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At least 12 dead after huge blast hits...
Havana [Cuba], August 17:At least 12 people died in a powerful explosion in the city centre of San Cristobal in...
Biden to visit Hawaii as wildfire toll tops...
Kahului [US], August 17: President Joe Biden will head to fire-ravaged Hawaii next week to meet with survivors and first...
Truce holding in Libya after clashes kill 55
Tripoli [Libya], August 17: Tripoli's worst armed clashes in a year have killed 55 people and wounded 146, Libyan media...
Gas drilling rig arrives off Lebanon
Beirut [Lebanon], August 17: French firm TotalEnergies said Wednesday that a drilling rig had reach Lebanese waters ahead of exploration...
US beefs up Gulf deployment over Iranian oil...
Manama [Bahrain], August 17: As Iranian seizures threaten oil tankers plying the Gulf, the United States is raising its military...
First victims named as death toll reaches 106
Hawaii [US], August 17: Three others were identified but their names are being withheld until their families are notified.
MRO Middle East and AIME will return for...
Dubai [UAE], August 17: MRO Middle East and Aircraft Interiors Middle East (AIME) is set to return to Dubai in...
Dubai Police and UAE Modern Pentathlon Federation sign...
Dubai [UAE], August 17: The Dubai Police Athletes Council signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the UAE Modern Pentathlon...
Africa can become a key link in global...
Geneva [Switzerland], August 17: African economies can become major participants in global supply chains by harnessing their vast resources of...
GSA discusses opportunities for partnership with IIHF and...
Dubai [UAE], August 17: Sheikh Suhail bin Butti Al Maktoum, Executive Director of the Sports Development Sector at the General...
Tunisia foils 18 illegal immigration attempts: statement
Tunis [Tunisia], August 16: Tunisia has foiled 18 illegal immigration attempts to cross the Mediterranean Sea to Italy and rescued...
Gaza ready to hold municipal elections: elections commission
Ramallah [Palestine], August 16: The Palestinian Central Elections Commission (CEC) on Tuesday said it is ready to hold municipal elections...
UN Women chief urges action against Taliban's gender...
United Nations, August 16: The UN's lead agency for gender equality on Tuesday called on the global community to persistently...
Tourist plane carrying 3 crashes in W. France
Paris [France], August 16: A tourist plane with three people on board crashed Tuesday in France's western department of Loire-Atlantique,...
U.S. still focused on diplomatic solution to attempted...
Washington [US], August 16: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Tuesday that the United States is still "very focused...
Paraguay's new President Peña vows to deliver economic...
Buenos Aires [Argentina], August 16: Paraguay's new President Santiago Peña promised at his swearing-in ceremony on Tuesday to make investments...
Typhoon Lan brings heavy rains and travel chaos...
Tokyo [Japan], August 16: Typhoon Lan lashed parts of central Japan with heavy rains and severely hampered the travel plans...
Court rules for young people in landmark US...
Washington [US], August 16: In a landmark climate trial, a Montana court on Monday ruled in favor of a group...
Time 'running out': aid agencies urge immediate action...
Geneva [Switzerland], August 16: Four months into Sudan's conflict, the situation is spiraling out of control, with mass displacement and...
Bangladesh Islamist leader buried after violent protests
Dhaka [Bangladesh], August 16: Around 50,000 people attended Tuesday's funeral for an influential Islamist leader in Bangladesh, police said, after...
Clashes in Libya capital kill two; shut airport
Tripoli [Libya], August 16: Gunfighting between the two leading armed groups in Tripoli killed two people and forced the closure...
35 killed in Russia fuel station blast
Moscow [Russia], August 16: At least 35 people were killed in an explosion that created a huge fire ball at...
Afghan Taliban celebrate return to power
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 16: Afghanistan's Taliban marked the second anniversary of their return to power.
Wave of Russian air strikes hits western Ukraine
Kyiv [Ukraine], August 16: Russian air strikes hit two western regions of Ukraine bordering NATO member Poland and other areas.
Georgia charges Trump with racketeering
Washington [US], August 16: Donald Trump faced a new raft of felony charges on Tuesday after a Georgia grand jury...
France: Pyrenees wildfire contained
Paris [France], August 16: A fire that ravaged a 500-hectare (1,235 acres) area in the south of France has been...
Mohamed bin Zayed: Under UAE Presidency, COP28 will...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], August 16: President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan received at Qasr Al Bahr Majlis...