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UMEX and SimTEX 2024 agenda announced

UMEX and SimTEX 2024 agenda announced

Abu Dhabi [UAE], January 20: Under the patronage of H.H. Sheikh Hazza bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Ruler of Abu...

UAE President receives phone call from Ukrainian President

UAE President receives phone call from Ukrainian President

Abu Dhabi [UAE], January 20: President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan received a phone call today...

Abu Dhabi's 'Falcon Economy' in the limelight at WEF 2024 in Davos

Abu Dhabi's 'Falcon Economy' in the limelight at...

Davos [Switzerland], January 20: The Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development (ADDED) led the Emirate's official economic delegation to the...

13 dead in central China school dormitory fire

13 dead in central China school dormitory fire

Zhengzhou [China], January 20: Thirteen people have been confirmed dead in a fire that took place in a school...

6.4-magnitude quake hits Tonga

6.4-magnitude quake hits Tonga

Suva [Fiji], January 19: An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.4 jolted 125 km NW of Fangale'ounga, Tonga, at 11:12...

5.4-magnitude earthquake hits central Indonesia

5.4-magnitude earthquake hits central Indonesia

Jakarta [Indonesia], January 19: A 5.4-magnitude earthquake struck Central Sulawesi province in central Indonesia on Friday morning, the country's Meteorological,...

Emergency situation declared for flooding in northern Australia

Emergency situation declared for flooding in northern Australia

Canberra [Australia], January 19: An emergency situation has been declared and remote communities evacuated in Australia's Northern Territory (NT) amid...

Japan's core consumer prices rise 2.3 pct in December

Japan's core consumer prices rise 2.3 pct in...

Tokyo [Japan], January 19: Japan's core consumer prices were up 2.3 percent in December from a year earlier, the government...

Indonesia allows Boeing 737 Max 9 planes to fly again after checks

Indonesia allows Boeing 737 Max 9 planes to...

Jakarta [Indonesia], January 19: Three Boeing 737 Max 9 planes belonging to Indonesia's budget airline Lion Air have been allowed...

Ukraine, Russia both report new airstrikes

Ukraine, Russia both report new airstrikes

Moscow [Russia], January 19: Both Ukraine and Russia again reported numerous airstrikes on their territory during the night and in...

Iraqi premier says ending US-led alliance role necessary for stability

Iraqi premier says ending US-led alliance role necessary...

Baghdad [Iraq], January 19: Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed al-Sudani on Thursday pushed for an end to the contested presence of...

At least nine killed in suspected Jordanian strikes on Syria: Activists

At least nine killed in suspected Jordanian strikes...

Beirut [Lebanon], January 19: At least nine people were killed, including women and children, in suspected Jordanian air strikes in...

Difficult problem in the Middle East

Difficult problem in the Middle East

Tel Aviv [Israel], January 19: Efforts to contain widespread conflicts in the Middle East are at a deadlock because the...

The US Congress narrowly helped the government escape the risk of shutdown

The US Congress narrowly helped the government escape...

Washington [US], January 19: The US House of Representatives has passed a bill to temporarily fund the federal government through...

Mr. Trump retains the right to run for office in Washington, the Democratic Party may be investigated

Mr. Trump retains the right to run for...

Washington [US], January 19: A judge in Washington state (USA) rejected the petition to remove former President Trump's name from...

Pentagon: US is not at war with Houthi

Pentagon: US is not at war with Houthi

Washington [US], January 19: The Pentagon declared that the US is not at war with the Houthi forces in Yemen,...

North Korea tested nuclear weapons in response to the South Korea-US-Japan military exercise

North Korea tested nuclear weapons in response to...

Seoul [South Korea], January 19: The Democratic People's Republic of Korea conducted an underwater nuclear weapons system test to protest...

Deeper the Vietnam - Hungary comprehensive partnership

Deeper the Vietnam - Hungary comprehensive partnership

Hanoi [Vietnam], January 19: On the afternoon of January 18 (local time), Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his wife...

'Lack of urgency' led to failed response to Uvalde shooting

'Lack of urgency' led to failed response to...

Texas [US], January 19: Chaos and a "lack of urgency" plagued the police response to the deadly 2022 mass shooting...

US strikes on Houthis in Yemen have not stopped Red Sea attacks

US strikes on Houthis in Yemen have not...

Washington [US], January 19: US President Joe Biden says strikes on the Houthis in Yemen have not stopped the group's...

Israeli troops push deep into Gaza's southern city of Khan Younis

Israeli troops push deep into Gaza's southern city...

Tel Aviv [Israel], January 19: Israel says its troops have reached the southernmost area of Khan Younis, as they expand...

Netanyahu publicly rejects US push for Palestinian state

Netanyahu publicly rejects US push for Palestinian state

Tel Aviv [Israel], January 19: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he has told the United States that he opposes...

Head of Russian region denounces 'traitors' after rare protest

Head of Russian region denounces 'traitors' after rare...

Moscow [Russia], January 19: The head of one of Russia's biggest ethnically mixed republics accused what he called extremists and...

NATO to hold biggest drills since Cold War with 90,000 troops

NATO to hold biggest drills since Cold War...

Moscow [Russia], January 19: NATO is launching its largest exercise since the Cold War.

Four Palestinians killed in Israeli drone strike in West Bank

Four Palestinians killed in Israeli drone strike in...

Tel Aviv [Israel], January 18: Four people have been killed in an Israeli army operation in the town of Tulkarm...

Iran to join South Africa's suit against Israel as third party

Iran to join South Africa's suit against Israel...

Tehran [Iran], January 18: Iran is preparing documents to participate as a third party in the process initiated by South...

Aid headed into Gaza after Israel-Hamas deal

Aid headed into Gaza after Israel-Hamas deal

Gaza Border [Israel], January 18: Humanitarian aid for the besieged Gaza Strip has been shipped under a deal brokered between...