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Over 2,400 killed in Haiti gang violence in 2023

Over 2,400 killed in Haiti gang violence in...

Port-au-Prince[Haiti], August 20:More than 2,400 people have been killed in Haiti since the start of 2023 amid rampant gang violence,...

'Heinous' Russian attack on Ukraine kills 7

'Heinous' Russian attack on Ukraine kills 7

Chernihiv [Ukraine], August 20: A Russian missile strike on Ukraine's northern city of Chernihiv killed seven people and wounded more...

Thousands flee raging wildfires in western Canada

Thousands flee raging wildfires in western Canada

Kelowna [Canada], August 20: Residents of western Canada scrambled to evacuate Saturday as raging wildfires encroached on two metropolitan areas...

Saudi Crown Prince accepts invitation to pay visit to Iran

Saudi Crown Prince accepts invitation to pay visit...

Jeddah [Saudi Arabia], August 20: Iran's foreign minister met Saudi Arabia's crown prince on Friday during his first visit since...

UK reports first case of new COVID virus variant

UK reports first case of new COVID virus...

London [UK], August 20: The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said the first case of COVID-19 variant BA.2.86 had been...

UAE participates in the G20 Joint Health-Finance Ministers Meeting

UAE participates in the G20 Joint Health-Finance Ministers...

New Delhi [India], August 20: Mohamed bin Hadi Al Hussaini, Minister of State for Financial Affairs, and Dr.MahaBarakat, Assistant Minister...

World Humanitarian Day: UN and partners aim to reach 250 million people worldwide affected by conflict and other crises

World Humanitarian Day: UN and partners aim to...

New York [US], August 20: The United Nations on Friday paid tribute to 22 staff members killed in the bombing...

Hurricane Hilary sparks rare storm watch for U.S. Southwest

Hurricane Hilary sparks rare storm watch for U.S....

Los Angeles [US], August 19:Hurricane Hilary, now a Category 4 hurricane barreling north, is expected to impose "significant impacts," including...

Russia sanctions 54 British citizens in retaliatory move

Russia sanctions 54 British citizens in retaliatory move

Moscow [Russia], August 19: Russia has imposed personal sanctions against 54 British citizens, including officials, journalists and law enforcement representatives,...

UN marks 20th anniversary of bombing of its headquarters in Baghdad

UN marks 20th anniversary of bombing of its...

United Nations, August 19: The United Nations on Friday commemorated the 20th anniversary of the suicide bombing of its...

Children in DRC facing worst cholera outbreak in 6 years: UNICEF

Children in DRC facing worst cholera outbreak in...

United Nations, August 19: A spike in conflict and displacement in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)...

West not willing to negotiate with Russia: Russian FM

West not willing to negotiate with Russia: Russian...

Moscow [Russia], August 19: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Saturday that the West is not interested in negotiating with...

Road accident kills 1, injures 4 in N. Afghanistan

Road accident kills 1, injures 4 in N....

Faizabad[Afghanistan], August 19: A traveler has been confirmed dead and four others were injured as a car overturned in...

Bangladesh condemns terror attack on holy shrine in Iran

Bangladesh condemns terror attack on holy shrine in...

Dhaka [Bangladesh], August 19: Bangladesh has strongly condemned the recent terrorist attack on a Muslim shrine in Shiraz city in...

Saudi Arabia, India sign deal on digital cooperation

Saudi Arabia, India sign deal on digital cooperation

Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], August 19: Saudi Arabia and India signed on Friday an agreement on cooperation in developing digital economy...

Austrian ex-chancellor Kurz charged with making false statements

Austrian ex-chancellor Kurz charged with making false statements

Vienna [Austria], August 19: Former Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has been charged with making false statements to the Austrian parliament,...

Over 2,500 Ukrainians freed in prisoner exchanges with Russia

Over 2,500 Ukrainians freed in prisoner exchanges with...

Kyiv [Ukraine], August 19: A total of 2,598 Ukrainians taken captive in the Russia-Ukraine conflict have been released as a...

Concerns over "climate gentrification" rise in U.S. Hawaii after devastating Maui fires: AP

Concerns over "climate gentrification" rise in U.S. Hawaii...

New York [US], August 19: With a housing crisis that has priced out many Native Hawaiians living there for decades,...

Georgia election meddling case: Trump expected to surrender next week

Georgia election meddling case: Trump expected to surrender...

Washington [US], August 19: United States former President Donald Trump is expected to surrender himself to the Fulton County jail...

Tenerife: Wildfire slows down, no new evacuations

Tenerife: Wildfire slows down, no new evacuations

Tenerife [Spain], August 19: A wildfire that has blanketed much of the Spanish island of Tenerife with smoke and ash...

Biden hails 'new era' of Japan, South Korea ties

Biden hails 'new era' of Japan, South Korea...

Washington [US], August 19: South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol, left, President Joe Biden and Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida,...

UAE Team Emirates' Adam Yates takes podium at Vuelta Burgos in Spain

UAE Team Emirates' Adam Yates takes podium at...

Burgos[Spain], August 19: Adam Yates sprinted for victory from a reduced group on stage 3 of the Vuelta Burgos,...

UAE, Ethiopia: Collaborations and efforts in sustainability and facing climate challenges

UAE, Ethiopia: Collaborations and efforts in sustainability and...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], August 19: The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia is intensifying its climate action drive, as it has...

UAE Ambassador to Indonesia meets President of East Timor

UAE Ambassador to Indonesia meets President of East...

Jakarta [Indonesia], August 19: Abdulla Salem Obaid Al Dhaheri, UAE Ambassador to the Republic of Indonesia and ASEAN, met with...

Vietnam's aviation industry faces human resource shortage

Vietnam's aviation industry faces human resource shortage

Hanoi [Vietnam], August 18: Vietnam's aviation industry faces a severe human resource shortage due to the recovery of the tourism...

Latvian PM Karins resigns after coalition collapse

Latvian PM Karins resigns after coalition collapse

Riga [Latvia], August 18:Latvian Prime Minister KrisjanisKarins confirmed his resignation on Thursday, automatically triggering the end of his cabinet under...

Police detain daredevil after parachute jump from Eiffel Tower

Police detain daredevil after parachute jump from Eiffel...

Paris [France], August 18: A person was arrested in Paris after jumping off the Eiffel Tower with a parachute, police...