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Somalia accuses Ethiopia of seeking to annex Somaliland
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], February 19: Somalia accused Ethiopia on Saturday of trying to annex part of the country's territory by...

UAE, Jordan discuss strengthening parliamentary cooperation
Amman [Jordan], February 19: Speaker of the Jordanian Lower House of Parliament, Ahmed Safadi and Speaker of the UAE...

SCC discusses cooperation with Police Research Centre
Sharjah [UAE], February 19: The Sharjah Consultative Council (SCC) has discussed with the Police Research Centre at the Sharjah Police...

Saqr Ghobash meets with Acting President of Jordanian...
Amman [Jordan], February 19: Saqr Ghobash, Speaker of the Federal National Council (FNC), met with Dr. Abdullah Ensour, Acting President...

World Police Summit addresses contemporary challenges through knowledge...
Dubai [UAE], February 19: Rudy Perez, Assistant Chief of Police at the City of Golden Valley, MN, US, said that...

Ethiopian PM urges international financial reform for developing...
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], February 18: Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Saturday called for reforms to the international financial system...

Orban says president's resignation "correct"
Budapest [Hungary], February 18: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said President Katalin Novak's resignation was "correct" in his state of...

Jailed former Thai PM Thaksin released on parole
Bangkok [Thailand], February 18: Thailand's convicted former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra was released on parole on Sunday, six months after...

We need to act now to stop Putin,...
Munich [Germany], February 18: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has called on his country's allies to ramp up support in the...

Germany's Scholz calls on Israel to obey international...
Munich [Germany], February 18: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz made an usually direct call for Israel to comply with international humanitarian...

Trump must pay more than $350mn in New...
New York [US], February 18: Former US president Donald Trump has been ordered to pay a fine of more than...

Progress toward Palestinian state more urgent: Blinken
Munich [Germany], February 18: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken reiterated that a two-state solution with an independent Palestinian state...

Taliban reject participation in Doha meet, citing unmet...
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 18: Afghanistan's de facto authorities on Saturday announced that Kabul will not participate in the upcoming Doha...

Dozens detained in Russia as Navalny family seek...
Moscow [Russia], February 18: Alexei Navalny's supporters on Saturday accused Russian authorities of being "killers" who were "covering their tracks"...

Surging cocaine violence has Uruguay clamoring for DEA...
Montevideo [Uruguay], February 18: Uruguay's main port received two cargo scanners sixteen years ago to detect drugs and other suspicious...

Magnitude 5.0 earthquake shakes Mexico resort town Acapulco
Mexico City [Mexico], February 18: A magnitude 5.0 earthquake hit near the Mexican resort town of Acapulco on the Pacific...

Netanyahu dismisses election calls as thousands protest in...
Tel Aviv [Israel], February 18: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday dismissed the idea of holding early elections, while thousands...

Ukraine withdraws from Avdiivka, Putin hails 'important victory'
Moscow [Russia], February 18: Russian President Vladimir Putin called the capture of Avdiivka "an important victory" after Ukraine's military chief...

Australian authorities say more Sydney schools tainted with...
Canberra [Australia], February 18: An asbestos contamination in Sydney widened on Sunday, with authorities saying the toxic material had been...

Senegal: Will election delay U-turn appease protesters?
Dakar [Senegal], February 18: Senegalese President Macky Sall had announced the delay on February 3, just one day before the...

Hamas chief blames cease-fire stalemate on Israel
Gaza [Palestine], February 18: Ismail Haniyeh, the leader of the Palestinian group Hamas, blamed the current lack of progress in...

DEWA received 6,235 innovative ideas from its employees...
Dubai [UAE], February 18: Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) received 6,235 innovative ideas in 2023 through the Afkari internal...

UAE expresses solidarity with Philippines and offers condolences...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], February 18: The UAE has expressed its sincere condolences and solidarity with the Republic of the Philippines...

Hamed bin Zayed crowns winner of UAE President's...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], February 18: Under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice President, Deputy...

Second UAE aid ship arrives at Al Arish...
Al-Arish [Egypt], February 18: The second UAE aid ship carrying 4,544 tonnes of humanitarian supplies arrived at the Port of...

Libya deports 147 illegal immigrants to Nigeria: IOM
Tripoli [Libya], February 17: The International Organization for Migration (IOM) on Friday said 147 illegal migrants were recently voluntarily deported...

Nigerian president appointed AU champion for healthcare
Abuja [Nigeria], February 17: Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has been appointed as the African Union (AU) Champion for Human Resources...