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UAE President exchanges medals, gifts with Italian President during dinner banquet hosted in his honour

UAE President exchanges medals, gifts with Italian President...

Rome [Italy], February 24: President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan today attended a dinner banquet hosted by...

Sultan bin Ahmed crowns Sharjah Ruler's Show Jumping Cup winners

Sultan bin Ahmed crowns Sharjah Ruler's Show Jumping...

Sharjah [UAE], February 23: On Sunday evening, H.H. Sheikh Sultan bin Ahmed bin Sultan Al Qasimi, Deputy Ruler of Sharjah,...

Dubai to host 'PropTech Connect 2026'

Dubai to host 'PropTech Connect 2026'

Dubai [UAE], February 23: In line with the vision of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President,...

Real Madrid secure victory over Girona in La Liga

Real Madrid secure victory over Girona in La...

Madrid [Spain], February 23: Real Madrid claimed a 2-0 victory over Girona today at Santiago Bernabeu Stadium in Round 25...

Salman Rushdie attacker found guilty of attempted murder, faces up to 32 years in prison

Salman Rushdie attacker found guilty of attempted murder,...

New York [US], February 23: A jury in western New York convicted Hadi Matar, a 27-year-old from New Jersey, of...

Trump tells Putin, Zelenskyy to 'get together' to end war

Trump tells Putin, Zelenskyy to 'get together' to...

Washington DC [US], February 23: US President Donald Trump called Friday for his Ukrainian and Russian counterparts Volodymyr Zelenskyy and...

France: Knife attack leaves 1 dead, several wounded

France: Knife attack leaves 1 dead, several wounded

Paris [France], February 23: A knife attack in in the eastern city of Mulhouse, France left one passerby dead and...

Germany preps for elections as right-wing party gains momentum

Germany preps for elections as right-wing party gains...

Berlin [Germany], February 23: Germany is preparing for high-stakes elections, amid fears that far-right sentiment rising while migration policies sit...

Trump meets Polish President Duda, commends increase in defence budget

Trump meets Polish President Duda, commends increase in...

Washington DC [US], February 23: US President Donald Trump met Polish President Andrzej Duda on Saturday (local time) at the...

Green Climate Fund grants $103.2 million to boost Early Warnings for All

Green Climate Fund grants $103.2 million to boost...

Geneva [Switzerland], February 23: The Green Climate Fund (GCF), operating entity of the financial mechanism of the United Nations Framework...

Indonesia advocates for ethical AI

Indonesia advocates for ethical AI

Jakarta [Indonesia], February 23: Indonesia underscored the need to adopt good practices to foster ethics in artificial intelligence (AI) development...

Italy's Inflation in January up to 1.5%: ISTAT

Italy's Inflation in January up to 1.5%: ISTAT

Rome [Italy], February 23: Italy's annual inflation rate rose to 1.5% in January, according to final data released by ISTAT.

BRICS economies to surpass half of global GDP in 10-15 years: Russia

BRICS economies to surpass half of global GDP...

Moscow [Russia], February 23: Russia says BRICS nations will surpass half of global economic output in 10-15 years, signaling a...

Casualties in dining hall collapse in Peru

Casualties in dining hall collapse in Peru

Lima [Peru], February 23: At least three people were killed and 74 others injured following the collapse of a dining...

Global Developer Conference underway to promote implementation of AI scenarios

Global Developer Conference underway to promote implementation of...

Shanghai [China], February 23: The three-day Global Developer Conference is currently underway in Shanghai, focusing on advancing the real-world application...

New polio vaccination campaign begins in Gaza targeting 600,000 children

New polio vaccination campaign begins in Gaza targeting...

Gaza [Palestine], February 23: A new mass polio vaccination campaign by UNRWA began in Gaza on Saturday, to inoculate nearly...

Arab Parliament approves document supporting resilience of Palestinian People

Arab Parliament approves document supporting resilience of Palestinian...

Cairo [Egypt], February 23: Mohammed bin Ahmed Al Yamahi, Speaker of the Arab Parliament, said that the speakers of the...

Pope Francis in critical condition after health deteriorates

Pope Francis in critical condition after health deteriorates

Rome [Italy], February 23: The Vatican said that Pope Francis' health had deteriorated over the past 24 hours and for...

French officials suspect terrorist motive in stabbing that killed one

French officials suspect terrorist motive in stabbing that...

Paris [France], February 23: French anti-terrorism prosecutors have taken over the investigation into an attack in Mulhouse in the eastern...

Hamas releases six captives in Gaza; Israel set to release 620 Palestinians

Hamas releases six captives in Gaza; Israel set...

Gaza [Palestine], February 23: Hamas has released six Israeli captives from Gaza ahead of the release of hundreds of Palestinians...

Trump shuns tradition, replaces top military chief

Trump shuns tradition, replaces top military chief

Washington [US], February 23: In a break from a long US tradition of retaining previous appointments to the country's top...

UN Security Council condemns Rwanda for eastern Congo conflict

UN Security Council condemns Rwanda for eastern Congo...

New York [US], February 23: The UN Security Council on Friday strongly condemned the ongoing offensive and advance of Rwanda-backed...

Iran holds large-scale military manoeuvres on southern coast

Iran holds large-scale military manoeuvres on southern coast

Tehran [Iran], February 23: Iran's armed forces have begun major military exercises off the country's southern coast, Tehran said on...

Brazil's Supreme Court orders suspension of video-sharing platform countrywide

Brazil's Supreme Court orders suspension of video-sharing platform...

Brasília [Brazil], February 22: A Brazilian Supreme Court justice on Friday ordered "immediate and full suspension" of the video-sharing platform...

NASA, SpaceX to launch two new missions on single rocket

NASA, SpaceX to launch two new missions on...

Los Angeles [US], February 22: NASA and SpaceX are targeting no earlier than next Friday, Feb. 28, to launch two...

UN peacekeeping chief warns of regional spillover from DR Congo conflict

UN peacekeeping chief warns of regional spillover from...

Geneva [Switzerland], February 22: United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix warned on Friday that the conflict in the...

Sinkholes threaten to swallow Brazilian city

Sinkholes threaten to swallow Brazilian city

Brasília [Brazil], February 22: According to Reuters, the government of the Brazilian city of Buriticupu has declared a state of...