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Egypt to hold presidential vote on Dec 10-12

Egypt to hold presidential vote on Dec 10-12

Cairo [Egypt], September 26: Egypt will hold a presidential vote on Dec 10-12, election officials said Monday, at a time...

US House to press forward with spending cuts despite shutdown risk

US House to press forward with spending cuts...

Washington [US], September 26: The Republican-controlled House of Representatives is due to try to advance steep spending cuts this week...

US hits Chinese, Russian firms over Moscow military aid

US hits Chinese, Russian firms over Moscow military...

Washington [US], September 26: U.S. President Joe Biden's administration on Monday imposed new trade restrictions on 11 Chinese and five...

Ethnic Armenians flee Karabakh after breakaway region's defeat

Ethnic Armenians flee Karabakh after breakaway region's defeat

Yeravan [Armenia], September 26: Thousands of ethnic Armenians fled the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh on Monday.

Russia 'closely monitoring' tense situation in Kosovo

Russia 'closely monitoring' tense situation in Kosovo

Moscow [Russia], September 26: The Kremlin said it was closely monitoring what it called a "potentially dangerous" situation in Kosovo.

Taliban weighs using US mass surveillance plan

Taliban weighs using US mass surveillance plan

Kabul [Afghanistan], September 26: The Taliban are creating a large-scale camera surveillance network for Afghan cities.

Canadian Sikhs stage protests against Indian government over murder

Canadian Sikhs stage protests against Indian government over...

Ottawa [Canada], September 26: Canadian Sikhs staged small protests outside India's diplomatic missions on Monday.

Philippines removes Chinese barrier

Philippines removes Chinese barrier

Manila [Philippines], September 26: The Philippines said on Monday it executed a "special operation" to remove a floating barrier installed...

Dubai Press Club launches 'DXB Media Tech Fest'

Dubai Press Club launches 'DXB Media Tech Fest'

Dubai [UAE], September 26: The Dubai Press Club (DPC), in collaboration with the American University in Dubai (AUD), today announced...

3rd edition of Sharjah-HamriyahAquathlon sees huge success

3rd edition of Sharjah-HamriyahAquathlon sees huge success

Sharjah [UAE], September 26: Sharjah Sports Council (SSC) celebrated, Sunday, the conclusion of the third edition of the Sharjah-Al HamriyaAquathlon,...

UAE expresses solidarity with Bahrain and offers condolences over the martyrdom of its soldiers

UAE expresses solidarity with Bahrain and offers condolences...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], September 26: The UAE has expressed its sincere condolences and solidarity with the Kingdom of Bahrain over...

Arab media and film sector leaders discuss the future of content and entertainment in a digital world

Arab media and film sector leaders discuss the...

Dubai [UAE], September 26: In a series of dialogues held at the inaugural Youth Media Forum, organised by the Dubai...

Sudanese pound hits record low against USD amid civil conflict

Sudanese pound hits record low against USD amid...

Khartoum [Sudan],September 25:The Sudanese pound on Sunday hit record lows against foreign currencies in the parallel market, registering an exchange...

London celebrates Mid-Autumn Festival with performances

London celebrates Mid-Autumn Festival with performances

London [UK], September 25: A show for the celebration of the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival was staged in London Chinatown on...

Australians warned to prepare for looming natural disasters

Australians warned to prepare for looming natural disasters

Canberra [Australia], September 25: Australia is facing possible compounding and cascading natural disasters through summer, the nation's top emergency management...

Egyptian opposition presidential candidate targeted by spyware

Egyptian opposition presidential candidate targeted by spyware

Cairo [Egypt], September 25: An opposition Egyptian presidential candidate was targeted with spyware a number of times in recent months,...

Sharp rise in cholera cases worldwide in past year, WHO says

Sharp rise in cholera cases worldwide in past...

Geneva [Switzerland], September 25: The number of cholera cases around the world have more than doubled in the past year,...

Iran says plot for 30 simultaneous explosions in Tehran foiled

Iran says plot for 30 simultaneous explosions in...

Tehran [US], September 25: Iran says it has thwarted 30 explosions that were planned to go off simultaneously in the...

'Are we safe?': Venezuelan migrants risk lives to reach US

'Are we safe?': Venezuelan migrants risk lives to...

Eagle Pass [US], September 25: After weeks of travel on dangerous roads and rugged trails, hundreds of Venezuelan migrants experienced...

Libyans unite to cope with flood

Libyans unite to cope with flood

Tripoli [Libya], September 25: About a dozen women hunch over sewing machines in Libya's capital, urgently making clothes for the...

40,000 march in Spain against amnesty for Catalan separatists

40,000 march in Spain against amnesty for Catalan...

Madrid [Spain], September 25:Tens of thousands of Spaniards protested in Madrid on Sunday against possible plans by acting Prime Minister...

Serb gunmen battle police in Kosovo monastery siege; four dead

Serb gunmen battle police in Kosovo monastery siege;...

Belgrade [Serbia], September 25: Ethnic Serb gunmen in armoured vehicles stormed a village in north Kosovo on Sunday.

France to pull troops out of Niger following coup

France to pull troops out of Niger following...

Paris [France], September 25: France will pull its soldiers out of Niger following a July coup in the West African...

Russian-installed head of Donetsk imposes five-hour curfew

Russian-installed head of Donetsk imposes five-hour curfew

Moscow [Russia], September 25: The Russian-installed head of the Russian-annexed Ukrainian region of Donetsk has imposed a curfew, according to...

Ex-Goldman Sachs trader to lead Greece's leftist Syriza party

Ex-Goldman Sachs trader to lead Greece's leftist Syriza...

Athens [Greece], September 25: Former Goldman Sachs associate and political novice StefanosKasselakis on Sunday was elected leader of Greece's leftist...

NASA's first asteroid samples land on Earth

NASA's first asteroid samples land on Earth

Houston [US], September 25: NASA's first asteroid samples fetched from deep space parachuted into the Utah desert on Sunday to...

Hamdan bin Mohammed launches Dubai Economic Leadership Program to prepare competent national talent to lead Dubai's vital sectors

Hamdan bin Mohammed launches Dubai Economic Leadership Program...

Dubai [UAE], September 25: H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of...