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Gaza fighting intensifies

Gaza fighting intensifies

Tel Aviv [Israel], December 9: The United States kept up pressure on Israel to do more to protect Palestinian civilians...

Sultan Al Qasimi inaugurates 7th Sharjah Desert Theatre Festival

Sultan Al Qasimi inaugurates 7th Sharjah Desert Theatre...

Sharjah [UAE], December 9: His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah,...

President of UAE receives President of Belarus

President of UAE receives President of Belarus

Abu Dhabi [UAE], December 9: President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan today received Aleksandr Lukashenko President of...

Indonesia proposes free entry visas for travellers from 20 countries

Indonesia proposes free entry visas for travellers from...

Jakarta [Indonesia], December 9: The Indonesian Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy has proposed issuing free entry visas to travellers...

Dubai Global Framework a strong push to reduce carbon emissions in international aviation sector

Dubai Global Framework a strong push to reduce...

Dubai [UAE], December 9: The General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) confirmed that the "Dubai Global Framework" for sustainable aviation fuel,...

Armenia, Azerbaijan agree to exchange prisoners of war

Armenia, Azerbaijan agree to exchange prisoners of war

Baku [Azerbaijan], December 9: Armenia and Azerbaijan pledged to exchange prisoners of war and expressed their "intention to normalise ties...

Russia sets March 17 election date with Putin set to run again

Russia sets March 17 election date with Putin...

Moscow [Russia], December 8: Russia's upper house of parliament, the Federation Council, has officially scheduled the country's next presidential election...

Turkish, Greek leaders ink friendship declaration in rare Athens meet

Turkish, Greek leaders ink friendship declaration in rare...

Istanbul [Turkey], December 8: Greek and Turkish leaders on Thursday struck an upbeat tone at a rare meeting in Athens,...

280 staff members killed in Gaza since war began: Red Crescent

280 staff members killed in Gaza since war...

Ramallah [Palestine], December 8: A total of 280 staff members have been killed in Gaza since the war there began...

Jordan carries out airdrop of medical supplies to southern Gaza

Jordan carries out airdrop of medical supplies to...

Cairo [Egypt], December 8: Jordan's air force said on Thursday it had dropped urgent medical supplies to a Jordanian field...

UN's Guterres invokes Article 99 over 'urgent' Gaza situation

UN's Guterres invokes Article 99 over 'urgent' Gaza...

New York [US], December 8: In a rare move, United Nations Secretary-General AntonioGuterres has urged the UN Security Council to...

NASA celebrates 25 years of International Space Station

NASA celebrates 25 years of International Space Station

New York [US], December 8: The US space agency NASA celebrated the 25th anniversary of the start of work on...

Displacement, death and hunger as Israel's war on Gaza enters third month

Displacement, death and hunger as Israel's war on...

Tel Aviv [Israel], December 8: Fighting has escalated in Gaza's second-largest city of Khan Younis as Israeli air strikes rain...

The situation in Gaza worsened and Mr. Guterres' rare move

The situation in Gaza worsened and Mr. Guterres'...

Tel Aviv [Israel], December 8: The Israeli army is besieging the Hamas leader's hideout in the Gaza Strip, while UN...

Russia - Saudi Arabia strengthen cooperation on oil prices

Russia - Saudi Arabia strengthen cooperation on oil...

Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], December 8: Reuters reported on December 7 that Russian President Vladimir Putin and Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince...

South Korea sold 129 infantry fighting vehicles to Australia

South Korea sold 129 infantry fighting vehicles to...

Seoul [South Korea], December 8: The infantry fighting vehicles will be manufactured in the Australian state of Victoria by Hanwha...

Mr. Hunter Biden faces additional criminal charges

Mr. Hunter Biden faces additional criminal charges

Washington [US], December 8: On December 7, the US Department of Justice issued new criminal charges against Mr. Hunter Biden,...

Armenia and Azerbaijan aim to normalize relations

Armenia and Azerbaijan aim to normalize relations

Yerevan [Armenia], December 8: On December 7, Armenia and Azerbaijan issued a joint statement that the European Union considered an...

Mr. Trump returned to court, criticized the 'unfair' case and said he needed to lose weight

Mr. Trump returned to court, criticized the 'unfair'...

Washington [US], December 8: Former US President Donald Trump returns to civil court in New York to be tried on...

Former UK police officers sentenced for sending racist messages about Meghan

Former UK police officers sentenced for sending racist...

London [UK], December 8: Six former London police officers were given suspended prison sentences for sharing offensive and racist messages...

Hundreds more Palestinians killed

Hundreds more Palestinians killed

Tel Aviv [Israel], December 8: Israel battled Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip's biggest cities and said it had attacked...

Majid Al Futtaim Retail and its 16 partners commit to collaborative impact goals at COP28

Majid Al Futtaim Retail and its 16 partners...

Dubai [UAE], December 8: Under the auspices of the Ministry of Climate Change and Environment (MOCCAE), Majid Al Futtaim Retail,...

UAE dedicated to adopting cutting-edge sustainability solutions: President of Boeing META

UAE dedicated to adopting cutting-edge sustainability solutions: President...

Dubai [UAE], December 8: KuljitGhata-Aura, the President of Boeing Middle East, Turkey and Africa (META) said that the UAE is...

GEMS SCOPE 2023 Climate Conference adds voices of students and educators to wider COP28 discourse

GEMS SCOPE 2023 Climate Conference adds voices of...

Dubai [UAE], December 8: Guests from around the world joined GEMS Education school leaders, educators, and students yesterday for a...

UAE rulers offer condolences to King of Bahrain over passing of Isa bin Mubarak bin Hamad

UAE rulers offer condolences to King of Bahrain...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], December 8: Their Highnesses Supreme Council Members and Rulers of the Emirates have sent messages of condolences...

Myanmar relaxes forex rule for exporters

Myanmar relaxes forex rule for exporters

Yangon [Myanmar], December 7: The Central Bank of Myanmar (CBM) on Wednesday relaxed its foreign currency conversion rule for exporters...

Indonesia to deepen health reform as citizens prefer overseas treatment

Indonesia to deepen health reform as citizens prefer...

Jakarta [Indonesia], December 7: Indonesia revealed Wednesday that it had been pushing for health reform to improve its healthcare facilities...