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US judge orders Trump lawyers not to release evidence in documents probe

US judge orders Trump lawyers not to release...

Washington [US], June 20: A U.S. judge in Florida ordered defence lawyers for former President Donald Trump not to release...

Voters back carbon cuts as glaciers melt

Voters back carbon cuts as glaciers melt

Geneva [Switzerland], June 20: Voters in Switzerland have backed a new climate bill designed to cut fossil fuel use and...

Islamic banks' assets up to AED650 bn by end of March 2023: CBUAE

Islamic banks' assets up to AED650 bn by...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], June 20: Gross assets of the Sharia-compliant banks operating in the UAE grew to AED650 billion by...

Kuwait forms new gov't

Kuwait forms new gov't

Kuwait City [Kuwait], June 19: A new Kuwaiti government led by Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah was formed on Sunday,...

Twelve dead and others missing as cyclone hits southern Brazil

Twelve dead and others missing as cyclone hits...

Brasilia [Brazil], June 19: At least 12 people have died, five are missing and nearly 3,000 have been left homeless...

Prince William: Young royals 'will definitely be exposed' to homelessness

Prince William: Young royals 'will definitely be exposed'...

London [UK], June 19: The Prince of Wales has said his children "will definitely be exposed" to homelessness as he...

Woman who knocked on coffin at her funeral dies after week in hospital

Woman who knocked on coffin at her funeral...

Quito [Ecuador], June 19: An Ecuadorean woman has died days after mourners at her funeral were shocked to find her...

Taliban dismiss US watchdog report

Taliban dismiss US watchdog report

Islamabad [Pakistan], June 19:The Taliban on Sunday rejected the latest report by a US watchdog claiming that foreign armed groups...

Tunisia bars TV, radio reports of opposition

Tunisia bars TV, radio reports of opposition

Tunis [Tunisia], June 19: Radio and TV programmes in Tunisia have been banned from reporting on the cases ofprominent opposition...

Mali's military rulers hold constitutional referendum

Mali's military rulers hold constitutional referendum

Bamako [Mali], June 19: Malians were voting on Sunday in a referendum on changing the constitution that the military rulers...

Oman Embassy hosts 2nd GCC coordination meeting

Oman Embassy hosts 2nd GCC coordination meeting

Kuwait City [Kuwait], June 19: The Embassy of the Sultanate of Oman in Kuwait hosted at its headquarters on Sunday...

Swiss vote on net-zero climate law

Swiss vote on net-zero climate law

Geneva [Switzerland], June 19: The Swiss, feeling the impact of global warming on their rapidly melting glaciers, were voting on...

South Africa's Ramaphosa tells Putin Ukraine 'war must be settled'

South Africa's Ramaphosa tells Putin Ukraine 'war must...

Moscow [Russia], June 19: South Africa's president, in Russia as part of a delegation pushing for peace between Kyiv and...

Iraq unveils 2,800-yr-old stone tablet

Iraq unveils 2,800-yr-old stone tablet

Baghdad [Iraq], June 19: Iraq unveiled on Sunday a 2,800-year-old stone tablet returned by Italy, as the war-ravaged country works...

First plane leaves Sanaa for Saudi amid Amman talks

First plane leaves Sanaa for Saudi amid Amman...

Sanaa [Yemen], June 19: The first commercial flight from Yemen's rebel-held capital to Saudi Arabia since 2016 took off carrying...

Putin warns NATO over being drawn into Ukraine war

Putin warns NATO over being drawn into Ukraine...

Moscow [Russia], June 19: Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned there is a "serious danger" of NATO being drawn further...

Russia rejects U.N. help as death toll from breached dam rises

Russia rejects U.N. help as death toll from...

Moscow [Russia], June 19: Moscow declined United Nations offers to help residents affected by the flooding from the breached Kakhovka...

ChatGPT Hackathon offers actionable solutions for education, entrepreneurship, tourism

ChatGPT Hackathon offers actionable solutions for education, entrepreneurship,...

Sharjah [UAE], June 19: To leverage the power of ChatGPT and explore its potential for driving innovation within their...

Sharjah, Seoul unite in voyage through centuries of history

Sharjah, Seoul unite in voyage through centuries of...

Sharjah [UAE], June 19: Embarking on an extraordinary journey across time and place, the Sharjah Pavilion at the 65th Seoul...

Abdullah bin Zayed, Italian FM discuss promoting cooperation

Abdullah bin Zayed, Italian FM discuss promoting cooperation

Abu Dhabi [UAE], June 19: H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Italy's Minister...

General Civil Aviation Authority, ICAO sign collaboration agreement

General Civil Aviation Authority, ICAO sign collaboration agreement

Montreal [Canada], June 19: The UAE General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) and the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) signed a...

"Counterfeit" alcohol poisoning kills dozen in N. Iran: media

"Counterfeit" alcohol poisoning kills dozen in N. Iran:...

Tehran [Iran], June 18:About a dozen were killed and scores others poisoned over the past few days after drinking "counterfeit"...

Saudi Arabia says to reopen embassy in Iran soon

Saudi Arabia says to reopen embassy in Iran...

Tehran [Iran], June 18: The visiting Saudi Arabian foreign minister said on Saturday that the Saudi embassy will soon reopen...

Yemenia Airways restarts direct flights from Sanaa to Saudi Arabia

Yemenia Airways restarts direct flights from Sanaa to...

Sanaa [Yemen], June 18:Yemen's national airline Yemenia Airways restarted on Saturday direct flights from Houthi-held Sanaa to Saudi Arabia after...

8 shot at party in Southern California: media

8 shot at party in Southern California: media

Los Angeles [US], June 18: At least eight people, including teens, were shot early Saturday at a party in Southern...

Philippine ferry with 65 passengers catches fire, no casualties

Philippine ferry with 65 passengers catches fire, no...

Manila [Philippines], June 18: A ferry with 65 people on board caught fire on Sunday morning off Bohol province in...

Singapore says 'premature' for ASEAN talks with Myanmar

Singapore says 'premature' for ASEAN talks with Myanmar

Washington [US], June 18: Singapore Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan said Friday that conditions were not yet right for ASEAN to...