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Germany's Baerbock calls again for Iranian guards to join terror lis

Germany's Baerbock calls again for Iranian guards to...

Brussels [Belgium], January 24: German Foreign Minister AnnalenaBaerbock again urged the European Union on Monday to place Iran's Islamic Revolutionary...

European Space Agency to probe carrier rocket failures urgently

European Space Agency to probe carrier rocket failures...

Paris [France], January 24: The European Space Agency (ESA) expressed concern on Monday over the state of its carrier rockets,...

Striking ambulance workers in UK 'concerned for public safety'

Striking ambulance workers in UK 'concerned for public...

London [UK], January 24: Ambulance workers are staging strikes across England and Wales because they are "genuinely concerned for public...

First female Palestinian pastor ordained in the Holy Land

First female Palestinian pastor ordained in the Holy...

Ramallah [Palestine], January 24: Sally Azar has become the first female Palestinian pastor in the Holy Land after she was...

UK hits key judicial official in new wave of Iran sanctions

UK hits key judicial official in new wave...

London [UK], January 24: The UK on Monday sanctioned five more Iranian officials, including the deputy prosecutor general, over what...

'Not afraid of the virus': Wuhan turns page on COVID, three years on

'Not afraid of the virus': Wuhan turns page...

Wuhan [China], January 24: Residents of China's Wuhan said Monday they were hopeful for the future and no longer afraid...

Canada to pay Indigenous abuse survivors $2.1 billion

Canada to pay Indigenous abuse survivors $2.1 billion

Ottawa [Canada], January 24: Canada will pay hundreds of Indigenous communities more than $2 billion in compensation for nearly a...

California police search shooter's home seeking motive for Asian dance hall massacre

California police search shooter's home seeking motive for...

California [US], January 24: California police, seeking to learn the motive behind one of the state's worst mass shootings, on...

Japan PM says country on the brink over falling birth rate

Japan PM says country on the brink over...

Tokyo [Japan], January 24: Japan's prime minister says his country is on the brink of not being able to function...

Erdogan warns Sweden on NATO bid after Quran burning protest

Erdogan warns Sweden on NATO bid after Quran...

Ankara [Turkey], January 24: Turkish president says Sweden should not expect Ankara's support in its bid to join the military...

Afghanistan professor on girls' education: 'Men must stand up for women'

Afghanistan professor on girls' education: 'Men must stand...

Kabul [Afghanistan], January 24: "I call on fathers to take the hands of their daughters and walk them to school,...

Poland increases pressure to send German-made tanks to Ukraine

Poland increases pressure to send German-made tanks to...

Warsaw [Poland], January 24: Poland says it is planning to send German-made battle tanks to Ukraine, but will first seek...

For first-term Georgia prosecutor a historic decision looms in Trump election investigation

For first-term Georgia prosecutor a historic decision looms...

Washington [US], January 24: The prosecutor overseeing the investigation into former President Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election...

Death toll from California massacre rises to 11

Death toll from California massacre rises to 11

California [US], January 24: An 11th victim died on Monday from injuries suffered in a weekend shooting rampage at a...

The governor of a province in Sudan declared a state of emergency due to a bloody attack on a bus station

The governor of a province in Sudan declared...

Khartoum [Sudan], January 24: At least four people were killed and four wounded in southern Sudan today when gunmen opened...

Latvia and Estonia expel Russian ambassadors

Latvia and Estonia expel Russian ambassadors

Tallinn [Estonia], January 24: The authorities of Estonia and Latvia announced today that they are expelling the Russian ambassadors, as...

DEWA launches 'OWNEK' awareness initiative

DEWA launches 'OWNEK' awareness initiative

Dubai [UAE], January 24: Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) launched the "OWNEK" awareness initiative to help its accredited contractors...

Emirates completes ground testing for fully Sustainable Aviation Fuel engine

Emirates completes ground testing for fully Sustainable Aviation...

Dubai [UAE], January 24: Emirates has successfully completed the ground engine testing for one of its GE90 engines on a...

SEDD releases 4th 'Emirati Women Entrepreneurs' booklet

SEDD releases 4th 'Emirati Women Entrepreneurs' booklet

Sharjah [UAE], January 24: The Sharjah Economic Development Department (SEDD) released the fourth edition of the "Emirati Women Entrepreneurs" booklet,...

People smuggling boss who went on run arrested at English airport

People smuggling boss who went on run arrested...

London [UK], January 23: The head of a Kurdish people-smuggling ring has been arrested after going on the run ahead...

Netanyahu fires top minister after court order

Netanyahu fires top minister after court order

Jerusalem [Israel], January 23: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has dismissed a senior minister from office, complying with a Supreme...

Syrian building collapse kills at least 16 in Aleppo

Syrian building collapse kills at least 16 in...

Damascus [Syria], January 23: At least 16 people were killed and four others injured in the collapse of a five-floor...

Burkina state media: Ouagadougou demands withdrawal of French troops

Burkina state media: Ouagadougou demands withdrawal of French...

Ouagadougou [Burkina Faso], January 23: The government in Burkina Faso has called on French forces stationed there to leave within...

Four Israelis detained on suspicion of smuggling drugs from Germany

Four Israelis detained on suspicion of smuggling drugs...

Tel Aviv [Israel], January 23: Four young Israeli women were arrested at Tel Aviv airport with 15 kilogrammes of drugs...

200 protesters arrested in Peru, government closes Machu Picchu

200 protesters arrested in Peru, government closes Machu...

Rio De Janeiro [Brazil], January 23: Police in Peru cleared a university in Lima and arrested more than 200 people...

Former US astronaut Buzz Aldrin marries again aged 93

Former US astronaut Buzz Aldrin marries again aged...

Washington [US], January 23: Former NASA astronaut Buzz Aldrin, 93, has married for the fourth time.

Six more classified docs found in Justice Dept search of Biden home

Six more classified docs found in Justice Dept...

Washington [US], January 23: Officials from the US Department of Justice found six more classified documents during a search of...