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UAQ Ruler pardons number of inmates ahead of...
Umm Al Quwain [UAE], June 14: H.H. Sheikh Saud bin Rashid Al Mu'alla, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Umm...

Bank of Japan decides to reduce government bond...
Tokyo [Japan], June 14: The Bank of Japan (BOJ) on Friday decided to reduce its government bond buying, in...

UAE participates in 20th CGIAR System Council meeting...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], June 14: Mariam bint Mohammed Almheiri, Head of International Affairs Office at the Presidential Court, led the...

UNICEF calls for investment in basic education for...
Nairobi [Kenya], June 14: Massive investments in basic education for African children are required to help the continent realise...

International film festival opens in Shanghai
Shanghai [China], June 14: The 26th Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF) kicked off on Friday in the east Chinese metropolis,...

East African countries launch framework to guide kala-azar...
Nairobi [Kenya], June 13: The Eastern African countries on Wednesday launched a comprehensive framework to guide health sector players in...

Iranian, Venezuelan FMs vow to promote ties, cooperation...
Tehran [Iran], June 13: Iran's Caretaker Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani and Venezuela's Foreign Minister Yvan Gil Pinto highlighted the...

U.S.-British coalition launches 3 airstrikes on Yemen's Red...
Sanaa [Yemen], June 13: Warplanes of the United States and British naval coalition launched three airstrikes on Yemen's Red...

Cloud seeding claims overshadow record floods worldwide
Washington [US], June 13: Climate skeptics are scapegoating a weather modification technique known as cloud seeding to deny the role...

New Caledonia vote reform that sparked riots 'suspended'
Paris [France], June 13: President Emmanuel Macron said Wednesday that a voting reform that triggered deadly riots in French Pacific...

New Korean flare-up carries greater air of menace
Seoul [South Korea], June 13: Border tensions are a fact of life on the Korean Peninsula, but analysts warn that...

Denmark recalls Korean instant noodles for being too...
Copenhagen [Denmark], June 13: Denmark's food agency has recalled three brands of South Korean instant ramen, warning that they were...

UAE, Uzbek ministers of justice discuss enhancing cooperation
Abu Dhabi [UAE], June 13: Minister of Justice Abdullah bin Sultan bin Awad Al Nuaimi, and Akbar Tashkulov, Minister...

UN Independent International Commission finds Israel, Palestinian armed...
New York [US], June 13: Palestinian armed groups and Israeli authorities have both committed war crimes and crimes against humanity...

Massive fire breaks out at oil refinery in...
Baghdad [Iraq], June 13: A massive fire broke out at the asphalt storage facility of an oil refinery in Erbil...

Chinese premier says China, New Zealand share strong...
Wellington [New Zealand], June 13: Chinese Premier Li Qiang said here on Thursday that while the current international situation is...

South Australian premier reveals plans for ban on...
Canberra [Australia], June 13: Donations and gifts to politicians, political candidates and political parties would be banned under world-leading laws...

Russian navy ships visit Cuba
Havana [Cuba], June 13: Four Russian naval vessels arrived Wednesday at the port of Havana for a visit that will...

Malawian vice president's body to be buried Monday:...
Lilongwe [Malawi], June 13: The body of Malawian Vice President Saulos Chilima, who died Monday in a plane crash, will...

Report all large consulting contracts: PwC Senate Probe
Sydney [Australia], June 13: The Australian government should be required to disclose every consulting contract worth over A$2 million ($1.33...

Qantas buys 49% stake in tripADeal for $140.6M
Sydney [Australia], June 13: Australia's Qantas Airways, opens new tab said on Thursday it will acquire the remaining 49% stake...

Musk expects more from shareholders than himself
Washington [US], June 13: A deal is a deal - sometimes, it seems. Discord is growing among electric-car maker Tesla's...

Gaza ceasefire in limbo as Hamas seeks changes,...
Gaza border [Israel], June 13: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday that Hamas had proposed numerous changes,...

Russian missile attack kills 8, injures 21
Moscow [Russia], June 13: A Russian ballistic missile strike on Ukraine's southern city of Kryvyi Rih killed at least eight...

Fire in Kuwait building kills 49 foreign workers
Mangaf [Kuwait], June 13: At least 49 people were killed in Kuwait after a fire broke out in a building...

Wildfires prompt Cyprus President to cut short Jordan...
Nicosia [Cyprus], June 12: Cyprus' President Nikos Christodoulides cut short his visit to Jordan on Tuesday, where he was attending...

Putin revamps government body supervising Russia's defense industry
Moscow [Russia], June 12: Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a presidential decree on Tuesday to update the composition of...