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Lebanon to continue austerity policy at diplomatic missions amid financial crisis

Lebanon to continue austerity policy at diplomatic missions...

Beirut [Lebanon], June 21: Lebanon will continue an austerity policy at its overseas diplomatic missions for at least two more...

Finland's new government takes office

Finland's new government takes office

Helsinki [Finland], June 21: The new government of Finland, led by Prime Minister Petteri Orpo, took office on Tuesday.

Police arrest 20 in Uganda massacre that left 42, including children, dead

Police arrest 20 in Uganda massacre that left...

Kampala [Uganda], June 21: Police on Tuesday arrested 20 people, including the headmaster of the school in which 42 people,...

British MPs back report that found Johnson lied about 'partygate'

British MPs back report that found Johnson lied...

London [UK], June 21: British lawmakers have voted overwhelmingly to back a damning report that found Boris Johnson lied to...

Taliban execute murderer in second public execution since retaking power

Taliban execute murderer in second public execution since...

Islamabad [Pakistan], June 21: For the second time since retaking power, the Taliban held a public execution, this time for...

$1.5bn pledged to curb Sudan's slide into 'death and destruction': UN

$1.5bn pledged to curb Sudan's slide into 'death...

Geneva [Switzerland], June 21: Donors at a UN conference on Monday pledged close to $1.5 billion to combat the humanitarian...

4 Zionists shot dead near West Bank settlement

4 Zionists shot dead near West Bank settlement

Ramallah [Palestine], June 21: Four people were shot dead Tuesday near a settlement in the occupied West Bank, Zionist officials...

Titanic tourist sub still missing as rescuers race the clock

Titanic tourist sub still missing as rescuers race...

Ottawa [Canada], June 21: Rescuers were scouring thousands of square miles in the remote North Atlantic for a third day,...

Ghosn to fight 'to the end as sues Nissan in Lebanon

Ghosn to fight 'to the end as sues...

Tokyo [Japan], June 21: Carlos Ghosn said on Tuesday he will fight "to the end" in a $1 billion lawsuit...

Canada sends navy ship with hyperbaric chamber

Canada sends navy ship with hyperbaric chamber

Ottawa [Canada], June 21: The search mission continues to expand, with Canada's Department of National Defence saying a number of...

Himalayan glaciers on track to lose up to 75% of ice by 2100, report says

Himalayan glaciers on track to lose up to...

Kathmandu [Nepal], June 21: Glaciers in Asia's Hindu Kush Himalaya could lose up to 75% of their volume by century's...

Biden calls Chinese President Xi a dictator

Biden calls Chinese President Xi a dictator

Washington[US], June 21: U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday called Chinese President Xi Jinping a dictator, adding that Xi was...

Squeeze on UK tenants tightens as rents outpace incomes

Squeeze on UK tenants tightens as rents outpace...

London [UK], June 21: Britain's housing market strains are spreading to the rental sector with the proportion of household income...

Hamdan bin Zayed praises ERC's efforts during Year of Sustainability

Hamdan bin Zayed praises ERC's efforts during Year...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], June 21: H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Ruler's Representative in Al Dhafra Region, and Chairman...

US, Netherlands win IWBF Wheelchair Basketball World Championships in Dubai

US, Netherlands win IWBF Wheelchair Basketball World Championships...

Dubai [UAE], June 21: The United States of America defeated Great Britain in men's final Group D game at the...

Local Press: Consistency is what unpins the UAE's desirability for young Arabs

Local Press: Consistency is what unpins the UAE's...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], June 21: A local newspaper has said that this year's Arab Youth Survey has once again named...

Sweden says cannot rule out Russian attack

Sweden says cannot rule out Russian attack

Stockholm [Sweden], June 20: In light of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, defence experts in NATO candidate country Sweden say...

Sunak talks to Zelensky about war, weapons

Sunak talks to Zelensky about war, weapons

London [UK], June 20: Ukraine's counteroffensive against the Russian invasion is clearly making "good progress," British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak...

Five killed in Israeli raid on Jenin refugee camp

Five killed in Israeli raid on Jenin refugee...

Ramallah/Tel Aviv [Israel], June 20: At least five Palestinians have been killed, including a 15-year-old, and 91 injured after Israeli...

Yemen prisoner exchange talks end with focus on political detainees

Yemen prisoner exchange talks end with focus on...

Sanaa [Yemen], June 20: The latest round of talks between the Yemeni government and the Houthi movement to exchange prisoners...

Biden visits California to talk climate, raise cash

Biden visits California to talk climate, raise cash

Los Angeles [US], June 20: President Joe Biden planed to unveil more than $600 million in federal spending to fight...

Tension on the Ukrainian battlefield amid Kyiv's counter-offensive

Tension on the Ukrainian battlefield amid Kyiv's counter-offensive

Kyiv [Ukraine], June 20: Yesterday (June 19), TASS reported that Alexey Polishchuk, an official of the Russian Foreign Ministry, confirmed...

Japan's cabinet approval rating declines

Japan's cabinet approval rating declines

Tokyo [Japan], June 20: Support for Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's cabinet has dropped 12 percentage points to 33 percent,...

Flying cars flooded the Paris Air Show

Flying cars flooded the Paris Air Show

Paris [France], June 20: Nikkei Asia newspaper reported on June 20 that many flying car models were brought to...

Ukraine prepares 'biggest blow' as it claims recapture of eight villages from Russia

Ukraine prepares 'biggest blow' as it claims recapture...

Kyiv [Ukraine], June 20: Ukraine said it had driven Russian forces out of an eighth village in its two-week-old counteroffensive...

Ships, planes search for sub that went missing on trip to Titanic wreckage

Ships, planes search for sub that went missing...

Washington [US], June 20: U.S. and Canadian ships and planes searched for a submarine that went missing more than a...

Rome to open ancient square where Julius Caesar was killed

Rome to open ancient square where Julius Caesar...

Rme [Italy], June 20: History buffs will be able to stroll close to the spot where legend says Julius Caesar...