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Myanmar junta to free 9,652 prisoners on humanitarian grounds - state media

Myanmar junta to free 9,652 prisoners on humanitarian...

Yangon [Myanmar], January 5: Myanmar's military government will release 9,652 prisoners, including 114 foreigners, under an amnesty to mark the...

IS claims responsibility for deadly Iran bombings that killed 84

IS claims responsibility for deadly Iran bombings that...

Tehran [Iran], January 5: The Islamic State group (IS) has said it carried out a bomb attack in Iran on...

Bangladesh holds general elections on Sunday

Bangladesh holds general elections on Sunday

Dhaka [Bangladesh], January 5: Bangladesh will hold general elections on Sunday, with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina set to win a...

UAE condemns in strongest terms statements by two Israeli Ministers

UAE condemns in strongest terms statements by two...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], January 5: The United Arab Emirates condemned in the strongest terms the extremist statements of the Israeli...

New ambassadors take oath before UAE President

New ambassadors take oath before UAE President

Abu Dhabi [UAE], January 5: A number of new UAE ambassadors today took their legal oath before President His Highness...

UAE President receives Chairman of People's Council of Turkmenistan

UAE President receives Chairman of People's Council of...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], January 5: President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan today received His Excellency Gurbanguly...

Bahrain welcomes success of UAE's mediation to exchange captives between Russia, Ukraine

Bahrain welcomes success of UAE's mediation to exchange...

Manama [Bahrain], January 5: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Bahrain has welcomed of the success of...

Israel's top court delays law thwarting removal of Netanyahu from office

Israel's top court delays law thwarting removal of...

Jerusalem [Israel], January 4: Israel's Supreme Court delayed on Wednesday the activation of a controversial law that aims at preventing...

Ukraine says mine-clearing in Black Sea to take up to 5 years

Ukraine says mine-clearing in Black Sea to take...

Kiev [Ukraine], January 4: The actions to clear the Black Sea and its neighboring Sea of Azov from mines would...

4 injured in stabbing at Tokyo's Akihabara railway station, suspect detained

4 injured in stabbing at Tokyo's Akihabara railway...

Tokyo [Japan], January 4: A stabbing incident at the Japan Railways (JR) Akihabara Station in Tokyo on Wednesday evening has...

First major trial in connection with Turkish earthquake deaths begins

First major trial in connection with Turkish earthquake...

Ankara [Turkey], January 4: The first major trial in connection with the devastating earthquakes that rocked Turkey last February began...

WHO condemns Israeli attacks on Khan Younis hospital

WHO condemns Israeli attacks on Khan Younis hospital

Geneva [Switzerland], January 4: The World Health Organization (WHO) has accused Israel of "unconscionable" attacks on a hospital in the...

UN urges end to attacks on civilians in Ukraine war

UN urges end to attacks on civilians in...

Geneva [Switzerland], January 4: The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, has called on Russia and Ukraine to...

Prices hiked as Houthis claim Red Sea attack

Prices hiked as Houthis claim Red Sea attack

Sanaa [Yemen], January 4: Yemen's Houthi rebels claimed responsibility for the latest attack Wednesday on a merchant ship in the...

Gaza tensions spike after blasts, killing

Gaza tensions spike after blasts, killing

Gaza [Palestine], January 4: Fears that the Zionist entity's war in Gaza could spiral across the Middle East grew Wednesday...

Multiple US statehouses evacuated after apparent hoax threats

Multiple US statehouses evacuated after apparent hoax threats

Washington [US], January 4: Multiple U.S. statehouses were evacuated on Wednesday morning following bomb threats, at least some of which...

Trump asks Supreme Court to overturn Colorado ban

Trump asks Supreme Court to overturn Colorado ban

Washington [US], January 4: Donald Trump has asked the US Supreme Court to reverse a Colorado ruling that barred him...

At least 73 killed, 150 wounded in blasts in Iran

At least 73 killed, 150 wounded in blasts...

Tehran [Iran], January 4: At least 73 people have died after explosions were heard near the grave of Iranian General...

Success of UAE mediation to exchange captives between Russia and Ukraine

Success of UAE mediation to exchange captives between...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], January 4: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced the success of the UAE's mediation regarding the...

Trump appeals Maine's ruling of his disqualification for 2024 primary ballot

Trump appeals Maine's ruling of his disqualification for...

Washington [US], January 3: U.S. former President Donald Trump on Tuesday filed an appeal of the decision by Maine's top...

California law banning guns in public takes effect amid legal challenges

California law banning guns in public takes effect...

Washington [US], January 3: A new law in U.S. California that bans the carrying of guns in most public places...

4 terrorists killed in clash in NW Pakistan

4 terrorists killed in clash in NW Pakistan

Islamabad [Pakistan], January 3: Four terrorists were killed in a clash with security forces in Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province...

Australian gov't urged to address health gaps before next pandemic

Australian gov't urged to address health gaps before...

Canberra [Australia], January 3: Disadvantaged Australians were six times more likely to die from COVID-19 at the peak of the...

Philippine jeepney drivers vow to continue protest against phaseout plan

Philippine jeepney drivers vow to continue protest against...

Manila [Philippines], January 3: Jeepney drivers and operators in the Philippines have vowed to launch more transport strikes in 2024...

1,200 evacuated in Indonesia after volcano erupts

1,200 evacuated in Indonesia after volcano erupts

Jakarta [Indonesia], January 3: Authorities on Indonesia's Flores island evacuated nearly 1,2000 people from villages near the Mount Lewotobi volcano...

Taiwan's ruling party candidate leads poll before presidential vote

Taiwan's ruling party candidate leads poll before presidential...

Taipei [Taiwan], January 3: Lai Ching-te from Taiwan's ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) remains the frontrunner for the January 13...

Biden loses support to Trump among African American, Hispanic voters

Biden loses support to Trump among African American,...

Washington [US], January 3: US President Joe Biden is losing support among the African American and Hispanic voters, a survey...