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Indonesia to start oil, Gas exploration in Papua

Indonesia to start oil, Gas exploration in Papua

Jakarta [Indonesia], September 21: The Indonesian government has set to explore oil and gas resources in Warim block, Papua province,...

Tajik president calls for more int'l aid for Afghanistan

Tajik president calls for more int'l aid for...

United Nations, September 21: Tajik President EmomaliRahmon on Wednesday called on the international community to provide more humanitarian aid for...

Riyadh hails 'positive results' of peace talks with Yemeni rebels

Riyadh hails 'positive results' of peace talks with...

Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], September 21: Saudi Arabia on Wednesday hailed what it called "positive results" from talks with a visiting...

Humanitarian situation in Libya's flood areas 'critical'

Humanitarian situation in Libya's flood areas 'critical'

Tripoli [Libya], September 21: The humanitarian situation in the flood-hit areas in eastern Libya is "quite critical at the moment"...

France refuses to take in migrants from Lampedusa

France refuses to take in migrants from Lampedusa

Paris [France],September 21: France's Interior Minister GeraldDarmanin said on Tuesday that the country would not take in migrants who arrived...

Iranian President Raisi defends domestic nuclear programme

Iranian President Raisi defends domestic nuclear programme

New York [US], September 21: Iranian President EbrahimRaisi defended the country's nuclear programme during the UN General Assembly in...

Climate crisis has 'opened the gates to hell': UN chief

Climate crisis has 'opened the gates to hell':...

United Nations, September 21: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday told world leaders humanity's addiction to fossil fuels had "opened...

Women violating dress code to face 10 years jail in Iran

Women violating dress code to face 10 years...

Tehran [Iran], September 21: Iranian women who flout the strict Islamic dress code mandating head coverings and modest clothing would...

Charles III welcomed in France for first visit as king

Charles III welcomed in France for first visit...

Paris [France], September 21: King Charles III on Wednesday embarked on his first state visit to France as monarch, a...

Maui fire lawsuit blames landowners for wild grass growth

Maui fire lawsuit blames landowners for wild grass...

Hawaii [US], September 21: The father of a woman who died in the Hawaii wildfires last month has launched a...

'Stop the war' and Zelenskiy need not speak

'Stop the war' and Zelenskiy need not speak

New York [US], September 21: It was to be Ukrainian President VolodomyrZelenskiy's first in- person appearance at a U.N. Security...

US Fed leaves rates unchanged

US Fed leaves rates unchanged

Washington [US], September 21: The US Federal Reserve unanimously voted today to hold its overnight interest rates unchanged at 5.25...

Led by His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed, the UAE delegation continues its meetings during the second day of high-level week of the 78th Session of the United Nations General Assembly

Led by His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed,...

New York [US], September 21: On the second day of the high-level week of the 78th Session of the...

Germany bans neo-Nazi group Hammerskins

Germany bans neo-Nazi group Hammerskins

Berlin [Germany], September 20: Germany has banned the right-wing extremist group Hammerskins, the Ministry of the Interior (BMI) announced on...

Spate of gang killings across Sweden sparks gov't crisis meeting

Spate of gang killings across Sweden sparks gov't...

Stockholm [Sweden], September 20: The Swedish government called a crisis meeting on Tuesday due to an escalation of gang violence...

Finnish gov't reveals 2024 budget with focus on economic challenges

Finnish gov't reveals 2024 budget with focus on...

Helsinki [Finland], September 20: The Finnish government completed its 2024 budget talks on Tuesday, raising the budget deficit amid multiple...

NASA's Curiosity rover reaches new location preserving Mars' watery past

NASA's Curiosity rover reaches new location preserving Mars'...

Los Angeles [US], September 20: NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has reached a ridge on Mars, which preserved an intriguing record...

Cuban president urges global equity, justice

Cuban president urges global equity, justice

United Nations, September 20: Amidst the growing challenges of hunger and poverty, developing nations remain steadfast in their enduring struggle...

Gold rises slightly ahead of Fed's interest rate decision

Gold rises slightly ahead of Fed's interest rate...

Chicago [US], September 20: Gold futures on the COMEX division of the New York Mercantile Exchange rose slightly on Tuesday...

Laos reports 1st monkeypox case

Laos reports 1st monkeypox case

Vientiane [Laos], September 20: The Lao Ministry of Health has confirmed the first case of monkeypox in the country, urging...

Russian rescue crews recover more bodies in Libya's disaster zone

Russian rescue crews recover more bodies in Libya's...

Tripoli [Libya], September 20: Russian rescue workers have discovered five more bodies in the flood-hit port city of Derna in...

Latvia closes border crossing with Belarus over illegal arrivals

Latvia closes border crossing with Belarus over illegal...

Riga [Latvia], September 20: Latvia is temporarily closing one of its two border crossings with neighbouring Belarus in response to...

One killed, 46 injured in bus crash in Austria

One killed, 46 injured in bus crash in...

Vienna [Austria], September 20: A woman has been killed and 46 others were injured in a bus accident in southern...

Children trek to makeshift tent school in quake-hit Morocco

Children trek to makeshift tent school in quake-hit...

Rabat [Morocco], September 20: In the earthquake-hit mountains of Morocco, 13-year-old Abdessamad El Berd gets up before dawn to...

Azerbaijan launches Karabakh operation, urges surrender

Azerbaijan launches Karabakh operation, urges surrender

Baku [Azerbaijan], September 20:Azerbaijan on Tuesday launched an operation against the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region and demanded the surrender of Armenian...

Kuwait strongly denounces Khor Abdullah ruling

Kuwait strongly denounces Khor Abdullah ruling

New York [US], September 20: Kuwait's Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Salem Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah denounced in the strongest terms a...

Brazil's Lula warns United Nations of coup

Brazil's Lula warns United Nations of coup

Brasilia [Brazil], September 20: Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva warned world leaders at the United Nations of the...