UAE leaders condole with Korean President on passing of his father
Abu Dhabi [UAE], August 16: President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has sent a message of condolences to President Yoon Suk Yeol...
UAE expresses concern over developments in Libya's Tripoli and calls for dialogue...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], August 16: The UAE has expressed its concern over the developments in Tripoli, the capital of Libya, and called on all...
Neymar Jr. officially signs with Saudi club Al-Hilal
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], August 16: Al-Hilal Club announced that it has agreed terms to sign prolific goalscorer Neymar Jr. The Brazilian superstar will join the...
45-year-old man charged after disruptions force int'l flight back to Sydney
Sydney [Australia], August 15: A 45-year-old man was charged on Tuesday after causing disruptions to an international flight from Australia to Malaysia.
Singapore, Chile sign MoU to collaborate on carbon markets, carbon pricing
Singapore, August 15: Singapore and Chile signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to collaborate on carbon markets and carbon pricing on Monday, according to Singapore's...
Four Australians, three Indonesians missing after boat loses contact off Aceh
Jakarta [Indonesia], August 15: Four Australian tourists and three Indonesian crew were missing off the eastern coast of Indonesia's Aceh province on Monday after their...
Argentinian libertarian populist Milei wins presidential primary
Buenos Aires [Argentina], August 15: The libertarian populist Javier Milei has won Sunday's presidential primaries in Argentina, according to media reports.
Kiev reports progress near Bakhmut, other small gains in Donetsk
Kiev [Ukraine], August 15: Ukrainian troops are making progress in recapturing territory near the Russian-controlled city of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine, officials said.
Poland to hold referendum on border fence with Belarus: Defence minister
Warsaw [Poland], August 15: Poland is to let its citizens give their view on whether to keep a fence on its border with Belarus, Defence...
International artists stand up for political prisoners in Belarus
Minsk [Belarus], August 15: Thirteen prominent cultural figures have spoken out for the disappeared political prisoners in Belarus. In an open letter submitted to DPA...
Britain blames 'criminal gangs' for Channel migrant deaths
London [UK], August 15: UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak blames the "criminal gangs" facilitating small boat Channel crossings for the "horrific" weekend deaths of at...
Families of Libya mass grave victims demand justice
Tripoli [Libya], August 15: A photograph of MouradAllafi hangs in the family farmhouse in western Libya three years after he was found in a mass...
Zuck and Musk throw verbal jabs over cage match
Washington [US], August 15: Billionaires and social media business rivals Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk threw new online jabs at each other Sunday, with the...
Central Japan braces for Typhoon Lan
Tokyo [Japan], August 15: Japan braced for Typhoon Lan to make landfall, with airlines and railways cancelling services in central areas of the country's main...
Covid Eris new variant EG.5
New York [US], August 15: COVID infections and hospitalizations are on the rise in the U.S., Europe and Asia.
Mount Etna eruption closes Sicily's Catania airport
Rome [Italy], August 15: Flights serving the eastern Sicilian city of Catania were halted after an eruption from nearby Mount Etna.
Fire at Russian gas station kills 12, injures over 60
Moscow [Russia], August 15: A fire at a gas station in the southern Russian region of Dagestan killed 12 people including two children, Russian officials...
Britain warns of possible terrorist attacks in Sweden
London [UK], August 15: Britain on Sunday warned citizens going to Sweden of possible terrorist attacks following Koran burnings by anti-Islam activists that have outraged...
Latvia's prime minister announces resignation
Riga [Latvia], August 15: Latvian Prime Minister KrisjanisKarins announced his resignation on Monday.
Abdullah bin Zayed, German FM discuss strategic partnership over phone
Abu Dhabi [UAE], August 15:H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs, discussed with AnnalenaBaerbock, Germany's Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs, the...
Two UAE astronauts conduct spacewalk training at NASA's neutral buoyancy lab
Houston [US], August 15: As part of NASA's 2021 astronaut candidate class training programme, Emirati astronauts Nora Al Matrooshi and Mohammad Al Mulla are on...
UAE condemns terrorist attack on religious shrine in Shiraz, Iran
Abu Dhabi [UAE], August 15: The UAE has strongly condemned the terrorist attack that targeted a religious shrine in the city of Shiraz, Iran, which...
Palestinian authorities record cases of new coronavirus variant EG.5
Ramallah [Palestine], August 14: The Palestinian Ministry of Health said Sunday that 50-100 cases of the new COVID-19 variant EG.5 have been reported in the...
Somalia, UN agencies roll out cholera vaccination drive
Mogadishu [Somalia], August 14: Somalia and the UN agencies said Sunday they are rolling out a five-day cholera vaccination campaign in five districts targeting 590,803...
Germany marks 62nd anniversary of construction of Berlin Wall
Berlin [Germany], August 14: Berlin and its surrounding area were marking the 62nd anniversary of the construction of the Berlin Wall on Sunday by paying...
Heatwave hits people in emergency shelters in Turkish quake zone
Istanbul [Turkey], August 14: People in south-eastern Turkey were struggling with intense heat at the weekend some six months after devastating earthquakes hit the region...
Iraq unblocks Telegram after one-week ban
Cairo [Egypt], August 14: Iraq has said it will lift a ban on Telegram starting from Sunday, aweek after the government had blocked the instant...