Heavy rains, flooding hit Arab region

Cairo [Egypt], December 29: Heavy rains have lashed parts of the Arab region in the past few days, causing flash floods and rare showers of...

'War is not over': Tensions simmer over Karabakh road blockade

Baku [Azerbaijan], December 29: RuzanHovhanisyan fears that she will have to ring in the New Year without her family in the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh...

Eye-for-an-eye sharia justice returns to Afghanistan courts

Ghazni[Afghanistan], December 29: Kneeling in front of a turbanned judge in a tiny room at the Ghazni Court of Appeal in eastern Afghanistan, an old...

President Putin presents a gold ring to the leader of the Commonwealth...

Moscow [Russia], December 29: Russian President Vladimir Putin gave eight gold rings to the heads of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) who attended a...

North Korea announces new military target

Pyongyang [North Korea], December 29: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on December 27 revealed new targets for the country's military in 2023, KCNA reported.

Southeast Asia increases submarine purchases

Singapore [Singapore], December 29: According to the South China Morning Post, Southeast Asian countries increasingly see submarine development as necessary for security amid the changing...

Uzbekistan says 18 children died after drinking Indian syrup

Tashkent [Uzbekistan], December 29: At least 18 children have died after taking a medicine in the form of a syrup made by Indian pharmaceutical company...

US considers restrictions on Chinese arrivals

Washington [US], December 28: The US is considering imposing new Covid restrictions on Chinese arrivals after Beijing announced it would reopen its borders next month.

100 detainees facing death penalty - rights group

Tehran [Iran], December 29: At least 100 people have now been sentenced to death or charged with capital offences in connection with the protests in...

Turkey, Syria, Russia defence ministers hold talks in Moscow

Moscow [Russia],December 29: The three nations agree to continue meeting in future to ensure stability in Syria and the region, Turkish defence ministry says.

Judge orders longest prison term so far in Gov. Whitmer plot

Michigan [US], December 29: A Delaware trucker described as an architect of the conspiracy to kidnap Michigan's governor was sentenced Wednesday to more than 19...

Pope Francis appeals for prayers for 'very ill' predecessor Benedict

Vatican City [Italy], December 29: Pope Francis has said former Pope Benedict XVI is very ill and he has asked pilgrims at the Vatican to...

Brazil's top court bans guns from capital for tense inauguration

Brasilia [Brazil], December 29: The Brazilian Supreme Court has issued a ruling banning registered gun-owners from carrying their weapons in the federal district - the...

Southwest Airlines flight cancellations continue to snowball

Texas [US], December 29: Travellers who counted on Southwest Airlines to get them home suffered another wave of cancelled flights Wednesday, and pressure grew on...

Djuric: New EU and US documents are a new source of political...

Belgrade [Serbia], December 29: Serbian Ambassador to the USA Marko Djuric assessed tonight that the new documents of the EU, USA and KFOR represent a...

Net foreign investments in UAE stocks hit around AED30 bn since start...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], December 29: The net investments of non-Arab foreigners in local UAE stocks amounted to around AED30 billion since the start of 2022.

Abu Dhabi bourse closes higher driven by banking sector

Abu Dhabi [UAE],December 29: Abu Dhabi's FADX 15 Index grew 0.39ý% supported by 1.6% and 1.65% hikes in the main lender First Abu Dhabi...

Construction industry contributed $186.8 bn to Arab GDPs in 2021

Abu Dhabi [UAE], December 29: The Arab Monetary Fund (AMF) said that the Arab construction sector has recovered from the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic,...

Second boat with 185 Rohingya arrives in Indonesia's Aceh

Jakarta [Indonesia], December 28: A second group in two days of weak and exhausted Rohingya Muslims landed on a beach in Indonesia's northernmost province of...

Family of eight killed in robbery in eastern Ukraine

Kiev [Ukraine], December 28: Several men robbed and killed a family of eight in the Russian-occupied village of Makiyivka in the Luhansk region of eastern...

Taliban makes exceptions to ban on female staff working for NGOs

Kabul [Afghanistan], December 28: The Taliban's ban on women working with non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Afghanistan does not include female employees of the United Nations,...

Qatar welcomes over 600,000 visitors in November

Doha [Qatar], December 28: Hosted in Qatar, the Middle East's first FIFA World Cup has seen cheering fans travel across the globe to support their...

'Proud and strong': Solo protest against Taleban university ban

Kabul [Afghanistan], December 28: An 18-year-old Afghan student endured Taleban taunts and insults at the weekend as she staged a solo protest against the ban...

Kurds seek 'courageous' candidate in Turkey's election

Diyarbakır [Turkey], December 28: Bullet marks reveal the spot where a rights lawyer was shot in the head at the height of clashes in the...

Mystery endures in Paris murder of activists

Paris [France], December 28: The unsolved 2013 murder of three Kurdish women activists in Paris has been an open wound for their community, with lingering...

Raisi vows 'no mercy' for protesters

Tehran [Iran], December 28: President EbrahimRaisi said Tuesday Iran would show "no mercy" towards "hostile" opponents of the Islamic republic, gripped by more than 100...

US military biometric scanner sold online for $68

Berlin [Germany], December 28: German security researchers specializing in biometric scanning devices used by the US militarygot more than they expected when they bought a...