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'Climate time bomb ticking', emissions must urgently be...
New York [US], March 21: U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres warned that the "climate time bomb is ticking" as he...

North Korea's Kim oversees simulated nuclear counterattack against...
Pyongyang [North Korea], March 21:North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has overseen drills simulating a nuclear counterattack against the U.S....

WB offers USD$220 million in new agricultural investment...
Washington [US], March 21: USD$220 million in new agricultural investment grants for 15 national governments was announced by the Global...

Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah visits SRTIP, Sharjah's...
Sharjah [UAE], March 21: H.H. Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah,...

Sultan Al Qasimi attends conclusion of 32nd 'Sharjah...
Sharjah [UAE], March 21: H.H. Dr. Sheikh Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, today...

Refugee Zakat Fund helps around 6 million forcibly...
Dubai [UAE], March 21: UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, launched its Islamic Philanthropy annual report today at a joint event...

All set for commissioning of new generator to...
Harare [Zimbabwe], March 20: Zimbabwe's power utility, ZESA Holdings, will start synchronizing into the national grid the first of two...

Demonstrators call for France's withdrawal from NATO in...
Paris [France], March 20: Thousands of demonstrators called over the weekend for France's withdrawal from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization...

Brunei plans to build waste-to-electricity incinerator plant
Bandar Seri Begawan [Brunei], March 20: Brunei plans to build a waste incineration plant that can process 800 to 1,000...

Israeli, Palestinian officials meet in Egypt
Cairo [Egypt],March 20: Israeli and Palestinian Authority (PA) officials are meeting in Egypt for talks amid criticism and calls for...

Road crash kills 19 in Bangladesh
Dhaka [Bangladesh], March 20: At least 19 people have been killed and up to 25 were injured in Bangladesh after...

Cyclone Freddy death toll surpasses 500
Lilongwe [Malawi], March 20: The death toll in southeast Africa due to the exceptionally long-lasting Tropical Cyclone Freddy has risen...

Nigeria counts votes after tense local elections marred...
Abuja [Nigeria], March 20: Vote counting was underway in Nigeria on Sunday following local elections marred by reports of violence,...

N Korea fires ballistic missile
Seoul [South Korea], March 20: North Korea fired a short-range ballistic missile on Sunday, Seoul's military said, the fourth show...

Iran, Iraq ink border deal
Baghdad [Iraq], March 20: Iran's top security official on Sunday signed a deal with Iraqi authorities for "protection" of their...
Assad in UAE amid growing Arab outreach
Dubai [UAE], March 20: Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad met Sunday with Emirati leaders in Abu Dhabi, his second Gulf visit...

UBS - Switzerland's largest bank officially acquired Credit...
Switzerland,March 20: Swiss bank UBS has agreed to buy crisis-hit rival Credit Suisse for 3 billion francs ($3.23 billion), while...
China condemns British lawmakers for ignoring demand not...
Beijing [China], March 20: China's embassy in Britain on Sunday condemned a visit this week by British lawmakers to Taiwan,...
Canadian investigators seek seven missing after fire at...
Ottawa [Canada], March 20: Police and fire officials in Canada said they were preparing on Sunday to search the rubble...
Talk of Trump arrest builds sympathy for the...
Washington [US], March 20: The possibility that Donald Trump may be charged for allegedly covering up hush money payments to...

Magnitude 6.8 earthquake shakes Ecuador, at least 14...
Quito [Ecuador], March 20: At least 14 people were killed in a strong earthquake that shook a coastal region of...

South Africa aware of legal obligations regarding Putin...
Johannesburg [South Africa], March 20: South Africa is aware of its legal obligation, a spokesperson for President Cyril Ramaphosa said...

Former Taiwan president Ma to visit China in...
Taipei [Taiwan], March 20: Former Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou will visit China this month, his office said on Sunday.

Macron would like the reform of the pension...
Paris [France], March 20:French President Emmanuel Macron (Emmanuel Macron) expressed today his wish that his hated reform of the pension...

The Egyptian president received Putin's special envoy for...
Cairo [Egypt], March 20: The President of Egypt, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, received today the Russian delegation led by the special...

Putin welcomed China's willingness to play a constructive...
Moscow [Russia],March 20: Russian President Vladimir Putin today welcomed China's "willingness to play a constructive role in resolving" the...

Malawi Cyclone Freddy death toll hits 447, over...
Lilongwe [Malawi], March 19: The cumulative death toll from Cyclone Freddy in southern Malawi hit 447 as of 07:00 p.m....