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Gold rises as U.S. dollar weakens

Gold rises as U.S. dollar weakens

Chicago [US], April 25: Gold futures on the COMEX division of the New York Mercantile Exchange rose on Monday as...

Powerful earthquake jolts western Indonesia, tsunami alert issued

Powerful earthquake jolts western Indonesia, tsunami alert issued

Jakarta [Indonesia], April 25: A 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck Indonesia's western province of West Sumatra early Tuesday and was potential of...

Japan evacuates all nationals wishing to leave Sudan

Japan evacuates all nationals wishing to leave Sudan

Tokyo [Japan], April 25:The Japanese government said on Tuesday that all of its nationals who wished to leave conflict-hit Sudan...

Mohammed Shahabuddin is new B'desh president

Mohammed Shahabuddin is new B'desh president

Dhaka [Bangladesh], April 25: Mohammed Shahabuddin, a retired judge, has been sworn in as the new president of Bangladesh for...

Tens of thousands flee Sudan war via land as foreign evacuations continue

Tens of thousands flee Sudan war via land...

Khartoum [Sudan], April 25:As foreign governments continued to evacuate their nationals from embattled Sudan on Monday, tens of thousands of...

1,200 boat migrants arrive on Italy's Lampedusa, two dead

1,200 boat migrants arrive on Italy's Lampedusa, two...

Rome [Italy], April 25: More than 1,200 migrants have reached the Italian Mediterranean island of Lampedusa in just 24 hours,...

EU, Ukraine to recognise court decisions

EU, Ukraine to recognise court decisions

Brussels [Belgium], April 25:European Union and Ukraine will mutually recognise and enforce each other's court decisions in civil and commercial...

Lavrov defends Ukraine invasion at UNSC

Lavrov defends Ukraine invasion at UNSC

New York [US], April 25:Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has accused the West of hegemonic plans and defended his country's...

Estonia pledges more support to Kyiv

Estonia pledges more support to Kyiv

Tallinn [Estonia], April 25: Estonian head of government KajaKallas has assured Kyiv of her country's continued support during her first...

UK sanctions Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps

UK sanctions Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps

London [UK], April 25: The UK government on Monday slapped sanctions on Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, as part of...

Australia unveils biggest defense reform in decades

Australia unveils biggest defense reform in decades

Canberra [Australia], April 25: Australia launched its biggest defense overhaul in decades Monday, vowing to turn a military that is...

South Korea restores Japan to trade white list amid warming ties

South Korea restores Japan to trade white list...

Seoul [South Korea], April 25: South Korea has formally restored Japan to its list of countries it gives preferential treatment...

Biden's domestic policy adviser Susan Rice departs

Biden's domestic policy adviser Susan Rice departs

Washington [US], April 25: White House domestic policy adviser Susan Rice is departing after two years.

Czech Republic looks to supply Vietnam more aircraft, radars

Czech Republic looks to supply Vietnam more aircraft,...

Hanoi [Vietnam],April 25:Vietnam is in talks with the Czech Republic for military supplies.

Death toll in Kenyan starvation cult rises to 73

Death toll in Kenyan starvation cult rises to...

Nairobi [Kenya], April 25: Kenyan police have recovered 73 bodies, mostly from mass graves in a forest in eastern Kenya,...

U.S. Supreme Court to decide if public officials can block critics on social media

U.S. Supreme Court to decide if public officials...

Washington [US], April 25: The U.S. Supreme Court, exploring free speech rights in the social media era.

Biden's re-election campaign faces new challenges

Biden's re-election campaign faces new challenges

Washington [US], April 25:It won't be a campaign from the basement this time.

Dubai records over AED2.2 bn in realty transactions Monday

Dubai records over AED2.2 bn in realty transactions...

Dubai [UAE], April 25: Dubai real estate market recorded 391 sales transactions worth AED1.27 billion, in addition to 59 mortgage...

Minister of Economy emphasises need to create investment opportunities in new economy sectors

Minister of Economy emphasises need to create investment...

London [UK], April 25: Abdullah bin Touq Al Marri, Minister of Economy, participated in the 13th edition of the City...

Iran says Blinken's anti-Iran remarks aimed at selling U.S. weapons

Iran says Blinken's anti-Iran remarks aimed at selling...

Tehran [Iran], April 24: The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman on Sunday rebuked the remarks by the U.S. secretary of state...

Iran says receives Saudi Arabia's proposal to launch 3 direct flights

Iran says receives Saudi Arabia's proposal to launch...

Tehran [Iran], April 24: Iran's Civil Aviation Organization (CAO) has received a proposal from Saudi Arabia to launch three regular...

Türkiye greatly reduces defense industry's foreign dependency: Erdogan

Türkiye greatly reduces defense industry's foreign dependency: Erdogan

Ankara [Turkey], April 24:Türkiye has reduced its foreign dependency in the defense industry from around 80 percent to some 20...

Book bans rising rapidly in U.S.: NYT

Book bans rising rapidly in U.S.: NYT

Washington [US], April 24: Book bans are rising at a rapid pace in school districts around the United States, driven...

7.1-magnitude quake jolts New Zealand's Kermadec Islands

7.1-magnitude quake jolts New Zealand's Kermadec Islands

Wellington [New Zealand], April 24:New Zealand is assessing the possibility of a tsunami risk after a 7.1-magnitude earthquake jolted the...

Chinese envoy statement in Paris outrages Baltic states

Chinese envoy statement in Paris outrages Baltic states

Riga [Latvia], April 24: The Baltic states have reacted with indignation to statements by the Chinese ambassador in France that...

Hundreds protest in Italy to release bear that killed jogger

Hundreds protest in Italy to release bear that...

Rome [Italy], April 24: Hundreds of people have demonstrated for a brown bear to be released that fatally injured a...

Millions of British phones receive test of new national alert system

Millions of British phones receive test of new...

London [UK], April 24:Millions of mobile phones across Britain sounded a siren on Sunday as part of a test for...