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