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Record flood waters rise in Russia's Urals

Record flood waters rise in Russia's Urals

Moscow [Russia], April 8: Flood waters were rising in two cities in Russia's Ural mountains after Europe's third longest river...

Authorities issue alert as early forest fires rage in Greece

Authorities issue alert as early forest fires rage...

Athens [Greece], April 8: Fires raging across central Greece and the island of Crete have been brought under control as...

British Navy ship deployed in Gaza aid effort amid £9.7mn funding

British Navy ship deployed in Gaza aid effort...

London [UK], April 8: A Royal Navy ship will be deployed to help get more aid into Gaza, the UK...

Venezuela FM slams US and Canada silence on Mexican embassy storming

Venezuela FM slams US and Canada silence on...

Caracas [Venezuela], April 8: Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yvan Gil on Sunday slammed "the complicit silence" of the United States and...

Russia-friendly populist Peter Pellegrini elected Slovak prez

Russia-friendly populist Peter Pellegrini elected Slovak prez

Bratislava [Slovakia], April 8: Populist Peter Pellegrini has been elected president of Slovakia, succeeding the liberal Zuzana Caputova.

Drone explodes over eastern Ukraine's Zaporizhzhya nuclear plant

Drone explodes over eastern Ukraine's Zaporizhzhya nuclear plant

Kyiv [Ukraine], April 8: Russian authorities on Sunday blamed Ukrainian forces for a drone attack that threatened the Zaporizhzhya nuclear...

Third UAE aid ship bound for Gaza arrives at Al Arish Port as part of Operation 'Chivalrous Knight 3'

Third UAE aid ship bound for Gaza arrives...

Al-Arish [Egypt], April 8: The third UAE aid ship carrying 4,630 tonnes of relief supplies arrived at the Port of...

Shakhboot bin Nahyan Al Nahyan meets Transitional President of Gabon

Shakhboot bin Nahyan Al Nahyan meets Transitional President...

Libreville [Gabon], April 8: Sheikh Shakhboot bin Nahyan Al Nahyan, Minister of State, met with General Brice Olgie Nguema, transitional...

UAE Team Emirates secure overall of Tour of the Basque Country 2024

UAE Team Emirates secure overall of Tour of...

Eibar [Spain], April 8: UAE Team Emirates rider Juan Ayuso secured the overall title in a dominant performance at the...

Shakhboot bin Nahyan attends 30th anniversary of Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda

Shakhboot bin Nahyan attends 30th anniversary of Genocide...

Kigali [Rwanda], April 8: Sheikh Shakhboot bin Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of State, met with Paul Kagame, President...

UN chief alarmed by Ecuador's raid of Mexican Embassy

UN chief alarmed by Ecuador's raid of Mexican...

United Nations, April 7: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was alarmed by Ecuador's raid of the Mexican Embassy late Friday, said...

Indonesia operates 2,800 extra flights for Eid homecoming

Indonesia operates 2,800 extra flights for Eid homecoming

Jakarta [Indonesia], April 7: Indonesia has operated 2,800 extra flights for the Eid el-Fitr homecoming season, according to Transportation...

Thousands join funeral for Iranian general killed in Damascus strike

Thousands join funeral for Iranian general killed in...

Tehran [Iran], April 7: Iranian Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Zahedi, who was killed in a rocket attack in Damascus, was...

Slovakia goes to polls for run-off to choose next president

Slovakia goes to polls for run-off to choose...

Bratislava [Slovakia], April 7: Voters in Slovakia were casting ballots on Saturday to decide a tight race for president.

US, Israeli military on high alert for Iran to strike back at Israel

US, Israeli military on high alert for Iran...

Washington [US], April 7: The United States and Israel have put their armed forces on high alert amid reports of...

Al-Shifa Hospital 'an empty shell with human graves': WHO

Al-Shifa Hospital 'an empty shell with human graves':...

Gaza City [Gaza], April 7: WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said the UN agency and other partner organisations have...

Feeding a million people in Gaza every month: WFP

Feeding a million people in Gaza every month:...

Gaza [Palestine], April 7: As the war approaches its six-month mark, the World Food Programme is providing meals to more...

Desperate to dodge dengue, Argentines run out of repellent

Desperate to dodge dengue, Argentines run out of...

Buenos Aires [Argentina], April 7: Insect repellent has become a hot commodity in Argentina, which is besieged by dengue-carrying mosquitoes...

Eight dead in two Russian strikes on Kharkiv, officials say

Eight dead in two Russian strikes on Kharkiv,...

Kyiv [Ukraine], April 7: Two Russian strikes on Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city, killed eight civilians and injured at least 10...

Biden campaign raises over $90 million in March, $187 million in first quarter of 2024

Biden campaign raises over $90 million in March,...

Washington [US], April 7: U.S. President Joe Biden's re-election campaign announced Saturday it raised over $187 million in the first...

Tens of thousands march in Budapest against Orban

Tens of thousands march in Budapest against Orban

Budapest [Hungary], April 7: Tens of thousands protested against the government of Viktor Orban in downtown Budapest on Saturday, led...

Biden steps up pressure on Gaza cease-fire deal

Biden steps up pressure on Gaza cease-fire deal

New York [US], April 7: US President Joe Biden has written to the leaders of Egypt and Qatar, calling on...

US-China relationship on 'more stable footing' Yellen says

US-China relationship on 'more stable footing' Yellen says

Guangzhou [China], April 7: US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Chinese Premier Li Qiang sounded cautiously confident on Sunday that...

Public Prosecution explains penalties for illegal trade in fireworks

Public Prosecution explains penalties for illegal trade in...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], April 7: The Public Prosecution's Criminal Information Centre (Waey) explained, through a video post on its social...

'Birds of Goodness' executes 26th humanitarian aid airdrop in north Gaza

'Birds of Goodness' executes 26th humanitarian aid airdrop...

Gaza [Palestine], April 7: The Joint Operations Command of the Ministry of Defence announced the implementation of the 26th airdrop...

UAE President, VPs congratulate Myriam Spiteri Debono on taking Constitutional Oath as President of Malta

UAE President, VPs congratulate Myriam Spiteri Debono on...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], April 7: President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has sent a cable to Myriam...

Ukraine strikes three Russian military airfields with drones: media

Ukraine strikes three Russian military airfields with drones:...

Kiev [Ukraine], April 6: Ukraine attacked three Russian military airfields with drones on Friday morning, destroying and damaging planes, the...