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17 countries launch framework to protect critical underwater infrastructure

17 countries launch framework to protect critical underwater...

Singapore, May 31: Seventeen countries, including Singapore, launched on Saturday at the Shangri-La Dialogue a framework to protect critical...

Suspected Ebola cases in Congo rise to 1,028

Suspected Ebola cases in Congo rise to 1,028

Washington [US], May 31: Congolese ​authorities have 1,028 suspected ​cases ​of Ebola, Health ⁠Minister Samuel ​Roger ​Kamba told reporters late...

WHO chief visits epicentre of Ebola outbreak in DR Congo

WHO chief visits epicentre of Ebola outbreak in...

Washington [US], May 31: Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of World Health Organisation (WHO), on Saturday visited Bunia in the eastern...

UAE boats dominate sprint race as Victory takes pole position for Sardinia Grand Prix

UAE boats dominate sprint race as Victory takes...

Dubai [UAE], May 31: Team Victory continued their stellar performance at the opening of the Regione Sardegna Grand Prix of...

Shenzhou-22 return capsule touches down, astronauts all sound

Shenzhou-22 return capsule touches down, astronauts all sound

Jiuquan [China], May 30: The three astronauts of China's Shenzhou-21 mission returned to Earth safely on Friday evening aboard the...

5.0-magnitude quake hits China's Xinjiang

5.0-magnitude quake hits China's Xinjiang

Beijing [China], May 30: A 5.0-magnitude earthquake jolted Toksun County in Turpan City of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region...

UAE President, VPs offer condolences to Emir of Qatar on passing of Abdullah bin Hamad Al Attiyah

UAE President, VPs offer condolences to Emir of...

Dubai [UAE], May 30: President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has sent a message of condolences to...

UAE President, VPs offer condolences to Chairman of Yemen's Presidential Leadership Council on death of former President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi

UAE President, VPs offer condolences to Chairman of...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], May 30: President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has sent a message of condolences...

DRC identifies 1,028 suspected Ebola cases

DRC identifies 1,028 suspected Ebola cases

Punia [DRC], May 30: The Democratic Republic of the Congo announced Friday that it has identified 1,028 suspected cases of...

Strikes kill several after Israel declares southern Lebanon 'combat zone'

Strikes kill several after Israel declares southern Lebanon...

Beirut [Lebanon], May 29: Several members of a family were killed in fresh Israeli attacks in Lebanon on Thursday, health...

Hanover customs officers seized record quantities of drugs in 2025

Hanover customs officers seized record quantities of drugs...

Emden [Germany], May 29: Hanover customs seized a total of almost 2 metric tons of drugs during its investigations in...

New government takes office in Latvia with Kulbergs as prime minister

New government takes office in Latvia with Kulbergs...

Riga [Latvia], May 29: Latvia has a new government, two weeks after former prime minister Evika Siliņa's resignation.

Two people killed in a Russian drone strike in Ukraine's Sumy region

Two people killed in a Russian drone strike...

Moscow [Russia], May 29: Two people have been killed in a Russian drone attack in the Sumy region of northern...

WHO chief heads to 'hardest hit' Ituri as DRC's 17th Ebola outbreak spreads

WHO chief heads to 'hardest hit' Ituri as...

Washington DC [US], May 29: The chief of the United Nations health agency is travelling to Ituri in the Democratic...

Hottest year ever recorded set to arrive by 2030, warns UN report

Hottest year ever recorded set to arrive by...

Geneva [Switzerland], May 29: Global temperates are likely to hit their highest average level ever within the next four years,...

Italy seizes $232m in Mafia assets tied to Cosa Nostra

Italy seizes $232m in Mafia assets tied to...

Rome [Italy], May 29: Italian authorities have seized more than $232m in assets linked to the late Mafia boss Matteo...

At least 13 die in central China highway crash

At least 13 die in central China highway...

Beijing [China], May 29: At least 13 people were killed after a minibus crashed into a truck on a highway...

Rescue teams prepare to free trapped miners from flooded Laos cave

Rescue teams prepare to free trapped miners from...

Bangkok [Thailand], May 29: Bangkok Rescue teams in Laos continued to work on Thursday to free five gold miners found...

US imposes sanctions on Iran's Strait of Hormuz control agency

US imposes sanctions on Iran's Strait of Hormuz...

Washington DC [US], May 29: Washington The US Treasury Department has imposed sanctions on a regulatory body recently established by...

Moon base plans revealed as NASA chief says 'grand return' close

Moon base plans revealed as NASA chief says...

Washington [US], May 28: US space agency NASA has unveiled far-reaching plans for its first moon base that could see...

Defence calls for acquittal at end of Nicolas Sarkozy's Libya case appeal

Defence calls for acquittal at end of Nicolas...

Paris [France], May 28: The lawyers acting for former French president Nicolas Sarkozy urged acquittal at the end of his...

Moscow pressures Armenia with threat to scrap trade agreements

Moscow pressures Armenia with threat to scrap trade...

Moscow [Russia], May 28: Russia has threatened to revoke preferential supply agreements with Armenia covering gas, oil products and rough...

WHO warns war could worsen Ebola outbreak in DR Congo

WHO warns war could worsen Ebola outbreak in...

Kinshasa [Democratic Republic of the Congo], May 28: Ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo is hampering the Ebola...

Muslims across the world celebrate Eid Al Adha

Muslims across the world celebrate Eid Al Adha

Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia] / Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], May 28: Muslims around the world yesterday began celebrating Eid Al Adha, the...

Israel declares southern Lebanon a combat zone as ceasefire crumbles

Israel declares southern Lebanon a combat zone as...

Beirut [Lebanon] / Tel Aviv [Israel], May 28: Mutual airstrikes, ground clashes, advancing Israeli troops, widespread destruction and a rising...

Cyprus: Migrants plunge from building during large-scale raid

Cyprus: Migrants plunge from building during large-scale raid

Athens [Greece], May 28: Three migrants suspected of living illegally in Cyprus fell from balconies and windows during a large-scale...

No curbs relief for Iran, says Trump amid conflicting statements

No curbs relief for Iran, says Trump amid...

Washington [Us], May 28: Despite hopes based on suggestions that a deal between the United States and Iran may be...