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'Stoning of the devil' hajj ritual

'Stoning of the devil' hajj ritual

Jeddah [Saudi Arabia], June 9: Muslim pilgrims perform the symbolic 'stoning of the devil' ritual as part of the Hajj...

Bomb threat on plane heading to Kuwait triggers emergency response

Bomb threat on plane heading to Kuwait triggers...

Kuwait City [Kuwait], June 9: Kuwait's Directorate General of Civil Aviation announced that a plane bound for Kuwait safely landed...

Foreign ministers of Egypt, Türkiye discuss Middle East developments

Foreign ministers of Egypt, Türkiye discuss Middle East...

Cairo [Egypt], June 9: Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty and his Turkish counterpart, Hakan Fidan, exchanged views on regional developments...

Jordan's King, Iraq's President discuss stepping up efforts to end war on Gaza

Jordan's King, Iraq's President discuss stepping up efforts...

Paris [France], June 9: His Majesty King Abdullah II of Jordan, during a meeting with Iraq President Abdul Latif Rashid...

Aircraft safely lands at Kuwait Airport after false bomb alarm

Aircraft safely lands at Kuwait Airport after false...

Kuwait City [Kuwait], June 9: A false bomb report led to the safe landing of an airline plane at Kuwait...

Parties clash over Trump's Guard deployment to LA

Parties clash over Trump's Guard deployment to LA

Washington [US], June 9: Republicans and Democrats traded barbs on Sunday after President Donald Trump deployed the National Guard to...

Zelenskiy vows prisoner swaps despite Russian delays

Zelenskiy vows prisoner swaps despite Russian delays

Kyiv [Ukraine], June 9: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy vowed on Sunday to press on with prisoner exchanges with Russia and...

Thailand, Cambodia pull back troops after border clash

Thailand, Cambodia pull back troops after border clash

Phnom Penh [Cambodia], June 9: Cambodia's Defence Ministry confirmed on Sunday that Thailand and Cambodia had agreed to return their...

Magnitude 6.5 earthquake strikes Colombia

Magnitude 6.5 earthquake strikes Colombia

Bogota [Colombia], June 9: A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck Columbia on Sunday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said.

Israel orders military to block Greta Thunberg's Gaza-bound aid boat

Israel orders military to block Greta Thunberg's Gaza-bound...

Jerusalem [Israel], June 9: Defence Minister Israel Katz told the military on Sunday to stop a charity boat carrying activists...

Israel confirms death of Hamas Commander Sinwar in Gaza tunnel

Israel confirms death of Hamas Commander Sinwar in...

Gaza [Palestine], June 9: The Israeli army said on Sunday it had retrieved the body of Hamas' military chief Mohammed...

Trump sends national guard to quell LA protests

Trump sends national guard to quell LA protests

Washington [US], June 9: California National Guard arrived in Los Angeles on Sunday, deployed by President Donald Trump after two...

Negotiations for Indonesia-European Union Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement enter final stage

Negotiations for Indonesia-European Union Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement...

Jakarta [Indonesia], June 8: Negotiations for the Indonesia-European Union Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (IEU-CEPA), ongoing for nine years, have entered...

Japan's Princess Kako visits Brazil

Japan's Princess Kako visits Brazil

Brasilia [Brazil], June 8: Japan's Princess Kako of Akishino (L) attends a welcoming ceremony at the Bunkyo Brazilian Society for...

UK aims to 'deepen' India ties

UK aims to 'deepen' India ties

London [UK], June 8: British Foreign Secretary David Lammy will seek to deepen UK-India economic ties as he visits New...

Biggest drone strike hits Ukraine's 2nd-largest city

Biggest drone strike hits Ukraine's 2nd-largest city

Kyiv [Ukraine], June 8: Russia has launched a massive drone attack on Ukraine's second-largest city, the mayor of Kharkiv has...

Macron to visit Greenland to boost 'European unity' amid Trump threats

Macron to visit Greenland to boost 'European unity'...

Paris [France], June 8: French President Emmanuel Macron will visit Greenland this month, the French presidency has announced, in the...

Police suspect motive behind Germany car ramming incident was 'child custody'

Police suspect motive behind Germany car ramming incident...

Passau [Germany], June 8: Police suspect that the man who drove a car into a group of people in the...

President Trump warns Musk of 'serious consequences' if he funds Democrats

President Trump warns Musk of 'serious consequences' if...

Washington [US], June 8: United States President Donald Trump has warned billionaire former ally Elon Musk against funding Democratic candidates...

Irregularities reported in Polish election

Irregularities reported in Polish election

Warsaw [Poland], June 8: Irregularities in the second round of Poland's presidential election have been reported, with candidates' results allegedly...

Saudi Arabia announces successful first trial of drone-based medicine delivery in holy sites

Saudi Arabia announces successful first trial of drone-based...

Mina [Saudi Arabia], June 8: Saudi Arabia announced the successful pilot launch of drone-based medicine delivery between primary healthcare centres...

Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque Centre in Indonesia implements Zayed Foundation-funded 'Eid Al-Adha Joy Project'

Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque Centre in Indonesia implements...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], June 8: The Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque Centre in Solo, Indonesia, has implemented the "Eid Al-Adha Joy...

NATO announces nomination of Lt. General Grynkewich as Supreme Allied Commander Europe

NATO announces nomination of Lt. General Grynkewich as...

Brussels [Belgium,], June 8: The North Atlantic Council has approved the nomination of Lieutenant General Alexus G Grynkewich, United States...

Northern Greece jolted by 5.3 magnitude earthquake

Northern Greece jolted by 5.3 magnitude earthquake

Athens [Greece], June 8: A 5.3 magnitude earthquake on Saturday jolted the Greek Orthodox religious enclave of Mount Athos in...

Emirates' Rulers congratulate Custodian of Two Holy Mosques on success of Hajj season 1446

Emirates' Rulers congratulate Custodian of Two Holy Mosques...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], June 8: Their Highnesses Supreme Council Members and Rulers of the Emirates have sent separate congratulatory messages...

Trump deploys National Guard as Los Angeles protests against immigration agents continue

Trump deploys National Guard as Los Angeles protests...

Washington [US], June 8: President Donald Trump's administration said it would deploy 2,000 National Guard troops on Saturday as federal...

Former Reform UK chair returns to party two days after quitting

Former Reform UK chair returns to party two...

London [UK], June 8: Zia Yusuf said on Saturday he would return to Britain's right-wing Reform UK party, two days...