthless' response after school 'Islamist' attack

Paris [France], October 17: French schools on Monday held a minute's silence for a teacher killed last week in what...

US will send a second aircraft carrier to the eastern Mediterranean

US will send a second aircraft carrier to...

Washington [US], October 17: The United States is bolstering its firepower in the Middle East.

Gaza aid stuck as Egypt says Israel not cooperating

Gaza aid stuck as Egypt says Israel not...

Cairo [Egypt], October 17: Egypt said that Israel was not cooperating with delivery of aid into Gaza and evacuations of...

Jerusalem Catholic Patriarch offers to be exchanged for Gaza hostages

Jerusalem Catholic Patriarch offers to be exchanged for...

Rome [Italy], October 17: Pope Francis' representative in the Holy Land said he was willing to exchange himself for Israeli...

Trump pledges to expel immigrants who support Hamas

Trump pledges to expel immigrants who support Hamas

New York [US], October 17: Donald Trump promised on Monday that if elected president again he will bar immigrants who...

Ecuador: Daniel Noboa wins presidential election

Ecuador: Daniel Noboa wins presidential election

Quito [Ecuador], October 17: Daniel Noboa, will become Ecuador's next president after defeating Luisa Gonzalez in a run-off vote on...

Ras Al Khaimah to host 6th International Conference on Global Warming

Ras Al Khaimah to host 6th International Conference...

Ras al-Khaimah [UAE], October 17: Under the auspices of H.H. Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and...

Gas Safety Committee in Abu Dhabi announces preliminary inspection results

Gas Safety Committee in Abu Dhabi announces preliminary...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], October 17: The Gas Safety Committee in Abu Dhabi has announced the preliminary results of the inspection...

UAE, Saudi Arabia lead MENA VC fundraising

UAE, Saudi Arabia lead MENA VC fundraising

Dubai [UAE], October 17: MENA venture capital funding in the third quarter saw $250 million raised across 78 deals, a...

Guterres calls for delivering $500 bn annual investment for developing countries at UNCTAD's 8th WIF

Guterres calls for delivering $500 bn annual investment...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], October 17: UNCTAD's 8th World Investment Forum (WIF) opened on 16th October in Abu Dhabi, focusing on...

S. Korea's ICT export falls for 15th month in September

S. Korea's ICT export falls for 15th month...

Seoul [South Korea], October 16: South Korea's export of information and communications technology (ICT) products fell for the 15th consecutive...

UN humanitarian chief calls for cessation of hostilities in Sudan

UN humanitarian chief calls for cessation of hostilities...

United Nations, October 16: UN Undersecretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Martin Griffiths on Sunday called for the protection of civilians and...

Iraq signs deals with UAE firm to develop three oil, gas fields

Iraq signs deals with UAE firm to develop...

Baghdad [Iraq], October 16: Iraq signed three contracts on Sunday with the United Arab Emirates' Crescent Petroleum to develop three...

Indigenous Australians call for week of silence to grieve referendum defeat

Indigenous Australians call for week of silence to...

Canberra [Australia], October 16: Indigenous Australian leaders have called for a week of silence after voters defeated a referendum to...

Approval rate of Japan's Kishida cabinet drops to record low: media poll

Approval rate of Japan's Kishida cabinet drops to...

Tokyo [Japan], October 16: The support rate for the Japanese cabinet dropped to 32.3 percent, the lowest since its launch,...

Over 1 mn Gazans displaced in a week: UN

Over 1 mn Gazans displaced in a week:...

Gaza [Gaza Strip], October 16: More than one million people have been displaced in the Gaza Strip in the last...

Iran warns Israel of regional escalation if 'aggressions do not stop'

Iran warns Israel of regional escalation if 'aggressions...

Tehran [Iran], October 16: Iran warned Israel of escalation if it failed to end aggressions against Palestinians, with its foreign...

Russia's position in Ukraine is improving: Putin

Russia's position in Ukraine is improving: Putin

Moscow [Russia], October 16: Russian President Vladimir Putin once again declared Kiev's counteroffensive a "complete failure" and spoke of an...

Louvre museum, Versailles Palace reopen post security threats

Louvre museum, Versailles Palace reopen post security threats

Paris [France], October 16: France's two top tourist attractions - the Louvre museum and the Palace of Versailles - have...