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Gas drilling rig arrives off Lebanon

Gas drilling rig arrives off Lebanon

Beirut [Lebanon], August 17: French firm TotalEnergies said Wednesday that a drilling rig had reach Lebanese waters ahead of exploration...

US beefs up Gulf deployment over Iranian oil tanker threat

US beefs up Gulf deployment over Iranian oil...

Manama [Bahrain], August 17: As Iranian seizures threaten oil tankers plying the Gulf, the United States is raising its military...

First victims named as death toll reaches 106

First victims named as death toll reaches 106

Hawaii [US], August 17: Three others were identified but their names are being withheld until their families are notified.

MRO Middle East and AIME will return for record edition in 2024

MRO Middle East and AIME will return for...

Dubai [UAE], August 17: MRO Middle East and Aircraft Interiors Middle East (AIME) is set to return to Dubai in...

Dubai Police and UAE Modern Pentathlon Federation sign MoU to enhance sport cooperation

Dubai Police and UAE Modern Pentathlon Federation sign...

Dubai [UAE], August 17: The Dubai Police Athletes Council signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the UAE Modern Pentathlon...

Africa can become a key link in global supply chains: UNCTAD

Africa can become a key link in global...

Geneva [Switzerland], August 17: African economies can become major participants in global supply chains by harnessing their vast resources of...

GSA discusses opportunities for partnership with IIHF and ISU

GSA discusses opportunities for partnership with IIHF and...

Dubai [UAE], August 17: Sheikh Suhail bin Butti Al Maktoum, Executive Director of the Sports Development Sector at the General...

Tunisia foils 18 illegal immigration attempts: statement

Tunisia foils 18 illegal immigration attempts: statement

Tunis [Tunisia], August 16: Tunisia has foiled 18 illegal immigration attempts to cross the Mediterranean Sea to Italy and rescued...

Gaza ready to hold municipal elections: elections commission

Gaza ready to hold municipal elections: elections commission

Ramallah [Palestine], August 16: The Palestinian Central Elections Commission (CEC) on Tuesday said it is ready to hold municipal elections...

UN Women chief urges action against Taliban's gender apartheid in Afghanistan

UN Women chief urges action against Taliban's gender...

United Nations, August 16: The UN's lead agency for gender equality on Tuesday called on the global community to persistently...

Tourist plane carrying 3 crashes in W. France

Tourist plane carrying 3 crashes in W. France

Paris [France], August 16: A tourist plane with three people on board crashed Tuesday in France's western department of Loire-Atlantique,...

U.S. still focused on diplomatic solution to attempted coup in Niger: Blinken

U.S. still focused on diplomatic solution to attempted...

Washington [US], August 16: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Tuesday that the United States is still "very focused...

Paraguay's new President Peña vows to deliver economic growth

Paraguay's new President Peña vows to deliver economic...

Buenos Aires [Argentina], August 16: Paraguay's new President Santiago Peña promised at his swearing-in ceremony on Tuesday to make investments...

Typhoon Lan brings heavy rains and travel chaos to Japan

Typhoon Lan brings heavy rains and travel chaos...

Tokyo [Japan], August 16: Typhoon Lan lashed parts of central Japan with heavy rains and severely hampered the travel plans...

Court rules for young people in landmark US climate trial

Court rules for young people in landmark US...

Washington [US], August 16: In a landmark climate trial, a Montana court on Monday ruled in favor of a group...

Time 'running out': aid agencies urge immediate action on Sudan

Time 'running out': aid agencies urge immediate action...

Geneva [Switzerland], August 16: Four months into Sudan's conflict, the situation is spiraling out of control, with mass displacement and...

Bangladesh Islamist leader buried after violent protests

Bangladesh Islamist leader buried after violent protests

Dhaka [Bangladesh], August 16: Around 50,000 people attended Tuesday's funeral for an influential Islamist leader in Bangladesh, police said, after...

Clashes in Libya capital kill two; shut airport

Clashes in Libya capital kill two; shut airport

Tripoli [Libya], August 16: Gunfighting between the two leading armed groups in Tripoli killed two people and forced the closure...

35 killed in Russia fuel station blast

35 killed in Russia fuel station blast

Moscow [Russia], August 16: At least 35 people were killed in an explosion that created a huge fire ball at...

Afghan Taliban celebrate return to power

Afghan Taliban celebrate return to power

Kabul [Afghanistan], August 16: Afghanistan's Taliban marked the second anniversary of their return to power.

Wave of Russian air strikes hits western Ukraine

Wave of Russian air strikes hits western Ukraine

Kyiv [Ukraine], August 16: Russian air strikes hit two western regions of Ukraine bordering NATO member Poland and other areas.

Georgia charges Trump with racketeering

Georgia charges Trump with racketeering

Washington [US], August 16: Donald Trump faced a new raft of felony charges on Tuesday after a Georgia grand jury...

France: Pyrenees wildfire contained

France: Pyrenees wildfire contained

Paris [France], August 16: A fire that ravaged a 500-hectare (1,235 acres) area in the south of France has been...

Mohamed bin Zayed: Under UAE Presidency, COP28 will lead global efforts to protect the planet and safeguard future generations

Mohamed bin Zayed: Under UAE Presidency, COP28 will...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], August 16: President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan received at Qasr Al Bahr Majlis...

UAE leaders condole with Korean President on passing of his father

UAE leaders condole with Korean President on passing...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], August 16: President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has sent a message of condolences...

UAE expresses concern over developments in Libya's Tripoli and calls for dialogue and end to hostilities

UAE expresses concern over developments in Libya's Tripoli...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], August 16: The UAE has expressed its concern over the developments in Tripoli, the capital of...

Neymar Jr. officially signs with Saudi club Al-Hilal

Neymar Jr. officially signs with Saudi club Al-Hilal

Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], August 16: Al-Hilal Club announced that it has agreed terms to sign prolific goalscorer Neymar Jr. The...