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Japan's Prince Hisahito, 19, has coming of age celebration

Japan's Prince Hisahito, 19, has coming of age...

Japan [Tokyo], September 7: Japan's Prince Hisahito was officially recognised as an adult on his 19th birthday on Saturday in...

German government says it is not paying Taliban to take back Afghans

German government says it is not paying Taliban...

Berlin [Germany], September 7: The German government has not paid the Taliban regime in Afghanistan to take back Afghan citizens...

UN suspects all sides in DR Congo conflict guilty of war crimes

UN suspects all sides in DR Congo conflict...

New York [US], September 7: Gross rights violations, possibly including war crimes and crimes against humanity, may have been committed...

UK police arrest 425 at Palestine Action protest in London

UK police arrest 425 at Palestine Action protest...

London [UK], September 7: British police arrested around 425 people on Saturday at a demonstration in support of Palestine Action,...

US yet to approve any help following Afghanistan earthquake

US yet to approve any help following Afghanistan...

Kabul [Afghanistan], September 7: Nearly a week after an earthquake killed more than 2,200 people in Afghanistan and left tens...

Rwanda calls Human Rights Watch's count of new graves at military cemetery "disrespectful"

Rwanda calls Human Rights Watch's count of new...

Kigali [Rwanda], September 6: Rwanda has called the counting of new graves at the country's military cemetery in the capital...

Death toll from Nigeria boat accident hits 32

Death toll from Nigeria boat accident hits 32

Abuja [Nigeria], September 6: The death toll has risen to 32 after a passenger boat capsized earlier this week on...

Chad's cholera death toll rises to 113

Chad's cholera death toll rises to 113

N'Djamena [Chad], September 6: The number of people killed in a cholera outbreak in Chad since July has reached 113,...

Hamas condemns Israeli strike on Gaza's residential building

Hamas condemns Israeli strike on Gaza's residential building

Gaza [Palestine], September 6: Hamas on Friday denounced the Israeli airstrike on a residential building in Gaza City and accused...

Iraq foils major human smuggling attempts, arrests 194 migrants

Iraq foils major human smuggling attempts, arrests 194...

Baghdad [Iraq], September 6: Iraq's National Security Service (INSS) said on Friday it had foiled two major attempts to smuggle...

Lebanese cabinet endorses army strategy to curb Hezbollah arms, supporters vow resistance

Lebanese cabinet endorses army strategy to curb Hezbollah...

Beirut [Lebanon], September 6: Lebanon's government on Friday endorsed an army plan to disarm Hezbollah and place all weapons under...

Egypt condemns Netanyahu remarks on possible Palestinian displacement via Rafah crossing

Egypt condemns Netanyahu remarks on possible Palestinian displacement...

Cairo [Egypt], September 6: Egypt on Friday condemned remarks by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu suggesting Palestinians could be displaced...

Israeli army kills Palestinian man at West Bank checkpoint

Israeli army kills Palestinian man at West Bank...

Jerusalem [Israel], September 6: Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian man at a military checkpoint in the northern West Bank...

Putin says foreign troops in Ukraine would be legitimate targets

Putin says foreign troops in Ukraine would be...

Kyiv [Ukraine], September 6: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday thousands of foreign troops could be deployed to his...

China's Xi seeks closer coordination with Kim

China's Xi seeks closer coordination with Kim

Beijing [China], September 6: Chinese leader Xi Jinping and North Korea's Kim Jong Un have pledged to deepen strategic coordination...

UAE President, Sultan of Oman discuss bilateral ties, regional developments in phone call

UAE President, Sultan of Oman discuss bilateral ties,...

Dubai [UAE], September 6: UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan today held a phone call with...

UN says lives at risk without urgent support after Afghanistan quake

UN says lives at risk without urgent support...

New York [UAE], September 6: In statement on Afghanistan, Tom Fletcher, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, warned...

Canada's trade deficit shrinks to $4.9 bn in July

Canada's trade deficit shrinks to $4.9 bn in...

Ottawa [Canada], September 6: Canada's trade deficit narrowed in July as overall exports rose, especially driven by outbound shipments of...

UAE expresses solidarity with Nigeria; offers condolences over victims of capsized boat

UAE expresses solidarity with Nigeria; offers condolences over...

Dubai [UAE], September 6: The United Arab Emirates expressed its solidarity with the Federal Republic of Nigeria after a boat...

Google hit with €2.95 bn by EU in antitrust fine

Google hit with €2.95 bn by EU in...

Brussels [Belgium], September 6: The European Commission has fined Google €2.95 billion for abusing its dominant position in the advertising...

Mpox outbreak no longer global emergency, says WHO

Mpox outbreak no longer global emergency, says WHO

Geneva [Switzerland], September 6: After more than a year, the World Health Organisation (WHO) today announced the end of the...

Lammy named UK's new Deputy PM in cabinet reshuffle

Lammy named UK's new Deputy PM in cabinet...

London [UK], September 6: Following the resignation of Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has initiated...

Egypt welcomes AL's adoption of resolution on joint vision for regional security

Egypt welcomes AL's adoption of resolution on joint...

Cairo [Egypt], September 6: Egypt Friday commended the Arab League Council's adoption of the resolution titled "A Joint Vision for...

Arab FMs affirm support for Lebanon's sovereignty; call for exclusive state control of weapons

Arab FMs affirm support for Lebanon's sovereignty; call...

Cairo [Egypt], September 6: The Council of the Arab League of, at the level of foreign ministers, concluded its 164th...

Pan-Arab condemnation of Israeli plans for Palestinian displacement

Pan-Arab condemnation of Israeli plans for Palestinian displacement

Dubai [UAE], September 6: Arab countries today strongly condemned statements attributed to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu regarding the displacement...

Washington DC sues Trump administration over National Guard deployment

Washington DC sues Trump administration over National Guard...

Washington [US], September 5: Washington DC has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration over the deployment of National Guard...

Kim Jong-un declares that North Korea will always support China's interests

Kim Jong-un declares that North Korea will always...

Pyongyang [North Korea], September 5: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has told Chinese President Xi Jinping that Pyongyang's support for...