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UAE Rulers congratulate Emir of Kuwait on third...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], October 1: Their Highnesses Supreme Council Members and Rulers of the Emirates have sent congratulatory messages to...

Hamdan bin Mohammed witnesses graduation of third cohort...
Dubai [UAE], October 1: H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Chairman of the...

Abu Dhabi announces temporary truck, worker-bus ban on...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], October 1: In conjunction with the start of the Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference (ADIPEC...

Syrian army thwart rebel drone attacks in N....
Damascus [Syria], September 30: The Syrian Armed Forces on Friday successfully intercepted and downed three weaponized drones in northern Syria,...

5.2-magnitude quake hits 296 km ENE of Alotau,...
New York [US], September 30: An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2 jolted 296 km ENE of Alotau, Papua New...

Half of food products in Spain become more...
Madrid [Spain], September 30: Almost half (48.9 percent) of the food products in Spain that are subject to the government's...

Mediterranean EU countries urge concrete action against illegal...
Valletta [Malta], September 30: Leaders of nine southern European countries have called for the European Union (EU) to finalize a...

Singaporean PM encourages flagship media to keep objective...
Singapore, September 30: Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong called on LianheZaobao, the flagship Chinese-language daily in Singapore, to provide...

Maldivians return to polls to vote in presidential...
Colombo [Sri Lanka], September 30: The second round of presidential election in the Maldives kicked off on Saturday, after no...

Brazil's Lula undergoes hip surgery 'without complications': doctor
Brasilia [Brazil], September 30: Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is awake and recovering from hip surgery on Friday,...

Putin discusses Ukraine war with top Wagner commander...
Moscow [Russia], September 30: Russian President Vladimir Putin was on Friday shown meeting one of the most senior former commanders...

Migrants are being raped at Mexico border as...
Mexico City [Mexico], September 30: When Carolina's captors arrived at dawn to pull her out of the stash house in...

Republicans reject own funding bill, US government shutdown...
Washington [US], September 30: Hardline Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday rejected a bill proposed by their...

Sweden to call in military to help crack...
Stockholm [Sweden], September 30: Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson was meeting the head of Sweden's armed forces and the police chief...

Riyadh hosts World Tourism Day with participation of...
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], September 30: Saudi Arabia on Wednesday hosted the events of World Tourism Day 2023 under the theme...

Heavy rainfall, floods New York City bring to...
New York [US], September 30: Severe rainfall battered New York City on Friday causing widespread disruptions as subways and airports...

Abu Dhabi Police Commander-in-Chief meets Commissioner of Israeli...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], September 30: Staff Major General Pilot FarisKhalaf Al Mazrouei, Abu Dhabi Police Commander-in-Chief, met Commissioner of the...

ADAFSA to develop integrated strategy to reduce food...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], September 30: The Abu Dhabi Agriculture and Food Safety Authority (ADAFSA) is intensifying its efforts to develop...

Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed meets Prime Minister...
Tirana [Albania], September 30: H.H. Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, has met...
U.S. California's surging gas prices spark call to...
California [US], September 29: The U.S. state of California is again witnessing gasoline prices soar to near record highs, sparking...
Australian Defence Force helicopters retired following fatal crash
Canberra [Australia], September 29: The Australian Defence Force's fleet of MRH-90 Taipan helicopters have been retired early following a fatal...
Expansion of North Korea nuclear force enshrined in...
Pyongyang [North Korea],September 29: North Korean law now allows for its nuclear force to be expanded after the policy was...
Taiwan launches its first domestically built submarine
Taipei [Taiwan], September 29: Taiwan launched its first domestically built submarine on Thursday. President Tsai Ing-wen said building submarines domestically...
Stoltenberg, in Kiev, sees progress in Ukrainian counteroffensive
Kiev [Ukraine], September 29: NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg met President VolodymyrZelensky in Kiev on Thursday during his second visit...
Biden warns democracies 'can die when people are...
Washington [US], September 29: President Joe Biden urged Americans to stand up for democracy in a speech Thursday that accused...
Vietnam jails environmental activist for 3 years for...
Hanoi [Vietnam],September 29: A Vietnamese court has sentenced an environmental activist to three years in prison on charges of tax...
Shutdown odds grow as Senate, House advance separate...
Washington [US], September 29: The Democratic-led U.S. Senate forged ahead with a bipartisan stopgap funding bill aimed at averting a...