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