Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed meets Prime Minister of Albania
Tirana [Albania], September 30: H.H. Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, has met with Edi Rama, Prime Minister...
U.S. California's surging gas prices spark call to suspend tax
California [US], September 29: The U.S. state of California is again witnessing gasoline prices soar to near record highs, sparking a call from the state's...
Australian Defence Force helicopters retired following fatal crash
Canberra [Australia], September 29: The Australian Defence Force's fleet of MRH-90 Taipan helicopters have been retired early following a fatal crash.
Expansion of North Korea nuclear force enshrined in law
Pyongyang [North Korea],September 29: North Korean law now allows for its nuclear force to be expanded after the policy was anchored into law by members...
Taiwan launches its first domestically built submarine
Taipei [Taiwan], September 29: Taiwan launched its first domestically built submarine on Thursday. President Tsai Ing-wen said building submarines domestically was an important combat force...
Stoltenberg, in Kiev, sees progress in Ukrainian counteroffensive
Kiev [Ukraine], September 29: NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg met President VolodymyrZelensky in Kiev on Thursday during his second visit to Ukraine since the Russian...
Biden warns democracies 'can die when people are silent'
Washington [US], September 29: President Joe Biden urged Americans to stand up for democracy in a speech Thursday that accused " rival Donald Trump and...
Vietnam jails environmental activist for 3 years for tax fraud
Hanoi [Vietnam],September 29: A Vietnamese court has sentenced an environmental activist to three years in prison on charges of tax fraud, just days after the...
Shutdown odds grow as Senate, House advance separate spending plans
Washington [US], September 29: The Democratic-led U.S. Senate forged ahead with a bipartisan stopgap funding bill aimed at averting a fourth partial government shutdown in...
Karabakh Armenians dissolve breakaway government in capitulation to Azerbaijan
Yerevan [Armenia], September 29: Ethnic Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh said they were dissolving the breakaway statelet they had defended for three decades, where more than half...
Appeals court will not delay Donald Trump civil fraud trial
New York [US], September 29: A New York appeals court refused to delay Donald Trump's scheduled Oct. 2 civil fraud trial, after the former U.S....
Powerful blast in Uzbek capital kills one, injures 162
Tashkent [Uzbekistan], September 29: One person was killed and 162 injured by a powerful explosion at a warehouse near Tashkent's airport that sparked a fire...
Student gunman kills three in Rotterdam university shooting
Amsterdam [Netherlands], September 29: A gunman killed three people in the Dutch city of Rotterdam on Thursday, shooting a local woman and her daughter in...
Heavy rain hits north Vietnam, halting traffic in Hanoi
Hanoi [Vietnam], September 29: Heavy rain from a tropical depression hit northern and north-central Vietnam, causing flooding that halted traffic in the capital Hanoi and...
Spain: Teen stabs three teachers, two students
Madrid [Spain], September 29: Police in Spain detained a teenager for stabbing three teachers and two students at a school on Thursday.
Greece: Storm Elias wreaks havoc on city of Volos
Athens [Greece], September 29: A second powerful storm turned streets into rivers in central Greece on Thursday.
UAE calls for de-escalation and return to dialogue between Serbia and Kosovo
Abu Dhabi [UAE], September 29: The UAE affirmed that it is following with great concern the recent tensions between the Republic of Serbia and the...
Nahyan bin Mubarak attends Chinese Embassy's reception on National Day
Abu Dhabi [UAE], September 29:Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence, attended a reception hosted by Zhang Yiming, Ambassador of the...
SaqrGhobash meets Speaker of Iranian Parliament
Johannesburg [South Africa], September 29: SaqrGhobash, Speaker of the Federal National Council (FNC), met with Mohammad BagherGhalibaf, Speaker of the Iranian Parliament, on the sidelines...
Collective efforts needed to stop wasting food while millions go hungry: UN
Rome [Italy], September 29: A staggering one billion tonnes of food are wasted every year, while up to 783 million people around the world are...
UAE President offers condolences to King of Bahrain on martyrs of duty
Abu Dhabi [UAE], September 29: President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan conducted a phone call today with His Majesty King Hamad bin...
Cosmonauts return to Earth after longest space mission
Vladivostok [Russia], September 28: Russia's state space corporation Roscosmos announced that two Russian cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut have safely returned to the Earth on...
Austria logs robust growth in summer tourism
Vienna [Austria], September 28: Austria's tourism sector registered 3.6 percent more overnight stays this summer than the same period last year, Statistics Austria said on...
Czech Republic to buy 24 U.S. fighter jets
Prague [Czech Republic], September 28: The Czech government has approved a plan to purchase 24 U.S. F-35 fighter jets, it was announced on Wednesday.
Azerbaijan arrests former head of government of Nagorno-Karabakh; over 42,000 flee region
Moscow [Russia], September 28: Azerbaijan has arrested the former head of government of Nagorno-Karabakh, Ruben Vardanyan, at the border with Armenia, according to official reports.
Syrian military patrol intercepts US convoy in northeastern Syria: Reports
Cairo [Egypt], September 28: A Syrian military patrol has blocked the path of a convoy of US troops in Al Hasakah province in northeastern Syria...
Six children and young people sue European states for climate protection
Lisbon [Portugal], September 28: Six children and young people have taken the governments of Germany and 31 other states in Europe to court to force...