Laos reports 1st monkeypox case
Vientiane [Laos], September 20: The Lao Ministry of Health has confirmed the first case of monkeypox in the country, urging health officials nationwide to stay...
Russian rescue crews recover more bodies in Libya's disaster zone
Tripoli [Libya], September 20: Russian rescue workers have discovered five more bodies in the flood-hit port city of Derna in eastern Libya, according to the...
Latvia closes border crossing with Belarus over illegal arrivals
Riga [Latvia], September 20: Latvia is temporarily closing one of its two border crossings with neighbouring Belarus in response to the rising number of attempted...
One killed, 46 injured in bus crash in Austria
Vienna [Austria], September 20: A woman has been killed and 46 others were injured in a bus accident in southern Austria, police said on Tuesday.
Children trek to makeshift tent school in quake-hit Morocco
Rabat [Morocco], September 20: In the earthquake-hit mountains of Morocco, 13-year-old Abdessamad El Berd gets up before dawn to make the long trek to...
Azerbaijan launches Karabakh operation, urges surrender
Baku [Azerbaijan], September 20:Azerbaijan on Tuesday launched an operation against the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region and demanded the surrender of Armenian separatists, warning it would "continue...
Kuwait strongly denounces Khor Abdullah ruling
New York [US], September 20: Kuwait's Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Salem Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah denounced in the strongest terms a recent Iraqi federal court ruling...
Brazil's Lula warns United Nations of coup
Brasilia [Brazil], September 20: Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva warned world leaders at the United Nations of the prospect of a coup in...
Third Global Trade and Supply Chain Summit kicks off in Dubai
Dubai [UAE], September 20: The third Global Trade and Supply Chain Summit, organised by The Economist Impact, kicked off today at The Address Dubai Marina...
UAE expresses solidarity with Greece, offers condolences over rescue team victims in...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], September 20: The UAE has expressed its sincere condolences and solidarity with Greece over the rescue team involved in a car accident...
Noura Al Kaabi receives copy of credentials of Qatar Ambassador to UAE
Abu Dhabi [UAE], September 20: Noura Al Kaabi, Minister of State, today received a copy of the credential of Dr. Sultan Al Mansouri, Ambassador of...
Meetings attended by the UAE's delegation during the first day of high-level...
New York [US], September 20: H. H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs, met with Edi Rama, Prime Minister of Albania,...
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 to tragic flooding in Libya...
Former student charged over alleged campus stabbing in Australian capital
Canberra [Australia], September 19: A 24-year-old man has been charged over an alleged stabbing at the Australian National University (ANU) in the nation's capital.
Australia's Sydney faces 1st total fire ban in 3 years amid spring...
Sydney [Australia], September 19: Australia's Sydney on Tuesday faced its first total fire ban in almost three years since November 2020, with the day-time maximum...
At least 5 injured in Japan's Tokyo construction site accident
Tokyo [Japan], September 19: Steel beams fell at a construction site in downtown Tokyo on Tuesday, injuring at least five people, with four in cardiac...
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 Italian island in the last...
24 killed as bus falls into ravine in Peru
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
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 19: Marking the second anniversary of the ban on girls' education in Afghanistan, United Nations Secretary-General AntonioGuterres on Monday called on the...
Taiwan records 103 Chinese jets around its shores, marking a new high
Taipei [Taiwan], September 19: Taiwan has registered 103 Chinese military aircraft in its airspace in 24 hours, the country's Defence Ministry said on Monday, marking...
UNESCO lists ruins as Palestinian heritage site, sparking Israeli ire
Tel Aviv [Israel], September 19: The UN cultural organization UNESCO recognized ruins near the ancient city of Jericho as a Palestinian World Heritage Site on...
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 home in the Libyan city...
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 Sheikh Ahmad Al-Nawaf Al-Sabah, met...
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 against government policies, while prosecutors...
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, saying it had enabled Kyiv's...
Human rights in Russia have 'significantly deteriorated' since war
Moscow [Russia], September 19: The human rights situation in Russia has significantly deteriorated since it invaded Ukraine in February last year, a United Nations expert...
King Charles, Macron hope to build on personal bond post-Brexit
Paris [France], September 19: After flames engulfed France's Notre-Dame Cathedral in 2019, Britain's future King Charles III wrote to President Emmanuel Macron, describing his heartbreak...