Sunak: Stopping boats is 'complicated & will not happen overnight'
London [UK], April 14: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has admitted his plans to stop boats crossing the Channel "won't happen overnight" and declined to...
Biden hails US-Irish relationship in historic address
Dublin [Ireland], April 14: US President Joe Biden declared he was home as he made a historic address to a packed Irish Parliament where he...
Berlin allows Poland to send fighter jets to Ukraine
Berlin [Germany], April 14: The German government approved within hours a Polish request on Thursday to deliver five Soviet-designed MiG-29 fighter jets from old East...
Sudanese military warns against violence
Khartoum [Sudan], April 14: On Thursday, the Sudanese army warned against mobilising paramilitary groups in the north and the capital Khartoum. Deployment of the Rapid...
Moscow complains about delay in visas for Russian UN delegation
Washington [US], April 14: Russia has criticized delays in issuing US visas to Moscow's United Nations delegation led by Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov shortly before...
Qatar, Bahrain end feud
Doha [Qatar], April 14: Qatar and Bahrain announced late Wednesday that they had agreed to end a long-running diplomatic feud and re-establish relations. Bahrain in...
N Korea likely fired 'new type of missile'
Seoul [South Korea], April 14: North Korea likely fired a "new type" of ballistic missile on Thursday that may have used advanced solid fuel, Seoul's...
Mideast nations re-establish ties
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], April 14: Saudi Arabia hosted landmark delegations from Iran and Syria on Wednesday as Gulf countries prepare for re-establishing diplomatic ties after...
Biden administration to ask Supreme Court to stop abortion pill curbs
Washington [US], April 14: U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said the Justice Department will ask the Supreme Court to intervene to stop restrictions set by...
Indiana industrial fire nearly extinguished but smoke still poses danger
Indiana [US], April 14: A raging industrial fire in eastern Indiana is expected to be almost entirely extinguished by Thursday evening or Friday morning, officials...
FBI arrests 21-year-old National Guardsman for 'criminal' US intelligence leaks
Washington [US], April 14: The FBI on Thursday arrested Jack Douglas Teixeira, a 21-year-old member of the U.S. Air National Guard, over the leaks online...
Hours before Blinken visit, US condemns Vietnam's jailing of activist
Washington [US], April 14: Hours ahead of a visit to Hanoi by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, the United States on Thursday condemned Vietnam's...
AED 245.5 bn saving deposits in UAE banks by end of January...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], April 14: Saving deposits in the UAE banking system, excluding interbank deposits, increased to AED245.537 billion by the end of January 2023,...
Dubai records over AED1.3 bn in realty transactions Thursday
Dubai [UAE], April 14: Dubai real estate market recorded 443 sales transactions worth AED1.03 billion, in addition to 75 mortgage deals of AED296.21 million, and...
Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood, ERC call for supporting children of...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], April 14: The Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood has expanded the scope of its humanitarian initiative, "From the UAE's Children to...
Human Rights Watch slams Vietnam's jailing of journalist
Hanoi [Vietnam], April 13: Human Rights Watch condemned the Vietnamese government, called on it to release all political prisoners and urged concerned governments to pressure...
France to increase nuclear power production
Paris [France], April 13:France wants to increase nuclear power production at its current 56 plants, newspaper Le Figaro reported on Wednesday.The government commissioned electricity company...
Italy calls state of emergency as it expects more migrants
Rome [Italy], April 13:The Italian government has declared a national state of emergency, citing the large numbers of migrants arriving via the Mediterranean sea in...
Spain rejects Catalonia independence referendum
Madrid [Spain], April 13: Spain government has rejected a new proposal by the Catalonia region to hold an independence referendum. "With Prime Minister [Pedro] Sanchez...
Three Sherpas missing above Everest
Kathmandu [Nepal], April 13: Three Sherpas went missing above the base camp of Mount Everest on Wednesday. They were at an area between the...
10 dead in latest migrant boat tragedy
Tunis [Tunisia], April 13: The Tunisian coastguard retrieved the bodies of 10 dead migrants after their Europe-bound boat sank off the country's coast, a spokesman...
Sanctions on Budapest bank
Budapest [Hungary], April 13: The US Treasury Department has imposed sanctions on the Budapest-based but Russian-controlled International Investment Bank (IIB), US officials announced on Wednesday.
Islamic State operative captured in Syria
Damascus [Syria], April 13: US troops captured an operative for the terrorist Islamic State militia and two of his associates in a helicopter raid in...
Russia to advance lunar ambitions
Moscow [Russia], April 13: Russian President Vladimir Putin has described a planned Russian space station as a necessary step toward realizing ambitions for a national...
Iran delegation in Saudi Arabia
Tehran [Iran], April 13: An Iranian delegation arrived in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, Tehran said, to pave the way for reopening diplomatic missions as the...
The first malaria vaccine to surpass WHO's effectiveness threshold is licensed
Geneva [Switzerland], April 13: AFP on April 13, citing an announcement from the University of Oxford, said that the school's R21/Matrix-M malaria vaccine has been...
North Korea launches rocket, Japan urges Hokkaido people to take shelter immediately
Seoul [South Korea],April 13: North Korea fired an unidentified ballistic missile into the waters east of the Korean peninsula, South Korea's military said on April...