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Trump asks for appointment of "special master" to oversee handling of materials taken in Mar-a-Lago search

Trump asks for appointment of "special master" to...

Washington [US], August 23: Former U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday asked for the appointment of a "special master" to...

Survey shows 47 pct expects U.S. recession by end of 2022 or early 2023

Survey shows 47 pct expects U.S. recession by...

Washington [US], August 23: A National Association for Business Economics (NABE) survey released Monday showed roughly one-fifth of panelists believe...

Reflooding thwarts efforts to rescue trapped miners in northern Mexico: president

Reflooding thwarts efforts to rescue trapped miners in...

Mexico City [Mexico], August 23: Reflooding has complicated the efforts to rescue 10 miners trapped for 19 days in a...

Vietnam reports 2,197 new COVID-19 cases

Vietnam reports 2,197 new COVID-19 cases

Hanoi [Vietnam], August 23: Vietnam recorded 2,197 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, up by 636 from Sunday, according to its...

25 drug addicts rejoin families after rehabilitation in S. Afghanistan

25 drug addicts rejoin families after rehabilitation in...

Kabul [Afghanistan],August 23: A total of 25 drug addicted persons after a four-month medical treatment and rehabilitation have reunited with...

Singapore reports 1,694 new COVID-19 cases

Singapore reports 1,694 new COVID-19 cases

Singapore, August 23: Singapore reported 1,694 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, bringing the total tally to 1,818,560.

Brunei records 83.6 pct decrease of average daily COVID-19 cases from peak

Brunei records 83.6 pct decrease of average daily...

Bandar Seri Begawan [Brunei], August 23: Brunei logged a daily average of 283 new COVID-19 cases in the past week,...

Myanmar reports 42 new COVID-19 cases

Myanmar reports 42 new COVID-19 cases

Yangon [Myanmar], August 23: Myanmar confirmed 42 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the tally to...

UNGA president praises Cambodia for commitment to multilateralism, peace keeping

UNGA president praises Cambodia for commitment to multilateralism,...

Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 22: Visiting President of the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly Abdulla Shahid on...

Malaysia reports 2,464 new COVID-19 infections, 9 new deaths

Malaysia reports 2,464 new COVID-19 infections, 9 new...

Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], August 22: Malaysia reported 2,464 new COVID-19 infections as of midnight Sunday, bringing the national total to...

21 people killed in Somalian hotel attack, says minister

21 people killed in Somalian hotel attack, says...

Mogadishu [Somalia], August 22:Somali government confirmed Sunday that 21 people were killed in the terrorist attack on a popular hotel...

Egypt, UAE leaders champion Arab unity to address regional challenges

Egypt, UAE leaders champion Arab unity to address...

Cairo [Egypt],August 22: Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi and visiting President of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed...

Iran to begin development of oilfield bordering Saudi Arabia

Iran to begin development of oilfield bordering Saudi...

Tehran [Iran], August 22: A senior executive of the Iranian Offshore Oil Company said his country planned to start developing...

Israel to facilitate Ben Gurion airport's digital transformation to reduce overloads

Israel to facilitate Ben Gurion airport's digital transformation...

Jerusalem [Israel], August 22: The Israel Airports Authority (IAA) announced on Sunday it will invest more than 50 million shekels...

Israel postpones opening of Ramon airport to Palestinians

Israel postpones opening of Ramon airport to Palestinians

Jerusalem [Israel], August 22: Israel announced on Sunday that a recent plan to allow flights for Palestinians from the southern...

Israeli researchers develop innovative way to grow nutrient-rich seaweeds

Israeli researchers develop innovative way to grow nutrient-rich...

Jerusalem [Israel], August 22: Israeli researchers have developed an innovative way to grow seaweeds rich in nutrients, proteins, dietary fiber...

Monkeypox cases in Israel surpass 200

Monkeypox cases in Israel surpass 200

Jerusalem [Israel], August 22:Monkeypox cases in Israel have totaled 208, with 11 new cases detected in the past four days,...

4 bodies recovered from collapsed shrine in Iraq

4 bodies recovered from collapsed shrine in Iraq

Baghdad [Iraq], August 22: Four bodies have been recovered Sunday from the rubble of a landslide on a Shiite shrine...

Bennett sprints to second Vuelta stage win in two days in Breda

Bennett sprints to second Vuelta stage win in...

Breda [Netherlands],August 22:Sam Bennett (Bora-Hansgrohe) claimed his second stage win in two days as he again showed he is the...

U.S. sends more stolen oil from NE Syria to Iraqi bases

U.S. sends more stolen oil from NE Syria...

Damascus [Syria], August 22: The U.S. forces sent 137 oil-laden tankers from oil fields in northeastern Syria to its bases...

U.S. first lady ends isolation after testing negative for COVID-19

U.S. first lady ends isolation after testing negative...

Washington [US], August 22: U.S. First Lady Jill Biden ended isolation on Sunday after testing negative for COVID-19.

Pistachio yield increases in Afghanistan's Samangan province

Pistachio yield increases in Afghanistan's Samangan province

Kabul [Afghanistan], August 22: Pistachio yield in northern Samangan province has reached 210 tons this year, increasing three folds year...

9 Pakistani soldiers killed, 4 injured in road accident in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir

9 Pakistani soldiers killed, 4 injured in road...

Islamabad [Pakistan], August 22: At least nine Pakistani soldiers were killed and four others injured on Sunday in a road...

Myanmar reports 33 new COVID-19 cases

Myanmar reports 33 new COVID-19 cases

Yangon [Myanmar], August 22: Myanmar confirmed 33 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the tally to...

Philippines logs 3,643 new COVID-19 cases, 49 deaths

Philippines logs 3,643 new COVID-19 cases, 49 deaths

Manila [Philippines], August 22: The Philippines reported 3,643 new COVID-19 infections on Sunday, bringing the number of confirmed cases in...

S.Korea, U.S. kick off annual military exercise

S.Korea, U.S. kick off annual military exercise

Seoul [South Korea], August 22: South Korea and the United States on Monday kicked off their annual military exercise involving...

S.Korea reports 59,046 new COVID-19 cases

S.Korea reports 59,046 new COVID-19 cases

Seoul [South Korea], August 22: South Korea reported 59,046 new COVID-19 cases as of midnight Sunday compared to 24 hours...