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Third Global Trade and Supply Chain Summit kicks off in Dubai

Sep 20, 2023

Noura Al Kaabi receives copy of credentials of Qatar Ambassador to UAE

Sep 20, 2023

Meetings attended by the UAE's delegation during the first day of high-level week on the sidelines of the 78th Session of the United Nations General Assembly

Sep 20, 2023

Climate crisis needs critical attention: US President

Sep 20, 2023

Former student charged over alleged campus stabbing in Australian capital

Sep 19, 2023

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Australia's Sydney faces 1st total fire ban in 3 years amid spring heatwaves

Sep 19, 2023

Sydney [Australia], September 19: Australia's Sydney on Tuesday faced its first total fire ban in almost three years since November 2020, with the day-time maximum...

At least 5 injured in Japan's Tokyo construction site accident

Sep 19, 2023

Tokyo [Japan], September 19: Steel beams fell at a construction site in downtown Tokyo on Tuesday, injuring at least five people, with four in cardiac...

Italy adopts tougher migration rules

Sep 19, 2023

Rome [Italy], September 19: In the face of a rush of migrants coming onto Lampedusa, doubling the population of the Italian island in the last...

Biden adviser Sullivan meets China's chief diplomat Wang Yi in Malta

Sep 19, 2023

Washington [US], September 19: The United States and China want to hold further talks at the "highest level" in the coming months following a meeting...

24 killed as bus falls into ravine in Peru

Sep 19, 2023

Lima [Peru], September 19: At least 24 people have been killed and 21 injured in a coach crash in Peru.

UN chief calls for reopening of girls' schools in Afghanistan

Sep 19, 2023

Kabul [Afghanistan], September 19: Marking the second anniversary of the ban on girls' education in Afghanistan, United Nations Secretary-General AntonioGuterres on Monday called on the...

Taiwan records 103 Chinese jets around its shores, marking a new high

Sep 19, 2023

Taipei [Taiwan], September 19: Taiwan has registered 103 Chinese military aircraft in its airspace in 24 hours, the country's Defence Ministry said on Monday, marking...

UNESCO lists ruins as Palestinian heritage site, sparking Israeli ire

Sep 19, 2023

Tel Aviv [Israel], September 19: The UN cultural organization UNESCO recognized ruins near the ancient city of Jericho as a Palestinian World Heritage Site on...

China weighs ban on clothing that 'hurts feelings' of nation

Sep 19, 2023

Beijing [China], September 19: Clothing that "hurts the feelings" of the nation could soon be outlawed in China, according to recent draft revisions to legislation,...

Survivors recount Libya flood horror

Sep 19, 2023

Tripoli [Libya], September 19: It was long past midnight when Abdel MoneimAwad al-Sheikh awoke to desperate screams from outside his home in the Libyan city of Derna, only to find his building engulfed by surging flood waters. "I took nothing but my glasses and phone and fled as the waters shook the iron doors like an earthquake," recounted the 73-year-old survivor of the deadly disaster.