USA Basketball Men's National Team defeats Serbian counterpart at Etihad Arena

Abu Dhabi [UAE], July 18: The USA Basketball Men's National Team (USABMNT) defeated its Serbian counterpart 105-79 in a friendly match this evening at the...

Mansour bin Zayed approves programme of Emirates International Endurance Village 2024-2025 endurance...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], July 18: His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice President, Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the Presidential Court, approved...

Volume of financing for emerging companies in UAE reaches AED110 million in...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], July 18: The volume of financing for emerging companies operating in the energy sector based in the UAE reached more than AED...

Sharjah to host 8th edition of Al Dhaid Date Festival on 25...

Sharjah [UAE], July 18: The Organising Committee of the "Al Dhaid Date Festival 2024" has finalised all preparations to launch the 8th edition of the...

Metsola wins big in re-election to EU Parliament presidency

Strasbourg [France], July 17: The European Parliament on Tuesday overwhelmingly elected Roberta Metsola for another term as its president, with 562 votes in her favour.

Russian president opens Moscow to St Petersburg motorway

Moscow [Russia], July 17: After roughly 14 years of construction work, one of Russian President Vladimir Putin's most important infrastructure projects - a 670km roadway...

Angela Merkel, turning 70, honoured

Berlin [Germany], July 17: German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has honoured former chancellor Angela Merkel as a "role model and a hallmark of our democracy" ahead...

Trump names JD Vance as his running mate

Washington [US], July 17: Donald Trump has picked 39-year-old senator JD Vance, once a fierce critic, to be his vice presidential running mate, on the...

Kagame well ahead in Rwanda election

Kigali [Rwanda], July 17: Incumbent Paul Kagame is set to win a fourth term in office in the presidential election in Rwanda.With nearly 79 percent...

600,000 Russians have fled abroad since the start of the war: Report

Moscow [Russia], July 17: At least 650,000 Russians have moved abroad permanently since the beginning of the war of aggression against Ukraine, according to a...

Sixteen crew members missing after oil tanker capsizes off Oman coast

Muscat [Oman], July 17: Sixteen crew members were missing after their Comorian-flagged oil tanker capsized off the coast of Oman, the sultanate's Maritime Security Centre...

Trump rivals to pay tribute at GOP convention

Washington [US], July 17: Source: Donald Trump's former rivals for the Republican presidential nomination will voice their support for his candidacy at the party's convention,...

New UK government to set out plans in state opening of parliament

London [UK], July 17: Britain's new Prime Minister Keir Starmer will set out his first package of proposed laws, fleshing out how he will honour...

Five killed in violent anti-quota protests in Bangladesh

Dhaka [Bangladesh], July 17: At least five people were killed and scores injured across Bangladesh as young government supporters and police firing tear gas clashed...

One killed as Kenyan anti-government protests intensify again

Nairobi [Kenya], July 17: At least one person was killed in renewed anti-government protests across Kenya, a Reuters reporter said, as police clashed with demonstrators...

Israeli strikes in Gaza kill 57, officials report

Gaza [Palestine], July 17: Israeli forces battled Hamas-led fighters in several parts of the Gaza Strip, and Palestinian health officials said at least 57 people...

French government resigns, acts as caretaker

Paris [France], July 17: French centrist Prime Minister Gabriel Attal and his government resigned on Tuesday but will stay in a caretaker capacity until...

Menendez Convicted in Corruption Trial

Washington [US], July 17: U.S. Senator Bob Menendez was convicted on Tuesday on all 16 criminal counts he faced including bribery at his corruption trial...

Multiple strikes across Gaza have killed, injured dozens of people: UN

New York [US], July 17: The United Nations (UN) Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Gaza revealed that multiple strikes across Gaza...

WTO Director-General calls on members to 'walk the talk'

Geneva [Switzerland], July 17: Reporting in her capacity as Chair of the Trade Negotiations Committee (TNC) on 15th July, the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Director-General...

Arab League condemns shooting incident in Muscat

Cairo [Egypt], July 17:The Secretariat General of the Arab League has strongly condemned the shooting incident in Wadi Kabir in Muscat, Oman, which led to...

UAQ Ruler issues decree restructuring BoD of Al Arabi Sports and Cultural...

Umm Al Qaiwain [UAE], July 17: H.H. Sheikh Saud bin Rashid Al Mu'alla, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Umm Al Qaiwain, has issued an...

UAE condemns shooting incident in Sultanate of Oman

Abu Dhabi [UAE], July 17: The UAE has strongly condemned the shooting incident in a mosque courtyard in Wadi Kabir in the Sultanate of Oman,...

Israeli forces strike five schools in Gaza in week of massacres

Tel Aviv [Israel], July 16: Israeli forces have attacked five separate schools in Gaza in just eight days, killing dozens of people sheltering in them,...

Gaza media office denounces ongoing US support for Israel

Gaza [Israel], July 16: The Government Media Office has condemned continued US military support for Israel during ongoing attacks that have inflicted mass civilian casualties.

Syria holds fourth parliamentary elections since 2011 uprising

Damascus [Syria], July 16: For the fourth time since the start of the Syrian civil war in 2011, residents in government-controlled areas were going to...

Kenyan 'serial killer' admits murdering 42 women

Nairobi [Kenya], July 16: Police in Kenya have arrested a suspected serial killer in connection with the discovery of mutilated women's bodies at a rubbish...