Russians tighten noose on Ukraine's Bakhmut, Putin warns of Western espionage

Moscow [Russia], March 1: Russian forces on Tuesday pressed forward their weeks-long drive to encircle and capture the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, where the...

80 Afghan citizens dead in Italian shipwreck - Taliban foreign ministry

Kabul [Afghanistan], March 1: Afghanistan's Taliban-led foreign ministry said on Tuesday that 80 Afghan citizens, including children, had died in Sunday's shipwreck off the southern...

Russia, US bicker at UN over donating fertilizer to Syria

Damascus [Syria], March 1: Russia and the United States bickered on Tuesday over whether Russian fertilizer could be donated to Syria as Moscow heightens complaints...

US Supreme Court conservatives question Biden student debt relief

Washington [US], March 1: Conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices signaledskepticism over the legality of President Joe Biden's plan to cancel $430 billion in student debt...

US House Democrat opposes giving Biden power to ban TikTok

Washington [US], March 1: The top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee said he opposes a Republican bill that would give President Joe Biden...

UAE President receives Ruler of Fujairah

Abu Dhabi [UAE], March 1: President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan received today, at Qasr Al Bahr Majlis, H.H. Sheikh Hamad bin...

FAB facilitated over $9 bn worth of sustainable projects in 2022: CEO

Abu Dhabi [UAE], March 1: Hana Al Rostamani, Group Chief Executive Officer of FAB said that throughout 2022 the bank continued to build and leverage...

Mohammed bin Rashid reviews progress of Hatta Development Projects, approves Phase II...

Dubai [UAE], March 1: His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, reviewed...

Refugee agency appeals for $137 million to help displaced in Horn of...

Geneva [Switzerland], March 1:Lifesaving aid is needed urgently to help millions of people enduring one of the longest and most severe droughts on record in...

Britain's prime minister Sunak announces end to EU custom checks in Irish...

Brussels [Belgium], February 28: Goods traded between Great Britain and Northern Ireland - destined to stay in the Northern Ireland market - are to be...

Key left party quits Nepal's fragile ruling coalition

Kathmandu [Nepal], February 28: A key communist party has pulled out of Nepal's ruling coalition, forcing Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal to seek a vote...

Putin awards US actor Steven Seagal Russian Order of Friendship

Moscow [Russia], February 28: Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin awarded US actor Steven Seagal, known for the 1990 US action thriller Hard to Kill, the Russian...

World Bank estimates Turkey earthquake damages at $34 bn

Washington [US], February 28: The devastating February 6 earthquake and aftershocks that hit southern Turkey have caused damages worth more than $34 billion in the...

Qatari businesswoman sparkles at Doha show

Doha [Qatar], February 28: A Qatari businesswoman has turned heads at the Doha Jewellery and Watches Exhibition, pitting herself against giants of the industry while...

Amir congratulates citizens, residents on national days

Kuwait City [Kuwait], February 28: HH the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah on Sunday congratulated Kuwaitis and residents on the country's 62nd National Day...

Progress on human rights has 'gone reverse': UN

Geneva (Switzerland), February 28: Respect for human rights has gone into reverse, the United Nations chief warned Monday, calling for a renewal of the Universal...

Tense wait as Nigeria slowly counts election results

Lagos [Nigeria], February 28: Nigeria slowly counted more results on Monday after a tight election for the presidency of Africa's most populous nation as delays...

French court to rule on landmark Total Energies Uganda case

Paris [France], February 28:A French court on Tuesday could order oil major Total Energies (TTEF.PA) to halt the development of an east Africa pipeline in...

Florida Governor DeSantis ends 'corporate kingdom' of Walt Disney World

Florida [US], February 28: Florida Governor Ron DeSantis on Monday signed a bill that takes control of a special tax district surrounding Walt Disney World...

Warm Canadian winter threatens Algonquin ice-fishing traditions

Ottawa [Canada], February 28: Most winters, at least once a week, Mike Diabo will snowmobile to the shores of one of his local lakes in...

Brazil allows two Iranian warships to dock in Rio despite US pressure

Rio de Janeiro [Brazil], February 28: Two Iranian warships docked in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday after Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's government...

Israeli-American motorist killed in West Bank

Jerusalem [Israel], February 28: Suspected Palestinian gunmen killed an Israeli-American motorist in the occupied West Bank on Monday.

Sharjah Ruler attends launch of 2nd Sharjah International Summit on Improvement in...

Sharjah [UAE], February 28: H.H. Dr. Sheikh Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, today witnessed the opening of the...

Nasser Al Attiyah crowned T1 stage winner of Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge

Abu Dhabi [UAE], February 28: Nasser Al Attiyah was crowned T1 stage winner of the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge (ADDC), which is being held under...

Delegation from Iran's Border Guard Command arrives in UAE

Abu Dhabi [UAE], February 28: A delegation from the Border Guard Command of the Islamic Republic of Iran today arrived in the UAE to attend...

Sharjah Ruler attends Rare Syndromes Associated with Disability conference

Sharjah [UAE], February 28: H.H. Dr. Sheikh Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, today attended the launch of the...

Russia halts oil supply to Poland: Polish refiner

Warsaw [Poland], February 27: Russia has halted oil supplies to Poland via the Druzhba pipeline, Poland's leading oil and gas conglomerate PKN Orlen said Saturday.