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UN official warns of global impact of geopolitical tensions

UN official warns of global impact of geopolitical...

United Nations, October 21: A UN official on Friday warned of the negative global impact of geopolitical tensions as the...

German producer prices see sharpest y-on-y drop on record

German producer prices see sharpest y-on-y drop on...

Berlin [Germany], October 21: Producer prices in Germany fell 14.7 percent year-on-year in September, marking the sharpest drop since the...

Tunisia, Italy sign MoU on regulating legal migration

Tunisia, Italy sign MoU on regulating legal migration

Tunis [Tunisia], October 21: Tunisia and Italy signed Friday a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to better manage the legal flow...

Belgium's justice minister announces resignation after deadly Brussels shooting

Belgium's justice minister announces resignation after deadly Brussels...

Brussels [Belgium], October 21: Belgian Minister of Justice Vincent Van Quickenborne on Friday announced his resignation, admitting his ministry committed...

Russian FM expresses hope Palestine, Israel will return to negotiating table soon

Russian FM expresses hope Palestine, Israel will return...

Moscow [Russia], October 21: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Friday that he hopes Israel and Palestine will soon be...

Ukraine spends over 28 bln USD on defense this year: PM

Ukraine spends over 28 bln USD on defense...

Kyiv [Ukraine], October 21: The Ukrainian government spent more than 1.031 trillion hryvnias (28.2 billion U.S. dollars) to cover the...

Colonel General Afzalov becomes new commander of Russian Aerospace Forces

Colonel General Afzalov becomes new commander of Russian...

Moscow [Russia], October 21: Colonel General Viktor Afzalov has become the new commander-in-chief of the Russian Aerospace Forces (RAF),...

U.S. House Republicans drop Jim Jordan as House speaker nominee after three failed votes

U.S. House Republicans drop Jim Jordan as House...

Washington [US], October 21: U.S. House Republicans on Friday dropped right-wing figure Jim Jordan, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee,...

Canadian lawmakers call for Israel-Hamas ceasefire

Canadian lawmakers call for Israel-Hamas ceasefire

Ottawa [Canada], October 21: More than 30 members of the Canadian Parliament on Friday urged Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau...

UN chief visits Rafah crossing as aid convoy waits to enter Gaza

UN chief visits Rafah crossing as aid convoy...

Rafah [Gaza Strip], October 21: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday visited the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing...

Biden to seek billions in military aid for Israel

Biden to seek billions in military aid for...

Washington [US], October 21: U.S. President Joe Biden asked Americans to spend billions more dollars to help Israel fight Hamas...

Orthodox church says it was hit by Israeli air strike in Gaza

Orthodox church says it was hit by Israeli...

Gaza [Palestine], October 21: A Greek Orthodox church in the Gaza Strip which was sheltering hundreds of displaced Palestinians was...

Muslims protest around world to demand end to Israel's Gaza campaign

Muslims protest around world to demand end to...

Jakarta [Indonesia], October 21: Protesters from Jakarta to Tunis on Friday demanded an end to Israel's bombardment of Gaza after...

COP28 President-Designate and Secretary-General of Muslim Council of Elders discuss upcoming Religious Leaders Summit and COP28 Faith Pavilion

COP28 President-Designate and Secretary-General of Muslim Council of...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], October 21:Dr. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, COP28 President-Designate and UAE Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology, affirmed,...

Abdullah bin Zayed, Romanian FM review latest regional developments

Abdullah bin Zayed, Romanian FM review latest regional...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], October 21: H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE Minister of Foreign Affairs, discussed during a...

International research conference considers accelerating pace of climate change

International research conference considers accelerating pace of climate...

Geneva [Switzerland], October 12: A once-in-a-decade international research conference will discuss changes in the Earth's climate system which will reverberate...

UAE President holds phone call with US Defense Secretary

UAE President holds phone call with US Defense...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], October 21: President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan received a phone call from Lloyd...

Storm Babet causes massive evacuation, blackout in Scotland

Storm Babet causes massive evacuation, blackout in Scotland

Edinburgh [Scotland], October 20: Around 400 homes in Angus, Scotland, were being evacuated on Thursday due to the risk of...

U.S. blockade against Cuba causes loss of billions of dollars

U.S. blockade against Cuba causes loss of billions...

Havana [Cuba], October 20: Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Thursday denounced the U.S. economic, commercial and financial blockade against his...

5.7-magnitude quake hits Mindanao, Philippines: GFZ

5.7-magnitude quake hits Mindanao, Philippines: GFZ

Manila [Philippines], October 20: An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.7 jolted Mindanao, Philippines at 18:58:54 GMT on Thursday, the...

Australia to fast-track national anti-racism strategy: minister

Australia to fast-track national anti-racism strategy: minister

Canberra [Australia], October 20:The Australian government will fast-track its plans for a national anti-racism strategy following the failed Indigenous Voice...

EU human rights award goes to late Iranian protest icon MahsaAmini

EU human rights award goes to late Iranian...

Brussels [Belgium], October 20: The European Parliament's Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought will be awarded to Iranian-Kurdish woman MahsaAmini,...

Israel receives armoured vehicles from US

Israel receives armoured vehicles from US

Jerusalem [Israel], October 20: The Israeli Defence Ministry has received a shipment of armoured vehicles from the US. They arrived...

Egyptians protest near border crossing to push for Gaza aid access

Egyptians protest near border crossing to push for...

Cairo [Egypt], October 20: Dozens of Egyptians are holding a sit-in protest outside Egypt's only border crossing with the Gaza...

Venezuelan migrants deported on first charter plane from US

Venezuelan migrants deported on first charter plane from...

Caracas [Venezuela], October 20: Some 130 Venezuelan migrants arrived in Venezuela Wednesday on a chartered plane from the United States...

Washington in limbo as House marks 15th day without speaker

Washington in limbo as House marks 15th day...

Washington [US], October 20: US lawmakers rejected hardline conservative Jim Jordan's bid for speaker of the House of Representatives for...

Death toll mounts in West bank

Death toll mounts in West bank

Ramallah [Palestine], October 20: Zionist forces killed nine Palestinians Thursday in multiple incidents across the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian...