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UN agency probes staff suspected of role in Oct 7 attacks on Israel

UN agency probes staff suspected of role in...

Tel Aviv [Israel], January 27: The United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) said it had opened an investigation.

Australia PM vows to introduce bill to reshape tax cuts within weeks

Australia PM vows to introduce bill to reshape...

Canberra [Australia], January 27: Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said his centre-left government would soon legislate changes to planned tax...

Trump opens up lead over Biden in rematch many Americans don't want

Trump opens up lead over Biden in rematch...

Washington [US], January 27: Donald Trump leads Democratic President Joe Biden by six percentage points in a Reuters/Ipsos poll.

King Charles doing well in hospital after prostate treatment

King Charles doing well in hospital after prostate...

London [UK], January 27: Britain's King Charles is doing well after having planned treatment to address an enlarged prostate.

UAE Ambassador presents his credentials to Director-General of World Trade Organisation

UAE Ambassador presents his credentials to Director-General of...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], January 27: Jamal Jama Al Musharakh, Permanent Representative of the UAE to the United Nations and other...

Mansoor bin Mohammed attends opening of Mercedes-Benz Brand Centre in Dubai

Mansoor bin Mohammed attends opening of Mercedes-Benz Brand...

Dubai [UAE], January 27: His Highness Sheikh Mansoor bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairman of the Dubai Sports Council,...

UAE welcomes decisions of International Court of Justice to take provisional measures to protect Palestinians in Gaza Strip

UAE welcomes decisions of International Court of Justice...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], January 27: The UAE welcomed the International Court of Justice's (ICJ) preliminary rulings on the Gaza Strip...

Nahyan bin Mubarak attends reception marking India's 75th Republic Day in Abu Dhabi

Nahyan bin Mubarak attends reception marking India's 75th...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], January 27: Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence, attended a reception hosted...

UAE delegation visits Emirati integrated field hospital in Gaza

UAE delegation visits Emirati integrated field hospital in...

Gaza [Palestine], January 27: An Emirati medical delegation visited the integrated field hospital established by the UAE in the Gaza...

Cambodian FM to attend ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Retreat in Laos

Cambodian FM to attend ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Retreat...

Phnom Penh [Cambodia], January 26: Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sok Chenda Sophea will take part in the...

Ruling alliance wins most seats in Nepal's National Assembly election

Ruling alliance wins most seats in Nepal's National...

Kathmandu [Nepal], January 26: The candidates from Nepal's ruling parties won 18 out of 19 seats in the National Assembly...

Record cocaine haul seized in Bangladesh's main airport

Record cocaine haul seized in Bangladesh's main airport

Dhaka [Bangladesh], January 26: A total of 8.3 kg cocaine was seized in Bangladesh's main airport in capital Dhaka on...

Girl dies in hospital after being saved from refugee boat

Girl dies in hospital after being saved from...

Nicosia [Cyprus], January 26: A Syrian girl died in hospital on Thursday after being rescued from an overcrowded refugee boat,...

Philippine Navy joins search for 11 passengers of 2 missing boats

Philippine Navy joins search for 11 passengers of...

Manila [Philippines], January 26: The Philippine Navy on Thursday deployed a helicopter to search for 11 missing passengers of two...

Israeli army calls on more Khan Younis residents to flee

Israeli army calls on more Khan Younis residents...

Gaza [Palestine], January 26: The Israeli army is calling on more Palestinian residents of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza...

Train driver strike paralyses rail transport in Germany

Train driver strike paralyses rail transport in Germany

Berlin [Germany], January 26: Germany's state-owned railway Deutsche Bahn faced massive disruptions and widespread cancellations on Wednesday as train drivers...

US, UK sanction senior Houthis; rebels say Red Sea attacks will continue

US, UK sanction senior Houthis; rebels say Red...

Sanaa [Yemen], January 26: The United States and United Kingdom have issued new sanctions on leaders of Yemen's Houthis, as...

At least 12 dead in incident at UN facility

At least 12 dead in incident at UN...

Gaza [Palestine], January 26: The death toll at a UN facility that was sheltering civilians in the south of the...

Woman gets 27 years in prison for murder of Russian war supporter

Woman gets 27 years in prison for murder...

Moscow [Russia], January 26: Darya Trepova was sentenced to 27 years in prison on Thursday for a deadly bomb attack...

Russia risked lives in downed plane, says Ukrainian president

Russia risked lives in downed plane, says Ukrainian...

Kyiv [Ukraine], January 26: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Moscow of "playing with the lives of Ukrainian prisoners", after...

US Supreme Court allows execution with nitrogen to go ahead

US Supreme Court allows execution with nitrogen to...

Washington [US], January 26: The US Supreme Court on Wednesday did not move to stop the planned execution, using nitrogen,...

US support for Taiwan 'firm', lawmakers tell president-elect Lai

US support for Taiwan 'firm', lawmakers tell president-elect...

Taipei [Taiwan], January 26: Two US lawmakers met Taiwanese president-elect Lai Ching-te on Thursday to reaffirm Washington's support for the...

Russia jails nationalist critic Girkin for 4 years

Russia jails nationalist critic Girkin for 4 years

Moscow [Russia], January 26: Russian nationalist and ex-rebel commander Igor Girkin, whose pro-Moscow militants sparked a decade-long armed conflict in...

S Korean ruling party MP attacked in street: Yonhap

S Korean ruling party MP attacked in street:...

Seoul [South Korea], January 26: A South Korean ruling party lawmaker was struck on the head with a rock by...

Florida lawmakers vote to restrict children's access to social media

Florida lawmakers vote to restrict children's access to...

Florida [US], January 26: The Florida House of Representatives approved on Wednesday a bill aimed at barring children aged 16...

Trump opens up lead over Biden in rematch many Americans don't want

Trump opens up lead over Biden in rematch...

Washington [US], January 26: Donald Trump leads Democratic President Joe Biden by six percentage points in a Reuters/Ipsos poll that...

Russia says Ukraine had 15-minute warning on PoW flight

Russia says Ukraine had 15-minute warning on PoW...

Moscow [Russia], January 26: A senior Russian lawmaker said Ukrainian military intelligence had been given a 15-minute warning before a...