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Israel's security cabinet approves plan to take control...
Jerusalem [Israel], August 9: Israel's security cabinet approved a plan to take control of Gaza City, a move expanding military...

India pauses plans to buy US arms after...
New York [US], August 9: New Delhi has put on hold its plans to procure new U.S. weapons and aircraft,...

US and UK differ on Gaza but share...
London [UK], August 9: Britain and the United States may disagree about how to address the crisis in Gaza but...

Muslim Council of Elders participates in Istanbul International...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], August 9: The Muslim Council of Elders is participating for the fourth consecutive year in the Istanbul...

UAE expands lifesaving support to Gaza with 66th...
Gaza [Palestine], August 9: The UAE today carried out its 66th humanitarian airdrop over the Gaza Strip as part of...

UAE leaders condole with President of Ghana over...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], August 9: President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has sent a cable of condolences...

UAE boxer advances to final of Asian U19...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], August 9: Orkhan Agaev, a member of the UAE national boxing team, has qualified for the final...

UAE condemns, denounces in strongest terms Israeli government's...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], August 9: The United Arab Emirates has condemned in the strongest terms and denounced the Israeli government's...

Israel's plan to take control of Gaza risks...
New York [US], August 9: United Nations Chief Antonio Guterres on Friday criticised Israel's plan to take control of Gaza,...

UAE to participate in UCI Para-cycling Road World...
Dubai [UAE], August 9: The National Paralympic Committee has announced that athletes Ahmed Al Badwawi and Abdullah Al Balushi will...

Ministry of Defence undersecretary visits Sacheon Air Base...
Seoul [South Korea], August 9: Lieutenant General Ibrahim Nasser Al-Alawi, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Defence, has visited Sacheon Air...

Ghana: Two ministers among eight killed in helicopter...
Accra [Ghana], August 8: Ghana's President John Dramani Mahama has declared three days of mourning for those killed in the...

Pakistan's deadly floods worsened by global warming: study
Karachi [Pakistan], August 8: Pakistan's monsoon rain was likely heavier because of climate change, making floods more dangerous, a new...

Bangladesh arrests senior professor, analyst Nazmul Ahsan Kalimullah
Dhaka [Bangladesh], August 8: The Detective Branch (DB) of Bangladesh Police on Thursday arrested senior professor, writer, and analyst Nazmul...

Netanyahu says Israel plans to take over all...
Tel Aviv [Israel] / Gaza [Palestine], August 8: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that to destroy Hamas Israel intends...

Trump says he would meet with Putin even...
Washington [US], August 8: U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday that he would meet with Vladimir Putin even if the...

Solomon Islands blocks US, China, Taiwan from Pacific's...
Washington [US], August 8: Solomon Islands Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele has said that 21 donor countries, including the United States...

China unleashes virus crackdown as power is cut...
Guangdong [China], August 8: Officials across China have implemented Covid-era preventive measures across the country as the chikungunya virus outbreak...

Trump demands 'highly conflicted' Intel CEO resign over...
Washington [US], August 8: U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday demanded the immediate resignation of new Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan,...

Returned and reeling: Afghans expelled from Iran struggle...
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 8: Habiba, an Afghan woman who fled Taliban rule to pursue a master's degree in engineering in...

Iran's Khamenei appoints two former officers to new...
Tehran [Iran], August 8: Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has appointed two personal representatives to a newly established Defence...

Gaza aid distribution declared 'orchestrated killing' by MSF
Gaza [Palestine], August 8: Doctors Without Borders, better known by its French-language acronym MSF, has called for the immediate end...

Netanyahu appears to confirm plan for full capture...
Tel Aviv [Israel] / Gaza [Palestine], August 8: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday appeared to confirm that Israel...

Lebanese cabinet holds more talks on disarming Hezbollah,...
Beirut [Lebanon], August 8: Lebanon's cabinet has again met to discuss the disarmament of Hezbollah despite the latter's earlier rejection...

Myanmar President Swe dies at 74
Naypyidaw [Myanmar], August 8: Myint Swe, who has served as Myanmar's military-backed president, has died aged 74 after a long...

'Palestinian Pele' Suleiman killed while seeking aid in...
Gaza [Palestine], August 8: Palestinian national football team player Suleiman Al-Obeid has been killed in an Israeli attack on aid...

Sudan military destroyed UAE plane carrying Colombian mercenaries:...
Khartoum [Sudan], August 8: Sudan's air force has destroyed a UAE aircraft carrying Colombian mercenaries as it was landing at...