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First ever EU-Egypt summit to take place in Brussels on October 22

First ever EU-Egypt summit to take place in...

Belgium [Brussels], September 12: The European Council announced Thursday that the first-ever summit between the European Union and Egypt will...

GCC-Russia ministerial meeting strongly condemns Israeli aggression on Qatar

GCC-Russia ministerial meeting strongly condemns Israeli aggression on...

Sochi [Russia], September 12: The foreign ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states and Minister of Foreign Affairs of...

UN Security Council stresses support, solidarity for Qatar

UN Security Council stresses support, solidarity for Qatar

New York [US], September 12: UN Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs Rosemary DiCarlo said that the Israeli attack on...

Events held as US commemorates 24th anniversary of Sept 11 attacks

Events held as US commemorates 24th anniversary of...

New York [US], September 12: The United States commemorated the victims of the September 11 attacks on Thursday, with events...

Israel kills dozens in Gaza as Amnesty warns of 'unlawful' displacement

Israel kills dozens in Gaza as Amnesty warns...

Gaza City [Gaza], September 12: At least 39 Palestinians, including two young children, are among the latest deaths in Israel's...

Belarus frees 52 political prisoners, expels them after US mediation

Belarus frees 52 political prisoners, expels them after...

Moscow [Russia], September 12: Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko has released 52 political prisoners and expelled them from the country following...

300 S Koreans released from US detention centre

300 S Koreans released from US detention centre

Seoul [Korea], September 12: A total of 316 South Korean citizens were released on Thursday, about a week after their...

Jordanian UN staffer released by Yemen's Houthis

Jordanian UN staffer released by Yemen's Houthis

Cairo [Egypt], September 12: A Jordanian employee of the United Nations has been released from detention in Yemen and is...

Prince Harry brings UK trip to a close with Diana award visit in central London

Prince Harry brings UK trip to a close...

London [UK], September 12: Prince Harry visited the Diana Award in central London on Thursday morning for a final engagement,...

White House tightens security after Kirk killing

White House tightens security after Kirk killing

Washington DC [US], September 12: When President Donald Trump went to the Pentagon on Thursday to commemorate the Sept. 11...

U.S. authorities find rifle, release photos in hunt for killer of Charlie Kirk

U.S. authorities find rifle, release photos in hunt...

Washington DC [US], September 12: U.S. investigators said on Thursday they had found the bolt-action rifle they believed was used...

North Korea leader's daughter likely successor

North Korea leader's daughter likely successor

Pyongyang [North Korea], September 12: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un appears to have solidified the status of his daughter...

Cuba's electrical grid collapses in nationwide blackout

Cuba's electrical grid collapses in nationwide blackout

Havana [Cuba], September 12: Communist Cuba's national power grid collapsed for the fourth time in less than a year causing...

Korea adds 166,000 jobs in August

Korea adds 166,000 jobs in August

Seoul [South Korea], September 11: The Republic of Korea added nearly 170,000 jobs in August, but employment losses continued in...

Kuwait crude oil up to $71.89 pb

Kuwait crude oil up to $71.89 pb

Kuwait City [Kuwait], September 11: Kuwait crude oil rose 52 cents during Tuesday's trading to reach US$71.89 per barrel (pb)...

EU Commission chief to propose new measures to address Gaza crisis

EU Commission chief to propose new measures to...

Gaza City [Gaza], September 11: The European Commission will propose sanctioning extremist Israeli ministers and a partial suspension of the...

EU expresses solidarity with Qatar after Israeli airstrike

EU expresses solidarity with Qatar after Israeli airstrike

Brussels [Belgium], September 11: The European Union has denounced the Israeli airstrike on Doha, stressing that it constitutes a breach...

Scientists tap fresh water hiding under sea

Scientists tap fresh water hiding under sea

Denver [Colorado], September 11: Scientists have uncovered what is believed to be a vast, hidden freshwater aquifer stretching along the...

Egypt's core inflation eases to 10.7% in August: CBE

Egypt's core inflation eases to 10.7% in August:...

Cairo [Egypt], September 11: Egypt's annual core consumer price index (CPI) inflation eased to 10.7% in August 2025, down from...

Multilateral development banks hit record $137 billion in climate finance last year

Multilateral development banks hit record $137 billion in...

Luxembourg, September 11: Multilateral development banks (MDBs) delivered a record $137 billion in global climate finance last year - a...

WFP's school feeding programmes reach 23.5 million children in MENA

WFP's school feeding programmes reach 23.5 million children...

Cairo [Egypt], September 11: Children benefiting from national school meal programmes across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) increased...

US highlights its priorities at 80th Session of UNGA

US highlights its priorities at 80th Session of...

New York [US], September 11: The United States announced that it approaches the 80th session of the UN General Assembly...

Poland summons Russian envoy after 'unprecedented attack' on territory

Poland summons Russian envoy after 'unprecedented attack' on...

Moscow [Russia], September 11: Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski has condemned the intrusion of more than a dozen drones into...

Gaza City deaths mount as families decide whether to flee or stay

Gaza City deaths mount as families decide whether...

Gaza City [Gaza], September 11: Israeli strikes killed at least 34 people in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, including 26...

35 killed as Israel attacks Yemen's capital Sanaa

35 killed as Israel attacks Yemen's capital Sanaa

Sanaa [Yemen], September 11: At least 35 people have been killed after Israel carried out air strikes in the Yemeni...

EU chief von der Leyen calls for 'drone wall' to deter Putin

EU chief von der Leyen calls for 'drone...

Strasbourg [France], September 11: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Wednesday called for major defence investments to support...

Deadly flooding hits Indonesia's Bali; tourists and residents evacuated

Deadly flooding hits Indonesia's Bali; tourists and residents...

Bail [Indonesia], September 11: Torrential rains have triggered severe flooding across Indonesia's holiday island of Bali, killing at least nine...