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Noura Al Kaabi receives copy of credentials of Qatar Ambassador to UAE

Noura Al Kaabi receives copy of credentials of...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], September 20: Noura Al Kaabi, Minister of State, today received a copy of the credential of Dr....

Meetings attended by the UAE's delegation during the first day of high-level week on the sidelines of the 78th Session of the United Nations General Assembly

Meetings attended by the UAE's delegation during the...

New York [US], September 20: H. H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs, met with Edi...

Climate crisis needs critical attention: US President

Climate crisis needs critical attention: US President

New York [US], September 20: United States President Joseph Biden said on Tuesday the climate crisis needs critical attention, pointing...

Former student charged over alleged campus stabbing in Australian capital

Former student charged over alleged campus stabbing in...

Canberra [Australia], September 19: A 24-year-old man has been charged over an alleged stabbing at the Australian National University (ANU)...

Australia's Sydney faces 1st total fire ban in 3 years amid spring heatwaves

Australia's Sydney faces 1st total fire ban in...

Sydney [Australia], September 19: Australia's Sydney on Tuesday faced its first total fire ban in almost three years since November...

At least 5 injured in Japan's Tokyo construction site accident

At least 5 injured in Japan's Tokyo construction...

Tokyo [Japan], September 19: Steel beams fell at a construction site in downtown Tokyo on Tuesday, injuring at least five...

Italy adopts tougher migration rules

Italy adopts tougher migration rules

Rome [Italy], September 19: In the face of a rush of migrants coming onto Lampedusa, doubling the population of the...

24 killed as bus falls into ravine in Peru

24 killed as bus falls into ravine in...

Lima [Peru], September 19: At least 24 people have been killed and 21 injured in a coach crash in Peru.

UN chief calls for reopening of girls' schools in Afghanistan

UN chief calls for reopening of girls' schools...

Kabul [Afghanistan], September 19: Marking the second anniversary of the ban on girls' education in Afghanistan, United Nations Secretary-General AntonioGuterres...

Taiwan records 103 Chinese jets around its shores, marking a new high

Taiwan records 103 Chinese jets around its shores,...

Taipei [Taiwan], September 19: Taiwan has registered 103 Chinese military aircraft in its airspace in 24 hours, the country's Defence...

UNESCO lists ruins as Palestinian heritage site, sparking Israeli ire

UNESCO lists ruins as Palestinian heritage site, sparking...

Tel Aviv [Israel], September 19: The UN cultural organization UNESCO recognized ruins near the ancient city of Jericho as a...

Survivors recount Libya flood horror

Survivors recount Libya flood horror

Tripoli [Libya], September 19: It was long past midnight when Abdel MoneimAwad al-Sheikh awoke to desperate screams from outside his...

PM meets UN chief, affirms Kuwait support

PM meets UN chief, affirms Kuwait support

New York [US], September 19: Representative of HH the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, HH the Prime Minister...

S. Korea opposition leader hospitalised after hunger strike

S. Korea opposition leader hospitalised after hunger strike

Seoul [South Korea], September 19:South Korea's main opposition leader was hospitalised on Monday, days into a hunger strike in protest...

Ukraine says it breached Russian lines

Ukraine says it breached Russian lines

Kiev [Ukraine], September 19: A top Ukrainian general hailed the recent recapture of two eastern villages as an important breakthrough,...

Human rights in Russia have 'significantly deteriorated' since war

Human rights in Russia have 'significantly deteriorated' since...

Moscow [Russia], September 19: The human rights situation in Russia has significantly deteriorated since it invaded Ukraine in February last...

King Charles, Macron hope to build on personal bond post-Brexit

King Charles, Macron hope to build on personal...

Paris [France], September 19: After flames engulfed France's Notre-Dame Cathedral in 2019, Britain's future King Charles III wrote to President...

UAE, Serbia launch negotiations towards a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement

UAE, Serbia launch negotiations towards a Comprehensive Economic...

Dubai [UAE], September 19: The United Arab Emirates and the Republic of Serbia have launched negotiations towards establishing a Comprehensive...

UAE commends efforts of Saudi Arabia and Oman to achieve peace in Yemen

UAE commends efforts of Saudi Arabia and Oman...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], September 19: The UAE has welcomed the efforts of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Sultanate...

UAE, Egyptian Presidents discuss bilateral cooperation, regional developments

UAE, Egyptian Presidents discuss bilateral cooperation, regional developments

Abu Dhabi [UAE], September 19: President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi of...

Turkish drone attack kills 4 Kurdish militants in N. Iraq

Turkish drone attack kills 4 Kurdish militants in...

Baghdad [Iraq], September 18: A Turkish drone strike in northern Iraq on Sunday killed a senior member and three militants...

Power outage affects tens of thousands Canadians as storm Lee makes exit

Power outage affects tens of thousands Canadians as...

Ottawa [Canada], September 18: Tens of thousands of people across the eastern Canadian province of Nova Scotia have been affected...

U.S. California goes after major oil companies, big corporations for climate risks

U.S. California goes after major oil companies, big...

Sacramento [US], September 18: The U.S. state of California is going after some of the world's largest oil companies, with...

Australian gov't report says proposed nuclear power plan costs over 240 billion USD

Australian gov't report says proposed nuclear power plan...

Canberra [Australia], September 18: A proposed plan to replace Australia's retiring coal-fired power stations with small nuclear reactors would cost...

14 killed in small plane crash in Brazil

14 killed in small plane crash in Brazil

Brasilia [Brazil], September 18: A small plane in Brazil plummeted to the ground on Saturday, killing all passengers on board,...

Israeli forces attack Palestinian worshippers at Al-Aqsa Mosque

Israeli forces attack Palestinian worshippers at Al-Aqsa Mosque

Jerusalem [Israel], September 18: Israeli forces have attacked Palestinian worshippers at Bab as-Silsila, one of the main entrances to the...

Moscow, Kiev trade drone attacks over Crimea, southern Ukraine

Moscow, Kiev trade drone attacks over Crimea, southern...

Moscow [Russia], September 18: Russian and Ukrainian officials both say they have foiled mutual drone attacks over the weekend, as...