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On behalf of UAE President, Shakhboot bin Nahyan attends inauguration of President of the Democratic Republic of Congo

On behalf of UAE President, Shakhboot bin Nahyan...

Kinshasa [DR Congo], January 21: On behalf of President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Sheikh Shakhboot...

Tunisian president meets visiting Mauritanian FM

Tunisian president meets visiting Mauritanian FM

Tunis [Tunisia], January 20: Tunisian President Kais Saied received on Friday visiting Mauritania's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and...

South Africa seeks to prevent auction of Nelson Mandela items

South Africa seeks to prevent auction of Nelson...

Cape Town [South Africa], January 20: The South African Heritage Resources Agency (SAHRA) said on Friday that it will continue...

Ukraine allocates record 464 mln USD to fortify defense lines

Ukraine allocates record 464 mln USD to fortify...

Kyiv [Ukraine], January 20: Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said on Friday that the government has decided to allocate...

Italy experiencing "most severe flu season": health authorities

Italy experiencing "most severe flu season": health authorities

Rome [Italy], January 20: Italy is in the midst of its "most severe flu season in years," with some...

EU's Reynders visits Poland to discuss rule of law

EU's Reynders visits Poland to discuss rule of...

Warsaw [Poland], January 20: European Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders held discussions with the new Polish government on Friday on...

Biden signs stopgap measure to extend government funding until March

Biden signs stopgap measure to extend government funding...

Washington [US], January 20: U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday signed a stopgap funding bill that will keep the government...

NASA confirms first U.S. commercial lunar delivery mission ends

NASA confirms first U.S. commercial lunar delivery mission...

Los Angeles [US], January 20: The first flight of NASA's commercial lunar delivery service carrying agency science and technology, as...

Japan's lunar probe not generating power despite moon landing

Japan's lunar probe not generating power despite moon...

Tokyo [Japan], January 20: Japan's national space agency on Saturday confirmed its first moon landing with the Small Lunar Landing...

Australian school communities urged to help identify victims of human trafficking

Australian school communities urged to help identify victims...

Canberra [Australia], January 20: Australian authorities have called on schools around the country to be on the lookout for signs...

Rapid rise in dengue mosquitoes reported in Sri Lanka

Rapid rise in dengue mosquitoes reported in Sri...

Colombo [Sri Lanka], January 20: The population of mosquitoes in Sri Lanka that transmit the dengue virus has increased by...

10 arrested for trafficking stimulant tablets in Myanmar's Yangon

10 arrested for trafficking stimulant tablets in Myanmar's...

Yangon [Myanmar], January 20: Myanmar's anti-narcotic police have arrested 10 suspects for trafficking over 1.4 million stimulant tablets in...

Landslides kill 7 people in S. Philippines

Landslides kill 7 people in S. Philippines

Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], January 20: At least seven people died in flash floods and landslides in the southern Philippine regions...

Pope Francis says sexual pleasure is 'a gift from God'

Pope Francis says sexual pleasure is 'a gift...

Vatican [Vatican City], January 20: Pope Francis has said that sexual pleasure is "a gift from God" that should be...

Ecuador security forces launch major prison operation

Ecuador security forces launch major prison operation

Quito [Ecuador], January 20: Security forces in Ecuador have launched an operation in a major prison complex in the port...

Key Israeli war leader challenges Netanyahu over Gaza strategy

Key Israeli war leader challenges Netanyahu over Gaza...

Tel Aviv [Israel], January 20: A key member of Israel's war cabinet has accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of not...

Russian oil depot on fire after attempted Ukrainian drone attack

Russian oil depot on fire after attempted Ukrainian...

Klintsy [Russia], January 20: Four oil tanks at a large storage facility in the town of Klintsy in Russia's western...

UMEX and SimTEX 2024 agenda announced

UMEX and SimTEX 2024 agenda announced

Abu Dhabi [UAE], January 20: Under the patronage of H.H. Sheikh Hazza bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Ruler of Abu...

UAE President receives phone call from Ukrainian President

UAE President receives phone call from Ukrainian President

Abu Dhabi [UAE], January 20: President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan received a phone call today...

Abu Dhabi's 'Falcon Economy' in the limelight at WEF 2024 in Davos

Abu Dhabi's 'Falcon Economy' in the limelight at...

Davos [Switzerland], January 20: The Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development (ADDED) led the Emirate's official economic delegation to the...

13 dead in central China school dormitory fire

13 dead in central China school dormitory fire

Zhengzhou [China], January 20: Thirteen people have been confirmed dead in a fire that took place in a school...

6.4-magnitude quake hits Tonga

6.4-magnitude quake hits Tonga

Suva [Fiji], January 19: An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.4 jolted 125 km NW of Fangale'ounga, Tonga, at 11:12...

5.4-magnitude earthquake hits central Indonesia

5.4-magnitude earthquake hits central Indonesia

Jakarta [Indonesia], January 19: A 5.4-magnitude earthquake struck Central Sulawesi province in central Indonesia on Friday morning, the country's Meteorological,...

Emergency situation declared for flooding in northern Australia

Emergency situation declared for flooding in northern Australia

Canberra [Australia], January 19: An emergency situation has been declared and remote communities evacuated in Australia's Northern Territory (NT) amid...

Japan's core consumer prices rise 2.3 pct in December

Japan's core consumer prices rise 2.3 pct in...

Tokyo [Japan], January 19: Japan's core consumer prices were up 2.3 percent in December from a year earlier, the government...

Indonesia allows Boeing 737 Max 9 planes to fly again after checks

Indonesia allows Boeing 737 Max 9 planes to...

Jakarta [Indonesia], January 19: Three Boeing 737 Max 9 planes belonging to Indonesia's budget airline Lion Air have been allowed...

Ukraine, Russia both report new airstrikes

Ukraine, Russia both report new airstrikes

Moscow [Russia], January 19: Both Ukraine and Russia again reported numerous airstrikes on their territory during the night and in...