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Chinese balloon part of worldwide fleet, US officials...
Washington [US], February 9: The US believes a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon that was shot down over its territory is...

DEWA announces AED11.1 bn in record standalone 2022...
Dubai [UAE], February 9: Dubai Electricity and Water Authority, today reported its full year 2022 preliminary and unaudited consolidated financial...

Emirati crew saves Syrian family from wreckage of...
Kahramanmaraş[Turkey], February 9: As part of the UAE's 'Gallant Knight/2' operation, the mother, son, and two daughters of a Syrian...

Sultan bin Tahnoon praises first responder heroes taking...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], February 9:Sheikh Sultan bin Tahnoon Al Nahyan, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Frontline Heroes...

Philippine unemployment rate rises slightly at 4.3 pct...
Manila [Philippines], February 8: The unemployment rate in the Philippines reached 4.3 percent in December 2022, 0.1 percentage point higher...

Australian adults eligible for new round of COVID...
Canberra (Australia), February 8: Australian Minister for Health Mark Butler Wednesday said the government has accepted the advice from the...

Germany to export 178 Leopard 1 tanks to...
Berlin [Germany], February 8: The German Economy Ministry has approved the export of up to 178 German-made Leopard 1A5 main...

Sunak carries out Whitehall shake-up
London [UK], February 8: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has carried out a sweeping shake-up of Whitehall with the creation...

Erdogan declares state of emergency in quake-hit regions
Istanbul (Turkey), February 8: Turkish President RecepTayyip Erdogan has declared a state of emergency for three months in 10 provinces...

UNESCO sounds alarm over quake damage to Turkey,...
Paris (France), February 8: The UN's cultural agency UNESCO said on Tuesday it was ready to provide assistance after two...

Japanese criminal ringleaders deported from Philippines
Tokyo [Japan], February 8: Two of the four suspects believed to be behind a spate of robberies and telephone fraud...

Funeral held for Pakistan ex-president Musharraf
Karachi [Pakistan], February 8: Pakistan's divisive former military ruler Pervez Musharraf was buried on Tuesday in a muted funeral that...

Iran unveils underground base for jets
Tehran [Iran], February 8: Iran's army on Tuesday unveiled its first underground base for fighter jets designed to withstand possible...

Biden aims to deliver reassurance in State of...
Washington (US), February 8: President Joe Biden is ready to offer a reassuring assessment of the nation's condition rather than...

Relics of zero-COVID dot China as life moves...
Beijing [China], February 8:China has ditched zero-COVID but remnants of the policy are still everywhere - from sprawling temporary hospitals...

Newborn baby pulled from collapsed building
Damascus (Syria), February 8: A newborn baby girl has been saved by rescuers from beneath the rubble of a building...

The survivors choice - danger inside or freezing...
Ankara [Turkey], February 8: At dawn in the biting cold we made our way to a 10-storey building in Adana...

Mexico sends its famed search and rescue dogs
Mexico City (Mexico) February 8: Mexico is sending some of its famous search and rescue dogs to Turkey to help...

500 Doctors Without Borders staffers are working in...
Damascus (Syria), February 8: The clock is ticking and cold temperatures have set in as rescue teams search for survivors...

China spy balloon: US Navy releases photos of...
Washington (US), February 8: The US Navy has released photos of a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon that was shot out...

Uzbekistan to send 60 rescue workers to assist...
Tashkent [Uzbekistan], February8: Uzbekistan has announced plans to send 60 rescue workers to Türkiye to assist in efforts to save...

Integrate Middle East 2023 launches in Dubai on...
Dubai [UAE], February 8: The inaugural edition of Integrate Middle East is set to attract the world's audiovisual and media...

Sharjah Ruler honours winners of 15th Sharjah Biennial
Sharjah [UAE], February 8: His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah,...

Al Hilal stun 10-man Flamengo to reach FIFA...
Tangier [Morocco], February 8: Two Salem Aldawsari penalties, and a goal from Luciano Vietto, powered Saudi Arabia's giants Al Hilal...

Palestinian gunmen killed in Israeli raid in Jericho
Jerusalem [Israel], February 7: Five Palestinian militants have been killed in an Israeli army raid near Jericho in the occupied...

Food prices surge dramatically in Sweden in January
Stockholm [Sweden], February 7: Inflation continues to hover at lofty levels in Sweden with food prices registering the largest monthly...

U.S. spends most on health care but has...
New York [US], February 7: The United States spends more on health care than any other high-income country but still...