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