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Russia requests emergency IAEA board meeting over Zaporizhzhia attacks

Russia requests emergency IAEA board meeting over Zaporizhzhia...

Vienna [Austria], April 9: Russia has requested an extraordinary session of the 35-nation Board of Governors of the International Atomic...

Israel's Netanyahu says date for ground attack on Rafah set

Israel's Netanyahu says date for ground attack on...

Jerusalem [Israel], April 9: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday that Israel has set the date for a...

6.0-magnitude earthquake jolts off eastern Indonesia

6.0-magnitude earthquake jolts off eastern Indonesia

Jakarta [Indonesia], April 9: An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 hit Indonesia's eastern province of West Papua on Tuesday,...

More than 90 people killed as boat sinks off Mozambique coast

More than 90 people killed as boat sinks...

Nairobi [Kenya], April 9: More than 90 people have died after a boat capsized off Mozambique's northern coast on Sunday,...

Zelensky calls for air defences amid Kharkiv bombardment

Zelensky calls for air defences amid Kharkiv bombardment

Kiev [Ukraine], April 9: In light of the constant barrage of Russian airstrikes hitting the north-eastern city of Kharkiv, Ukrainian...

Palestine's UN membership application referred for deliberation: UNSC

Palestine's UN membership application referred for deliberation: UNSC

Washington [US], April 9: Palestine's application to join the United Nations as a full member was referred to the Committee...

NATO would defend eastern flank with 'enormous' air, sea power: Defence official

NATO would defend eastern flank with 'enormous' air,...

Washington [US], April 9: A senior NATO defence official said on Monday that the military alliance would defend its eastern...

Suspected Islamic State member arrested at Rome Airport

Suspected Islamic State member arrested at Rome Airport

Rome [Italy], April 9: Italian police have arrested a suspected member of the Islamic State terrorist group at Rome's Fiumicino...

Cities in Russian Urals, west Siberia brace for worst floods in decades

Cities in Russian Urals, west Siberia brace for...

Moscow [Russia], April 9: The Russian city of Orenburg, near the Kazakh border, braced on Monday for flooding not seen...

Second S Korea spy satellite placed in orbit

Second S Korea spy satellite placed in orbit

Seoul [South Korea], April 9: South Korea put its second domestically made spy satellite into orbit, Seoul's defense ministry said...

French, UK troops mark Entente Cordiale

French, UK troops mark Entente Cordiale

Paris [France], April 9: French and British troops on Monday swapped roles to take part in the changing of the...

Hong Kong customs makes largest-ever gold smuggling bust

Hong Kong customs makes largest-ever gold smuggling bust

Hong Kong, April 9: Hong Kong customs said Monday it has made the biggest gold smuggling bust in its history,...

Darkness over Eagle Pass, Texas

Darkness over Eagle Pass, Texas

Texas [US], April 9: A total solar eclipse has plunged parts of Mexico into darkness.

Lasting memories made in Canada

Lasting memories made in Canada

Ottawa [Canada], April 9: The Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador is the last place on land to see the...

UAE announces Wednesday as first day of Eid Al Fitr

UAE announces Wednesday as first day of Eid...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], April 9: Wednesday, the 10th of April 2024, will be the first day of Eid Al Fitr,...

UAE organises Ramadan iftar meals in the Philippines

UAE organises Ramadan iftar meals in the Philippines

Manila [Philippines], April 9: The United Arab Emirates organised Iftar meals during the sacred Month of Ramadan in the Republic...

UAE aid plane arrives at Al Arish Airport carrying 4,000 Eid clothing parcels to support Palestinian people

UAE aid plane arrives at Al Arish Airport...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], April 9: The Joint Operations Command of the Ministry of Defence announced the arrival of a...

UAE President exchanges Eid Al Fitr greetings with Sultan of Oman, King of Bahrain

UAE President exchanges Eid Al Fitr greetings with...

Abu dhabi [UAE], April 9: President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan today exchanged greetings on the...

South Korea launched a spy satellite into orbit

South Korea launched a spy satellite into orbit

Seoul [South Korea], April 8: South Korea has launched its second domestically produced spy satellite from the Kennedy Space Center...

The US is investigating the case of a Boeing aircraft falling off an engine cover during takeoff

The US is investigating the case of a...

Washington [US], April 8: The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) opened an investigation into the incident of Southwest Airlines flight...

Billionaire Elon Musk was investigated by Brazil after demanding the dismissal of a judge

Billionaire Elon Musk was investigated by Brazil after...

Brasilia [Brazil], April 8: The same Brazilian Supreme Court judge that Mr. Elon Musk criticized ordered an investigation into this...

Heat raging across Southeast Asia

Heat raging across Southeast Asia

Phuket [Thailand], April 8: The Thai government is preparing to issue a warning about severe heat in the next few...

Israel reduces troops in South Gaza, Egypt to host talks

Israel reduces troops in South Gaza, Egypt to...

Tel Aviv [Israel], April 8: Israel said on Sunday it had withdrawn more soldiers from southern Gaza, leaving just one...

Yellen urges 'Tough' talks between US and China

Yellen urges 'Tough' talks between US and China

Washington [US], April 8: U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Sunday raised her concerns about China's excess industrial capacity with...

Trump willing to face jail for gag order breach

Trump willing to face jail for gag order...

Washington [US], April 8: Former U.S. President Donald Trump said it would be "my great honor" to go to jail...

Poland holds local elections in test for Tusk

Poland holds local elections in test for Tusk

Warsaw [Poland], April 8: Poles voted in local elections, selecting councillors and mayors who will play a key role in...

Rwanda's president leads genocide commemoration 30 years on

Rwanda's president leads genocide commemoration 30 years on

Kigali [Rwanda], April 8: Rwanda's president led commemorations to mark 30 years since the 1994 genocide that killed more than...