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Canada and Netherlands file torture case against Syria...
Amsterdam [Netherlands], June 13: Canada and the Netherlands jointly instituted proceedings against Syria before the UN International Court of Justice...
Taliban call for strict ban on music in...
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 13: The Taliban's religious police have called again on wedding hall owners in Kabul to refrain from...
Thailand's PM frontrunner Pita faces election probe
Bangkok [Thailand], June 13: Thailand's prime ministerial frontrunner Pita Limjaroenrat will be investigated over whether he was qualified to run...
AI danger alarm bells 'are deafening': UN chief
New York [US], June 13: UN Secretary General AntonioGuterres has issued a warning of the dangers of artificial intelligence and...
Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has died
Rome [Italy], June 13: Silvio Berlusconi, the former prime minister who reshaped Italy's political and cultural landscape while fending off...
Nuclear arms spending, arsenals swell as global tensions...
Geneva [Switzerland], June 13: The world's nuclear powers, and China in particular, increased investment in their arsenals for a third...
Thousands evacuated as Philippine volcano oozes lava
Manila [Philippines], June 13: Around 13,000 people have been evacuated in north-east Philippines as the country's most famous volcano, Mayon,...
Trump arrives in Florida to face charges, maintains...
Washington [US], June 13: Former President Donald Trump arrived in Miami on Monday to face federal criminal charges, while a...
COVID shots should target XBB variants in 2023-24...
Washington [US], June 13: COVID-19 vaccines being developed and manufactured for the 2023-2024 campaign should target one of the currently...
Indonesia court to rule on voting system change...
Jakarta [Indonesia], June 13: Indonesia's Constitutional Court is expected to issue a ruling on a bid to change the country's...
UAE holds second round of negotiations with Russia...
DUBAI, 12th June, 2023 (WAM) - The UAE, represented by the Ministry of Finance, held the second round of negotiations...
Emirates, Kenya Airways enter interline partnership to offer...
Dubai [UAE], June 13: Emirates and Kenya Airways (KQ) have announced an interline partnership that will allow customers of...
Kenya, Djibouti to abolish visa requirements for respective...
Addis Ababa [Africa], June 12: Djibouti and Kenya have agreed to abolish visa requirements for their respective nationals, the office...
S. Korea's export rises 1.2 pct in 1st...
Seoul [South Korea], June 12: South Korea's export slightly rose in the first 10 days of June thanks to higher...
Montenegro holds extraordinary parliamentary election
Belgrade [Serbia], June 12: Polling stations opened across Montenegro on Sunday for the extraordinary parliamentary election, where people will...
Scotland's Sturgeon arrested in funds probe
London [UK], June 12: Scotland's former first minister Nicola Sturgeon has been arrested as part of an investigation into her...
Russia arrests US citizen on drug dealing charges
Moscow [Russia], June 12: A US musician and former paratrooper has beenarrested in Moscow on drug dealing charges and his...
'Nothing wrong' with a nuclear deal with West:...
Dubai [UAE], June 12: Iran's supreme leader on Sunday said a deal with the West over Tehran's nuclear work was...
Fighting resumes in Sudan after 24-hour ceasefire
Khartoum [Sudan], June 12: Fighting has broken out again in the Sudanese capital Khartoum after a 24-hour ceasefire, several Arabic...
Indigenous upbringing helped children survive Amazon ordeal
Bogota [Colombia], June 12: Lost for 40 days in the Colombian Amazon, four Indigenous children survived eating seeds, roots and...
Rains kill 27 in Pak; Amir sends condolences
Peshawar [Pakistan], June 12: Heavy rains followed by strong winds killed at least 27 people, including eight children, in northwest...
Trump is 'toast' if classified records case is...
Washington [US], June 12: Former U.S. Attorney General William Barr on Sunday defended Special Counsel Jack Smith's 37-count indictment against...
New Zealand's national broadcaster probes 'inappropriate' editing of...
Wellington [New Zealand], June 12: New Zealand's national radio broadcaster has launched an investigation and put a staff member on...
Ukraine says it retakes village in 'first results'...
Kyiv[Ukraine], June 12: Ukraine said on Sunday its troops had made territorial advances on three villages in its southeast, the...
Portion of I-95 in Philadelphia collapses after vehicle...
Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) [US], June 12: A portion of a vital highway on the East Coast of the U.S. collapsed in...
BioNTech faces first German lawsuit over alleged COVID...
Berlin [Germany], June 12: BioNTech (22UAy.DE) will go to court to defend itself against a lawsuit from a German woman...
Australia bus accident kills 10, police looking for...
Canberra [Australia], June 12: At least 10 people died and 25 were injured after a chartered bus likely carrying wedding...