Israeli, Palestinian officials meet in Egypt
Cairo [Egypt],March 20: Israeli and Palestinian Authority (PA) officials are meeting in Egypt for talks amid criticism and calls for a boycott by Palestinian political...
Road crash kills 19 in Bangladesh
Dhaka [Bangladesh], March 20: At least 19 people have been killed and up to 25 were injured in Bangladesh after a bus smashed through a...
N Korea fires ballistic missile
Seoul [South Korea], March 20: North Korea fired a short-range ballistic missile on Sunday, Seoul's military said, the fourth show of force in a week...
Iran, Iraq ink border deal
Baghdad [Iraq], March 20: Iran's top security official on Sunday signed a deal with Iraqi authorities for "protection" of their common border, the Iraqi prime...
Assad in UAE amid growing Arab outreach
Dubai [UAE], March 20: Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad met Sunday with Emirati leaders in Abu Dhabi, his second Gulf visit since last month's earthquake in...
UBS - Switzerland's largest bank officially acquired Credit Suisse
Switzerland,March 20: Swiss bank UBS has agreed to buy crisis-hit rival Credit Suisse for 3 billion francs ($3.23 billion), while taking over losses of up...
China condemns British lawmakers for ignoring demand not to visit Taiwan
Beijing [China], March 20: China's embassy in Britain on Sunday condemned a visit this week by British lawmakers to Taiwan, saying they were insisting on...
Talk of Trump arrest builds sympathy for the former president, Sununu says
Washington [US], March 20: The possibility that Donald Trump may be charged for allegedly covering up hush money payments to a porn star during his...
Former Taiwan president Ma to visit China in landmark trip
Taipei [Taiwan], March 20: Former Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou will visit China this month, his office said on Sunday.
Macron would like the reform of the pension system to be introduced...
Paris [France], March 20:French President Emmanuel Macron (Emmanuel Macron) expressed today his wish that his hated reform of the pension system "can finish its democratic...
Putin welcomed China's willingness to play a constructive role in Ukraine
Moscow [Russia],March 20: Russian President Vladimir Putin today welcomed China's "willingness to play a constructive role in resolving" the conflict in Ukraine, as Beijing...
Rocket fired from Gaza hits southern Israel amid heightened tension
Jerusalem [Israel], March 19: A rocket fired from the Gaza Strip hit an open area landed in southern Israel on Saturday, according to the Israeli...
New Zealand to ban TikTok from lawmaker's phones
Wellington [New Zealand], March 19: New Zealand on Friday will follow other Western countries and ban the video-sharing app TikTok from lawmakers' devices due to...
Pressure mounts on Netanyahu as protests enter 11th week
Tel Aviv [Israel], March 19: Thousands of people came out in force again on Saturday in Israel to protest the right-wing religious government's controversial judicial...
Tony Blair: Putin can't use Iraq as justification for Ukraine
London [UK], March 19: Former UK prime minister Tony Blair is by turns pensive and defiant as he reflects on the upcoming anniversaries of two...
Kyiv thanks UN, Turkey for 'sticking to' grain deal agreements
Kyiv [Ukraine], March 19: Ukraine's infrastructure minister on Saturday thanked the United Nations and Turkey for adhering to the agreements of a deal that allowed...
Pakistan ex-PM Imran Khan fears arrest as he heads to court
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 19: Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan said on Saturday he expected to be arrested as he headed to court on graft...
Biden celebrates St Patrick's Day with Irish PM Varadkar
Washington [US], March 19: US President Joe Biden and Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar painted the town green Friday, celebrating Saint Patrick's Day-and touting Biden's...
Finland on course to join NATO
Ankara [Turkey], March 19: Turkish President RecepTayyip Erdogan ended months of diplomatically charged delays on Friday and asked parliament to quickly back Finland's bid to...
Trump expects 'arrest', calls for protests
Washington [US], March 19: Former US President Donald Trump said he expects to be "arrested" on Tuesday over hush money allegedly paid to a porn...
Int'l war crimes court issues arrest warrant for Putin
The Hague [Netherlands], March 19: The International Criminal Court on Friday announced an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin on the war crime accusation...
WHO: COVID poses similar threat to flu
Geneva [Switzerland], March 19: The COVID-19 pandemic could settle down this year to a point where it poses a threat similar to flu, the World...
US leadership role in Middle East facing deep challenges
Washington [US], March 19: China's shock success at bringing Saudi Arabia and Iran together has challenged the United States' longstanding role as the key outside...
Temporary increase in egg, poultry prices aims to ensure balanced merchant-consumer relationship:...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], March 19: The Ministry of Economy said that increasing prices of eggs and poultry products in the UAE comes in accordance with...
UAE Jiu-Jitsu Federation supports 'Bridges of Goodness' for quake-hit victims
Abu Dhabi [UAE], March 19: The UAE Jiu-Jitsu Federation said the proceeds of registration in the Abu Dhabi World Professional Jiu-Jitsu Championship 2023 will be...
President Biden says banking crisis has subsided
Washington [US], March 18: US President Joe Biden said the banking crisis had subsided after the bankruptcy of two mid-sized banks.
Building collapse kills 5, injures 2 in south Egypt
Cairo [Egypt], March 18: At least five people were killed and another two wounded on Friday after a building collapsed in the southern Egyptian province...