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Over 57,000 new investors flocked to Dubai Financial Market in 2023, driving 12.5% growth in new accounts

Over 57,000 new investors flocked to Dubai Financial...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], January 2: Brokerage firms at the Dubai Financial Market (DFM) opened 57,054 new investor accounts in 2023,...

Egyptian Navy receives German-made MEKO-A200 frigate

Egyptian Navy receives German-made MEKO-A200 frigate

Cairo [Egypt], January 1: The Egyptian naval forces received on Sunday a new German-made MEKO-A200 frigate at a base in...

Iran, Britain discuss Red Sea tension

Iran, Britain discuss Red Sea tension

Tehran [Iran], January 1: Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and his British counterpart David Cameron on Sunday exchanged views on...

Turkish medical group warns of flu epidemic, urging use of masks

Turkish medical group warns of flu epidemic, urging...

Istanbul [Turkey], January 1: The Turkish Medical Association has recently warned about the potential escalation of a flu epidemic across...

Malta gov't promises more reforms to curb inflation in 2024: PM

Malta gov't promises more reforms to curb inflation...

Valletta [Malta], January 1: Malta's Prime Minister Robert Abela on Sunday pledged more measures to tackle inflation in 2024 as...

2 dead in Philippine capital house fire

2 dead in Philippine capital house fire

Manila [Philippines], January 1: Two people died due to a house fire in Taguig City in Metro Manila on Sunday,...

Sri Lanka faces challenges to achieve economic stability in 2024: president

Sri Lanka faces challenges to achieve economic stability...

Colombo [Sri Lanka], January 1: Sri Lanka must continue to forge ahead on a demanding path with formidable challenges in...

Singaporean PM calls for full support for new leadership in 2024

Singaporean PM calls for full support for new...

Singapore, January 1: Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Sunday called on Singaporeans to give Lawrence Wong and his...

Ukraine's Kharkiv sees new attacks; death toll up in Russian city

Ukraine's Kharkiv sees new attacks; death toll up...

Kiev [Ukraine], January 1: The eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv again became the target of overnight Russian attacks, two days...

Israel detains Palestinians in renewed West Bank raids

Israel detains Palestinians in renewed West Bank raids

Gaza [Palestine], January 1: Israeli forces have arrested at least four Palestinians and wounded 17 others after conducting nightlong raids...

Bombardment destroyed 70% of Gaza homes

Bombardment destroyed 70% of Gaza homes

Gaza [Palestine], January 1: Israel's relentless bombardment of Gaza for nearly three months has destroyed 70 percent of the homes...

Eurostar resumes rail services after flood disruptions

Eurostar resumes rail services after flood disruptions

London [UK], January 1: International rail operator Eurostar cancelled 41 trains scheduled for Saturday due to tunnel flooding in England.

Russia says seeking UN Security Council meeting on Belgorod

Russia says seeking UN Security Council meeting on...

Moscow [Russia], January 1: Russia on Saturday requested a meeting of the United Nations Security Council to discuss what it...

Denmark's Queen Margrethe II announces surprise abdication

Denmark's Queen Margrethe II announces surprise abdication

Copenhagen [Denmark], January 1: Denmark's popular Queen Margrethe II, Europe's longest-serving monarch, said Sunday that she would abdicate on January...

US appeals court allows California to bar guns in most public places

US appeals court allows California to bar guns...

Washington [US], January 1: A federal appeals court on Saturday cleared the way for a California law that bans the...

Israel seeks full control of Gaza-Egypt border, Netanyahu says

Israel seeks full control of Gaza-Egypt border, Netanyahu...

Jerusalem [Israel], January 1: Israel must take full control of the Gaza Strip border corridor with Egypt to ensure a...

US sinks 3 ships, kills 10 after Houthi Red Sea attack

US sinks 3 ships, kills 10 after Houthi...

Washington [US], January 1: U.S. helicopters repelled an attack by Iran-backed Houthi militants on a Maersk (MAERSKb.CO) container vessel in...

Shakhboot bin Nahyan officially opens UAE desalination plants in Rafah, Egypt, to pump water to residents of Gaza

Shakhboot bin Nahyan officially opens UAE desalination plants...

Rafah [Gaza Strip], January 1: In implementation to the directives of President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan,...

Abu Dhabi's New Year celebrations create unprecedented hospitality demand

Abu Dhabi's New Year celebrations create unprecedented hospitality...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], January 1: The hospitality sector in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi is witnessing record levels of occupancy...

Saud bin Saqr receives Norwegian ambassador

Saud bin Saqr receives Norwegian ambassador

Ras al-Khaimah [UAE], January 1: H.H. Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Ras Al...

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...