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Shakhboot bin Nahyan tours warehouses of Emirati relief aid directed to Gaza Strip in Al Arish, Egypt

Shakhboot bin Nahyan tours warehouses of Emirati relief...

Al-Arish [Egypt], January 1: Sheikh Shakhboot bin Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of State, and the accompanying UAE delegation...

Israel launches missile attack near Aleppo int'l airport in N. Syria

Israel launches missile attack near Aleppo int'l airport...

Damascus [Syria], December 31: Israel launched a missile attack near the international airport of Aleppo city in northern Syria on...

EU members agree to lift air, maritime internal border controls with Bulgaria, Romania

EU members agree to lift air, maritime internal...

Brussels [Belgium], December 31: European Union (EU) member states reached a unanimous agreement on Saturday to eliminate air and maritime...

Sri Lanka receives highest monthly tourist arrivals in December in 4 years

Sri Lanka receives highest monthly tourist arrivals in...

Colombo [Sri Lanka], December 31: Tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka passed 200,000 in December, the highest number for a month...

6.4-magnitude earthquake hits off eastern Indonesia

6.4-magnitude earthquake hits off eastern Indonesia

Jakarta [Indonesia], December 31: A 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck off Indonesia's eastern province of Papua earlier Sunday, with no potential to...

Albania's ex-PM Berisha placed under house arrest in corruption probe

Albania's ex-PM Berisha placed under house arrest in...

Berlin [Germany], December 31: Albania's right-wing opposition leader, Sali Berisha, has been placed under house arrest following allegations of corruption...

US State Dept approves arms sale to Israel, bypassing Congress

US State Dept approves arms sale to Israel,...

Washington [US], December 31: The US State Department has approved the sale of further weapons to Israel worth millions of...

Death toll from Israeli strikes in Gaza Strip rises to 21,672

Death toll from Israeli strikes in Gaza Strip...

Gaza [Palestine], December 31: The death toll from Israeli strikes in the Gaza Strip has reached 21,672, and the number...

UN says 81 aid trucks entered Gaza, number 'inadequate'

UN says 81 aid trucks entered Gaza, number...

Gaza [Palestine], December 31: Eighty-one trucks carrying humanitarian aid entered the Gaza Strip through the Kerem Shalom and Rafah crossings...

Eurostar trains cancelled due to UK tunnel floods

Eurostar trains cancelled due to UK tunnel floods

London [UK], December 31: British authorities announced Saturday the cancellation of Eurostar trains linking London to French, Belgian and Dutch...

Russia says seeking UN Security Council meeting on Belgorod

Russia says seeking UN Security Council meeting on...

Moscow [Russia], December 31: Russia on Saturday requested a meeting of the United Nations Security Council to discuss what it...

Xi urges Chinese envoys to create 'diplomatic iron army'

Xi urges Chinese envoys to create 'diplomatic iron...

Beijing [China], December 31: Chinese President Xi Jinping urged Chinese ambassadors to forge a "diplomatic iron army" loyal to the...

Massive waves on California coast cause flooding

Massive waves on California coast cause flooding

California [US], December 31: Coastal communities in California faced another day of towering waves and possible flooding as officials issued...

McDonald's Malaysia sues Israel boycott movement for $1 million in damages

McDonald's Malaysia sues Israel boycott movement for $1...

Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], December 31: McDonald's Malaysia has sued a movement promoting boycotts against Israel for "false and defamatory statements"...

Russia says 20 dead after 'indiscriminate' Ukrainian strikes on Belgorod

Russia says 20 dead after 'indiscriminate' Ukrainian strikes...

Moscow [Russia], December 31: Russia said 20 people including two children had been killed and 111 injured in "indiscriminate" Ukrainian...

Palestinian economy hard hit by Israeli aggression in 2023

Palestinian economy hard hit by Israeli aggression in...

Ramallah [Palestine], December 31: Palestinian economy was hard hit by the Israeli aggression which started on October 7 and has...

Sharjah takes part in honouring Historical Lexicon

Sharjah takes part in honouring Historical Lexicon

Cairo [Egypt], December 31: On December 18, the Sharjah Arabic Language Academy (ALA) participated in an event organised by the...

RAK Ruler attends conclusion of Mohamed bin Zayed Festival for Arabian Purebred Camel Racing

RAK Ruler attends conclusion of Mohamed bin Zayed...

Ras al-Khaimah [UAE], December 31: H.H. Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Ras Al...

At least 2 inmates killed, 6 injured in Uruguayan prison fire

At least 2 inmates killed, 6 injured in...

Montevideo [Uruguay], December 30: At least two inmates were killed and six others injured after prisoners started a fire...

Qatar presents new initiative to end Israel-Hamas conflict

Qatar presents new initiative to end Israel-Hamas conflict

Gaza [Palestine], December 30: Qatar has proposed a new deal to end Israel's offensive on the Gaza Strip and...

Türkiye announces destruction of 16 Kurdish militant targets in N. Iraq

Türkiye announces destruction of 16 Kurdish militant targets...

Ankara [Turkey], December 30: The Turkish forces on Friday carried out cross-border airstrikes against the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in...

Italy's lower house approves 28-bln-euro 2024 budget

Italy's lower house approves 28-bln-euro 2024 budget

Rome [Italy], December 30: Italy's lower house passed the new budget law on Friday, providing a definitive green light to...

Poliovirus detected from parts of Pakistan: health ministry

Poliovirus detected from parts of Pakistan: health ministry

Islamabad [Pakistan], December 30: Polioviruses have been detected in the environmental samples from four districts in Pakistan, according to the...

1,432 Bangladeshis killed in work-related incidents in 2023

1,432 Bangladeshis killed in work-related incidents in 2023

Dhaka [Bangladesh], December 30: A total of 1,432 workers were killed in Bangladesh due to different occupational accidents in 2023,...

Biden urges Congress to take urgent action on security aid to Ukraine

Biden urges Congress to take urgent action on...

Washington [US], December 30: US President Joe Biden reiterated the call for the Congress to pass "without any further delay"...

Maine elections official disqualifies Trump from presidential primary ballot

Maine elections official disqualifies Trump from presidential primary...

Washington [US], December 30: Maine disqualified Donald Trump from the state ballot in next year's U.S. presidential primary election, becoming...

Russia's biggest air attack of war kills 31 in Ukraine

Russia's biggest air attack of war kills 31...

Moscow [Russia], December 30: Russia unleashed its biggest air attack of the war on Ukraine, killing 31 civilians, wounding more...