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North Korea fires short-range missile, condemns U.S. for raising tensions

North Korea fires short-range missile, condemns U.S. for...

Pyongyang [North Korea], December 18: North Korea fired a short-range ballistic missile on Sunday

Israel opens aid crossing to Gaza while stepping up bombardment

Israel opens aid crossing to Gaza while stepping...

Tel Aviv [Israel], December 18: Israel opened a direct crossing for aid into Gaza for the first time in its...

Modric leads Real Madrid to 4-1 win over Villarreal but Alaba injured

Modric leads Real Madrid to 4-1 win over...

Madrid [Spain], December 18: Real Madrid midfielder Luka Modric demonstrated his enduring value with a goal and a brilliant assist...

Chileans reject conservative constitution to replace dictatorship-era text

Chileans reject conservative constitution to replace dictatorship-era text

Santiago [Chile], December 18: Chileans on Sunday rejected a new conservative constitution to replace its current text that dates back...

Israel uncovers 'biggest Hamas tunnel' near Gaza border

Israel uncovers 'biggest Hamas tunnel' near Gaza border

Gaza [Palestine], December 18: Israeli forces battling Hamas said they had uncovered an unusually large concrete and iron-girded tunnel, designed...

Chinese firms look to Malaysia for assembly of high-end chips, sources say

Chinese firms look to Malaysia for assembly of...

Beijing [China], December 18: A growing number of Chinese semiconductor design companies are tapping Malaysian firms to assemble a portion...

Israel-Hamas war: WHO says al-Shifa hospital a 'bloodbath'

Israel-Hamas war: WHO says al-Shifa hospital a 'bloodbath'

Gaza [Palestine], December 18: The World Health Organization (WHO) has described the emergency department at the al-Shifa hospital in northern...

DP World to relocate its global head office to Expo City Dubai

DP World to relocate its global head office...

Dubai [UAE], December 18: DP World has announced plans to relocate its global head office to Expo City Dubai, marking...

UAE supports Ukrainian health sector with 2nd batch of ambulances in ongoing relief efforts

UAE supports Ukrainian health sector with 2nd batch...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], December 18: The UAE Embassy in Poland, today received a ship carrying 27 fully equipped ambulances to...

Fifth edition of ADNOC Abu Dhabi Marathon sets new women's record

Fifth edition of ADNOC Abu Dhabi Marathon sets...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], December 18: The fifth edition of the ADNOC Abu Dhabi Marathon witnessed a new women's record set...

Third batch of UAE medical volunteers depart for Gaza

Third batch of UAE medical volunteers depart for...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], December 18: The third batch of volunteers, heading to the Gaza Strip, left the country today to...

Up to 49 tons of illegal drugs imported to Australia prevented in 2022-23: authorities

Up to 49 tons of illegal drugs imported...

Canberra [Australia], December 17: Authorities prevented almost 50 tons of illicit drugs from reaching Australia in the 2022-23 financial year...

Japan scientists create world's 1st AI-generated images using brain activity

Japan scientists create world's 1st AI-generated images using...

Tokyo [Japan], December 17: Japanese scientists have succeeded in creating the world's first mental images of objects and landscapes from...

Italian, British and Albanian leaders talk on irregular immigration

Italian, British and Albanian leaders talk on irregular...

Rome [Italy], December 17: The leaders of Italy, Britain and Albania said here on Saturday that confronting irregular immigration in...

FPA urges probe into cameraman's death in Gaza

FPA urges probe into cameraman's death in Gaza

Tel Aviv [Israel], December 17: The Foreign Press Association (FPA) has called on the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) to investigate...

Geomagnetic storms expected to hit earth after solar eruption

Geomagnetic storms expected to hit earth after solar...

Berlin [Germany], December 17: Geomagnetic storms caused by solar eruptions are expected to hit the earth this weekend, possibly affecting...

British warship shot down attack drone in Red Sea: Defence secretary

British warship shot down attack drone in Red...

London [UK], December 17: A Royal Navy warship has shot down a suspected attack drone in the Red Sea, Britain's...

EU's von der Leyen eyeing 'alternatives' amid Hungary veto

EU's von der Leyen eyeing 'alternatives' amid Hungary...

Brussels [Belgium], December 17: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Friday that she believes a way out...

Sultan of Oman and Indian PM hold official talks

Sultan of Oman and Indian PM hold official...

New Delhi [India], December 17: Sultan Haitham bin Tarik of the Sultanate of Oman and Prime Minister of the Republic...

Israeli captives mistakenly killed in Gaza held white flag: Official

Israeli captives mistakenly killed in Gaza held white...

Gaza [Palestine], December 17: Three Israeli hostages killed mistakenly in Gaza by Israeli forces were shirtless and one of them...

Mother of 6-yr-old US boy who shot teacher sentenced to 2 years

Mother of 6-yr-old US boy who shot teacher...

Washington [US], December 17: A Virginia woman whose six-year-old son shot and severely wounded his teacher was sentenced to two...

Japan, ASEAN to boost maritime security ties with eye on China

Japan, ASEAN to boost maritime security ties with...

Tokyo [Japan], December 17: Southeast Asian and Japanese leaders will agree to boost "maritime security cooperation", according to a draft...

Third Ukrainian truck driver dies in Poland border blockades

Third Ukrainian truck driver dies in Poland border...

Kyiv [Ukraine], September 17: A third Ukrainian truck driver has died in blockades at the Polish border staged by Polish...

Trump repeats 'poisoning the blood' anti-immigrant remark

Trump repeats 'poisoning the blood' anti-immigrant remark

New York [US], December 17: Donald Trump, the Republican presidential frontrunner, said that undocumented immigrants were "poisoning the blood of...

Austria backs EU Russia sanctions

Austria backs EU Russia sanctions

Vienna [Austria], December 17: Austria has given its approval to a 12th package of EU sanctions on Russia after Ukraine...

US warns North Korea against nuclear attacks

US warns North Korea against nuclear attacks

Washington [US], December 17: The United States has warned North Korea that any nuclear attack against the nation or its...

Emir of Kuwait dies at 86

Emir of Kuwait dies at 86

Muscat [Oman], December 17: The Amiri Diwan of the State of Kuwait announced the death of His Highness Sheikh Nawaf‬...