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South Korea wildfire forces 500 residents to evacuate

South Korea wildfire forces 500 residents to evacuate

Seoul [South Korea], April 12: More than 500 people evacuated from their homes in South Korea's eastern coastal city of...

US, Philippines agree to complete security assistance road map in 5-10 years

US, Philippines agree to complete security assistance road...

Washington [US], April 12: The top defense and diplomatic officials from the U.S. and Philippines agreed on Tuesday to complete...

Romania to Buy F-35 Fighter Jets from the US

Romania to Buy F-35 Fighter Jets from the...

Bucharest [Romania], April 12:Romania will purchase F-35 Lightning II fighter jets from the US, the Supreme National Defense Council decided...

Jews prohibited from entering Jerusalem's Temple Mount until Ramadan end

Jews prohibited from entering Jerusalem's Temple Mount until...

Muscat [Oman],April 12:The Israeli Prime Minister has ordered the police to prevent Jews from entering the Temple Mount, starting tomorrow,...

NHRI Board of Trustees reviews 2023-2025 strategic plan at its seventh meeting

NHRI Board of Trustees reviews 2023-2025 strategic plan...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], April 12: The Board of Trustees of the National Human Rights Institution (NHRI) reviewed its strategic plan...

Taiwan says it will defend its airspace in face of Chinese exercises

Taiwan says it will defend its airspace in...

Taipei [Taiwan], April 11: China ended three days of military drills around Taiwan on Monday, saying they had tested integrated...

US officials bracing for impact at home and abroad after leak

US officials bracing for impact at home and...

Washington [US], April 11: The US national security community is grappling with the fallout from the release of dozens of...

Blinken to UK, Ireland, Vietnam, Japan

Blinken to UK, Ireland, Vietnam, Japan

Washington [US], April 11: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken plans toaccompany President Joe Biden on his visit to the...

Report says Ukraine rethinking counteroffensive after intel leak

Report says Ukraine rethinking counteroffensive after intel leak

Kyiv [Ukraine], April 11: Russian forces pressed attacks on frontline cities in eastern Ukraine on Monday. At the same time,...

Biden will run again in 2024: NBC

Biden will run again in 2024: NBC

Washington [US], April 11: US President Joe Biden said on Monday he plans to run for reelection in 2024 but...

Sunak, Biden to mark 25 years since Northern Irish peace deal

Sunak, Biden to mark 25 years since Northern...

London [UK], April 11: Northern Ireland on Monday marks the 25th anniversary of its landmark 1998 peace accords, with the...

Thousands of opposition supporters rally in Georgia against government

Thousands of opposition supporters rally in Georgia against...

Tbilisi [Georgia], April 11: Thousands of opposition supporters rallied Sunday in the Georgian capital Tbilisi as the Black Sea nation's...

Man shoots dead four people at bank in Louisville, Kentucky

Man shoots dead four people at bank in...

New York [US], April 11: A man shot dead four people and wounded nine others in an attack at a...

Virginia mother of 6-year-old who shot teacher charged

Virginia mother of 6-year-old who shot teacher charged

Washington [US], April 11: A Virginia grand jury indicted the mother of a 6-year-old boy who shot an elementary school...

Thousands of Israelis march to illegal West Bank outpost as tensions mount

Thousands of Israelis march to illegal West Bank...

Jerusalem [Israel], April 11: Thousands of Israelis, including ministers in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's right-wing government, marched to an evacuated...

French rescue workers find sixth body in rubble of collapsed Marseille buildings

French rescue workers find sixth body in rubble...

Paris [France], April 11: French rescue workers have found a sixth body in the rubble of buildings in the southern...

Italy's coastguard works to rescue 1,200 migrants drifting at sea

Italy's coastguard works to rescue 1,200 migrants drifting...

Calabria [Italy], April 11:The Italian coastguard is carrying out operations to rescue two boats carrying a total of 1,200 people,...

Ministry of Finance marks Zayed Humanitarian Day

Ministry of Finance marks Zayed Humanitarian Day

Abu Dhabi [UAE], April 11: Mohamed Bin Hadi Al Hussaini, Minister of State for Financial Affairs, said that the Ministry...

UAE bourses close in the green Monday

UAE bourses close in the green Monday

Abu Dhabi [UAE], April 11: UAE financial markets Monday continued to capitalise on improved investor sentiments, with blue-chip banking and...

Dubai Press Club hosts 8th edition of Emirati Media Forum

Dubai Press Club hosts 8th edition of Emirati...

Dubai [UAE], April 11: H.H. Sheikh Ahmed bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairman of the Dubai Media Council, said...

Bangladesh's forex reserves fall to around 6-year low

Bangladesh's forex reserves fall to around 6-year low

Dhaka [Bangladesh], April 10: Bangladesh's foreign exchange reserves reached 31.14 billion U.S. dollars by the end of March, the lowest...

Lula calls for national unity to rebuild Brazil

Lula calls for national unity to rebuild Brazil

Sao Paulo [Brazil], April 10: Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Sunday called for national unity to rebuild...

Egyptian FM calls for end to terrorism, foreign interference in Syria

Egyptian FM calls for end to terrorism, foreign...

Cairo [Egypt], April 10: Egyptian Foreign Minister SamehShoukry on Sunday calls for an end to all forms of terrorism...

Iranian team to visit Saudi Arabia to prepare embassy reopening: media

Iranian team to visit Saudi Arabia to prepare...

Tehran [Iran], April 10: A technical team from Iran will "probably" travel to Saudi Arabia on Tuesday to prepare for...

Iran says reducing U.S. dollar influence will minimize West's domination over global economy

Iran says reducing U.S. dollar influence will minimize...

Tehran [Iran], April 10: A top Iranian security official said on Sunday that reducing the U.S. dollar's influence on...

Ben Ferencz, the last Nuremberg prosecutor, dies

Ben Ferencz, the last Nuremberg prosecutor, dies

Florida [US], April 10: Ben Ferencz, the last living prosecutor from the Nuremberg trials, who tried Nazis for genocidal war...

World celebrates Easter Some 100,000 join as Pope Francis calls for peace

World celebrates Easter Some 100,000 join as Pope...

Rome [Italy], April 10: Some 100,000 faithful joined Pope Francis for Easter Sunday celebrations at the Vatican, as the Pope...