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Saudi Arabia, U.S. sign MoU to establish Asia-Europe...
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], September 10: Saudi Arabia announced on Saturday the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the...

New York State declares Lunar New Year public...
New York [US], September 10: New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed legislation on Saturday to declare the Lunar New Year...

6.1-magnitude earthquake hits central Indonesia, no tsunami alert...
Jakarta [Indonesia], September 10: A 6.1-magnitude earthquake rocked off Central Sulawesi province in Indonesia on Saturday, but did not trigger...

Maldives' presidential election sees no candidate securing majority:...
Male [Maldives], September 10: None of the eight candidates in the presidential election of the Maldives has so far secured...

The head of Ukrainian intelligence talks about attacks...
Kyiv [Ukraine], September 10: On September 9, Ukrainian military intelligence leaders revealed the goals of attacks on Russian territory and...

Blocking the highway, 2,400 environmental activists were detained...
Nieuwegein [Netherlands], September 10: About 2,400 people were detained after environmental protesters blocked a key highway in the Netherlands.

British heatwave brings hottest day of 2023 so...
London [UK], September 10: Britain recorded its hottest day of 2023 so far on Saturday, with provisional data showing a...

Biden to meet with Indonesia's president in Washington...
Washington [US], September 10: U.S. President Joe Biden will meet with Indonesian President Joko Widodo in Washington in November, the...

UN urges armed groups to stop fighting in...
Beirut [Lebanon], September 9: As armed clashes broke again at a Palestinian refugee camp in southern Lebanon, a UN official...

Israel's ancient city Akko hosts dragon boat race
Jerusalem [Israel], September 9: A dragon boat race was held in northern Israel on Friday, with hundreds of paddlers from...

Finland to tighten monitoring of non-EU work permit...
Helsinki [Finland], September 9: Finland's Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment (TEM) has initiated legislative changes to ensure the better...

Hurricane Lee forecast to remain "powerful hurricane" into...
Los Angeles [US], September 9: Hurricane Lee is expected to remain a "powerful hurricane" through early next week, according to...

U.S. agricultural futures close mixed
Chicago [US], September 9: Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) agricultural futures closed mixed on Friday, with corn and wheat falling...

Sharjah to launch seasonal influenza vaccination campaign
Sharjah [UAE], September 9: For the benefit of senior citizens and people with disabilities who are residents of the Emirate...

UNESCO, Italy complete rehabilitation of Qadisha valley in...
Beirut[Lebanon], September 9: The UNESCO-Italy joint renovation project of Qadisha valley, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in northern Lebanon, has...

Global food prices down 2.1 pct in August:...
Rome [Italy], September 9: The benchmark index of international food commodity prices has declined 2.1 percent compared to July, the...

More than half of world's school-aged refugee children...
Geneva [Switzerland], September 9: More than half of the world's 14.8 million school-aged refugee children are currently missing out on...

Zelensky says Putin killed Wagner chief Prigozhin
Kyiv [Ukraine], September 9:Ukraine's leader on Friday accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of being behind the death of Wagner chief...

Nahyan bin Mubarak meets Armenia FM; reiterates UAE's...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], September 9: Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence, met with Minister of...

UN chief urges G20 leaders to send strong...
New York [US], September 9: UN Secretary-General AntonioGuterres on Friday urged the Group of 20 top economic powers, which...

UNESCO calls on governments to regulate use of...
Paris [France], September 8: The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on Thursday called on governments to regulate...

Iran arrests 10 suspects after large seizure of...
Tehran [Iran], September 8: Iran arrested 10 suspects on Thursday after it seized more than 1 million liters of smuggled...

Gold falls on stronger U.S. dollar
Chicago [US], September 8: Gold futures on the COMEX division of the New York Mercantile Exchange fell on Thursday as...

French GDP set to grow by 0.9 pct...
Paris [France], September 8: With unexpected growth of 0.5 percent in the second quarter (Q2) of 2023, the French statistics...

Sri Lanka issues landslide warnings due to heavy...
Colombo [Sri Lanka], September 8: Sri Lanka's National Building Research Organization on Thursday issued a landslide early warning for five...

Finland to double domestic electricity production: minister
Helsinki [Finland], September 8: The Finnish government is aiming to double its domestic electricity production to boost clean energy growth,...
Sudan army chief meets Qatari Amir
Doha [Qatar], September 8: Sudanese army chief Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan met Qatar's Amir on Thursday during his third trip abroad...