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Saudi and Syria end diplomatic deep-freeze

Saudi and Syria end diplomatic deep-freeze

Damascus [Syria], April 19: Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad met with Saudi Arabia's top diplomat in Damascus on Tuesday, state media...

Anti-abortion groups urge US Supreme Court to restrict abortion pill

Anti-abortion groups urge US Supreme Court to restrict...

Washington [US], April 19: The U.S. Supreme Court should restrict the availability of the abortion pill mifepristone, anti-abortion groups challenging...

Alleged leaker Teixeira's unit ordered to halt intelligence mission, Air Force says

Alleged leaker Teixeira's unit ordered to halt intelligence...

Washington [US], April 19 :The U.S. Air Force's 102nd Intelligence Wing, which the alleged leaker of classified information belonged to,...

Kansas City homeowner charged in shooting of Black teen released on bond

Kansas City homeowner charged in shooting of Black...

Kansas City [US], April 19: An 84-year-old white man charged in the shooting and wounding of a Black teenager who...

At least one dead, 5 injured in Manhattan parking structure collapse

At least one dead, 5 injured in Manhattan...

New York [US], April 19: A four-story parking facility collapsed in New York City's lower Manhattan near Pace University and...

New York state confirms new chief judge, installing liberal nominee

New York state confirms new chief judge, installing...

New York[US], April 19: New York's Senate on Tuesday easily confirmed Governor Kathy Hochul's nominee to lead the state's highest...

UK regulator reprimands police for secretly recording calls

UK regulator reprimands police for secretly recording calls

London [UK], April 19: Britain's information regulator said it had formally reprimanded two police forces for recording more than 200,000...

Emirates Publishers Association forging new partnerships at London Book Fair

Emirates Publishers Association forging new partnerships at London...

Sharjah [UAE], April 19: The Emirates Publishers Association (EPA) is participating in the London International Book Fair, being held at...

ERC delivering Eid clothing to Syrian orphans

ERC delivering Eid clothing to Syrian orphans

Latakia[Syria], April 19: The Emirates Red Crescent (ERC) team in Latakia Governorate are distributing Eid clothes sets among 60 orphans...

Record 60,310 worshippers at Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque on 27th night of Ramadan

Record 60,310 worshippers at Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], April 19: A record of 60,310 Muslims in Abu Dhabi gathered at the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque...

Bangladesh's life expectancy falls to 72.3 yrs in 2021

Bangladesh's life expectancy falls to 72.3 yrs in...

Dhaka [Bangladesh], April 18: Life expectancy at birth in Bangladesh has gone down from 72.8 in 2020 to 72.3 in...

New Zealand PM to start int'l travel to advance economic interests

New Zealand PM to start int'l travel to...

Wellington [New Zealand], April 18: New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins will undertake a small number of international engagements this...

Brazilian President criticized by US but praised by Russia for proposal for Ukraine

Brazilian President criticized by US but praised by...

Brasilia [Brazil], April 18: Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has been criticized by the US government after accusing...

Emmanuel Macron: The Reform Is Necessary To Guarantee Retirement And Produce More Wealth

Emmanuel Macron: The Reform Is Necessary To Guarantee...

Paris [France], April 18: French President Emmanuel Macron addressed the French people last night. He briefly addressed the issue of...

Taliban suspends NGO-run schools

Taliban suspends NGO-run schools

Islamabad [Pakistan], April 18:The Taliban Ministry of Education has suspended the activities of all community-based schools in Afghanistan's southern provinces...

Russia sentences critic to jail

Russia sentences critic to jail

Moscow [Russia], April 18: Prominent Kremlin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza was sentenced on Monday by a Moscow court to 25 years...

US envoy meets jailed journalist Gershkovich

US envoy meets jailed journalist Gershkovich

Moscow [Russia], April 18: The US ambassador in Moscow Lynne Tracy has visited Wall Street Journal journalist Evan Gershkovich, who...

Airbus, Air France acquitted

Airbus, Air France acquitted

Paris [France], April 18: France's national carrier and planemaker Airbus were acquitted of involuntary manslaughter on Monday in the deaths...

Iran invites Saudi King

Iran invites Saudi King

Tehran [Iran], April 18:Iran's leaders have invited their regional rival Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz for an official visit....

US helicopter raid in Syria targets senior IS group leader: Centcom

US helicopter raid in Syria targets senior IS...

Beirut[Lebanon], April 18: A US helicopter raid on Monday targeted a senior Islamic State group leader in Syria suspected of...

Kuwait, UAE open direct maritime trade route

Kuwait, UAE open direct maritime trade route

Kuwait City [Kuwait], April 18: Docking of the container freight ship of Abu Dhabi Ports Group at Al-Shuwaikh Port set...

FBI makes arrests over alleged secret Chinese 'police stations' in New York

FBI makes arrests over alleged secret Chinese 'police...

Manhattan[US], April 18: US prosecutors have arrested two men in New York for allegedly operating a Chinese "secret police station"...

Sudan military leader accuses rival of 'attempted coup'

Sudan military leader accuses rival of 'attempted coup'

Khartoum [Sudan], April 18: Sudan's military leader condemned what he called an "attempted coup."

Kansas City man charged for shooting Black teen who went to the wrong house

Kansas City man charged for shooting Black teen...

Kansas City [US], April 18: A Kansas City man was charged with two felonies on Monday.

Global Dubai Tea Forum 2023 to discuss future trends of tea

Global Dubai Tea Forum 2023 to discuss future...

Dubai [UAE], April 18: The much-anticipated Global Dubai Tea Forum, organised, and hosted by DMCC, is back in its eighth...

Don't let SDGs turn into 'mirage of what might have been': UN chief

Don't let SDGs turn into 'mirage of what...

New York [US], April 18: UN Secretary-General AntonioGuterres warned on Monday that the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is turning...

FIFA confirms Argentina as host nation for FIFA U-20 World Cup 2023

FIFA confirms Argentina as host nation for FIFA...

Zürich [Switzerland], April 18:The Bureau of the FIFA Council has confirmed Argentina as the host of the FIFA U-20 World...