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Thai prime minister removed by court

Thai prime minister removed by court

Bangkok [Thailand], August 30: Thailand's Constitutional Court dismissed Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra for an ethics violation, in another crushing blow...

Rulers of Emirates condole with Emir of Kuwait on passing of Sheikh Ali Abdullah

Rulers of Emirates condole with Emir of Kuwait...

Kuwait City [Kuwait], August 30: Their Highnesses the Supreme Council Members and Rulers of the Emirates have sent separate messages...

Japanese government lowers its assessment of corporate profits amid tariffs

Japanese government lowers its assessment of corporate profits...

Tokyo [Japan], August 30: The Japanese government has downgraded its assessment of corporate earnings, citing stagnation caused by the impact...

Albania honours UAE team, other firefighting crews for their efforts in battling wildfires

Albania honours UAE team, other firefighting crews for...

Tirane [Albania], August 30: The Albanian government recognised the efforts of the rescue teams that took part in extinguishing the...

Austria reaffirms commitment to neutrality; won't pursue NATO membership

Austria reaffirms commitment to neutrality; won't pursue NATO...

Vienna [Austria], August 30: The Austrian Foreign Ministry has confirmed there are no plans to join the North Atlantic Treaty...

US sends more warships, Venezuelan President makes tough statement

US sends more warships, Venezuelan President makes tough...

Caracas [Venezuela], August 30: AP reported on August 29 that the US is increasing its naval forces in waters off...

Japan's Rise in the Southern World

Japan's Rise in the Southern World

Tokyo [Japan], August 30: Japan has been quietly cultivating ties with developing countries, collectively known as the Southern World,...

Trump cancels nearly $5 billion in foreign aid approved by Congress

Trump cancels nearly $5 billion in foreign aid...

New York [US], August 30: US President Donald Trump is using tactics to cancel $4.9 billion in foreign aid approved...

US denies visas to Palestinian officials attending UN conference

US denies visas to Palestinian officials attending UN...

Gaza [Palestine], August 30: The US has announced it will deny visas to members of the Palestinian Authority to travel...

Kim Jong-un promises 'good life' for relatives of soldiers killed in Russia

Kim Jong-un promises 'good life' for relatives of...

Pyongyang [North Korea], August 30: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has promised to ensure "a good life" for the families...

Jailed Bolivian civic leader Pumari ordered to house arrest

Jailed Bolivian civic leader Pumari ordered to house...

Sucre [Bolivia], August 30: Marco Pumari, the former leader of Bolivia's Civic Committee of Potosi, has been released from prison...

Most Trump tariffs are not legal, US appeals court rules

Most Trump tariffs are not legal, US appeals...

New York [US], August 30: A divided U.S. appeals court ruled on Friday that most of Donald Trump's tariffs are...

Suspended Thailand PM Paetongtarn removed from office over leaked phone call with Cambodian leader

Suspended Thailand PM Paetongtarn removed from office over...

Bangkok [Thailand], August 30: Thailand's Constitutional Court on Friday dismissed Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra from office for an ethics violation,...

Afghanistan faces severe health crisis, 22 million need aid: WHO

Afghanistan faces severe health crisis, 22 million need...

Kabul [Afghanistan], August 30: The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that Afghanistan faces a severe health crisis as 22...

Brawl in Mexican Senate after debate on US military intervention

Brawl in Mexican Senate after debate on US...

Mexico City [Mexico], August 30: A session of the Mexican Senate turned chaotic when a dispute over speaking time escalated...

JD Vance hints he would take over as US President if "tragedy" strikes

JD Vance hints he would take over as...

Washington DC [US], August 30: United States Vice President JD Vance on Thursday appeared to have indicated that he would...

22 people killed, including four children in Russian strike on a residential building Kyiv: Ukrainian President

22 people killed, including four children in Russian...

Kyiv [Ukraine], August 30: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday stated that 22 people, including four children, were killed after...

Minority representation missing in new judicial appointments in Bangladesh

Minority representation missing in new judicial appointments in...

Dhaka [Bangladesh], August 30: The Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council, representing the largest minority group in the Muslim-majority South...

'Deranged monster' probed after deadly Minnesota church shooting

'Deranged monster' probed after deadly Minnesota church shooting

Washington [US], August 29: US investigators were searching for a motive on Thursday after a shooting at a Catholic church...

Industry concerned about brain drain from Austria

Industry concerned about brain drain from Austria

Vienna [Austria], August 29: A recent study commissioned by the Federation of Austrian Industries (IV) has highlighted an alarming issue,...

UN chief renews call for immediate ceasefire in Gaza

UN chief renews call for immediate ceasefire in...

New York [US], August 29: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday reiterated his call for an immediate and permanent ceasefire...

WFP chief visits Palestine, Israel; calls for immediate surge of aid into Gaza

WFP chief visits Palestine, Israel; calls for immediate...

Geneva [Switzerland], August 29: Safe, unfettered humanitarian access to reach the most vulnerable families is the top priority right now,...

Security Council: UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon extended for 'final time'

Security Council: UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon extended...

New York [US], August 29: The UN peacekeeping mission which patrols the so-called Blue Line of separation between Israel and...

Mt. Shinmoe in southwestern Japan erupts, spews plume 5,500m above crater

Mt. Shinmoe in southwestern Japan erupts, spews plume...

Tokyo [Japan], August 29: Mt. Shinmoe on the southwestern Japan main island of Kyushu erupted on Thursday, spewing a plume...

Nepal: Birgunj cholera outbreak kills 3, over 300 hospitalised

Nepal: Birgunj cholera outbreak kills 3, over 300...

Birgunj [Nepal], August 29: The Parsa district of Nepal bordering India has seen an upsurge in cases of cholera in...

EU delegation building "severely" damaged in Russian missile strike on Kyiv

EU delegation building "severely" damaged in Russian missile...

Kyiv [Ukraine], August 29: Russia's latest missile attack on Kyiv "severely" damaged the delegation building of the European Union (EU),...

Israel steps up bombardment of Gaza City

Israel steps up bombardment of Gaza City

Gaza [Palestine], August 29: Israeli forces killed at least 16 Palestinians across Gaza on Thursday and wounded dozens in the...