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'COP29 must be stand-and-deliver COP': Simon Stiell
Bonn [Germany], October 20: As over a trillion dollars was invested in climate action last year globally, a UN official...
Prabowo Subianto takes oath as eighth president of...
Jakarta [Indonesia], October 20: Prabowo Subianto was inaugurated Sunday as the eighth president of the world's most populous Muslim-majority nation,...
At least 7 dead in Georgia dock collapse...
Atlanta (Georgia) [US], October 20: At least seven people were killed after part of a boat dock collapsed, sending at...
Pandemic Fund allocates US$418 million for second round...
Washington [US], October 20: Concluding its second funding round, the Pandemic Fund's Governing Board approved US$418 million in new grants...
Arsenal lose 0-2 in PL
London [UK], October 20: Arsenal lost 2-0 away to Bournemouth in the Premier League on Saturday evening, playing the final...
Emirates National Schools participate in Central Asian Universities...
Tashkent [Uzbekistan], October 20: Emirates National Schools recently participated in the Central Asian Universities Forum and Strategic Education Partners Meeting...
36 killed, 204 wounded in Israeli raids on...
Beirut [Lebanon], October 20: The Lebanese Ministry of Health announced that Israeli raids on various areas in Lebanon over the...
Iran condemns airstrikes by U.S., Britain on Yemen
Tehran [Iran], October 19: Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei on Friday strongly condemned airstrikes by the United States and...
Iranian president extends condolences for Hamas leader's death
Tehran [Iran], October 19: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Friday expressed condolences for the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar,...
Yemen's Houthis claim drone attack on ship in...
Sanaa [Yemen], October 19: Yemen's Houthi group announced in a statement on Friday that they used bomb-laden drones to attack...
At least 33 Palestinians killed by Israeli airstrike...
Gaza [Palestine], October 19: At least 33 Palestinians were killed on Friday evening by an Israeli airstrike on the Jabalia...
U.S.-British coalition launches airstrikes on Yemen's Hodeidah: Houthi...
Sanaa [Yemen] October 19: Warplanes of the U.S.-British coalition launched two airstrikes on Yemen's port city of Hodeidah late Friday...
Russia and Ukraine swap prisoners of war
Kyiv [Ukraine], October 19: Russia and Ukraine have each swapped 95 prisoners of war with the United Arab Emirates acting...
N.Korean troops in Russia 'ready for combat in...
Pyongyang [North Korea], October 19: North Korea has shipped 1500 special forces troops to Russia's far east for training and...
Harris, Trump spar over who has stamina to...
Washington [US], October 19: Kamala Harris has raised questions about Donald Trump's physical stamina to serve effectively as president as...
Russia returns remains of 500 soldiers to Ukraine
Moscow [Russia], October 19: Russia has returned to Ukraine the bodies of 501 soldiers, Ukrainian authorities say, in what appears...
Nepal's former home minister arrested over alleged cooperative...
Kathmandu [Nepal], October 19: Nepal's former deputy prime minister and home minister Rabi Lamichhane was arrested on Friday evening over...
Man detained in Tokyo after throwing apparent firebombs...
Tokyo [Japan], October 19: A man was arrested in Tokyo after throwing what appeared to be Molotov cocktails at the...
Philippines Vice President criticizes President for 'lacking leadership...
Manila [Philippines], October 19: Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte on October 18 harshly attacked President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., saying he...
Gazans praise Hamas leader's final act against Israel
Ramallah [Palestine], October 19: Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, the architect of the deadly attack by Hamas gunmen on southern Israel...
WTO announces agenda for COP29 in Baku
Baku [Azerbaijan], October 19: The WTO Secretariat, led by Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, will once again have a presence at the...
International law obligates Israel to end occupation, says...
Geneva [Switzerland], October 19: All countries and international organisations, including the United Nations, have obligations under international law to bring...
Guterres submits report of investigation into death of...
New York [US], October 19: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has submitted an updated report to the President of the...
190 captives released following ninth UAE mediation between...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], October 19: The UAE has successfully mediated a new exchange of captives between the Russian Federation...
Trump blames Ukraine's Zelenskiy for starting war with...
New York [US], October 18: Donald Trump blamed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy for helping start that nation's war with Russia.
After Sinwar death, Biden faces big obstacles
New York [US], October 18: Joe Biden is expected to use Israel's killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar to pressure...
UN seeks probe into reported mass killing of...
Geneva [Switzerland], October 18: The United Nations' mission in Afghanistan called for an investigation into reports that a large group...