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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...
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
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...
Kampala [Uganda], March 23: Uganda's parliament passed a law on Tuesday.
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...
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...
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
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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
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
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...
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...
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
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
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...
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...
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...
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...
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
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...
Dubai [UAE], March 22: His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE...