
Nairobi: About 100 protesters hurled stones at police in the Kibera neighbourhood of Nairobi on Wednesday morning as three days of demonstrations agai...

Riyadh: The holy Kaaba on Wednesday morning was adorned with a new kiswa, which is the cloth covering the structure throughout the year.The General Pr...

Seoul: North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles into the East Sea on Wednesday, after the arrival of an American nuclear ballistic missile...

A United Nations body has said, a US national has been detained in North Korea after crossing the border. The United Nations Command, which operates t...

A senior Pakistani envoy will travel to Afghanistan for bilateral talks with Taliban leaders today amid growing allegations Afghan-based fugitive mili...

Dhaka: Indian High Commissioner Pranay Verma Tuesday called on Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Dhaka.Taking Forward All-Encompassing India-...

Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe will be an official visit to India on Friday. He will be visiting the country at the invitation of Prime Min...

Heatwaves and extreme weather have gripped most parts of the world including Europe, Asia and the United States intensified yesterday, with the World ...

Beijing: China on Monday said the mercury hit 52.2 degrees Celsius (126 degrees Fahrenheit) in the northwest of the country over the weekend, setting ...

SA repatriation ceremony for 105 trafficked antiquities handed over by the US side was held at the Indian Consulate in New York last night. This is a ...

Russia has announced yesterday that it has halted participation in a deal that allowed Ukrainian grain to be exported through the Black Sea. Kremlin s...

The United Nations said that Taliban authorities have further increased restrictions on women and girls in Afghanistan in recent months, including in ...

Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) Foreign Ministers first ever meeting yesterday started in Ban...

The Russian Foreign Ministry has accused Ukraine of carrying out an attack on the bridge between Russia and Crimea, with the involvement of Britain an...

The United Nations Security Council will hold its first formal discussion on artificial intelligence this week in New York. The discussion will focus ...

Daily flights connecting Jaffna and Chennai commenced yesterday marking a significant milestone in air travel between the two cities. The move will en...

Moscow: Russia has banned Apple iPhones from use by government officials over surveillance claims by the US, the media reported on Monday.Russia’s Fed...

Abu Dhabi: The UAE expressed its sincere condolences and solidarity with South Korea over the victims of the torrential rains and floods that resulted...

Abu Dhabi: Dubai will soon have the second tallest tower in the world as well, after the iconic Burj Khalifa that is 828 meters high (2,716.5 feet).Th...

Washington: US President Joe Biden has announced his intent to appoint Indian-American business leader Shamina Singh to the President’s Export Council...

Washington: A tsunami warning was issued for some areas of the US state of Alaska after a shallow 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck at 0648 GMT Sunday, ...

In Pakistan, a group of assailants attacked a temple belonging to members of the Hindu community in Sindh’s Kashmore district with rocket launchers ea...

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has said in the event that his party is banned, he will form a new political party to contest the upcoming g...

The death toll from torrential rain in South Korea has risen to 33. The tally is expected to rise as more heavy rain is expected on the Korean peninsu...

A blistering and deadly heatwave is sweeping Europe. The European Space Agency says Italy, Spain, France, Germany and Poland may see extreme condition...

The United States, South Korea and Japan held a joint naval missile defence exercise yesterday to counter North Korea's evolving nuclear and missile t...

Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu has declared a state of emergency to tackle rising food prices and shortages. Some of the initiatives include using mo...

President Vladimir Putin said Russia had a "sufficient stockpile" of cluster bombs and reserved the right to use them if such munitions, the use of wh...

Abu Dhabi: Reserve Bank of India and Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Saturday signed two MoUs for the use of local currencies for cr...

Abu Dhabi: Dubai Municipality has recruited 4,791 volunteers and activists during the first half of this year to ensure a healthy and sustainable envi...
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