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Thousands pay respect to fashion icon Armani in Milan

Thousands pay respect to fashion icon Armani in...

Rome [Italy], September 7: Thousands of people streamed to the Teatro Armani in Milan on Saturday, where Giorgio Armani's coffin...

Minister rules out early British election amid government reshuffle

Minister rules out early British election amid government...

London [UK], September 7: A senior British minister on Saturday denied the government is in crisis after Angela Rayner's resignation...

US weighs strikes inside Venezuela

US weighs strikes inside Venezuela

Washington DC [US], September 7: United States President Donald Trump had ordered the deployment of F-35 stealth fighter jets to...

Israeli army strikes more high-rises in Gaza City

Israeli army strikes more high-rises in Gaza City

Gaza City [Gaza], September 7: The Israeli army has bombed another high-rise in Gaza City after telling Palestinian residents to...

Lebanon's cabinet welcomes army plan to disarm Hezbollah, gives no timeline

Lebanon's cabinet welcomes army plan to disarm Hezbollah,...

Beirut [Lebanon], September 7: Lebanon's army has presented a plan to the government's cabinet to disarm Hezbollah, saying the military...

Anger as Trump calls detained S Korea workers 'illegal aliens'

Anger as Trump calls detained S Korea workers...

Seoul [South Korea], September 7: South Korean President Lee Jae-myung has ordered all-out efforts to respond to the arrests of...

Thailand's PM-elect Anutin names veterans to cabinet

Thailand's PM-elect Anutin names veterans to cabinet

Thailand [Bangkok], September 7: Thailand's Prime Minister-elect Anutin Charnvirakul has named a former finance ministry official, a top oil and...

Tunisia flotilla eager to join Global Sumud mission to break Gaza siege

Tunisia flotilla eager to join Global Sumud mission...

Gaza City [Gaza], September 7: At 61 Station Street, downtown Tunis, volunteers are busy receiving and documenting donations for the...

Japan's Prince Hisahito, 19, has coming of age celebration

Japan's Prince Hisahito, 19, has coming of age...

Japan [Tokyo], September 7: Japan's Prince Hisahito was officially recognised as an adult on his 19th birthday on Saturday in...

German government says it is not paying Taliban to take back Afghans

German government says it is not paying Taliban...

Berlin [Germany], September 7: The German government has not paid the Taliban regime in Afghanistan to take back Afghan citizens...

UN suspects all sides in DR Congo conflict guilty of war crimes

UN suspects all sides in DR Congo conflict...

New York [US], September 7: Gross rights violations, possibly including war crimes and crimes against humanity, may have been committed...

UK police arrest 425 at Palestine Action protest in London

UK police arrest 425 at Palestine Action protest...

London [UK], September 7: British police arrested around 425 people on Saturday at a demonstration in support of Palestine Action,...

US yet to approve any help following Afghanistan earthquake

US yet to approve any help following Afghanistan...

Kabul [Afghanistan], September 7: Nearly a week after an earthquake killed more than 2,200 people in Afghanistan and left tens...

Hamas condemns Israeli strike on Gaza's residential building

Hamas condemns Israeli strike on Gaza's residential building

Gaza [Palestine], September 6: Hamas on Friday denounced the Israeli airstrike on a residential building in Gaza City and accused...

Iraq foils major human smuggling attempts, arrests 194 migrants

Iraq foils major human smuggling attempts, arrests 194...

Baghdad [Iraq], September 6: Iraq's National Security Service (INSS) said on Friday it had foiled two major attempts to smuggle...

Lebanese cabinet endorses army strategy to curb Hezbollah arms, supporters vow resistance

Lebanese cabinet endorses army strategy to curb Hezbollah...

Beirut [Lebanon], September 6: Lebanon's government on Friday endorsed an army plan to disarm Hezbollah and place all weapons under...

Egypt condemns Netanyahu remarks on possible Palestinian displacement via Rafah crossing

Egypt condemns Netanyahu remarks on possible Palestinian displacement...

Cairo [Egypt], September 6: Egypt on Friday condemned remarks by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu suggesting Palestinians could be displaced...

Israeli army kills Palestinian man at West Bank checkpoint

Israeli army kills Palestinian man at West Bank...

Jerusalem [Israel], September 6: Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian man at a military checkpoint in the northern West Bank...

Putin says foreign troops in Ukraine would be legitimate targets

Putin says foreign troops in Ukraine would be...

Kyiv [Ukraine], September 6: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday thousands of foreign troops could be deployed to his...

China's Xi seeks closer coordination with Kim

China's Xi seeks closer coordination with Kim

Beijing [China], September 6: Chinese leader Xi Jinping and North Korea's Kim Jong Un have pledged to deepen strategic coordination...

UAE President, Sultan of Oman discuss bilateral ties, regional developments in phone call

UAE President, Sultan of Oman discuss bilateral ties,...

Dubai [UAE], September 6: UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan today held a phone call with...

UN says lives at risk without urgent support after Afghanistan quake

UN says lives at risk without urgent support...

New York [UAE], September 6: In statement on Afghanistan, Tom Fletcher, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, warned...

Canada's trade deficit shrinks to $4.9 bn in July

Canada's trade deficit shrinks to $4.9 bn in...

Ottawa [Canada], September 6: Canada's trade deficit narrowed in July as overall exports rose, especially driven by outbound shipments of...

UAE expresses solidarity with Nigeria; offers condolences over victims of capsized boat

UAE expresses solidarity with Nigeria; offers condolences over...

Dubai [UAE], September 6: The United Arab Emirates expressed its solidarity with the Federal Republic of Nigeria after a boat...

Google hit with €2.95 bn by EU in antitrust fine

Google hit with €2.95 bn by EU in...

Brussels [Belgium], September 6: The European Commission has fined Google €2.95 billion for abusing its dominant position in the advertising...

Mpox outbreak no longer global emergency, says WHO

Mpox outbreak no longer global emergency, says WHO

Geneva [Switzerland], September 6: After more than a year, the World Health Organisation (WHO) today announced the end of the...

Lammy named UK's new Deputy PM in cabinet reshuffle

Lammy named UK's new Deputy PM in cabinet...

London [UK], September 6: Following the resignation of Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has initiated...