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UAE President exchanges Eid Al Fitr greetings with...
Abu dhabi [UAE], April 9: President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan today exchanged greetings on the...

South Korea launched a spy satellite into orbit
Seoul [South Korea], April 8: South Korea has launched its second domestically produced spy satellite from the Kennedy Space Center...

The US is investigating the case of a...
Washington [US], April 8: The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) opened an investigation into the incident of Southwest Airlines flight...

Billionaire Elon Musk was investigated by Brazil after...
Brasilia [Brazil], April 8: The same Brazilian Supreme Court judge that Mr. Elon Musk criticized ordered an investigation into this...

Heat raging across Southeast Asia
Phuket [Thailand], April 8: The Thai government is preparing to issue a warning about severe heat in the next few...

Israel reduces troops in South Gaza, Egypt to...
Tel Aviv [Israel], April 8: Israel said on Sunday it had withdrawn more soldiers from southern Gaza, leaving just one...

Yellen urges 'Tough' talks between US and China
Washington [US], April 8: U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Sunday raised her concerns about China's excess industrial capacity with...

Trump willing to face jail for gag order...
Washington [US], April 8: Former U.S. President Donald Trump said it would be "my great honor" to go to jail...

Poland holds local elections in test for Tusk
Warsaw [Poland], April 8: Poles voted in local elections, selecting councillors and mayors who will play a key role in...

Rwanda's president leads genocide commemoration 30 years on
Kigali [Rwanda], April 8: Rwanda's president led commemorations to mark 30 years since the 1994 genocide that killed more than...

Record flood waters rise in Russia's Urals
Moscow [Russia], April 8: Flood waters were rising in two cities in Russia's Ural mountains after Europe's third longest river...

Authorities issue alert as early forest fires rage...
Athens [Greece], April 8: Fires raging across central Greece and the island of Crete have been brought under control as...

Yulia Navalnaya to receive German democracy prize
Munich [Germany], April 8: The late Russian dissident Alexei Navalny and his wife Yulia will receive the "Freedom Prize of...

British Navy ship deployed in Gaza aid effort...
London [UK], April 8: A Royal Navy ship will be deployed to help get more aid into Gaza, the UK...

Venezuela FM slams US and Canada silence on...
Caracas [Venezuela], April 8: Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yvan Gil on Sunday slammed "the complicit silence" of the United States and...

Russia-friendly populist Peter Pellegrini elected Slovak prez
Bratislava [Slovakia], April 8: Populist Peter Pellegrini has been elected president of Slovakia, succeeding the liberal Zuzana Caputova.

Drone explodes over eastern Ukraine's Zaporizhzhya nuclear plant
Kyiv [Ukraine], April 8: Russian authorities on Sunday blamed Ukrainian forces for a drone attack that threatened the Zaporizhzhya nuclear...

Third UAE aid ship bound for Gaza arrives...
Al-Arish [Egypt], April 8: The third UAE aid ship carrying 4,630 tonnes of relief supplies arrived at the Port of...

Shakhboot bin Nahyan Al Nahyan meets Transitional President...
Libreville [Gabon], April 8: Sheikh Shakhboot bin Nahyan Al Nahyan, Minister of State, met with General Brice Olgie Nguema, transitional...

UAE Team Emirates secure overall of Tour of...
Eibar [Spain], April 8: UAE Team Emirates rider Juan Ayuso secured the overall title in a dominant performance at the...

Shakhboot bin Nahyan attends 30th anniversary of Genocide...
Kigali [Rwanda], April 8: Sheikh Shakhboot bin Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of State, met with Paul Kagame, President...

AU appoints special envoy to combat genocide, mass...
Addis Ababa [Africa], April 7: Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission Moussa Faki Mahamat on Saturday appointed Adama...

UN chief alarmed by Ecuador's raid of Mexican...
United Nations, April 7: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was alarmed by Ecuador's raid of the Mexican Embassy late Friday, said...

Indonesia operates 2,800 extra flights for Eid homecoming
Jakarta [Indonesia], April 7: Indonesia has operated 2,800 extra flights for the Eid el-Fitr homecoming season, according to Transportation...

Thousands join funeral for Iranian general killed in...
Tehran [Iran], April 7: Iranian Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Zahedi, who was killed in a rocket attack in Damascus, was...

Slovakia goes to polls for run-off to choose...
Bratislava [Slovakia], April 7: Voters in Slovakia were casting ballots on Saturday to decide a tight race for president.

US, Israeli military on high alert for Iran...
Washington [US], April 7: The United States and Israel have put their armed forces on high alert amid reports of...