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Japan's opposition party re-elects Tamaki as leader

Japan's opposition party re-elects Tamaki as leader

Tokyo [Japan], September 3: Japan's opposition Democratic Party for the People (DPP) has re-elected its incumbent head Yuichiro Tamaki as...

Gabon's new ruler promises democracy

Gabon's new ruler promises democracy

Cape Town [South Africa], September 3: Three days after seizing power in a coup in Gabon, the Central African country's...

EU environment commissioner urges urgent, deep emissions cuts

EU environment commissioner urges urgent, deep emissions cuts

Brussels [Belgium], September 3: European Environment Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevicius has urged the international community not to lose sight of the...

Pyongyang's cruise missiles crashed into sea, says South Korea

Pyongyang's cruise missiles crashed into sea, says South...

Seoul [South Korea], September 3: North Korea fired several cruise missiles in the direction of the Yellow Sea on Saturday,...

Former Italian prime minister blames Paris for 1980 crash

Former Italian prime minister blames Paris for 1980...

Rome [Italy], September 3: More than 40 years after the mysterious crash of an Italian passenger plane with 81 fatalities,...

Singapore ex-deputy PM elected president by 'decisive' margin

Singapore ex-deputy PM elected president by 'decisive' margin

Singapore, September 3: Singapore's former deputy prime minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam was elected president Friday, earning a landslide victory in the...

Russian airport attacked from own territory, Ukraine says

Russian airport attacked from own territory, Ukraine says

Kyiv [Ukraine], September 3: Ukraine's military intelligence said Friday that a recent drone attack on an airport in northwestern Russia...

Israel: Police clash with Eritrean asylum seekers

Israel: Police clash with Eritrean asylum seekers

Tel Aviv [Israel], September 3: Dozens of people have been injured, including some from live gunfire, during clashes between Eritrean...

Rain and mud leave Burning Man revelers stranded in Nevada desert

Rain and mud leave Burning Man revelers stranded...

California [US], September 3: Tens of thousands of revelers attending the Burning Man festival in the Nevada desert have been...

Australia government to introduce bill barring 'wage theft' on Monday

Australia government to introduce bill barring 'wage theft'...

Canberra [Australia], September 3: Australia's Labor government will introduce legislation to close "loopholes" in workplace law, a move opposed by...

With DeSantis absent, Biden surveys storm damage in Florida

With DeSantis absent, Biden surveys storm damage in...

Florida [US], September 3: President Joe Biden traveled to Florida on Saturday to survey the destruction from Hurricane Idalia and...

Ukraine tycoon Ihor Kolomoisky named suspect in fraud probe

Ukraine tycoon Ihor Kolomoisky named suspect in fraud...

Kyiv [Ukraine], September 3: A Ukrainian court ordered tycoon Ihor Kolomoisky to be held in custody for two months on...

Johannesburg fire: Hijacks and death traps in a crumbling South African city centre

Johannesburg fire: Hijacks and death traps in a...

Johannesburg [South Africa], September 3: Johannesburg's Central Business District is filled with buildings that look on the brink of collapse....

In Mongolia, Pope says Church 'has no political agenda

In Mongolia, Pope says Church 'has no political...

Ulaanbaatar [Mongolia], September 3: Pope Francis on Saturday opened the first papal visit to Mongolia, home to some 1,450 Catholics.

US President Joe Biden to commend PM Modi for G20 leadership on Delhi visit

US President Joe Biden to commend PM Modi...

Washington [US], September 3: US President Joe Biden will travel to India on Thursday for the G20 Summit scheduled to...

DubaiDestinations 2023 summer campaign draws to a close with unprecedented engagement

DubaiDestinations 2023 summer campaign draws to a close...

Dubai [UAE], September 3: Capping two exciting months that showcased the unique experiences Dubai offers in the warmer months of...

UAE win FEI Endurance World Championship for Young Riders & Juniors for 4th time straight

UAE win FEI Endurance World Championship for Young...

Castelsagrat[France], September 3: The UAE Saturday won the FEI Endurance World Championship for Young Riders & Juniors for the 4th...

UAE Ambassador presents credentials to President of Kenya

UAE Ambassador presents credentials to President of Kenya

Nairobi [Kenya], September 3: Dr Salem Ibrahim Al Naqbi presented his credentials as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the UAE...

Hamdan bin Zayed visits ADIHEX 2023

Hamdan bin Zayed visits ADIHEX 2023

Abu Dhabi [UAE], September 3: H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Ruler's Representative in Al Dhafra Region, and Chairman...

9 soldiers killed in rebel attack in NW Syria: monitor

9 soldiers killed in rebel attack in NW...

Damascus [Syria], September 2: Nine soldiers of government forces were killed on Friday in an attack carried out by an...

Iraq exports over 106 mln barrels of crude oil in August

Iraq exports over 106 mln barrels of crude...

Bagdad [Iraq], September 2: Iraq exported about 106.12 million barrels of crude oil in August, generating 8.85 billion U.S. dollars...

At least 16 Palestinians injured during clashes with Israeli soldiers in Gaza, West Bank

At least 16 Palestinians injured during clashes with...

Gaza [Palestine], September 2: At least 16 Palestinians were injured during clashes with Israeli soldiers in the Gaza Strip and...

Iceland resumes whaling amid growing opposition

Iceland resumes whaling amid growing opposition

Reykjavik [Iceland], September 2: Whaling ships in Iceland can resume the hunting of giant fin whales from September, following a...

Austria sees economic contraction in Q2

Austria sees economic contraction in Q2

Vienna [Austria], September 2:Austria's gross domestic product (GDP) shrank by 1.1 percent in real terms year on year in the...

U.S. anti-drug trafficking strategy "very misguided," says Mexican president

U.S. anti-drug trafficking strategy "very misguided," says Mexican...

Mexico City [Mexico], September 2: The United States has adopted a "very misguided" strategy to fight drug trafficking at home...

Growing drought, wildfires impact Canada's Q2 economy

Growing drought, wildfires impact Canada's Q2 economy

Ottawa [Canada], September 2: Canada's real gross domestic product (GDP) by industry was essentially unchanged in the second quarter of...

Gold rises on cooling U.S. job data

Gold rises on cooling U.S. job data

Chicago [US], September 2: Gold futures on the COMEX division of the New York Mercantile Exchange rose on Friday as...