UAE announces Wednesday as first day of Eid Al Fitr

Abu Dhabi [UAE], April 9: Wednesday, the 10th of April 2024, will be the first day of Eid Al Fitr, the UAE's Moon-sighting Committee announced...

UAE organises Ramadan iftar meals in the Philippines

Manila [Philippines], April 9: The United Arab Emirates organised Iftar meals during the sacred Month of Ramadan in the Republic of the Philippines within the...

UAE aid plane arrives at Al Arish Airport carrying 4,000 Eid clothing...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], April 9: The Joint Operations Command of the Ministry of Defence announced the arrival of a UAE aid plane at Al...

UAE President exchanges Eid Al Fitr greetings with Sultan of Oman, King...

Abu dhabi [UAE], April 9: President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan today exchanged greetings on the occasion of Eid Al Fitr...

South Korea launched a spy satellite into orbit

Seoul [South Korea], April 8: South Korea has launched its second domestically produced spy satellite from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida (USA) in the...

The US is investigating the case of a Boeing aircraft falling off...

Washington [US], April 8: The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) opened an investigation into the incident of Southwest Airlines flight WN 3695 falling on one...

Billionaire Elon Musk was investigated by Brazil after demanding the dismissal of...

Brasilia [Brazil], April 8: The same Brazilian Supreme Court judge that Mr. Elon Musk criticized ordered an investigation into this billionaire, saying 'social networks are...

Heat raging across Southeast Asia

Phuket [Thailand], April 8: The Thai government is preparing to issue a warning about severe heat in the next few days and advises people to...

Israel reduces troops in South Gaza, Egypt to host talks

Tel Aviv [Israel], April 8: Israel said on Sunday it had withdrawn more soldiers from southern Gaza, leaving just one brigade, as it and Hamas...

Yellen urges 'Tough' talks between US and China

Washington [US], April 8: U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Sunday raised her concerns about China's excess industrial capacity with Chinese Premier Li Qiang, telling...

Trump willing to face jail for gag order breach

Washington [US], April 8: Former U.S. President Donald Trump said it would be "my great honor" to go to jail for violating a gag order...

Poland holds local elections in test for Tusk

Warsaw [Poland], April 8: Poles voted in local elections, selecting councillors and mayors who will play a key role in allocating billions in European Union...

Rwanda's president leads genocide commemoration 30 years on

Kigali [Rwanda], April 8: Rwanda's president led commemorations to mark 30 years since the 1994 genocide that killed more than 1 million people and said...

Record flood waters rise in Russia's Urals

Moscow [Russia], April 8: Flood waters were rising in two cities in Russia's Ural mountains after Europe's third longest river burst through a dam, flooding...

Authorities issue alert as early forest fires rage in Greece

Athens [Greece], April 8: Fires raging across central Greece and the island of Crete have been brought under control as the country battles the fallout...

Yulia Navalnaya to receive German democracy prize

Munich [Germany], April 8: The late Russian dissident Alexei Navalny and his wife Yulia will receive the "Freedom Prize of the Media" from a leading...

British Navy ship deployed in Gaza aid effort amid £9.7mn funding

London [UK], April 8: A Royal Navy ship will be deployed to help get more aid into Gaza, the UK has announced. Alongside the vessel,...

Venezuela FM slams US and Canada silence on Mexican embassy storming

Caracas [Venezuela], April 8: Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yvan Gil on Sunday slammed "the complicit silence" of the United States and Canada on the storming of...

Russia-friendly populist Peter Pellegrini elected Slovak prez

Bratislava [Slovakia], April 8: Populist Peter Pellegrini has been elected president of Slovakia, succeeding the liberal Zuzana Caputova.

Drone explodes over eastern Ukraine's Zaporizhzhya nuclear plant

Kyiv [Ukraine], April 8: Russian authorities on Sunday blamed Ukrainian forces for a drone attack that threatened the Zaporizhzhya nuclear plant.

Third UAE aid ship bound for Gaza arrives at Al Arish Port...

Al-Arish [Egypt], April 8: The third UAE aid ship carrying 4,630 tonnes of relief supplies arrived at the Port of Al Arish, after being dispatched...

Shakhboot bin Nahyan Al Nahyan meets Transitional President of Gabon

Libreville [Gabon], April 8: Sheikh Shakhboot bin Nahyan Al Nahyan, Minister of State, met with General Brice Olgie Nguema, transitional President of Gabon, in the...

UAE Team Emirates secure overall of Tour of the Basque Country 2024

Eibar [Spain], April 8: UAE Team Emirates rider Juan Ayuso secured the overall title in a dominant performance at the Tour of the Basque Country...

Shakhboot bin Nahyan attends 30th anniversary of Genocide against the Tutsi in...

Kigali [Rwanda], April 8: Sheikh Shakhboot bin Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of State, met with Paul Kagame, President of the Republic of Rwanda,...

AU appoints special envoy to combat genocide, mass atrocities in Africa

Addis Ababa [Africa], April 7: Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission Moussa Faki Mahamat on Saturday appointed Adama Dieng of Senegal as the...

UN chief alarmed by Ecuador's raid of Mexican Embassy

United Nations, April 7: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was alarmed by Ecuador's raid of the Mexican Embassy late Friday, said his spokesman on Saturday.

Indonesia operates 2,800 extra flights for Eid homecoming

Jakarta [Indonesia], April 7: Indonesia has operated 2,800 extra flights for the Eid el-Fitr homecoming season, according to Transportation Minister Budi Karya Sumadi.