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Iran, Britain discuss Red Sea tension
Tehran [Iran], January 1: Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and his British counterpart David Cameron on Sunday exchanged views on...
Turkish medical group warns of flu epidemic, urging...
Istanbul [Turkey], January 1: The Turkish Medical Association has recently warned about the potential escalation of a flu epidemic across...
Malta gov't promises more reforms to curb inflation...
Valletta [Malta], January 1: Malta's Prime Minister Robert Abela on Sunday pledged more measures to tackle inflation in 2024 as...
2 dead in Philippine capital house fire
Manila [Philippines], January 1: Two people died due to a house fire in Taguig City in Metro Manila on Sunday,...
Sri Lanka faces challenges to achieve economic stability...
Colombo [Sri Lanka], January 1: Sri Lanka must continue to forge ahead on a demanding path with formidable challenges in...
Singaporean PM calls for full support for new...
Singapore, January 1: Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Sunday called on Singaporeans to give Lawrence Wong and his...
Ukraine's Kharkiv sees new attacks; death toll up...
Kiev [Ukraine], January 1: The eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv again became the target of overnight Russian attacks, two days...
Israel detains Palestinians in renewed West Bank raids
Gaza [Palestine], January 1: Israeli forces have arrested at least four Palestinians and wounded 17 others after conducting nightlong raids...
Bombardment destroyed 70% of Gaza homes
Gaza [Palestine], January 1: Israel's relentless bombardment of Gaza for nearly three months has destroyed 70 percent of the homes...
Eurostar resumes rail services after flood disruptions
London [UK], January 1: International rail operator Eurostar cancelled 41 trains scheduled for Saturday due to tunnel flooding in England.
Russia says seeking UN Security Council meeting on...
Moscow [Russia], January 1: Russia on Saturday requested a meeting of the United Nations Security Council to discuss what it...
Denmark's Queen Margrethe II announces surprise abdication
Copenhagen [Denmark], January 1: Denmark's popular Queen Margrethe II, Europe's longest-serving monarch, said Sunday that she would abdicate on January...
US appeals court allows California to bar guns...
Washington [US], January 1: A federal appeals court on Saturday cleared the way for a California law that bans the...
Israel seeks full control of Gaza-Egypt border, Netanyahu...
Jerusalem [Israel], January 1: Israel must take full control of the Gaza Strip border corridor with Egypt to ensure a...
US sinks 3 ships, kills 10 after Houthi...
Washington [US], January 1: U.S. helicopters repelled an attack by Iran-backed Houthi militants on a Maersk (MAERSKb.CO) container vessel in...
Shakhboot bin Nahyan officially opens UAE desalination plants...
Rafah [Gaza Strip], January 1: In implementation to the directives of President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan,...
Abu Dhabi's New Year celebrations create unprecedented hospitality...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], January 1: The hospitality sector in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi is witnessing record levels of occupancy...
Saud bin Saqr receives Norwegian ambassador
Ras al-Khaimah [UAE], January 1: H.H. Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Ras Al...
Shakhboot bin Nahyan tours warehouses of Emirati relief...
Al-Arish [Egypt], January 1: Sheikh Shakhboot bin Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of State, and the accompanying UAE delegation...
Israel launches missile attack near Aleppo int'l airport...
Damascus [Syria], December 31: Israel launched a missile attack near the international airport of Aleppo city in northern Syria on...
EU members agree to lift air, maritime internal...
Brussels [Belgium], December 31: European Union (EU) member states reached a unanimous agreement on Saturday to eliminate air and maritime...
Sri Lanka receives highest monthly tourist arrivals in...
Colombo [Sri Lanka], December 31: Tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka passed 200,000 in December, the highest number for a month...
6.4-magnitude earthquake hits off eastern Indonesia
Jakarta [Indonesia], December 31: A 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck off Indonesia's eastern province of Papua earlier Sunday, with no potential to...
Albania's ex-PM Berisha placed under house arrest in...
Berlin [Germany], December 31: Albania's right-wing opposition leader, Sali Berisha, has been placed under house arrest following allegations of corruption...
US State Dept approves arms sale to Israel,...
Washington [US], December 31: The US State Department has approved the sale of further weapons to Israel worth millions of...
Death toll from Israeli strikes in Gaza Strip...
Gaza [Palestine], December 31: The death toll from Israeli strikes in the Gaza Strip has reached 21,672, and the number...
UN says 81 aid trucks entered Gaza, number...
Gaza [Palestine], December 31: Eighty-one trucks carrying humanitarian aid entered the Gaza Strip through the Kerem Shalom and Rafah crossings...