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UNECA says impacts of COVID-19, Ukraine crisis hamper Africa's progress

UNECA says impacts of COVID-19, Ukraine crisis hamper...

Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], March 19: The devastating impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and the Ukraine crisis have mired Africa's progress...

Rocket fired from Gaza hits southern Israel amid heightened tension

Rocket fired from Gaza hits southern Israel amid...

Jerusalem [Israel], March 19: A rocket fired from the Gaza Strip hit an open area landed in southern Israel on...

UK home secretary visits Rwanda to discuss migration deal

UK home secretary visits Rwanda to discuss migration...

Kigali [Rwanda], March 19: SuellaBraverman, home secretary of the United Kingdom (UK), arrived in Rwanda on Saturday for a two-day...

Vaccine-derived poliovirus in Congo, Burundi

Vaccine-derived poliovirus in Congo, Burundi

Johannesburg [South Africa], March 19: Health officials in Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo have detected cases of vaccine-derived...

New Zealand to ban TikTok from lawmaker's phones

New Zealand to ban TikTok from lawmaker's phones

Wellington [New Zealand], March 19: New Zealand on Friday will follow other Western countries and ban the video-sharing app TikTok...

Pressure mounts on Netanyahu as protests enter 11th week

Pressure mounts on Netanyahu as protests enter 11th...

Tel Aviv [Israel], March 19: Thousands of people came out in force again on Saturday in Israel to protest the...

Tony Blair: Putin can't use Iraq as justification for Ukraine

Tony Blair: Putin can't use Iraq as justification...

London [UK], March 19: Former UK prime minister Tony Blair is by turns pensive and defiant as he reflects on...

Kyiv thanks UN, Turkey for 'sticking to' grain deal agreements

Kyiv thanks UN, Turkey for 'sticking to' grain...

Kyiv [Ukraine], March 19: Ukraine's infrastructure minister on Saturday thanked the United Nations and Turkey for adhering to the agreements...

Pakistan ex-PM Imran Khan fears arrest as he heads to court

Pakistan ex-PM Imran Khan fears arrest as he...

Islamabad [Pakistan], March 19: Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan said on Saturday he expected to be arrested as he...

Biden celebrates St Patrick's Day with Irish PM Varadkar

Biden celebrates St Patrick's Day with Irish PM...

Washington [US], March 19: US President Joe Biden and Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar painted the town green Friday, celebrating...

Finland on course to join NATO

Finland on course to join NATO

Ankara [Turkey], March 19: Turkish President RecepTayyip Erdogan ended months of diplomatically charged delays on Friday and asked parliament to...

Trump expects 'arrest', calls for protests

Trump expects 'arrest', calls for protests

Washington [US], March 19: Former US President Donald Trump said he expects to be "arrested" on Tuesday over hush money...

Int'l war crimes court issues arrest warrant for Putin

Int'l war crimes court issues arrest warrant for...

The Hague [Netherlands], March 19: The International Criminal Court on Friday announced an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin...

WHO: COVID poses similar threat to flu

WHO: COVID poses similar threat to flu

Geneva [Switzerland], March 19: The COVID-19 pandemic could settle down this year to a point where it poses a threat...

US leadership role in Middle East facing deep challenges

US leadership role in Middle East facing deep...

Washington [US], March 19: China's shock success at bringing Saudi Arabia and Iran together has challenged the United States' longstanding...

North Korea claims almost 800,000 have signed up to fight against US

North Korea claims almost 800,000 have signed up...

Pyongyang [North Korea], March 19: North Korea claims that about 800,000 of its citizens volunteered to join or reenlist in...

Temporary increase in egg, poultry prices aims to ensure balanced merchant-consumer relationship: Ministry of Economy

Temporary increase in egg, poultry prices aims to...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], March 19: The Ministry of Economy said that increasing prices of eggs and poultry products in the...

UAE Jiu-Jitsu Federation supports 'Bridges of Goodness' for quake-hit victims

UAE Jiu-Jitsu Federation supports 'Bridges of Goodness' for...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], March 19: The UAE Jiu-Jitsu Federation said the proceeds of registration in the Abu Dhabi World Professional...

Six-hit City power past Burnley into FA Cup Semi-finals

Six-hit City power past Burnley into FA Cup...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], March 19: ErlingHaaland hit a sixth hat-trick of the season with Julian Alvarez claiming a brace and...

President Biden says banking crisis has subsided

President Biden says banking crisis has subsided

Washington [US], March 18: US President Joe Biden said the banking crisis had subsided after the bankruptcy of two mid-sized...

Building collapse kills 5, injures 2 in south Egypt

Building collapse kills 5, injures 2 in south...

Cairo [Egypt], March 18: At least five people were killed and another two wounded on Friday after a building collapsed...

Somali bank acquires 62.5 pct stake in Kenyan bank

Somali bank acquires 62.5 pct stake in Kenyan...

Nairobi [Kenya], March 18: Somali lender, Premier Bank, has acquired a 62.5 percent stake in Kenya's First Community Bank Limited...

Huawei launches Wi-Fi 7 for east African market to spur internet connectivity

Huawei launches Wi-Fi 7 for east African market...

Nairobi [Kenya], March 18: Chinese technology firm Huawei on Friday launched its latest Wi-Fi technology, Wi-Fi 7 for the east...

4 IS militants killed in W. Iraq

4 IS militants killed in W. Iraq

Baghdad [Iraq], March 18: Four Islamic State (IS) militants were killed on Friday in an operation in Iraq's western province...

Lebanese central bank chief denies financial misconduct in court hearing

Lebanese central bank chief denies financial misconduct in...

Beirut [Lebanon], March 18: Lebanese central bank governor RiadSalameh on Friday maintained his innocence by rejecting accusations of transferring public...

Gold rises as U.S. dollar weakens

Gold rises as U.S. dollar weakens

Chicago [US], March 18: Gold futures on the COMEX division of the New York Mercantile Exchange rose on Friday as...

Oil prices drop as banking woes stoke recession fears

Oil prices drop as banking woes stoke recession...

New York [US], March 18: Oil prices fell on Friday, booking significant losses for the week, as banking turmoil rattled...