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US pledges $85m for Turkey-Syria earthquake relief

US pledges $85m for Turkey-Syria earthquake relief

Washinton [US], February 11: The top humanitarian aid agency in the US government has pledged $85m (£70m) in urgent life-saving...

Turkey-Syria earthquake: 15 homes, just three survivors

Turkey-Syria earthquake: 15 homes, just three survivors

Kahramanmaras [Turkey], February 11: On an indistinct mound of rubble in southern Turkey is an uncannily well-preserved window frame with...

Biden believes that the Chinese bubble was not a major security threat to the US

Biden believes that the Chinese bubble was not...

Washington [US], February 11: US President Joseph Biden said today that the Chinese balloon, which this country considers to be...

Vladimir Putin awards science and innovation prizes

Vladimir Putin awards science and innovation prizes

Moscow [Russia], February 11: Vladimir Putin awarded science and innovation prizes. The event coincides with Russian Science Day on 8...

International Property Show to focus on investment opportunities

International Property Show to focus on investment opportunities

Dubai [UAE], February 11: Under the patronage of Dubai Land Department (DLD), the 19th edition of the International Property Show...

Emirati squad saves a child and a guy 120 hours after Türkiye earthquake

Emirati squad saves a child and a guy...

Kahramanmaraş[Turkey], February 11: Emirati search and rescue squads succeeded in saving two people in Türkiye as part of the UAE's...

OPEC Fund supports critical infrastructure in Africa with $50m loan

OPEC Fund supports critical infrastructure in Africa with...

Vienna [Austria], February 11: The OPEC Fund for International Development (the OPEC Fund) and Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) have signed...

Zimbabwe's capital suspends potable water production because of chemical shortages

Zimbabwe's capital suspends potable water production because of...

Harare [Zimbabwe], February 10: Zimbabwe's capital city Harare announced Thursday that it had stopped producing potable water on Wednesday midnight...

More than 70 killed after clashes in Africa's Somaliland

More than 70 killed after clashes in Africa's...

Mogadishu [Somalia], February 10: The death toll has risen to at least 74, with about 200 injured, in the latest...

Moscow accuses US of poaching young Russians amid brain drain

Moscow accuses US of poaching young Russians amid...

Moscow [Russia], February 10: Amid rising tensions with the West, Russia has accused the United States of luring young, educated...

Poland shuts border crossing with Belarus after verdict on journalist

Poland shuts border crossing with Belarus after verdict...

Warsaw [Poland], February 10: Following the sentencing of a Polish journalist in Belarus, Poland has shut its Bobrowniki border crossing...

WHO warns of severe cholera outbreak in Malawi, with 1,200 deaths

WHO warns of severe cholera outbreak in Malawi,...

Cape Town [South Africa], February 10:Malawi is in the midst of the deadliest cholera outbreak in its history, according to...

Burt Bacharach, one of pop's greatest songwriters, dies at 94

Burt Bacharach, one of pop's greatest songwriters, dies...

London [UK], February 10: Burt Bacharach, the composer of classic pop songs including "I Say A Little Prayer" and "Walk...

North Korea unveils 'record' number of ICBMs at military parade

North Korea unveils 'record' number of ICBMs at...

Seoul [South Korea], February 10: North Korea's Kim Jong Un oversaw a major military parade showcasing a record number of...

Row over West Bank outpost exposes Zionist entity's cabinet split

Row over West Bank outpost exposes Zionist entity's...

Jerusalem [Israel] , February 10: Cracks have emerged within Zionist Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's hardline government, with a row over...

Zelensky rallies European allies

Zelensky rallies European allies

Brussels [Belgium], February 10: Ukraine's President VolodymyrZelensky received a hero's welcome to Brussels on Thursday as he lobbied star-struck EU...

'Opportunity' for Syria's Assad in quake outreach

'Opportunity' for Syria's Assad in quake outreach

Dubai [UAE], February 10: Syria's politically isolated President Bashar Al-Assad has received calls and aid from Arab leaders since a...

UK PM Sunak donates hats and scarves for quake effort

UK PM Sunak donates hats and scarves for...

London [UK], February 10: The UK prime minister has donated hats, scarves and blankets to survivors of the earthquake.

Cold, hunger, despair grip homeless as Turkey-Syria earthquake toll passes 19,000

Cold, hunger, despair grip homeless as Turkey-Syria earthquake...

Hatay [Turkey], February 10:Cold, hunger and despair gripped hundreds of thousands of people left homeless after the earthquakes that struck...

Thousands offer to adopt baby pulled from the rubble

Thousands offer to adopt baby pulled from the...

Damascus [Syria], February 10: Thousands of people have offered to adopt the baby girl who was born under the rubble...

Death toll climbs above 20,000 after Turkey-Syria earthquake

Death toll climbs above 20,000 after Turkey-Syria earthquake

Ankara [Turkey], February 10: The total death toll from the earthquakes that struck southwest Turkey and northern Syria on Monday...

Europe is Ukraine's 'home,' Zelensky tells EU lawmakers in emotional address

Europe is Ukraine's 'home,' Zelensky tells EU lawmakers...

Brussels [Belgium], February 10: Ukrainian President VolodymyrZelensky made a heartfelt appeal to lawmakers in Brussels on Thursday to allow his...

Aldar posts net profit of AED3.1bn in 2022

Aldar posts net profit of AED3.1bn in 2022

Abu Dhabi [UAE], February 10: Aldar Properties reported an 35 percent increase in net profit to AED3.1 billion for the...

Bunkering supply operations saw 30% growth in 2022: DMCA Executive Director

Bunkering supply operations saw 30% growth in 2022:...

Dubai [UAE], February 10: Sheikh Saeed bin Ahmed bin Khalifa Al Maktoum, Executive Director of the Dubai Maritime City Authority...

Hope Probe to move to new Mars orbit and observe Deimos

Hope Probe to move to new Mars orbit...

Dubai [UAE], February 10: The Emirates Mars Mission 'Hope Probe', the first Arab-led planetary exploration mission, is transitioning to a...

Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships to feature 18 of world's top 20 female players

Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships to feature 18...

Dubai [UAE], February 10: The world's best female tennis players will line up 10 days from now to contest the...

UN says 8.3 mln people require humanitarian aid in Somalia

UN says 8.3 mln people require humanitarian aid...

Mogadishu [Somalia], February 9: More than 8.3 million people require humanitarian assistance in Somalia where significant segments of the population...