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Iranian authorities report 32 suspects held after terrorist bombing

Iranian authorities report 32 suspects held after terrorist...

Tehran [Iran], January 8: The Iranian authorities have arrested a total of 32 suspects linked to the twin suicide bombings...

Japan supports Ukraine with $37mn for air defence

Japan supports Ukraine with $37mn for air defence

Tokyo [Japan], January 8: During a visit to Kiev, Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa has promised Ukraine support in its...

Jordan's King Abdullah II presses Blinken to push for a ceasefire in Gaza

Jordan's King Abdullah II presses Blinken to push...

Amman [Jordan], January 8: Jordan's King Abdullah II has urged US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to push for a...

Hamza, son of Al Jazeera's Wael Dahdouh, killed in Israeli attack in Gaza

Hamza, son of Al Jazeera's Wael Dahdouh, killed...

Gaza [Palestine], January 8: Hamza Dahdouh, the eldest son of Al Jazeera's Gaza bureau chief, Wael Dahdouh, has been killed...

Pentagon didn't inform Biden, White House for days about Austin's hospitalisation

Pentagon didn't inform Biden, White House for days...

Washington [US], January 8: The Pentagon did not tell President Joe Biden and other top officials about Defense Secretary Lloyd...

Rohingya refugees homeless after Bangladesh fire

Rohingya refugees homeless after Bangladesh fire

Dhaka [Bangladesh], January 8: Thousands of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh have been left without shelter after a suspected arson attack...

Western diplomats seek to prevent Gaza spillover

Western diplomats seek to prevent Gaza spillover

Gaza [Palestine], January 8: Top U.S and European diplomats urged leaders in the Middle East to keep the Gaza war...

Israeli police kill Palestinian girl during response to ramming attack

Israeli police kill Palestinian girl during response to...

Jerusalem [Israel], January 8: Israeli police killed a young Palestinian girl in a car at a West Bank crossing when...

EU's Michel downplays criticism of his plan to resign early

EU's Michel downplays criticism of his plan to...

Brussels [Belgium], January 8: European Council President Charles Michel downplayed criticism of his plan to resign early to run for...

126 dead, 210 missing in Japan's Noto quakes amidst challenging aftermath

126 dead, 210 missing in Japan's Noto quakes...

Tokyo [Japan], January 8: The death toll has surged to 126 in the central Japanese prefecture of Ishikawa after a...

Greece reopens huge Alexander the Great monument

Greece reopens huge Alexander the Great monument

Athens [Greece], January 8: The site of one of the most important monuments in classical antiquity - the palace where...

Coal miners in North Dakota unearth mammoth tusk buried for thousands of years

Coal miners in North Dakota unearth mammoth tusk...

Washington [US], January 8: The first person to spot it was a shovel operator working the overnight shift, eyeing a...

No UAE national airlines operating Boeing 737 Max 9: General Civil Aviation Authority

No UAE national airlines operating Boeing 737 Max...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], January 8: The General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) today confirmed that none of the national airlines in...

Cutting-edge industrial solutions to be unveiled as SteelFab 2024 opens tomorrow at Expo Centre Sharjah

Cutting-edge industrial solutions to be unveiled as SteelFab...

Sharjah [UAE], January 8: SteelFab 2024, the biggest event of its kind across the Middle East and North Africa region,...

Participants of annual 'Camel Trek' arrive in Global Village following 12-day journey through UAE desert

Participants of annual 'Camel Trek' arrive in Global...

Dubai [UAE], January 8: The participants of the annual 'Camel Trek' arrived in the Heritage Village of the Global Village...

5 drug traffickers killed on Syria-Jordan border: monitor

5 drug traffickers killed on Syria-Jordan border: monitor

Damascus [Syria], January 7: Five drug traffickers were killed in hours-long clashes with Jordanian forces on the Syrian-Jordan border region...

China decides to sanction five U.S. defense industry companies

China decides to sanction five U.S. defense industry...

Beijing [China], January 7: China has decided to sanction five U.S. defense industry companies, a foreign ministry spokesperson said on...

Tokyo prosecutors arrest ruling party lawmaker over slush funds scandal

Tokyo prosecutors arrest ruling party lawmaker over slush...

Tokyo [Japan], January 7: A Japanese lawmaker from the largest faction within the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) was arrested...

Blast kills 2, injures 14 in Afghanistan's Kabul

Blast kills 2, injures 14 in Afghanistan's Kabul

Kabul [Afghanistan], January 7: Two persons have been confirmed dead and 14 others sustained injury as a blast ripped through...

US appeals court prevents California from banning guns in most public places

US appeals court prevents California from banning guns...

Washington [US], January 7: A federal appeals court on Saturday reinstated a judge's ruling that barred California from enforcing a...

Death toll in Iran suicide attacks rises to 91 as secret service arrests 11 people

Death toll in Iran suicide attacks rises to...

Tehran [Iran], January 7: The death toll in the suicide blasts in Iran earlier this week has risen to 91,...

Taiwan accuses China of endangering aviation safety with balloons

Taiwan accuses China of endangering aviation safety with...

Taipei [Taiwan], January 7: Taiwan's Defence Ministry on Saturday strongly condemned China's releasing aerial balloons to fly over Taiwan, saying...

Al-Amal Hospital surroundings in Gaza comes under heavy fire

Al-Amal Hospital surroundings in Gaza comes under heavy...

Gaza [Palestine], January 7: The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) reported heavy shelling and drone fire near the Al-Amal Hospital...

Lebanon files complaint with UN chief, UNSC after Israel attacks

Lebanon files complaint with UN chief, UNSC after...

Beirut [Lebanon], January 7: Lebanon has sent a letter of complaint to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and the president of...

2024 a key year for democracy as elections loom: EU's von der Leyen

2024 a key year for democracy as elections...

Berlin [Germany], January 7: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says the year 2024 is "a key year for...

Russian strikes kill 11, including children: Ukrainian official

Russian strikes kill 11, including children: Ukrainian official

Kiev [Ukraine], January 7: A Russian missile strike has killed 11 people, including five children, in eastern Ukraine, a local...

Supreme Court to rule if Trump can run for president

Supreme Court to rule if Trump can run...

Washington [US], January 7: The US Supreme Court says it will hear a historic case to determine whether Donald Trump...