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Iran initiates power transition procedures after president's helicopter...
Tehran [Iran], May 21: Iran has begun the process of transferring power following the helicopter crash incident that claimed the...
SEWA provides services for Al Hafiya lake in...
Sharjah [UAE], May 21: Sharjah Electricity, Water, and Gas Authority (SEWA) has completed the construction of a pumping station and...
UAE leaders congratulate President of Cameroon on National...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], May 21: President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has sent a message of congratulations...
Iran's presidential election slated for June 28
Tehran [Iran], May 21: After examining the timing of the election process, the heads of branches of power decided 28th...
Lithuania confirms results of presidential election, referendum
Vilnius [Lithuania], May 20: Lithuania's Central Election Commission (VRK) Sunday confirmed results of the first round of presidential election and...
Blue Origin completes first manned spaceflight since 2022...
Los Angeles [US], May 20: U.S. aerospace company Blue Origin on Sunday launched a six-member crew to the edge...
Japan's Hiroshima and Nagasaki lodge protest over US...
Tokyo [Japan], May 20: The administrations of Japan's Hiroshima and Nagasaki prefectures, which came under the US atomic bombing during...
Sri Lankan Tamils still haunted by civil war
Mullivaikkal [Sri Lanka], May 20: Sri Lanka's minority Tamil community marked 15 years since the end of the island nation's...
Biden reaches out to Gaza protesters in college...
Atlanta [US], May 20: President Joe Biden told students on Sunday at the former university of civil rights icon Martin...
Forty-seven dead in heavy rain, floods in northern...
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 20: At least 47 people have died after continued heavy rain and flooding in northern Afghanistan, an...
France mobilises police to regain control of New...
Paris [France], May 20: French police trying to restore order in the island territory of New Caledonia after days of...
Russian strikes on Ukraine's Kharkiv region kill at...
Kharkiv [Ukraine], May 20: Russia struck a busy lakeside resort on the edge of Ukraine's second largest city and also...
Spain recalls ambassador after Argentina's Milei calls PM's...
Madrid [Spain], May 20: Spain recalled its ambassador to Buenos Aires for consultations after Argentina's President Javier Milei made derogatory...
Indonesia: Starlink launch to give millions Internet access
Jakarta [Indonesia], May 20: Millions of people living in Indonesia's remote islands expect to get an internet connection with the...
Iran: Location of president's helicopter still unknown amid...
Tehran [Iran], May 20: The exact location of the helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, which experienced a rough landing...
Worst fears have passed for shot Slovak PM
Bratislava [Slovakia], May 20: The condition of Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico remains "serious" but worst fears have "passed", the...
UNRWA: Nearly 800,000 now displaced from Rafah
Gaza [Palestine], May 20: Roughly 800,000 people have been forced to flee Rafah since Israel launched a military operation in...
UAE following with deep concern media reports regarding...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], May 20: The UAE is following with deep concern media reports on the tragic accident of the...
Saudi King to undergo medical examinations in Jeddah:...
Jeddah [Saudi Arabia], May 20: The Saudi Royal Court said Sunday that the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King...
Wildfires sweep across Finland, straining rescue services
Helsinki [Finland], May 19: By Saturday afternoon, Finnish rescue services had responded to a total of 21 wildfire incidents across...
Sri Lanka warns of landslides following heavy rain
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 19: Following heavy rainfall that lashed Sri Lanka, the country's National Building Research Organization (NBRO), in...
Palestinian rights group calls for investigation into Meta's...
Gaza [Palestine], May 19: The Sada Social online rights group says US tech giant Meta must be investigated for helping...
100,000 people affected by climate protest that closes...
Munich [Germany], May 19: Members of the German climate activist group Last Generation breached Munich Airport's tarmac and glued themselves...
Biden's security adviser visits Saudi Arabia, Israel for...
Washington [US], May 19: US President Joe Biden's security adviser Jake Sullivan is to travel to Saudi Arabia and Israel...
Russia could increase attacks, says Zelensky
Kyiv [Ukraine], May 19: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said Russia could increase its attacks in Ukraine's north east following...
At least 23 people are missing off Tunisia...
Tunis [Tunisia], May 19: At least 23 people are missing off the Tunisian coast, local authorities have said, as search...
Georgian president vetoes foreign influence law as Russian...
Berlin [Germany], may 19: Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili on Saturday vetoed a controversial law against NGOs passed by parliament, in...