Shooting in Paris: Reports of Dead and Wounded

Paris [France], December 24: A gunman opened fire in central Paris, killing two people and wounding four, the BBC reported. The shooting happened near a...

Bulgaria's PM to Von der Leyen: We are Committed to the Full...

Sofia [Bulgaria], December 24: Acting Prime Minister Galab Donev sent a letter to the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, in which...

Times: There are Claims that China has Registered 37 Million Cases of...

Beijing [China], December 24: Tens of millions of people in China are contracting the coronavirus every day, Britain's Times reported on Friday, citing leaked internal...

Winter storm strands thousands at US airports ahead of Christmas holiday

Washington [US], December 24: Thousands of Americans have been left stranded at US airports due to a massive winter storm ahead of the Christmas holiday,...

Japan Cabinet approves 2023 draft budget at $862bn with record defence allocation

Tokyo [Japan], December 24: The Japanese government approved a draft budget for the next fiscal year for a record 114,38 trillion yen ($862 billion) with...

Ajman Tourism concludes 1st edition of Ajman Motor Festival 2022

Ajman [UAE], December 24: The Ajman Department of Tourism Development concluded the first edition of the Ajman Motor Festival 2022, which was held under the...

Dubai records over AED9.1 bn in weeklong real estate transactions

Dubai [UAE], December 24: A total of 2,926 real estate transactions worth over AED 9.1 billion were conducted during the week ending 23rd December,...

Deep freeze grips U.S. due to 'bomb cyclone'

Washington [US], December 24: A deep freeze enveloping most of the United States early on Friday combined with a massive winter storm brewing in the...

First batch of foreign Covid-19 vaccine arrives in China

Beijing [China], December 23: Earlier, on December 22, BioNTech said that a batch of 11,500 Covid-19 vaccines had arrived in China, ready to be...

Dangerous 'tornado bomb' threatens the United States, the President advises 'where to...

Washington [US], December 23: Reuters news agency on December 23 reported that US President Joe Biden recommended that those who want to visit family...

Soon, the trade turnover between Vietnam and Indonesia will reach 15 billion...

Hanoi [Vietnam], December 23: On December 22, State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Indonesian President Joko Widodo had very successful talks, in which...

As flu rages, US releases medicine from national stockpile

Washington [US], December 23: The Biden administration said Wednesday it will release doses of prescription flu medicine from the Strategic National Stockpile to states as...

Ukraine welcomes leader back from US, Putin dismisses trip

Kiev [Ukraine], December 23: Ukrainians welcomed President Volodymyr Zelenskyy back from a wartime visit to the United States, hailing his trip as successful while Russian...

Taliban arrest women protesting against university ban

Kabul [Afghanistan], December 23: The Taliban have arrested five women taking part in a protest in the Afghan capital, Kabul, against the ban on women...

Putin says Russia wants end to war in Ukraine

Moscow [Russia], December 23: President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia wants an end to the war in Ukraine and that this would inevitably...

Astronauts complete spacewalk after space debris triggered one-day delay

Washington [US], December 23: The International Space Station got its second solar power boost in a month as two NASA astronauts carried out a spacewalk...

Russians buy boots and body armor for the troops, as the Kremlin...

Moscow [Russia], December 23: Schoolchildren raise money for socks, mothers buy winter clothes and sleeping bags, community groups collect donations for body armor.

Zelensky's visit shows neither Ukraine nor US want peace, Russia says

Moscow [Russia], December 23: Russia has strongly criticised the visit to Washington by Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky, accusing the US of fighting an indirect war against...

Xi Jinping meets with Dmitry Medvedev, Russian Deputy Chairman of the Security...

Beijing [China], December 23: Chinese President Xi Jinping meets Russian Deputy Chairman of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev. The meeting took place at the state...

Armenia: Russian Peacekeepers are not Fulfilling their Duties

Yeravan [Armenia], December 23: Armenia has accused Russian peacekeeping forces of failing to prevent the "illegal blockade" in the Armenian-populated Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan, AFP...

Dubai leads MENA region on Global Power City Index 2022

Dubai [UAE], December 23: Dubai is leading the MENA region on the Global Power City Index (GPCI) 2022, issued by Mori Memorial Foundation's Institute for...

Banning women from universities violates basic human dignity: Muslim Council of Elders

Abu Dhabi [UAE], December 23: The Muslim Council of Elders said it's concerned by the Taliban's ban on women attending universities in Afghanistan.

Argentina climb to second place in FIFA's standings after winning World Cup

Zurich [Switzerland], December 23: Argentina have ascended to second place in the FIFA rankings, trailing only quarter-finalists Brazil, FIFA, the global governing body announced on...

Fujairah Chamber discusses promoting trade relations with Belgium

Fujairah [UAE], December 23: Fujairah Chamber of Commerce and Industry Director General, Sultan Jemei AlHindasi, and Belgian Ambassador to the UAE, Antoine Delcourt, have addressed...

UN Security Council issues resolution calling for an end to violence in...

Hanoi [Vietnam], December 22: The United Nations Security Council on December 21 adopted the first resolution on Myanmar in 74 years, demanding...

Not enough life jackets on sunken Thai warship

Hanoi [Vietnam], December 22: Thai navy officials said there were not enough life jackets for everyone on board the warship that sank on the evening...

12 Vietnamese students trapped in a prostitution ring in Taipei

Hanoi [Vietnam], December 22: Online newspaper Taiwan News on December 21 reported that a university of science and technology in Taoyuan city recently reported...