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Hamas condemns Israeli strike on Gaza's residential building

Hamas condemns Israeli strike on Gaza's residential building

Gaza [Palestine], September 6: Hamas on Friday denounced the Israeli airstrike on a residential building in Gaza City and accused...

Iraq foils major human smuggling attempts, arrests 194 migrants

Iraq foils major human smuggling attempts, arrests 194...

Baghdad [Iraq], September 6: Iraq's National Security Service (INSS) said on Friday it had foiled two major attempts to smuggle...

Lebanese cabinet endorses army strategy to curb Hezbollah arms, supporters vow resistance

Lebanese cabinet endorses army strategy to curb Hezbollah...

Beirut [Lebanon], September 6: Lebanon's government on Friday endorsed an army plan to disarm Hezbollah and place all weapons under...

Egypt condemns Netanyahu remarks on possible Palestinian displacement via Rafah crossing

Egypt condemns Netanyahu remarks on possible Palestinian displacement...

Cairo [Egypt], September 6: Egypt on Friday condemned remarks by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu suggesting Palestinians could be displaced...

Israeli army kills Palestinian man at West Bank checkpoint

Israeli army kills Palestinian man at West Bank...

Jerusalem [Israel], September 6: Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian man at a military checkpoint in the northern West Bank...

Putin says foreign troops in Ukraine would be legitimate targets

Putin says foreign troops in Ukraine would be...

Kyiv [Ukraine], September 6: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday thousands of foreign troops could be deployed to his...

China's Xi seeks closer coordination with Kim

China's Xi seeks closer coordination with Kim

Beijing [China], September 6: Chinese leader Xi Jinping and North Korea's Kim Jong Un have pledged to deepen strategic coordination...

UAE President, Sultan of Oman discuss bilateral ties, regional developments in phone call

UAE President, Sultan of Oman discuss bilateral ties,...

Dubai [UAE], September 6: UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan today held a phone call with...

UN says lives at risk without urgent support after Afghanistan quake

UN says lives at risk without urgent support...

New York [UAE], September 6: In statement on Afghanistan, Tom Fletcher, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, warned...

Canada's trade deficit shrinks to $4.9 bn in July

Canada's trade deficit shrinks to $4.9 bn in...

Ottawa [Canada], September 6: Canada's trade deficit narrowed in July as overall exports rose, especially driven by outbound shipments of...

UAE expresses solidarity with Nigeria; offers condolences over victims of capsized boat

UAE expresses solidarity with Nigeria; offers condolences over...

Dubai [UAE], September 6: The United Arab Emirates expressed its solidarity with the Federal Republic of Nigeria after a boat...

Google hit with €2.95 bn by EU in antitrust fine

Google hit with €2.95 bn by EU in...

Brussels [Belgium], September 6: The European Commission has fined Google €2.95 billion for abusing its dominant position in the advertising...

Mpox outbreak no longer global emergency, says WHO

Mpox outbreak no longer global emergency, says WHO

Geneva [Switzerland], September 6: After more than a year, the World Health Organisation (WHO) today announced the end of the...

Lammy named UK's new Deputy PM in cabinet reshuffle

Lammy named UK's new Deputy PM in cabinet...

London [UK], September 6: Following the resignation of Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has initiated...

Egypt welcomes AL's adoption of resolution on joint vision for regional security

Egypt welcomes AL's adoption of resolution on joint...

Cairo [Egypt], September 6: Egypt Friday commended the Arab League Council's adoption of the resolution titled "A Joint Vision for...

Arab FMs affirm support for Lebanon's sovereignty; call for exclusive state control of weapons

Arab FMs affirm support for Lebanon's sovereignty; call...

Cairo [Egypt], September 6: The Council of the Arab League of, at the level of foreign ministers, concluded its 164th...

Pan-Arab condemnation of Israeli plans for Palestinian displacement

Pan-Arab condemnation of Israeli plans for Palestinian displacement

Dubai [UAE], September 6: Arab countries today strongly condemned statements attributed to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu regarding the displacement...

Washington DC sues Trump administration over National Guard deployment

Washington DC sues Trump administration over National Guard...

Washington [US], September 5: Washington DC has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration over the deployment of National Guard...

Kim Jong-un declares that North Korea will always support China's interests

Kim Jong-un declares that North Korea will always...

Pyongyang [North Korea], September 5: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has told Chinese President Xi Jinping that Pyongyang's support for...

Former US President Biden has skin cancer surgery

Former US President Biden has skin cancer surgery

Washington [US], September 5: Former US President Joe Biden's spokesman said Mr Biden recently underwent Mohs surgery - a medical...

US accuses Venezuela of sending 2 F-16 fighter jets to fly near US warship amid tensions

US accuses Venezuela of sending 2 F-16 fighter...

Washington [US], September 5: The US Department of Defense announced late on September 4 that two Venezuelan military aircraft flew...

One killed and at least six injured in mass stabbing in Canada

One killed and at least six injured in...

Ottawa [Canada], September 5: One person has died and at least six others have been injured in a mass stabbing...

26 nations vow to give Ukraine postwar security guarantees, Macron says

26 nations vow to give Ukraine postwar security...

Paris [France], September 5: Twenty-six nations have pledged to provide postwar security guarantees to Ukraine, which will include an international...

Ebola outbreak kills 15 in DR Congo

Ebola outbreak kills 15 in DR Congo

Kinshasa [Democratic Republic of Congo], September 5: At least 15 people have died in a new outbreak of the Ebola...

Nepal to block some social media including Facebook

Nepal to block some social media including Facebook

Kathmandu [Nepal], September 5: Nepal said on Thursday it would block access to several social media platforms, including Facebook, after...

Portugal investigates crash on historic Lisbon funicular that killed 16

Portugal investigates crash on historic Lisbon funicular that...

Lisbon [Portugal], September 5: Portuguese authorities were investigating on Thursday what caused a Lisbon funicular railway popular with tourists to...

Malaysia pushes TikTok for age verification to protect minors

Malaysia pushes TikTok for age verification to protect...

Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], September 5: Malaysia has urged the video-sharing platform TikTok to implement age verification for users after summoning...