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Saud Al Qasimi presents Ras Al Khaimah Championship...
Ras al-Khaimah [UAE], February 6: H.H. Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Ras Al...
President of Comoros commends UAE's humanitarian, developmental initiatives
Moroni [Comoros], February 6: President of the Comoros Ghazali Osman has expressed his gratitude for the humanitarian and developmental stands...

Xposure introduces 'Stage-X' for creative pros talks
Sharjah [UAE], February 6:The Xposure International Photography Festival is once again set to take centre-stage, offering a week-long celebration of...

Tens of thousands of Israelis protest against gov't...
Jerusalem [Israel], February 5: Tens of thousands of Israelis demonstrated Saturday evening in several cities to protest the government's plan...

Italy's Meloni calls for calm over hunger strike...
Rome (Italy), February 5: Italian Prime Minister GiorgiaMeloni on Saturday appealed for calm after protests about a jailed anarchist who...

Several skiers die in Austria amid high risk...
Vienna (Austria), February 5: Several skiers have died in separate incidents in Austria after officials issued warnings of a heightened...

Teenage girl killed by shark while jet skiing...
Canberra (Australia), February 5: A teenage girl was killed in a suspected shark attack in the Western Australian city of...

Family of seven killed in mysterious circumstances in...
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 5: Seven members of a single family have been killed in mysterious circumstances in Afghanistan's northern province...

Pakistan blocks Wikipedia citing 'sacrilegious' content
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 5: Pakistan has banned Wikipedia after threatening the crowd-sourced online encyclopedia over what it has labelled "sacrilegious...

13 Palestinians injured after Israeli forces raid camp...
Ramallah (Palestine), February 5: At least 13 Palestinians have been injured, two of them seriously, after Israeli forces fired bullets,...

Sri Lanka weighs 'failures' on independence milestone
Colombo [Sri Lanka], February 5: Sri Lanka marked 75 years since independence with a sombre military parade on Saturday, as...

Ukraine allies pledge precision weapons
Kyiv [Ukraine], February 5: Western allies pledged precision rockets and missile systems to Ukraine on Friday, after President VolodymyrZelensky called...

Brazil scuttles aircraft carrier in Atlantic despite pollution...
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), February 5: Brazil on Friday sank a decommissioned aircraft carrier, the Navy announced, despite environmental groups...

Train carrying dangerous materials derailed, causing a big...
Washington [US], February 5: The operator Norfolk Southern released a statement on February 4, saying the freight train derailed in...

Chile wildfires leave at least 22 people dead,...
Santiago [Chile], February 5: At least 22 people have died in connection with widespread forest fires in south-central Chile, according...

US shoots down airship over Atlantic
Washington (US), February 5: The US has shot down a giant Chinese balloon that it says has been spying on...

Russia, Ukraine swap prisoners as battle for Bakhmut...
Moscow (Russia), February 5: Russia says 63 Russian soldiers were released while Ukrainian authorities say 116 of their servicemen have...

UAE is committed to achieving sustainability, preserving natural...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], February 5: H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Ruler's Representative in Al Dhafra Region and Chairman...

UAE President receives phone call from President of...
Abu Dhabi[UAE], February 5: President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan today received a phone call from President...

Abdullah bin Zayed attends ceremony honouring winners of...
Abu Dhabi[UAE], February 5:Under the patronage of President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin...

Palestinian killed by Israeli soldiers near West Bank...
Ramallah [Palestine], February 4: The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has sentenced Hungary to almost €40,000 ($43,630) in damages...

UN, German bank open new fish market in...
Beirut[Lebanon], February 4: The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in partnership with Germany's KfW Development Bank, opened on Friday a...

Gold falls on strong U.S. jobs report
Chicago [US], February 4: Gold futures on the COMEX division of the New York Mercantile Exchange fell on Friday as...

U.S. agricultural futures close mixed
Chicago [US], February 4: Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) agricultural futures closed mixed on Friday, with corn rising and wheat...

Pakistani rupee continues speedy crash against USD, suffers...
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 4: Pakistani rupee continues a speedy crash against the U.S. dollar with another big fall as the...

Timor-Leste attends first ASEAN meeting
Jakarta [Indonesia], February 4: Timor-Leste made a debut at a meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) held...

Bank of Japan's unrealized loss on gov't bonds...
Tokyo [Japan], February 4: The Bank of Japan (BOJ) 's unrealized losses on its holdings of government bonds amounted to...