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Singapore keeps monetary policy unchanged

Singapore keeps monetary policy unchanged

Singapore, October 14: The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) kept its exchange rate-based monetary policy unchanged on Friday, doing so...

Indonesia launches crude palm oil exchange

Indonesia launches crude palm oil exchange

Jakarta [Indonesia], October 14: The world's largest palm oil producer, Indonesia, launched its crude palm oil (CPO) exchange on Friday,...

Nationwide voting opens for Australia's Indigenous Voice referendum

Nationwide voting opens for Australia's Indigenous Voice referendum

Canberra [Australia], October 14: Polling booths across Australia have opened for the country's first referendum in the 21st century, with...

Abdullah bin Zayed, FM of Indonesia review regional developments, efforts to protect civilians

Abdullah bin Zayed, FM of Indonesia review regional...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], October 14: H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and RetnoMarsudi, Minister for...

France raises alert level to highest after teacher killed in Islamist attack

France raises alert level to highest after teacher...

Paris [France], October 14: A 20-year-old man fatally stabbed a teacher and gravely wounded two other people in an attack...

Human Rights Watch says Israel used white phosphorus in Gaza

Human Rights Watch says Israel used white phosphorus...

New York [US], October 14: Human Rights Watch accused Israel of using white phosphorus munitions in its military operations in...

Israeli shelling strikes Lebanese army post after infiltration warning

Israeli shelling strikes Lebanese army post after infiltration...

Tel Aviv [Israel], October 14: Israeli shelling struck a Lebanese army observation post at the border on Friday.

Israeli embassy staffer assaulted in Beijing

Israeli embassy staffer assaulted in Beijing

Beijing [China], October 14: A staffer at the Israeli embassy in Beijing was assaulted on Friday and was hospitalised in...

Macron calls France stabbings 'barbaric terrorism'

Macron calls France stabbings 'barbaric terrorism'

Paris [France], October 14: French president Emmanuel Macron has condemned the "barbarity of terrorism" after a knife-wielding attacker stabbed a...

UAE Barakah Exercise 2023 successfully concludes in Abu Dhabi

UAE Barakah Exercise 2023 successfully concludes in Abu...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], October 14: The UAE Barakah Exercise 2023, hosted at Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant (BNEP) for 36 continuous...

First Al Dhafra Camel Racing Festival commences in MadinatZayed Racetrack

First Al Dhafra Camel Racing Festival commences in...

Al Dhafra[UAE], October 14:The first edition of Al Dhafra Camel Racing Festival commenced today at the MadinetZayed Racetrack in AL...

Kalba to host 3rd edition of Wadi Al Helo Trail Run

Kalba to host 3rd edition of Wadi Al...

Sharjah [UAE], October 14: The Wadi Al Helo Trail Run, organised by the Sharjah Sports Council (SSC), on 22nd October,...

Smart and Autonomous Vehicles Industries cluster launches at Masdar City

Smart and Autonomous Vehicles Industries cluster launches at...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], October 14: In the presence of H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the Smart...

Change of government possible in closely fought Gibraltar elections

Change of government possible in closely fought Gibraltar...

Gibraltar, October 13: Parliamentary elections have begun in Gibraltar, with pundits expecting a neck-and-neck race in the British overseas territory...

Kiev reports damage to Russian corvette Pavel Dzerzhavin

Kiev reports damage to Russian corvette Pavel Dzerzhavin

Kiev [Ukraine], October 13: The Ukrainian navy said on Thursday that it had damaged a Russian warship near the Black...

Armenia again calls on UN court to protect people from Nagorno-Karabakh

Armenia again calls on UN court to protect...

Yerevan [Armenia], October 13: Armenia has again called on the International Court of Justice to impose measures on Azerbaijan to...

Man handed suspended sentence in Sweden after burning Quran

Man handed suspended sentence in Sweden after burning...

Stockholm [Sweden], October 13: A man in Sweden has been found guilty of incitement to hatred and given a suspended...

Two Syrian airports out of service after Israeli strikes

Two Syrian airports out of service after Israeli...

Damascus [Syria], October 13: Israeli warplanes struck Damascus and Aleppo airports in war-torn Syria on Thursday, putting them out of...

UN agency warns of looming water crisis in Gaza

UN agency warns of looming water crisis in...

Gaza [Palestine], October 13: The UN agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA) is warning of a water crisis in the Gaza...

Erdogan orders negotiations for release of civilians

Erdogan orders negotiations for release of civilians

Istanbul [Turkey], October 13: Turkish President RecepTayyip Erdogan has ordered negotiations to help secure the release of Israeli civilian hostages...

Putin lands in Kyrgyzstan; no risk of arrest on ICC warrant

Putin lands in Kyrgyzstan; no risk of arrest...

Moscow [Russia], October 13: Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Kyrgyzstan on Thursday for his first trip abroad since the...

US offers Finland help investigating damage to gas pipeline

US offers Finland help investigating damage to gas...

Washington [US], October 13: Washington has offered Finland help to investigate the damage on a gas pipeline that runs between...

At Polish border, German police crack down on illegal crossings

At Polish border, German police crack down on...

Berlin [Germany],October 13: It's early morning when 30-year-old Syrian Adem Ahmed walks across a railway bridge that starts in Poland...

Red Cross says in contact with Hamas, Zionists over hostages

Red Cross says in contact with Hamas, Zionists...

Geneva [Switzerland], October 13: The International Committee of the Red Cross is in contact with Hamas and Zionist entity to...

Abbas urges 'immediate end to aggression' against Palestinians

Abbas urges 'immediate end to aggression' against Palestinians

Ramallah [Palestine], October 13: Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas called Thursday for "an immediate end to the comprehensive aggression against the...

Iran calls on Arab, Islamic nations to confront Zionists

Iran calls on Arab, Islamic nations to confront...

Tehran [Iran], October 13: Iranian President EbrahimRaisi has called on Islamic and Arab countries to cooperate in confronting Zionists as...

Israel releases images of slain children to rally support after Hamas attack

Israel releases images of slain children to rally...

Jerusalem [Israel], October 13: Israel's government showed U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and NATO defence ministers graphic images of...