National

10 Emirati female volunteers depart for Gaza to join the UAE field hospital

10 Emirati female volunteers depart for Gaza to...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], December 11: Ten female volunteers from the medical field departed from the UAE today heading for Gaza...

COP28: UN launches ground-breaking plan to transform world's agrifood systems

COP28: UN launches ground-breaking plan to transform world's...

Dubai [UAE], December 11:As COP28 heads into its final working days in Dubai, the UN's agriculture wing launched on Sunday...

Hezbollah militant killed in Israeli attacks on Lebanon's southern border

Hezbollah militant killed in Israeli attacks on Lebanon's...

Beirut [Lebanon], December 10: A Hezbollah militant was killed on Saturday in Israeli attacks on border areas in southern Lebanon,...

Apartment building explosion in Germany injures 3

Apartment building explosion in Germany injures 3

Berlin [Germany], December 10: Three people were injured Saturday night when an apartment building was hit by a fire and...

3 killed, 1 wounded in U.S. shooting

3 killed, 1 wounded in U.S. shooting

New York [US], December 10: Three young adults were killed and another was wounded in a shooting on Saturday evening...

Australia to increase fees for foreign property investors

Australia to increase fees for foreign property investors

Canberra [Australia], December 10: Foreign investors in the Australian housing market will be hit with higher taxes under a government...

Sri Lanka probing nationwide power outage

Sri Lanka probing nationwide power outage

Colombo [Sri Lanka], December 10: Sri Lanka's state-owned electricity producer and supplier Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) said on Sunday that...

US, Japan, S Korea step up efforts to counter North Korea cyber-threats

US, Japan, S Korea step up efforts to...

Seoul [South Korea], December 10: The United States, South Korea and Japan have agreed on new efforts to respond to...

Ukraine's first lady warns of 'mortal danger' if Western support ends

Ukraine's first lady warns of 'mortal danger' if...

Kiev [Ukraine], December 10:Ukrainians face "mortal danger" if the West backs down over financial support for the resistance against the...

Several dead after hospital fire near Rome; 200 patients evacuated

Several dead after hospital fire near Rome; 200...

Rome [Italy], December 10:At least three people died in a fire at a hospital near Rome late on Friday, the...

EU agrees on landmark law to more closely regulate AI

EU agrees on landmark law to more closely...

Brussels [Belgium], December 10: Stricter rules will apply to the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the European Union in...

Teenager killed, 15 detained in Israeli raids in occupied West Bank

Teenager killed, 15 detained in Israeli raids in...

Jerusalem [Israel], December 10: The Israeli military has carried out multiple raids in the occupied West Bank as heavy fighting...

'Double standards': World reacts to US veto on Gaza truce resolution at UN

'Double standards': World reacts to US veto on...

New York [US], December 10: World leaders, international rights groups and United Nations officials have criticised the United States for...

UN raises alarm on attempts to annul Guatemala's general election results

UN raises alarm on attempts to annul Guatemala's...

Guatemala City [Guatemala], December 10: The United Nations high commissioner for human rights deplored "persistent and systematic" attempts to undermine...

MahsaAmini's family blocked from leaving Iran for EU prize

MahsaAmini's family blocked from leaving Iran for EU...

Paris [France], December 10: The family of MahsaAmini, the Iranian Kurdish woman who died in custody, have been banned from...

French court convicts six teens for role in beheading of teacher

French court convicts six teens for role in...

Paris [France], December 10: A French court on Friday convicted six teenagers for their role in the 2020 beheading of...

Texas court halts ruling allowing abortion under strict law

Texas court halts ruling allowing abortion under strict...

Washington [US], December 10:The Supreme Court of Texas late Friday temporarily blocked an emergency abortion for a woman whose fetus...

COP28 clashes over fossil fuel phase-out after OPEC pushback

COP28 clashes over fossil fuel phase-out after OPEC...

Dubai [UAE], December 10:Countries clashed on Saturday over a possible agreement to phase out fossil fuels at the COP28 summit...

Israel orders more evacuations in Khan Younis after US blocks Gaza ceasefire call

Israel orders more evacuations in Khan Younis after...

Jerusalem [Israel], December 10:Israel ordered residents out of the centre of Gaza's main southern city Khan Younis on Saturday and...

Could Egypt's presidential elections be a chance for change?

Could Egypt's presidential elections be a chance for...

Cairo [Egypt], December 10:Egypt's presidential elections, which will take place on December 10 -12, will most likely see the 69-year-old...

Nigeria to plant 10 million mangrove seedlings in next 3 years: Minister of State for Environment

Nigeria to plant 10 million mangrove seedlings in...

Dubai [UAE], December 10: Dr.IshaqSalako, Minister of State for Environment in the Federal Republic of Nigeria, said that Nigeria, the...

Tennessee tornadoes leave at least 6 dead, tens of thousands without power

Tennessee tornadoes leave at least 6 dead, tens...

Washington [US], December 10:Severe storms and tornadoes in Tennessee left at least six people dead on Saturday and caused what...

IS attack kills 7 in Syria

IS attack kills 7 in Syria

Damascus [Syria], December 9: Seven soldiers and pro-government fighters were killed on Friday during an Islamic State (IS) attack...

South African airports ready for festive visitors

South African airports ready for festive visitors

Johannesburg [South Africa], December 9: South Africa has revamped its airports and introduced technology to provide seamless services, and is...

Deal on landmark AI law reached within EU

Deal on landmark AI law reached within EU

Brussels [Belgium], December 9: EU lawmakers and member states on Friday struck a deal on rules regulating artificial intelligence (AI).

3.5 mln Canadian adults experience long COVID

3.5 mln Canadian adults experience long COVID

Ottawa [Canada], December 9: A total of 3.5 million Canadians, or 11.7 percent of the total adult population, reported experiencing...

11 killed in armed conflict in central Mexico

11 killed in armed conflict in central Mexico

Mexico City [Mexico], December 9: At least 11 people died Friday in the municipality of Texcaltitlan in the State of...