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Zimbabwe electoral commission urges voters to cast ballot in upcoming election

Zimbabwe electoral commission urges voters to cast ballot...

Harare [Zimbabwe], August 17: The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) said Wednesday it is ready to conduct the Aug. 23 general...

Nigerian president unveils new cabinet members

Nigerian president unveils new cabinet members

Abuja [Nigeria], August 17: Nigerian President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday unveiled a list of cabinet ministers after taking office roughly...

Afghans live in uncertainty after U.S. withdrawal two years ago: Al Jazeera

Afghans live in uncertainty after U.S. withdrawal two...

Doha [Qatar], August 17: Since the U.S. military's withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021, uncertainties faced by Afghans who had...

NASA's Mars helicopter completes 55 flights on Mars

NASA's Mars helicopter completes 55 flights on Mars

Los Angeles [US], August 17: NASA's Mars helicopter has completed 55 flights on the Red Planet, the agency said on...

Thailand's parliament schedules fresh vote on PM next week

Thailand's parliament schedules fresh vote on PM next...

Bangkok [Thailand], August 17: Thailand's parliament will convene next week for another vote to select a new prime minister, National...

Dozens injured as Israeli forces raid Nablus in West Bank, blow up building

Dozens injured as Israeli forces raid Nablus in...

Nablus [West Bank], August 17: A large contingent of Israeli soldiers accompanied by a military bulldozer raided the Balata refugee...

Cargo ship stuck in Odessa for over a year and a half departs

Cargo ship stuck in Odessa for over a...

Hamburg [Germany], August 17: A Hong Kong-flagged container ship departed the Ukrainian Black Sea port of Odessa after being stuck...

At least 12 dead after huge blast hits market in Dominican Republic

At least 12 dead after huge blast hits...

Havana [Cuba], August 17:At least 12 people died in a powerful explosion in the city centre of San Cristobal in...

Biden to visit Hawaii as wildfire toll tops 100

Biden to visit Hawaii as wildfire toll tops...

Kahului [US], August 17: President Joe Biden will head to fire-ravaged Hawaii next week to meet with survivors and first...

Truce holding in Libya after clashes kill 55

Truce holding in Libya after clashes kill 55

Tripoli [Libya], August 17: Tripoli's worst armed clashes in a year have killed 55 people and wounded 146, Libyan media...

Gas drilling rig arrives off Lebanon

Gas drilling rig arrives off Lebanon

Beirut [Lebanon], August 17: French firm TotalEnergies said Wednesday that a drilling rig had reach Lebanese waters ahead of exploration...

US beefs up Gulf deployment over Iranian oil tanker threat

US beefs up Gulf deployment over Iranian oil...

Manama [Bahrain], August 17: As Iranian seizures threaten oil tankers plying the Gulf, the United States is raising its military...

First victims named as death toll reaches 106

First victims named as death toll reaches 106

Hawaii [US], August 17: Three others were identified but their names are being withheld until their families are notified.

MRO Middle East and AIME will return for record edition in 2024

MRO Middle East and AIME will return for...

Dubai [UAE], August 17: MRO Middle East and Aircraft Interiors Middle East (AIME) is set to return to Dubai in...

Dubai Police and UAE Modern Pentathlon Federation sign MoU to enhance sport cooperation

Dubai Police and UAE Modern Pentathlon Federation sign...

Dubai [UAE], August 17: The Dubai Police Athletes Council signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the UAE Modern Pentathlon...

Africa can become a key link in global supply chains: UNCTAD

Africa can become a key link in global...

Geneva [Switzerland], August 17: African economies can become major participants in global supply chains by harnessing their vast resources of...

GSA discusses opportunities for partnership with IIHF and ISU

GSA discusses opportunities for partnership with IIHF and...

Dubai [UAE], August 17: Sheikh Suhail bin Butti Al Maktoum, Executive Director of the Sports Development Sector at the General...

Tunisia foils 18 illegal immigration attempts: statement

Tunisia foils 18 illegal immigration attempts: statement

Tunis [Tunisia], August 16: Tunisia has foiled 18 illegal immigration attempts to cross the Mediterranean Sea to Italy and rescued...

Gaza ready to hold municipal elections: elections commission

Gaza ready to hold municipal elections: elections commission

Ramallah [Palestine], August 16: The Palestinian Central Elections Commission (CEC) on Tuesday said it is ready to hold municipal elections...

UN Women chief urges action against Taliban's gender apartheid in Afghanistan

UN Women chief urges action against Taliban's gender...

United Nations, August 16: The UN's lead agency for gender equality on Tuesday called on the global community to persistently...

Tourist plane carrying 3 crashes in W. France

Tourist plane carrying 3 crashes in W. France

Paris [France], August 16: A tourist plane with three people on board crashed Tuesday in France's western department of Loire-Atlantique,...

U.S. still focused on diplomatic solution to attempted coup in Niger: Blinken

U.S. still focused on diplomatic solution to attempted...

Washington [US], August 16: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Tuesday that the United States is still "very focused...

Paraguay's new President Peña vows to deliver economic growth

Paraguay's new President Peña vows to deliver economic...

Buenos Aires [Argentina], August 16: Paraguay's new President Santiago Peña promised at his swearing-in ceremony on Tuesday to make investments...

Typhoon Lan brings heavy rains and travel chaos to Japan

Typhoon Lan brings heavy rains and travel chaos...

Tokyo [Japan], August 16: Typhoon Lan lashed parts of central Japan with heavy rains and severely hampered the travel plans...

Court rules for young people in landmark US climate trial

Court rules for young people in landmark US...

Washington [US], August 16: In a landmark climate trial, a Montana court on Monday ruled in favor of a group...

Time 'running out': aid agencies urge immediate action on Sudan

Time 'running out': aid agencies urge immediate action...

Geneva [Switzerland], August 16: Four months into Sudan's conflict, the situation is spiraling out of control, with mass displacement and...

Bangladesh Islamist leader buried after violent protests

Bangladesh Islamist leader buried after violent protests

Dhaka [Bangladesh], August 16: Around 50,000 people attended Tuesday's funeral for an influential Islamist leader in Bangladesh, police said, after...