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Russia boosts defences near Japan, accuses US of expanding Asia-Pacific presence

Russia boosts defences near Japan, accuses US of...

Moscow [Russia], March 23: Russia said on Wednesday that a division of its Bastion coastal defence missile systems had been...

U.S. judge orders $1.68 blnpayout to families over 1983 Beirut bombing

U.S. judge orders $1.68 blnpayout to families over...

New York [US], March 23: A federal judge in New York ordered Iran's central bank and a European intermediary on...

UN warns 'vampiric overconsumption' is draining world's water

UN warns 'vampiric overconsumption' is draining world's water

New York [US], March 23: The United Nations used its first conference on water security in almost half a century...

Uganda passes a law making it a crime to identify as LGBTQ

Uganda passes a law making it a crime...

Kampala [Uganda], March 23: Uganda's parliament passed a law on Tuesday.

Afghanistan's school year starts with calls for all girls to be allowed back

Afghanistan's school year starts with calls for all...

Kabul [Afghanistan], March 23: Afghanistan's school year started on Tuesday.

US stocks, treasury yields retreat as Fed signals pause in rate hikes

US stocks, treasury yields retreat as Fed signals...

New York [US], March 23: US stocks retreated from near two-week highs on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve raised borrowing...

President of UAE exchanges Ramadan greetings with Arab heads of state

President of UAE exchanges Ramadan greetings with Arab...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], March 23: President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan today exchanged Ramadan greetings with a...

UAE raises base rate by 25 bp

UAE raises base rate by 25 bp

Abu Dhabi [UAE], March 23: The Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE) has decided to raise the base rate applicable...

Gulf banks raise interest rates following US Federal Reserve hike

Gulf banks raise interest rates following US Federal...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], March 23: The central banks of Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Qatar raised their benchmark borrowing rates after...

Iraq, Türkiye to build transportation corridor linking Basra to Turkish border

Iraq, Türkiye to build transportation corridor linking Basra...

Ankara [Turkey], March 22: Türkiye and Iraq will build a land and railroad transportation corridor stretching from the Iraqi province...

43,000 estimated dead in Somalia's longest on-record drought last year

43,000 estimated dead in Somalia's longest on-record drought...

Nairobi [Kenya], March 22:A report said an estimated 43,000 people died during Somalia's longest drought last year, and half likely...

Chinese data from animal market gives clues on COVID-19 origins

Chinese data from animal market gives clues on...

London [UK], March 22: Researchers said that data from the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, briefly uploaded to a...

Pension protests rage in France despite Macron's no-confidence vote win

Pension protests rage in France despite Macron's no-confidence...

Paris [France], March 22: Police arrested some 142 people in the French capital overnight during street protests that followed the...

IMF approves $3bn bailout package for crisis-hit Sri Lanka

IMF approves $3bn bailout package for crisis-hit Sri...

Washington [US], March 22: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved some $3 billion to support crisis-stricken Sri Lanka's policies and...

US continues to outspend Europe on defence in NATO annual report

US continues to outspend Europe on defence in...

Brussels [Belgium], March 22: NATO's 30 members spent an estimated $1.2 trillion on defence in 2022, a 2.2% increase in...

TikTok bans youngster's deepfakes

TikTok bans youngster's deepfakes

London [UK], March 22: TikTok went on a counteroffensive Tuesday amid increasing Western pressure over cybersecurity and misinformation concerns, rolling...

Erdogan submits re-election bid, reigniting term limit debate

Erdogan submits re-election bid, reigniting term limit debate

Istanbul [Turkey], March 22: Turkish President RecepTayyip Erdogan's ruling party and its nationalist allies have submitted the incumbent's bid for...

West Bank settler movement wins Zionist entity parliament vote

West Bank settler movement wins Zionist entity parliament...

Jerusalem [Israel], March 22: Zionist's settler movement celebrated Tuesday after parliament annulled part of a law banning them from living...

Kenya police arrest 238 in a day of violent protests against govt of President Ruto

Kenya police arrest 238 in a day of...

Nairobi [Kenya], March 22: Kenyan police said Tuesday they had arrested 238 people during violent protests over the cost of...

Freed French journalist returns home

Freed French journalist returns home

Velizy-Villacoublay [France], March 22: French journalist Olivier Dubois, 48, made an emotional return home on Tuesday following nearly two...

Xi seeks tighter cooperation at Kremlin talks

Xi seeks tighter cooperation at Kremlin talks

Moscow [Russia], March 22: Xi Jinping promised to strengthen coordination with Russia at a Kremlin summit with President Vladimir...

Police surround NY Courthouse, DC Capitol in case of Trump arrest

Police surround NY Courthouse, DC Capitol in case...

New York [US], March 22: Police in major US cities are preparing for potential unrest in case ex-President Donald Trump...

Los Angeles education workers strike, canceling school for 420,000 students

Los Angeles education workers strike, canceling school for...

California [US], March 22: Some 30,000 education workers backed by the teachers' union walked off the job for a three-day...

In Ukraine to show solidarity, Japan's Kishida meets Zelenskiy, tours massacre site

In Ukraine to show solidarity, Japan's Kishida meets...

Kyiv [Ukraine], March 22: Japan's Fumio Kishida met President VolodymyrZelenskiy in Kyiv on Tuesday during a rare, unannounced visit by...

Hamdan bin Mohammed launches "04" unified interactive platform to link Dubai Government & its customers

Hamdan bin Mohammed launches "04" unified interactive platform...

Dubai [UAE], March 22: His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman...

ADIA Lab to establish European HQ in Spain

ADIA Lab to establish European HQ in Spain

Granada [Spain], March 22: The Government of Spain, through the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation, has signed an...

Mohammed bin Rashid attends second Dubai Breeze-Up Sale held at Meydan Racecourse

Mohammed bin Rashid attends second Dubai Breeze-Up Sale...

Dubai [UAE], March 22: His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE...