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Sunak urged to lobby Indian PM over release...
London [UK], September 7: More than 70 members of parliament (MPs) have urged British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to use...
US imposes sanctions on leaders in Sudan's RSF...
Washington [US], September 7: The United States has imposed sanctions on top commanders in Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF), accusing...
Storm in southern Brazil kills at least 31
Porto Alegre [Brazil], September 7: The death toll from heavy rains that devastated southern Brazil's Rio Grande do Sul state...
Strike kills 17 in Ukraine market
Kyiv [Ukraine], September 7: A Russian strike killed at least 17 people at a market in east Ukraine Wednesday, officials...
2023 is likely to be hottest year on...
Paris [France], September 7: 2023 is likely to be the hottest year in human history, and global temperatures during the...
Saudi, Iran exchange ambassadors after years-long rupture
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], September 7: Saudi Arabia's ambassador to Iran arrived Tuesday in the Islamic Republic, and his counterpart landed...
Chinese delegation led by vice premier to visit...
Beijing [China], September 7: A Chinese Communist Party and government delegation headed by Vice Premier Liu Guozhong will visit North...
Moderna says updated COVID vaccine is effective against...
Washington [US], September 7: Moderna said clinical trial data showed its updated COVID-19 vaccine will likely be effective against the...
Judge rejects Trump bid to delay New York...
New York [US], September 7: A New York state judge on Wednesday rejected Donald Trump's bid to delay a scheduled...
Three dead, four missing as rains pound Greece...
Athens [Greece], September 7: At least three people died and four were missing on Wednesday after torrential rain flooded homes...
Ukrainian Catholic bishops rebuke pope over his Russia...
Kyiv [Ukraine], September 7: Ukraine's Eastern Rite Catholic bishops bluntly told Pope Francis at a meeting on Wednesday that some...
Iraqi voices and perspectives feature prominently in Iraq...
Muscat [Oman], September 7: Marking the 20th anniversary of the start of the Iraq war, Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q)...
Crown Prince of Umm Al Qaiwain receives National...
Umm Al Quwain [UAE], September 7: H.H. Sheikh Rashid bin Saud bin Rashid Al Mu'alla, Crown Prince of Umm Al...
Mariam Almheiri meets Deputy President of Kenya to...
Nairobi [Kenya], September 7: Mariam Bint Mohammed Almheiri, the UAE Minister of Climate Change and Environment and COP28 Food Systems...
Abu Dhabi to host global summit for faith...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], September 7: A global summit for faith leaders from around the world will take place in...
Ajman Tourism organises 3rd edition of Ajman Philatelic...
Ajman [UAE], September 7: The Ajman Department of Tourism Development (ADTD) organised today the 3rd Edition of Ajman Philatelic &...
Zambia launches project to improve maternal health
Lusaka [Zambia], September 6: Zambia on Tuesday launched a program aimed at improving the health of women during pregnancy as...
Suspect in explosives attack on Japan PM Kishida...
Tokyo [Japan], September 6: Japanese prosecutors on Wednesday indicted a man over an explosives attack on Prime Minister Fumio Kishida...
UN cuts food assistance for two million more...
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 6: The United Nation's World Food Programme (WFP) in Afghanistan is being forced to drop food assistance...
Colombia and ELN guerrillas to create safe 'humanitarian...
Rio de Janeiro [Brazil], September 6: The Colombian government and the leftist guerrilla group ELN have agreed to create so-called...
EU on Africa's side at COP28, vows European...
Brussels [Belgium], September 6: Africa's voice must be heard in climate change talks at COP28 in Dubai, European Commission President...
Jill Biden tests positive for COVID, but Joe...
New York [US], September 6: First Lady Jill Biden tested positive for COVID on Monday night, but a test taken...
ASEAN leaders urge Myanmar junta to stop attacks...
Jakarta [Indonesia], September 6: The Philippines is ready to chair ASEAN in 2026 instead of Myanmar, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr...
Two former oil execs accused of war crimes...
Stockholm [Sweden], September 6: Two former executives at a Swedish oil company went on trial in Stockholm on Tuesday accused...
CEO of Australia's embattled Qantas steps down early
Canberra [Australia], September 6: The chief executive of Qantas has announced he will retire two months early amid a series...
Schools in France send dozens of Muslim girls...
Paris [France], September 6: French public schools have sent dozens of girls home for refusing to remove their abayas -...
Venice to start charging visitors entry fee next...
Venice [Italy], September 6: Venice plans to experiment with an admission fee of 5 euros($5.35) for day trippers next year...