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Palestine rejects Israeli plan to legalize 155 settlement outposts in West Bank

Palestine rejects Israeli plan to legalize 155 settlement...

Ramallah [Palestine], August 20:Palestine on Saturday condemned and rejected Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich's plan to legalize 155 Israeli settlement...

Death toll from Hawaii wildfires up to 114 as search for victims continues

Death toll from Hawaii wildfires up to 114...

Los Angeles [US], August 20:The death toll from the Maui wildfires in the U.S. state of Hawaii reached 114 on...

Over 60,000 dengue cases reported in Sri Lanka

Over 60,000 dengue cases reported in Sri Lanka

Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 20: Dengue cases reported in Sri Lanka for 2023 passed the 60,000 mark on Saturday, the...

Road accidents claim 92 lives in Laos in July

Road accidents claim 92 lives in Laos in...

Vientiane [Laos], August 20: A total of 92 people were killed in road accidents across Laos in July, an increase...

Regional group ECOWAS and Niger in stalemate over military threat

Regional group ECOWAS and Niger in stalemate over...

Niamey [Niger], August 20: The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has declared its readiness for military intervention after...

US, Japan, S Korea expand security ties at historic Camp David summit

US, Japan, S Korea expand security ties at...

Washington [US], August 20: The United States, Japan and South Korea deepened their security cooperation at what was dubbed a...

Russia slaps entry bans on 54 British officials, journalists, lawyers

Russia slaps entry bans on 54 British officials,...

Moscow [Russia], August 20: Moscow slapped bans on 54 British citizens, including government officials, journalists and public relations specialists, citing...

Jailed Egyptian pro-democracy activist gets presidential pardon

Jailed Egyptian pro-democracy activist gets presidential pardon

Cairo [Egypt], August 20:Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sissi has pardoned several prisoners including prominent pro-democracy campaigner Ahmed Douma, an Egyptian lawmaker...

Venezuelans struggle to find power, water amid shortage

Venezuelans struggle to find power, water amid shortage

Caracas [Venezuela], August 20: Yusmary spends as much as half her weekly wage on water. Isora must go to the...

Over 2,400 killed in Haiti gang violence in 2023

Over 2,400 killed in Haiti gang violence in...

Port-au-Prince[Haiti], August 20:More than 2,400 people have been killed in Haiti since the start of 2023 amid rampant gang violence,...

'Heinous' Russian attack on Ukraine kills 7

'Heinous' Russian attack on Ukraine kills 7

Chernihiv [Ukraine], August 20: A Russian missile strike on Ukraine's northern city of Chernihiv killed seven people and wounded more...

Thousands flee raging wildfires in western Canada

Thousands flee raging wildfires in western Canada

Kelowna [Canada], August 20: Residents of western Canada scrambled to evacuate Saturday as raging wildfires encroached on two metropolitan areas...

Saudi Crown Prince accepts invitation to pay visit to Iran

Saudi Crown Prince accepts invitation to pay visit...

Jeddah [Saudi Arabia], August 20: Iran's foreign minister met Saudi Arabia's crown prince on Friday during his first visit since...

UK reports first case of new COVID virus variant

UK reports first case of new COVID virus...

London [UK], August 20: The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said the first case of COVID-19 variant BA.2.86 had been...

UAE participates in the G20 Joint Health-Finance Ministers Meeting

UAE participates in the G20 Joint Health-Finance Ministers...

New Delhi [India], August 20: Mohamed bin Hadi Al Hussaini, Minister of State for Financial Affairs, and Dr.MahaBarakat, Assistant Minister...

World Humanitarian Day: UN and partners aim to reach 250 million people worldwide affected by conflict and other crises

World Humanitarian Day: UN and partners aim to...

New York [US], August 20: The United Nations on Friday paid tribute to 22 staff members killed in the bombing...

ECI inks three MoUs with leading banks, insurance companies in Ethiopia

ECI inks three MoUs with leading banks, insurance...

Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], August 20:Etihad Credit Insurance (ECI), the UAE's federal export credit company, has entered into strategic agreements with...

Hurricane Hilary sparks rare storm watch for U.S. Southwest

Hurricane Hilary sparks rare storm watch for U.S....

Los Angeles [US], August 19:Hurricane Hilary, now a Category 4 hurricane barreling north, is expected to impose "significant impacts," including...

Russia sanctions 54 British citizens in retaliatory move

Russia sanctions 54 British citizens in retaliatory move

Moscow [Russia], August 19: Russia has imposed personal sanctions against 54 British citizens, including officials, journalists and law enforcement representatives,...

UN marks 20th anniversary of bombing of its headquarters in Baghdad

UN marks 20th anniversary of bombing of its...

United Nations, August 19: The United Nations on Friday commemorated the 20th anniversary of the suicide bombing of its...

Children in DRC facing worst cholera outbreak in 6 years: UNICEF

Children in DRC facing worst cholera outbreak in...

United Nations, August 19: A spike in conflict and displacement in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)...

West not willing to negotiate with Russia: Russian FM

West not willing to negotiate with Russia: Russian...

Moscow [Russia], August 19: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Saturday that the West is not interested in negotiating with...

Road accident kills 1, injures 4 in N. Afghanistan

Road accident kills 1, injures 4 in N....

Faizabad[Afghanistan], August 19: A traveler has been confirmed dead and four others were injured as a car overturned in...

Bangladesh condemns terror attack on holy shrine in Iran

Bangladesh condemns terror attack on holy shrine in...

Dhaka [Bangladesh], August 19: Bangladesh has strongly condemned the recent terrorist attack on a Muslim shrine in Shiraz city in...

Saudi Arabia, India sign deal on digital cooperation

Saudi Arabia, India sign deal on digital cooperation

Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], August 19: Saudi Arabia and India signed on Friday an agreement on cooperation in developing digital economy...

Austrian ex-chancellor Kurz charged with making false statements

Austrian ex-chancellor Kurz charged with making false statements

Vienna [Austria], August 19: Former Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has been charged with making false statements to the Austrian parliament,...

Over 2,500 Ukrainians freed in prisoner exchanges with Russia

Over 2,500 Ukrainians freed in prisoner exchanges with...

Kyiv [Ukraine], August 19: A total of 2,598 Ukrainians taken captive in the Russia-Ukraine conflict have been released as a...