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Thirteen killed in Bangladesh protests over job quotas
Dhaka [Bangladesh], July 19: Thirteen people were killed as thousands of students armed with sticks and rocks clashed with armed...

Biden continues to work amid 'mild' COVID symptoms,...
Washington [US], July 19: U.S. President Joe Biden is continuing to conduct official business while experiencing mild upper respiratory symptoms...

Ukraine marks 10th anniversary of shooting down of...
Kyiv [Ukraine], July 18: The Ukrainian authorities on Wednesday marked the 10th anniversary of the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines...

Gaza health authority reports further deaths from Israeli...
Gaza [Palestine], July 18: Health authorities in the Gaza Strip reported further deaths as the Israeli military said it was...

Hezbollah threatens to fire on new Israeli targets
Jerusalem [Israel], July 18: Hezbollah has warned it will find new targets for its rocket attacks should Israeli attacks continue...

Hamas rejects accusation of war crimes
Gaza [Palestine], July 18: Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups committed numerous crimes against humanity, including summary killings and sexual...

Ukraine War Day 875: Russia, Ukraine exchange prisoners,...
Kremlin [Russia], July 18: The Kremlin on July 17 denied that Moscow's operation in the Kharkiv region of northern Ukraine...

US Supreme Court on the verge of reform
Washington [US], July 18: The White House owner is also considering calling for a constitutional amendment to eliminate immunity for...

Israel increases pressure on Gaza
Jerusalem [Israel], July 18: Among the targets were buildings used by Hamas , an area near where rockets were launched...

Biden turns back on campaign mode, declares he...
Washington [US], July 18: Mr. Biden postponed his scheduled speech in Texas on July 15, but still planned to campaign...

Trump shooting: Why wasn't there a Secret Service...
Washington [US], July 18: In a recent interview with ABC, US Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle said that the sloping...

NASA cancels lunar probe project despite spending hundreds...
New York, July 18: On July 17, the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced the cancellation of a...

President Biden reveals one reason he might consider...
Washington [US], July 18: In an interview broadcast on July 17, US President Joe Biden said that if doctors told...

Biden tests positive for COVID, will self-isolate in...
Washington [US], July 18: U.S. President Joe Biden, under fire from fellow Democrats to drop his re-election campaign, tested positive...

Spain warns workers of heat risks
Madrid [Spain], July 18: Spain will suffer its first heatwave of the summer starting on Thursday, the meteorology service AEMET...

8 dead and others trapped after fire breaks...
Beijing [China], July 18: Eight people have died and others remain trapped after a fire broke out in a shopping...

Pentagon leaker Jack Teixeira to face trial by...
Massachusetts [US], July 18: Jack Teixeira, a member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard who has pleaded guilty in federal...

Germany to halve military aid for Ukraine despite...
Berlin [Germany], July 18: Germany plans to halve its military aid to Ukraine next year, despite concerns that U.S. support...

USA Basketball Men's National Team defeats Serbian counterpart...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], July 18: The USA Basketball Men's National Team (USABMNT) defeated its Serbian counterpart 105-79 in a friendly...

Mansour bin Zayed approves programme of Emirates International...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], July 18: His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice President, Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman...

Volume of financing for emerging companies in UAE...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], July 18: The volume of financing for emerging companies operating in the energy sector based in the...

Sharjah to host 8th edition of Al Dhaid...
Sharjah [UAE], July 18: The Organising Committee of the "Al Dhaid Date Festival 2024" has finalised all preparations to launch...

Metsola wins big in re-election to EU Parliament...
Strasbourg [France], July 17: The European Parliament on Tuesday overwhelmingly elected Roberta Metsola for another term as its president, with...

Russian president opens Moscow to St Petersburg motorway
Moscow [Russia], July 17: After roughly 14 years of construction work, one of Russian President Vladimir Putin's most important infrastructure...

Angela Merkel, turning 70, honoured
Berlin [Germany], July 17: German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has honoured former chancellor Angela Merkel as a "role model and a...

Trump names JD Vance as his running mate
Washington [US], July 17: Donald Trump has picked 39-year-old senator JD Vance, once a fierce critic, to be his vice...

Kagame well ahead in Rwanda election
Kigali [Rwanda], July 17: Incumbent Paul Kagame is set to win a fourth term in office in the presidential election...