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UK sanctions Lebanese man for 'financing Hezbollah'
London [UK], April 19: The UK government on Tuesday said it had imposed a full asset freeze on a Lebanese...
United Nations lodges concern over reported U.S. eavesdropping...
United Nations, April 19: The United Nations has officially expressed to the United States the world body's concern over reported...
Canada's inflation rises 4.3 pct in March
Ottawa [Canada], April 19: Canada's Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 4.3 percent year over year in March, following a 5.2...
Stop war & talk: G7
Karuizawa[Japan], April 19: G7 countries' Foreign ministers called on Sudan's warring parties to immediately lay down their arms and...
Disruptions ahead as strikes planned at German airports...
Berlin [Germany], April 19:German trade union Verdi has called for all-day strikes on Thursday and Friday for employees in several...
Fighting continues in Sudan despite warring sides agreeing...
Khartoum [Sudan], April 19: Fighting continued in Sudan on Tuesday evening despite initial hopes of a ceasefire, according to eyewitnesses...
Bitter fighting in Bakhmut as Putin visits occupied...
Kyiv [Ukraine], April 19: Heavy fighting continues over the now-destroyed city of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine, as Russian troops attack...
Brazil rejects US criticism, defends Russia ties and...
Brasilia [Brazil], April 19: Brazil pushed back against US criticism that President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is parroting Russian...
G7 urges halt to deadly Sudan fighting
Khartoum [Sudan], April 19: Explosions rocked the Sudanese capital Khartoum on Tuesday as fighting that has claimed nearly 200 lives...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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
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...
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
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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
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
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
Moscow [Russia], April 18: The US ambassador in Moscow Lynne Tracy has visited Wall Street Journal journalist Evan Gershkovich, who...
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...