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State of emergency declared for New Zealand's Queenstown following heavy rain

State of emergency declared for New Zealand's Queenstown...

Wellington [New Zealand],September 22: New Zealand's scenic town Queenstown declared a state of emergency on Friday for an initial period...

Singapore's first green bond report published

Singapore's first green bond report published

Singapore, September 22: Singapore's Ministry of Finance on Thursday published the first edition of the Singapore Green Bond Report.

Young Arabs want to boycott brands that damage environment

Young Arabs want to boycott brands that damage...

Doha [Qatar],September 22: More than half (58 percent) of Arab youth are ready to support calls to boycott brands that...

Niger's toppled president takes legal action

Niger's toppled president takes legal action

Niamey [Niger], September 22: Mohamed Bazoum, Niger's former president who was overthrown by the military, is taking the coup plotters...

Indonesia jails woman for blasphemy over TikTok food video

Indonesia jails woman for blasphemy over TikTok food...

Jakarta [Indonesia], September 22: An Indonesian court has jailed a woman for two years after she was found guilty of...

Russia and Ukraine conduct heavy airstrikes as war nears 20th month

Russia and Ukraine conduct heavy airstrikes as war...

Kiev [Ukraine], September 22: Russia launched a new wave of heavy airstrikes on Ukraine early on Thursday morning, including on...

Zelensky says he had 'great dialogue' with US Senators

Zelensky says he had 'great dialogue' with US...

Washington [US], September 22: Ukrainian President VolodymyrZelensky said he had a "great dialogue" with US Senators and expressed his gratefulness...

Venezuela regains control of gang-run jail with pool and zoo

Venezuela regains control of gang-run jail with pool...

Caracas [Venezuela], September 22: Some 11,000 soldiers and police stormed the Tocoron prison in Venezuela about 140 kilometres south-west of...

Azerbaijan, Karabakh separatists hold 'constructive' peace talks

Azerbaijan, Karabakh separatists hold 'constructive' peace talks

Baku [Azerbaijan], September 22: Azerbaijan and Armenian separatists from the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh held their first direct peace talks...

MBS: Palestinian issue key for normalization

MBS: Palestinian issue key for normalization

New York [US], September 22:Saudi Arabia's crown prince said Wednesday that a historic normalization of relations with the Zionist entity...

PM calls on Iraqi counterpart to abide by Khor Abdullah accord

PM calls on Iraqi counterpart to abide by...

New York [US], September 22: Representative of HH the Amir of Kuwait Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, HH the Prime...

Do your utmost best, Crown Prince urges Kuwaiti athletes

Do your utmost best, Crown Prince urges Kuwaiti...

Beijing [China], September 22: His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah urged athletes competing in the 19th...

Australia to hold independent inquiry into handling of COVID pandemic

Australia to hold independent inquiry into handling of...

Canberra [Australia], September 22: Australia's centre-left Labor government on Thursday said it would hold an independent inquiry into the handling...

US offers work permits to half million Venezuelans

US offers work permits to half million Venezuelans

Washington [US], September 22: The U.S. will grant temporary deportation relief and access to work permits to nearly half a...

King Charles visits Notre-Dame in state trip aimed at bolstering ties

King Charles visits Notre-Dame in state trip aimed...

Paris [France], September 22: King Charles underscored on Thursday the importance of the relationship between Britain and France and called...

Poland, with election looming, says it isn't sending new arms to Ukraine

Poland, with election looming, says it isn't sending...

Warsaw [Poland], September 22: Poland is only carrying out previously agreed arms deliveries to Ukraine, a government spokesman said on...

Fujairah Crown Prince receives Minister of Culture and Youth

Fujairah Crown Prince receives Minister of Culture and...

Fujairah [UAE], September 22: H.H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi, Crown Prince of Fujairah, stressed the importance...

Nagorno-Karabakh fighting dies down after Russia brokers ceasefire

Nagorno-Karabakh fighting dies down after Russia brokers ceasefire

Moscow [Russia], September 21:A ceasefire has been agreed in the disputed South Caucasus region of Nagorno-Karabakh about a day after...

UN official calls for honoring truce in Palestinian refugee camp in S. Lebanon

UN official calls for honoring truce in Palestinian...

Beirut [Lebanon], September 21: A senior UN official on Wednesday called on factions involved in clashes in the Ain Al-Helweh...

Israel to support innovative projects for integrating Hebrew, Arabic languages in AI apps

Israel to support innovative projects for integrating Hebrew,...

Jerusalem [Israel], September 21: The Israel Innovation Authority (IIA) on Wednesday said in a statement that it would invest a...

5.5-magnitude quake hits 50 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska -- USGS

5.5-magnitude quake hits 50 km SSE of Sand...

Washington [US], September 21: An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.5 jolted 50 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska at...

12 missing after vessel capsizes in western Myanmar

12 missing after vessel capsizes in western Myanmar

Yangon [Myanmar], September 21: A total of 12 people went missing after a vessel capsized on Tuesday in western Myanmar's...

Indonesia to start oil, Gas exploration in Papua

Indonesia to start oil, Gas exploration in Papua

Jakarta [Indonesia], September 21: The Indonesian government has set to explore oil and gas resources in Warim block, Papua province,...

Tajik president calls for more int'l aid for Afghanistan

Tajik president calls for more int'l aid for...

United Nations, September 21: Tajik President EmomaliRahmon on Wednesday called on the international community to provide more humanitarian aid for...

Riyadh hails 'positive results' of peace talks with Yemeni rebels

Riyadh hails 'positive results' of peace talks with...

Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], September 21: Saudi Arabia on Wednesday hailed what it called "positive results" from talks with a visiting...

Humanitarian situation in Libya's flood areas 'critical'

Humanitarian situation in Libya's flood areas 'critical'

Tripoli [Libya], September 21: The humanitarian situation in the flood-hit areas in eastern Libya is "quite critical at the moment"...

France refuses to take in migrants from Lampedusa

France refuses to take in migrants from Lampedusa

Paris [France],September 21: France's Interior Minister GeraldDarmanin said on Tuesday that the country would not take in migrants who arrived...