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Tajik president calls for more int'l aid for...
United Nations, September 21: Tajik President EmomaliRahmon on Wednesday called on the international community to provide more humanitarian aid for...
Riyadh hails 'positive results' of peace talks with...
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], September 21: Saudi Arabia on Wednesday hailed what it called "positive results" from talks with a visiting...
Humanitarian situation in Libya's flood areas 'critical'
Tripoli [Libya], September 21: The humanitarian situation in the flood-hit areas in eastern Libya is "quite critical at the moment"...
France refuses to take in migrants from Lampedusa
Paris [France],September 21: France's Interior Minister GeraldDarmanin said on Tuesday that the country would not take in migrants who arrived...
Iranian President Raisi defends domestic nuclear programme
New York [US], September 21: Iranian President EbrahimRaisi defended the country's nuclear programme during the UN General Assembly in...
Women violating dress code to face 10 years...
Tehran [Iran], September 21: Iranian women who flout the strict Islamic dress code mandating head coverings and modest clothing would...
Charles III welcomed in France for first visit...
Paris [France], September 21: King Charles III on Wednesday embarked on his first state visit to France as monarch, a...
Maui fire lawsuit blames landowners for wild grass...
Hawaii [US], September 21: The father of a woman who died in the Hawaii wildfires last month has launched a...
'Stop the war' and Zelenskiy need not speak
New York [US], September 21: It was to be Ukrainian President VolodomyrZelenskiy's first in- person appearance at a U.N. Security...
US Fed leaves rates unchanged
Washington [US], September 21: The US Federal Reserve unanimously voted today to hold its overnight interest rates unchanged at 5.25...
Led by His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed,...
New York [US], September 21: On the second day of the high-level week of the 78th Session of the...
Germany bans neo-Nazi group Hammerskins
Berlin [Germany], September 20: Germany has banned the right-wing extremist group Hammerskins, the Ministry of the Interior (BMI) announced on...
Spate of gang killings across Sweden sparks gov't...
Stockholm [Sweden], September 20: The Swedish government called a crisis meeting on Tuesday due to an escalation of gang violence...
Finnish gov't reveals 2024 budget with focus on...
Helsinki [Finland], September 20: The Finnish government completed its 2024 budget talks on Tuesday, raising the budget deficit amid multiple...
NASA's Curiosity rover reaches new location preserving Mars'...
Los Angeles [US], September 20: NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has reached a ridge on Mars, which preserved an intriguing record...
Gold rises slightly ahead of Fed's interest rate...
Chicago [US], September 20: Gold futures on the COMEX division of the New York Mercantile Exchange rose slightly on Tuesday...
Laos reports 1st monkeypox case
Vientiane [Laos], September 20: The Lao Ministry of Health has confirmed the first case of monkeypox in the country, urging...
Latvia closes border crossing with Belarus over illegal...
Riga [Latvia], September 20: Latvia is temporarily closing one of its two border crossings with neighbouring Belarus in response to...
One killed, 46 injured in bus crash in...
Vienna [Austria], September 20: A woman has been killed and 46 others were injured in a bus accident in southern...
Kuwait strongly denounces Khor Abdullah ruling
New York [US], September 20: Kuwait's Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Salem Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah denounced in the strongest terms a...
Third Global Trade and Supply Chain Summit kicks...
Dubai [UAE], September 20: The third Global Trade and Supply Chain Summit, organised by The Economist Impact, kicked off today...
UAE expresses solidarity with Greece, offers condolences over...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], September 20: The UAE has expressed its sincere condolences and solidarity with Greece over the rescue team...
Noura Al Kaabi receives copy of credentials of...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], September 20: Noura Al Kaabi, Minister of State, today received a copy of the credential of Dr....
Meetings attended by the UAE's delegation during the...
New York [US], September 20: H. H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs, met with Edi...
Climate crisis needs critical attention: US President
New York [US], September 20: United States President Joseph Biden said on Tuesday the climate crisis needs critical attention, pointing...
Former student charged over alleged campus stabbing in...
Canberra [Australia], September 19: A 24-year-old man has been charged over an alleged stabbing at the Australian National University (ANU)...
Australia's Sydney faces 1st total fire ban in...
Sydney [Australia], September 19: Australia's Sydney on Tuesday faced its first total fire ban in almost three years since November...