NZ backs Pacific Policing, commits to climate finance

Aug 31, 2024

Wellington [New Zealand], August 31: New Zealand has decided to tip both for the Pacific Policing Initiative and the Pacific Resilience Facility.

South Koreans' overseas card spending hits US$5.18 bln in Q2

Aug 31, 2024

Seoul [South Korea], August 31: South Koreans' overseas card spending remained unchanged in the second quarter from three months earlier as falling demand for overseas...

Mpox vaccines to arrive in DR Congo in next few days, WHO says

Aug 31, 2024

Geneva [Switzerland], August 31: The World Health Organisation chief said on Friday that mpox vaccines were set to arrive in the Democratic Republic of Congo...

Security Council condemns terrorist attacks in Burkina Faso

Aug 31, 2024

New York [US], August 31: The United Nations Security Council has condemned the terrorist attack in Burkina Faso.

Shakhboot bin Nahyan attends 50th session of OIC Council of Foreign Ministers

Aug 31, 2024

Yaounde [Cameroon], August 31: Sheikh Shakhboot bin Nahyan Al Nahyan, Minister of State, led the UAE delegation participating in the 50th session of the...

Ukrainian army confirms F16 crash

Aug 30, 2024

Kyiv [Ukraine], August 30: The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on Thursday confirmed that an F16 fighter jet crashed during fighting in Ukraine.

Japan's jobless rate climbs to 2.7 pct in July

Aug 30, 2024

Tokyo [Japan], August 30: Unemployment rate in Japan increased in July from a month earlier, the government said in a report on Friday.

Week of flooding kills over 50 in Bangladesh

Aug 30, 2024

Dhaka [Bangladesh], August 30: More than 50 people have been killed due to extensive flooding that lasted for more than a week and wreaked havoc...

Russia not ready to end war with Ukraine, says Poland's foreign minister

Aug 30, 2024

Warsaw [Poland], August 30: Russia is not ready for peace talks with Ukraine because it continues to demand that Ukraine relinquish large portions of its...