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Emirates Development Bank aims to provide financing worth...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], May 28: Emirates Development Bank (EDB) aims to provide financing worth AED 30 billion by 2026.

Sharjah Ruler: Eight new nurseries in Sharjah
Sharjah [UAE], May 28: H.H. Dr. Sheikh Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, has...

Dubai Press Club revives award for media students...
Dubai [UAE], May 28: Dubai Press Club today announced the launch of 'Ibda'a - The Arab Youth Media Award'. The...

Muslim Council of Elders strongly condemns Israeli occupation's...
Cairo [Egypt], May 28: The Muslim Council of Elders, under the chairmanship of His Eminence Dr. Ahmed Al-Tayeb, the Grand...

New Caledonia airport to remain closed until at...
Paris [France], May 27: New Caledonia's international airport will remain closed until at least next Sunday, its operator said, nearly...

France sent more gendarmes to New Caledonia to...
Paris [France], May 27: In addition to sending more gendarmes, France plans to lift the state of emergency to pave...

Mr. Hun Sen said that the Cambodian Prime...
Phnom Penh [Cambodia], May 27: Cambodian Senate President Hun Sen recently denied information on social networks that he had personally...

Ukraine's Zelensky appeals for Biden, Xi to join...
Kharkiv [Ukraine], May 27: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday appealed for US President Joe Biden and China's Xi Jinping...

Taiwan thanks the US and others for supporting...
Taipei [Taiwan], May 27: Taiwan President Lai Ching-te on Sunday expressed his gratitude to the United States and the international...

Burkina Faso extends junta's term
Ouagadougou [Burkina Faso], May 27: The military leader of the West African country of Burkina Faso, interim President Ibrahim Traore,...

Hamas fires rockets at Israel's Tel Aviv, causing...
Gaza [Palestine], May 27: Hamas has said it launched rockets at Tel Aviv, prompting sirens to sound in the Israeli...

Sharjah Ruler visits Al Hira Literary Council
Sharjah [UAE], May 27: H.H. Dr. Sheikh Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah,...

UAE, Qatar discuss enhancing parliamentary cooperation ties
Algiers [Algeria], May 27: Dr. Tariq Humaid Al Tayer, First Deputy Speaker of the Federal National Council (FNC), during a...

Floods in Armenia leave at least one dead,...
Yerevan [Armenia], May 27: Flooding caused by heavy rain and rivers bursting their banks in Armenia and Georgia has left...

Hundreds of thousands evacuated as cyclone 'Remal' hits...
Dhaka [Bangladesh], May 27: Authorities in Bangladesh have evacuated hundreds of thousands of people to safety as a tropical cyclone...

Some 160 villagers reported taken in deadly raid
Kuriga [Nigeria], May 27: Ten people have been killed and at least 160 other villagers have been kidnapped from a...

Papua New Guinea continue rescue efforts after hundreds...
Port Moresby [Papua New Guinea], May 27: Emergency crews in Papua New Guinea on Monday continued their rescue efforts to...

Israeli airstrikes kill at least 35 in Rafah,...
Tel Aviv [Israel], May 27: Israeli air strikes killed at least 35 Palestinians and wounded dozens in an area in...

Trump booed and heckled by raucous crowd at...
Washington [US], May 27: Presidential candidate Donald Trump was booed and heckled by many in a raucous audience at the...

China's premier to hold rare summit with U.S.-allied...
Beijing [China], May 27: Leaders from China, Japan, and South Korea will meet for the first three-way talks in four...

Magnitude 6.6 earthquake strikes north west of Tonga
Nuku'alofa [Tonga], May 27: A 6.6 magnitude has struck 70km northwest of Tonga, this morning.

Hamas launches rocket attack towards Tel Aviv
Hamas says it has launched a "big" rocket attack at the Tel Aviv area in central Israel, several of which...

Yemen's Houthis free more than 100 prisoners
Sana [Yemen], May 27: Yemen's Houthi group freed more than 100 detainees in Sanaa, calling the move a "unilateral humanitarian...

More than 670 feared dead in Papua New...
Port Moresby [Papua New Guinea], May 27: More than 670 people are assumed to have died in Papua New Guinea's...

Tunisia announces partial cabinet reshuffle
Tunis [Tunisia], May 26: The Tunisian Presidency on late Saturday night announced a partial cabinet reshuffle involving the interior and...

Estonia is not going to close border with...
Tallinn [Estonia], May 26: Estonia is not going to close its eastern border with Russia, Estonian President Alar Karis...

Italy to resume financial support to UNRWA: FM
Rome [Italy], May 26: Italy will resume its financial support to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for...