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Assad in UAE amid growing Arab outreach

Assad in UAE amid growing Arab outreach

Dubai [UAE], March 20: Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad met Sunday with Emirati leaders in Abu Dhabi, his second Gulf visit...

UBS - Switzerland's largest bank officially acquired Credit Suisse

UBS - Switzerland's largest bank officially acquired Credit...

Switzerland,March 20: Swiss bank UBS has agreed to buy crisis-hit rival Credit Suisse for 3 billion francs ($3.23 billion), while...

Canadian investigators seek seven missing after fire at Montreal building

Canadian investigators seek seven missing after fire at...

Ottawa [Canada], March 20: Police and fire officials in Canada said they were preparing on Sunday to search the rubble...

Talk of Trump arrest builds sympathy for the former president, Sununu says

Talk of Trump arrest builds sympathy for the...

Washington [US], March 20: The possibility that Donald Trump may be charged for allegedly covering up hush money payments to...

Magnitude 6.8 earthquake shakes Ecuador, at least 14 deaths reported

Magnitude 6.8 earthquake shakes Ecuador, at least 14...

Quito [Ecuador], March 20: At least 14 people were killed in a strong earthquake that shook a coastal region of...

South Africa aware of legal obligations regarding Putin visit

South Africa aware of legal obligations regarding Putin...

Johannesburg [South Africa], March 20: South Africa is aware of its legal obligation, a spokesperson for President Cyril Ramaphosa said...

Macron would like the reform of the pension system to be introduced democratically

Macron would like the reform of the pension...

Paris [France], March 20:French President Emmanuel Macron (Emmanuel Macron) expressed today his wish that his hated reform of the pension...

The Egyptian president received Putin's special envoy for the Middle East

The Egyptian president received Putin's special envoy for...

Cairo [Egypt], March 20: The President of Egypt, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, received today the Russian delegation led by the special...

Malawi Cyclone Freddy death toll hits 447, over 362,000 displaced

Malawi Cyclone Freddy death toll hits 447, over...

Lilongwe [Malawi], March 19: The cumulative death toll from Cyclone Freddy in southern Malawi hit 447 as of 07:00 p.m....

UNECA says impacts of COVID-19, Ukraine crisis hamper Africa's progress

UNECA says impacts of COVID-19, Ukraine crisis hamper...

Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], March 19: The devastating impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and the Ukraine crisis have mired Africa's progress...

Rocket fired from Gaza hits southern Israel amid heightened tension

Rocket fired from Gaza hits southern Israel amid...

Jerusalem [Israel], March 19: A rocket fired from the Gaza Strip hit an open area landed in southern Israel on...

UK home secretary visits Rwanda to discuss migration deal

UK home secretary visits Rwanda to discuss migration...

Kigali [Rwanda], March 19: SuellaBraverman, home secretary of the United Kingdom (UK), arrived in Rwanda on Saturday for a two-day...

Vaccine-derived poliovirus in Congo, Burundi

Vaccine-derived poliovirus in Congo, Burundi

Johannesburg [South Africa], March 19: Health officials in Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo have detected cases of vaccine-derived...

New Zealand to ban TikTok from lawmaker's phones

New Zealand to ban TikTok from lawmaker's phones

Wellington [New Zealand], March 19: New Zealand on Friday will follow other Western countries and ban the video-sharing app TikTok...

Pressure mounts on Netanyahu as protests enter 11th week

Pressure mounts on Netanyahu as protests enter 11th...

Tel Aviv [Israel], March 19: Thousands of people came out in force again on Saturday in Israel to protest the...

Tony Blair: Putin can't use Iraq as justification for Ukraine

Tony Blair: Putin can't use Iraq as justification...

London [UK], March 19: Former UK prime minister Tony Blair is by turns pensive and defiant as he reflects on...

Kyiv thanks UN, Turkey for 'sticking to' grain deal agreements

Kyiv thanks UN, Turkey for 'sticking to' grain...

Kyiv [Ukraine], March 19: Ukraine's infrastructure minister on Saturday thanked the United Nations and Turkey for adhering to the agreements...

Biden celebrates St Patrick's Day with Irish PM Varadkar

Biden celebrates St Patrick's Day with Irish PM...

Washington [US], March 19: US President Joe Biden and Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar painted the town green Friday, celebrating...

Finland on course to join NATO

Finland on course to join NATO

Ankara [Turkey], March 19: Turkish President RecepTayyip Erdogan ended months of diplomatically charged delays on Friday and asked parliament to...

Trump expects 'arrest', calls for protests

Trump expects 'arrest', calls for protests

Washington [US], March 19: Former US President Donald Trump said he expects to be "arrested" on Tuesday over hush money...

Int'l war crimes court issues arrest warrant for Putin

Int'l war crimes court issues arrest warrant for...

The Hague [Netherlands], March 19: The International Criminal Court on Friday announced an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin...

WHO: COVID poses similar threat to flu

WHO: COVID poses similar threat to flu

Geneva [Switzerland], March 19: The COVID-19 pandemic could settle down this year to a point where it poses a threat...

US leadership role in Middle East facing deep challenges

US leadership role in Middle East facing deep...

Washington [US], March 19: China's shock success at bringing Saudi Arabia and Iran together has challenged the United States' longstanding...

North Korea claims almost 800,000 have signed up to fight against US

North Korea claims almost 800,000 have signed up...

Pyongyang [North Korea], March 19: North Korea claims that about 800,000 of its citizens volunteered to join or reenlist in...

Temporary increase in egg, poultry prices aims to ensure balanced merchant-consumer relationship: Ministry of Economy

Temporary increase in egg, poultry prices aims to...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], March 19: The Ministry of Economy said that increasing prices of eggs and poultry products in the...

UAE Jiu-Jitsu Federation supports 'Bridges of Goodness' for quake-hit victims

UAE Jiu-Jitsu Federation supports 'Bridges of Goodness' for...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], March 19: The UAE Jiu-Jitsu Federation said the proceeds of registration in the Abu Dhabi World Professional...

Six-hit City power past Burnley into FA Cup Semi-finals

Six-hit City power past Burnley into FA Cup...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], March 19: ErlingHaaland hit a sixth hat-trick of the season with Julian Alvarez claiming a brace and...