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Egypt opens Grand Egyptian Museum

Egypt opens Grand Egyptian Museum

Cairo [Egypt], November 2: Egypt held the official inauguration of the long-awaited Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) near the Pyramids on...

Pakistan reopens its border with Afghanistan for refugee repatriations

Pakistan reopens its border with Afghanistan for refugee...

Islamabad [Pakistan], November 2: Pakistan on Saturday reopened a key border crossing with Afghanistan to resume the repatriation of Afghan...

Hassan declared winner in Tanzania's landslide presidential election

Hassan declared winner in Tanzania's landslide presidential election

Dar es Salaam [Tanzania], November 2: Tanzania's Samia Suluhu Hassan was declared the outright winner of the presidential election by...

Turkiye's Fidan meets Hamas officials ahead of Gaza talks in Istanbul

Turkiye's Fidan meets Hamas officials ahead of Gaza...

Istanbul [Turkiye], November 2: Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan met members of the Political Bureau of the Palestinian group Hamas...

South Korea  vows to pursue rapprochement with N Korea

South Korea vows to pursue rapprochement with...

Gyeongju [South Korea], November 2: South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has said he wants to continue the policy of...

Israel continues attacks on Gaza as Palestinians fear return to war

Israel continues attacks on Gaza as Palestinians fear...

Gaza [Palestine], November 2: The Israeli military has attacked the Gaza Strip for a fifth day, killing at least five...

Iran slams U.S. plan to resume nuclear tests as "serious threat"

Iran slams U.S. plan to resume nuclear tests...

Tehran [Iran], November 1: Iran's Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi on Thursday condemned the United States' plan to resume nuclear...

Iraq launches nationwide solar plan to ease chronic power shortages

Iraq launches nationwide solar plan to ease chronic...

Baghdad [Iraq], November 1: Iraq's Electricity Minister Ziyad Ali Fadel on Friday announced a national plan to roll out large-scale...

1 killed in Israeli airstrike on southern Lebanon

1 killed in Israeli airstrike on southern Lebanon

Beirut [Lebanon], November 1: An Israeli airstrike on southern Lebanon on Friday killed one person and wounded another, Lebanon's state-run...

Hezbollah leader accuses U.S. of fueling "Israeli aggression" in Lebanon

Hezbollah leader accuses U.S. of fueling "Israeli aggression"...

Beirut [Lebanon], November 1: Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem on Friday accused the United States of fueling "Israeli aggression" in Lebanon,...

Turkish court sentences 11 to life imprisonment for deadly hotel fire

Turkish court sentences 11 to life imprisonment for...

Istanbul [Turkey], November 1: A Turkish court on Friday sentenced 11 people to life imprisonment for a deadly hotel fire...

Legal experts discuss int'l criminal law in Belgrade

Legal experts discuss int'l criminal law in Belgrade

Belgrade [Serbia], November 1: The first Belgrade World Scientific Conference gathered legal experts from more than 50 countries to discuss...

UK health agency warns of rising meningitis threat among young people

UK health agency warns of rising meningitis threat...

London [UK], November 1: Children and young adults, particularly university students, face an increased risk of meningococcal meningitis and septicaemia,...

Minsk film festival Listapad opens in Belarus

Minsk film festival Listapad opens in Belarus

Minsk [Belarus], November 1: The 31st Minsk International Film Festival "Listapad" kicked off at Belarus' Palace of the Republic on...

D66 wins Dutch election, Rob Jetten poised to lead coalition talks

D66 wins Dutch election, Rob Jetten poised to...

Washington [US], November 1: The Democrats 66 (D66) party has won the Dutch parliamentary election, the ANP election service announced...

Russia expands entry ban list after new EU sanctions

Russia expands entry ban list after new EU...

Moscow [Russia], November 1: Russia has imposed more extensive entry bans on representatives from European institutions and countries in response...

History made after Australian-first treaty passes

History made after Australian-first treaty passes

Sydney [Australia], November 1: Australia's first treaty legislation has been passed, marking a historic milestone following a late-night parliamentary debate.

Flu deaths exceed COVID as vaccination rates plummet

Flu deaths exceed COVID as vaccination rates plummet

Sydney [Australia], November 1: More people are dying from flu than COVID-19 in Australia in a disturbing turning point for...

Vietnam flood death toll rises to 13, with 11 others missing

Vietnam flood death toll rises to 13, with...

Hanoi [Vietnam], November 1: The death toll from the heavy floods in central Vietnam has risen to 13, with 11...

Trump says he is not considering strikes within Venezuela

Trump says he is not considering strikes within...

Washington [US], November 1: President Donald Trump on Friday denied he was considering strikes inside Venezuela, appearing to contradict his...

A narrow Pacific waterway is at the heart of U.S. plans to choke China's vast navy

A narrow Pacific waterway is at the heart...

New York [US], November 1: The U.S. has deployed troops and anti-ship missiles into the northern Philippines as part of...

UAE-Philippines Consular Committee holds second session

UAE-Philippines Consular Committee holds second session

Manila [Philippines], November 1: The UAE-Philippines Consular Committee held its second session in the capital, Manila.

Chief of Staff heads UAE delegation to 22nd meeting of GCC Supreme Military Committee of Chiefs of Staff in Kuwait

Chief of Staff heads UAE delegation to 22nd...

Kuwait City [Kuwait], November 1: Lieutenant General Issa Saif bin Ablan Al Mazrouei, Chief of Staff of the UAE Armed...

UAE participates in ministerial meeting of G20 Anti-Corruption Working Group

UAE participates in ministerial meeting of G20 Anti-Corruption...

Mpumalanga [South Korea], November 1: A delegation from the UAE Accountability Authority (UAEAA), headed by Humaid Obaid Khalifa Obaid...

Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi meets Chief Executive of Hong Kong

Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi meets Chief Executive...

Dubai [UAE], November 1: H.H. Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, has met...

Shamma bint Sultan bin Khalifa announces evolution of UICCA to 'Frontier25' at Ideas to Impact Forum

Shamma bint Sultan bin Khalifa announces evolution of...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], November 1: H.H. Sheikha Shamma bint Sultan bin Khalifa Al Nahyan, President & CEO of Frontier25 and...

Five more suspects arrested in Paris over Louvre jewel theft, says prosecutor

Five more suspects arrested in Paris over Louvre...

Paris [France], October 31: Five more arrests have been made over the brazen heist at the Louvre in Paris, prosecutor...