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Taliban seeks sanctions relief and aid for farmers...
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 2: The Taliban delegation outlined its priorities on Monday at a two-day UN conference on Afghanistan. The...
Opinion poll round-up with three days to go...
London [UK], July 2: Four opinion polls for Thursday's UK general election have been published in the last 24 hours,...
Poland's Tusk issues warning after far-right gains in...
Warsaw [Poland], July 2: Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk issued a warning on Monday following far-right gains in the first...
Biden's family urges him to stay in White...
Washington [US], July 2: Democratic President Joe Biden's family has urged him to ignore calls to step aside following his...
Emergency declared in Russia's Sakha
Moscow [Russia], July 2: The authorities in the Sakha (Yakutia) region in Russia's Far East have declared an emergency...
S Koreans surge to sign online petition to...
Seoul [South Korea], July 2: An online petition calling for South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol to be impeached experienced...
UK govt, BA sued over 1990 Kuwait hostage...
London [UK], July 2: Passengers and crew of a British Airways flight who were taken hostage in Kuwait in 1990...
Rockets fired into Israel, tanks advance in Gaza
Gaza [Palestine], July 2: The Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad fired a barrage of rockets into Israel on Monday as...
Rival French parties seek to build anti-far right...
Paris [France], July 2: Opponents of France's far-right sought to build a united front to block the path to government...
Google to require disclosures for altered election ads
California [US], July 2: Google (GOOGL.O), opens new tab said on Monday it would make it mandatory for advertisers to...
Hurricane Beryl 'extremely dangerous' as it gains strength...
Washington [US], July 2: Hurricane Beryl unleashed powerful winds over the Eastern Caribbean on Monday, downing power lines and ripping...
AlQurm Protected Area in Khor Kalba joins IOSEA...
Sharjah [UAE], July 2: The Environment and Protected Areas Authority in Sharjah (EPAA) announced that the AlQurm Protected Area in...
Abdullah bin Zayed receives Minister of Foreign Affairs...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], July 2: H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs, received Abdoulaye Diop, Minister...
UAE President congratulates Mauritanian President on election win...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], July 2: President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan today held a phone call with...
5 killed, 60 injured in natural gas explosion...
Istanbul [Turkey], July 1: A natural gas explosion in Türkiye's western province of Izmir on Sunday killed five people and...
Chinese government unveils stricter rules around rare earths
Berlin [Germany], July 1: China's government has issued stricter regulations on rare earths, adding punishments for illegal mining, processing, imports...
Reformist Iranian presidential candidate opposes online censorship
Tehran [Iran], July 1: Reformist Iranian presidential candidate Masoud Pezeshkian has positioned himself against internet censorship in the country days...
Hungary's Orban announces new far-right European party alliance
Vienna [Austria], July 1: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban announced in Vienna on Sunday an alliance with populist parties from...
7 die in Russian missile attack on Ukraine's...
Kiev [Ukraine], July 1: At least seven people were killed in a Russian missile attack on the city of Vilniansk...
Taliban govt reps meet UN officials, envoys in...
Doha [Qatar], July 1: Representatives of Afghanistan's Taleban government began meetings on Sunday with UN officials as they attended talks...
Canada faces scourge of rising car thefts
Montreal [Canada], July 1: Montreal-area resident Zachary Siciliani discovered recently that his car had simply disappeared - likely in one...
Israeli tanks enter North and South Gaza
Tel Aviv [Israel], July 1: Israeli forces advanced further on Sunday into the Shejaia neighbourhood of northern Gaza and also...
Greek firefighters battle wildfires amid strong winds
Athens [Greece], July 1: Greek firefighters were battling two wildfires near Athens on Sunday amid strong winds, just hours after...
Trump targets anti-immigration drive on murdered Women, Girls
Washington [US], July 1: Minutes before going on stage for the first presidential debate on Thursday, Donald Trump received a...
Euro rises after France far-right win first round...
Paris [France], July 1: The euro touched a 10-day high on Sunday, after the first round of France's shock snap...
French election: Voting begins in watershed snap poll
Paris [France], July 1: French President Emmanuel Macron, whose decision to call Sunday's snap election has caused much political consternation...
UAE private sector: 'An engine of change' critical...
Dubai [UAE], July 1: The private sector "is an engine of change and sustainable development" and has a critical...