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UAE Ambassador meets with Speaker of Jordanian Senate; discusses bilateral relations, cooperation

UAE Ambassador meets with Speaker of Jordanian Senate;...

Amman [Jordan], December 20: Sheikh Khalifa bin Mohammed bin Khalid Al Nahyan, Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates to the...

King Hamad bin Isa confers First Class Medal of Independence on Sheikh Sultan bin Hamdan Al Nahyan

King Hamad bin Isa confers First Class Medal...

Manama [Bahrain], December 20: His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, King of the Kingdom of Bahrain, awarded the...

Iranian FM urges Pakistan to designate Jaish-ul-Adl as terrorist group

Iranian FM urges Pakistan to designate Jaish-ul-Adl as...

Tehran [Iran], December 19: Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian on Monday called on Pakistan to designate Jaish-ul-Adl as a...

EU takes legal steps against Musk's X over disinformation

EU takes legal steps against Musk's X over...

Brussels [Belgium], December 19: The European Commission announced on Monday legal steps against Elon Musk's social media platform X, formerly...

Sunak presses for 'sustainable ceasefire' in Gaza

Sunak presses for 'sustainable ceasefire' in Gaza

London [UK], December 19: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said too many innocent lives had been lost in the Israel-Hamas...

Mexican gunmen kill 12 people at Christmas celebration

Mexican gunmen kill 12 people at Christmas celebration

Mexico City [Mexico], December 19: Police in Mexico say 12 people were killed and another 11 injured when gunmen stormed...

Houthis attack two more vessels

Houthis attack two more vessels

Sanaa [Yemen], December 19: Yemen's Houthi fighters say they have launched a drone attack targeting two cargo vessels in the...

Hundreds evacuated as flood disaster unfolds in Australia

Hundreds evacuated as flood disaster unfolds in Australia

Cairns [Australia], December 19: Stranded residents sheltered on a hospital roof as flash floods swamped northeastern Australia on Monday, with...

Cyberattack cuts Iran fuel supplies

Cyberattack cuts Iran fuel supplies

Tehran [Iran], December 19: Iran said it suffered a cyberattack by the Zionist entity and the United States that disrupted...

Pope says Roman Catholic priests can bless same-sex couples

Pope says Roman Catholic priests can bless same-sex...

Vatican City [Italy], December 19: Pope Francis has allowed priests to bless same-sex couples, a significant advance for LGBT people...

Death toll rises to 111 after earthquake in China's remote northwest

Death toll rises to 111 after earthquake in...

Beijing [China], December 19: A magnitude-6.2 earthquake jolted a remote and mountainous county on the northern edge of the Qinghai-Tibetan...

Israel signals gradual shift in Gaza war, after US defense chief visit

Israel signals gradual shift in Gaza war, after...

Tel Aviv [Israel], December 19: Israel will gradually transition to the next phase of operations in Gaza.

US-led force to patrol Red Sea in response to attacks by Houthis backing Palestinians

US-led force to patrol Red Sea in response...

Washington [US], December 19: Several countries have agreed to jointly carry out patrols in the southern Red Sea and Gulf...

Seven European countries pledge CO2-free power systems by 2035

Seven European countries pledge CO2-free power systems by...

Brussels [Belgium], December 19: Seven countries including Germany, the Netherlands and France pledged on Monday to eliminate CO2-emitting power plants...

Iceland volcano erupts near town after weeks of quake activity

Iceland volcano erupts near town after weeks of...

Reykjavík [Iceland], December 19: A volcano erupted late on Monday in southwest Iceland, spewing lava and smoke across a wide...

Egypt's el-Sissi wins third term in presidential election

Egypt's el-Sissi wins third term in presidential election

Cairo [Egypt], December 19: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi has secured a third term in office, the National Election Authority...

Abdullah bin Zayed commends sustainable partnership between UAE and G20

Abdullah bin Zayed commends sustainable partnership between UAE...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], December 19: His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs, has commended the...

Hamdan bin Zayed briefed over phone on progress of relief operations in Gaza

Hamdan bin Zayed briefed over phone on progress...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], December 19: H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Ruler's Representative in Al Dhafra Region, Chairman of...

SAF announces winners of 6th Sharjah Film Platform Awards

SAF announces winners of 6th Sharjah Film Platform...

Sharjah [UAE], December 19: The Sharjah Art Foundation (SAF) revealed on Sunday the winning works in the 6th edition of...

UAE Leaders congratulate President of Egypt on re-election

UAE Leaders congratulate President of Egypt on re-election

Abu Dhabi [UAE], December 19: President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has congratulated Abdel Fattah El-Sisi...

Greece's parliament passes 2024 state budget

Greece's parliament passes 2024 state budget

Athens [Greece], December 18: Greece's parliament approved on Sunday the 2024 state budget, which foresees 2.9 percent gross domestic product...

Bangladesh to deploy army ahead of national polls

Bangladesh to deploy army ahead of national polls

Dhaka [Bangladesh], December 18: Army troops will be deployed in Bangladesh to assist the civil administration in ensuring security ahead...

At least 13 dead as violent storm hits Argentinian coastal city Bahía Blanca

At least 13 dead as violent storm hits...

Buenos Aires [Argentina], December 18: At least 13 people were killed in a violent storm on Argentina's Atlantic coast, Bahía...

France condemns killing of its worker in Israeli strike

France condemns killing of its worker in Israeli...

Paris [France], December 18: The French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs has condemned the Israeli bombing of a residential...

Kuwait bids farewell to late Amir Sheikh Nawaf

Kuwait bids farewell to late Amir Sheikh Nawaf

Kuwait City [Kuwait], December 18: Kuwait's late Amir HH Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Sabah, who passed away on Saturday...

NATO membership strains Russian ties with Finland: Putin

NATO membership strains Russian ties with Finland: Putin

Moscow [Russia], December 18: Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned of "problems" with neighboring Finland after it joined NATO earlier...

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