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UAE sends two humanitarian aid convoys to Gaza for displaced Palestinian families

UAE sends two humanitarian aid convoys to Gaza...

Gaza [Palestine], November 8: Two convoys carrying various Emirati humanitarian aid entered the Gaza Strip this week via the Egyptian...

Nigeria's national flag to fly at half-mast following army chief's death

Nigeria's national flag to fly at half-mast following...

Abuja [Nigeria], November 7: Nigerian President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday directed that the national flag be flown at half-mast for...

Aid group resumes activities at famine-hit camp in W. Sudan

Aid group resumes activities at famine-hit camp in...

Port Sudan [Sudan], November 7: The non-governmental medical aid group Doctors Without Borders (MSF) announced on Wednesday that it has...

Iranian, Finnish FMs discuss developments in West Asia

Iranian, Finnish FMs discuss developments in West Asia

Tehran [Iran], November 7: Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi and his Finnish counterpart Elina Valtonen on Wednesday exchanged views...

Albania fights bird flu with poultry import ban

Albania fights bird flu with poultry import ban

Tirana [Albania], November 7: Albania's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development on Wednesday took measures to prevent the spread of...

Trump's victory increases risks for global economy: governor of French central bank

Trump's victory increases risks for global economy: governor...

Paris [France], November 7: Donald Trump's victory in the U.S. presidential election "increases the risks for the global economy,"...

89 still missing after devastating floods in Spain

89 still missing after devastating floods in Spain

Madrid [Spain], November 7: The number of people who have died in the flash floods that devastated parts of eastern...

2024 poised to be hottest year on record: Copernicus

2024 poised to be hottest year on record:...

Brussels [Belgium], November 7: The year 2024 is on track to become the hottest on record, with annual global temperature...

New Zealand sees 1 in 16 households crowded

New Zealand sees 1 in 16 households crowded

Wellington [New Zealand], November 7: New Zealand sees more than 100,000 crowded households as household crowding has continued to increase...

Israeli opposition calls for protests

Israeli opposition calls for protests

Tel Aviv [Israel], November 7: Leading Israeli opposition lawmakers called for protests after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed Defence Minister...

Egypt joins Turkey call for Israel arms embargo

Egypt joins Turkey call for Israel arms embargo

Cairo [Egypt], November 7: Egypt has joined a call led by Turkey and backed by dozens of countries, urging the...

Zelensky, Netanyahu lead global congratulations for Trump

Zelensky, Netanyahu lead global congratulations for Trump

Washington [US], November 7: Congratulations for Donald Trump poured in from leaders around the world on Wednesday as the former...

Head of UNRWA calls on UN General Assembly for support

Head of UNRWA calls on UN General Assembly...

Gaza [Palestine], November 7: Following the Israeli parliament's decision to ban the main UN agency helping Palestinians in the Middle...

German chancellor sacks finance minister, calls confidence vote on January 15

German chancellor sacks finance minister, calls confidence vote...

Berlin [Germany], November 7: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Wednesday he had sacked his Finance Minister Christian Lindner, adding...

Dems blame Biden for Harris' loss

Dems blame Biden for Harris' loss

Washington [US], November 7: Anger and soul-searching took hold of the Democratic Party early on Wednesday morning, after Vice President...

Five killed after jet crashes into vehicle in Phoenix

Five killed after jet crashes into vehicle in...

Phoenix [US], November 7: Five people have been killed after a small jet has crashed into a vehicle after taking...

Trump pledges focus on legal migration

Trump pledges focus on legal migration

Washington [US], November 7: President-elect of the United States Donald Trump puts stress on legal migration to the USA following...

Harris urges Americans to accept results and honor democracy

Harris urges Americans to accept results and honor...

Washington [US], November 7: Kamala Harris has addressed America this morning for the first time since Donald Trump's decisive election...

Israel strikes on Lebanon kill 30 people, governor says

Israel strikes on Lebanon kill 30 people, governor...

Beirut [Lebanon], November 7: Israeli strikes on Lebanon have killed at least 30 people around the eastern city of Baalbek...

UAE President participates in UAE Government Annual Meetings

UAE President participates in UAE Government Annual Meetings

Abu Dhabi [UAE], November 7: President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan participated today in the UAE Government...

UAE evacuates 210 patients from Gaza in cooperation with World Health Organisation

UAE evacuates 210 patients from Gaza in cooperation...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], November 7: The United Arab Emirates, in cooperation with the World Health Organisation (WHO), conducted a humanitarian...

Zimbabwe to host extraordinary SADC summit on regional issues

Zimbabwe to host extraordinary SADC summit on regional...

Harare [Zimbabwe], November 6: Zimbabwe will host an extraordinary Southern African Development Community (SADC) Summit of Heads of State and...

Russian court fines Apple over refusal to delete banned content

Russian court fines Apple over refusal to delete...

Moscow [Russia], November 6: The Tagansky District Court of Moscow fined Apple Inc. 3.6 million rubles (about 36,800 U.S....

Netflix's European offices searched over alleged tax fraud

Netflix's European offices searched over alleged tax fraud

The Hague [Netherlands], November 6: Dutch and French authorities conducted a search of Netflix's offices in Paris and Amsterdam on...

Austria raises budget deficit forecast for 2024, 2025

Austria raises budget deficit forecast for 2024, 2025

Vienna [Austria], November 6: The Austrian government's budget deficit for 2024 and 2025 is expected to reach 3.9 percent and...

Canadian ports lock out dock foremen following strike notice

Canadian ports lock out dock foremen following strike...

Ottawa [Canada], November 6: Maritime employers in Canada's British Columbia locked out more than 730 dock foremen across the country's...

Japan's births likely to dip below 700,000 for 1st time in 2024: media

Japan's births likely to dip below 700,000 for...

Tokyo [Japan], November 6: The number of births in Japan in 2024 is likely to fall under 700,000 for the...