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Canada and Netherlands file torture case against Syria in The Hague

Canada and Netherlands file torture case against Syria...

Amsterdam [Netherlands], June 13: Canada and the Netherlands jointly instituted proceedings against Syria before the UN International Court of Justice...

Taliban call for strict ban on music in Kabul wedding halls

Taliban call for strict ban on music in...

Islamabad [Pakistan], June 13: The Taliban's religious police have called again on wedding hall owners in Kabul to refrain from...

Thailand's PM frontrunner Pita faces election probe

Thailand's PM frontrunner Pita faces election probe

Bangkok [Thailand], June 13: Thailand's prime ministerial frontrunner Pita Limjaroenrat will be investigated over whether he was qualified to run...

AI danger alarm bells 'are deafening': UN chief

AI danger alarm bells 'are deafening': UN chief

New York [US], June 13: UN Secretary General AntonioGuterres has issued a warning of the dangers of artificial intelligence and...

Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has died

Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has died

Rome [Italy], June 13: Silvio Berlusconi, the former prime minister who reshaped Italy's political and cultural landscape while fending off...

Nuclear arms spending, arsenals swell as global tensions grow

Nuclear arms spending, arsenals swell as global tensions...

Geneva [Switzerland], June 13: The world's nuclear powers, and China in particular, increased investment in their arsenals for a third...

Thousands evacuated as Philippine volcano oozes lava

Thousands evacuated as Philippine volcano oozes lava

Manila [Philippines], June 13: Around 13,000 people have been evacuated in north-east Philippines as the country's most famous volcano, Mayon,...

Trump arrives in Florida to face charges, maintains lead in poll

Trump arrives in Florida to face charges, maintains...

Washington [US], June 13: Former President Donald Trump arrived in Miami on Monday to face federal criminal charges, while a...

COVID shots should target XBB variants in 2023-24 campaign, US FDA staff say

COVID shots should target XBB variants in 2023-24...

Washington [US], June 13: COVID-19 vaccines being developed and manufactured for the 2023-2024 campaign should target one of the currently...

Indonesia court to rule on voting system change as election nears

Indonesia court to rule on voting system change...

Jakarta [Indonesia], June 13: Indonesia's Constitutional Court is expected to issue a ruling on a bid to change the country's...

UAE holds second round of negotiations with Russia on agreement for avoidance of double taxation

UAE holds second round of negotiations with Russia...

DUBAI, 12th June, 2023 (WAM) - The UAE, represented by the Ministry of Finance, held the second round of negotiations...

Emirates, Kenya Airways enter interline partnership to offer more travel options between Africa and Middle East

Emirates, Kenya Airways enter interline partnership to offer...

Dubai [UAE], June 13: Emirates and Kenya Airways (KQ) have announced an interline partnership that will allow customers of...

Kenya, Djibouti to abolish visa requirements for respective nationals

Kenya, Djibouti to abolish visa requirements for respective...

Addis Ababa [Africa], June 12: Djibouti and Kenya have agreed to abolish visa requirements for their respective nationals, the office...

S. Korea's export rises 1.2 pct in 1st 10 days of June

S. Korea's export rises 1.2 pct in 1st...

Seoul [South Korea], June 12: South Korea's export slightly rose in the first 10 days of June thanks to higher...

Montenegro holds extraordinary parliamentary election

Montenegro holds extraordinary parliamentary election

Belgrade [Serbia], June 12: Polling stations opened across Montenegro on Sunday for the extraordinary parliamentary election, where people will...

Scotland's Sturgeon arrested in funds probe

Scotland's Sturgeon arrested in funds probe

London [UK], June 12: Scotland's former first minister Nicola Sturgeon has been arrested as part of an investigation into her...

Russia arrests US citizen on drug dealing charges

Russia arrests US citizen on drug dealing charges

Moscow [Russia], June 12: A US musician and former paratrooper has beenarrested in Moscow on drug dealing charges and his...

'Nothing wrong' with a nuclear deal with West: Iran's Khamenei

'Nothing wrong' with a nuclear deal with West:...

Dubai [UAE], June 12: Iran's supreme leader on Sunday said a deal with the West over Tehran's nuclear work was...

Fighting resumes in Sudan after 24-hour ceasefire

Fighting resumes in Sudan after 24-hour ceasefire

Khartoum [Sudan], June 12: Fighting has broken out again in the Sudanese capital Khartoum after a 24-hour ceasefire, several Arabic...

Indigenous upbringing helped children survive Amazon ordeal

Indigenous upbringing helped children survive Amazon ordeal

Bogota [Colombia], June 12: Lost for 40 days in the Colombian Amazon, four Indigenous children survived eating seeds, roots and...

Rains kill 27 in Pak; Amir sends condolences

Rains kill 27 in Pak; Amir sends condolences

Peshawar [Pakistan], June 12: Heavy rains followed by strong winds killed at least 27 people, including eight children, in northwest...

Trump is 'toast' if classified records case is proven, ex-AG says

Trump is 'toast' if classified records case is...

Washington [US], June 12: Former U.S. Attorney General William Barr on Sunday defended Special Counsel Jack Smith's 37-count indictment against...

New Zealand's national broadcaster probes 'inappropriate' editing of Ukraine war stories

New Zealand's national broadcaster probes 'inappropriate' editing of...

Wellington [New Zealand], June 12: New Zealand's national radio broadcaster has launched an investigation and put a staff member on...

Ukraine says it retakes village in 'first results' of counterattack

Ukraine says it retakes village in 'first results'...

Kyiv[Ukraine], June 12: Ukraine said on Sunday its troops had made territorial advances on three villages in its southeast, the...

Portion of I-95 in Philadelphia collapses after vehicle engulfed by fire

Portion of I-95 in Philadelphia collapses after vehicle...

Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) [US], June 12: A portion of a vital highway on the East Coast of the U.S. collapsed in...

BioNTech faces first German lawsuit over alleged COVID vaccine side effects

BioNTech faces first German lawsuit over alleged COVID...

Berlin [Germany], June 12: BioNTech (22UAy.DE) will go to court to defend itself against a lawsuit from a German woman...

Australia bus accident kills 10, police looking for trapped passengers

Australia bus accident kills 10, police looking for...

Canberra [Australia], June 12: At least 10 people died and 25 were injured after a chartered bus likely carrying wedding...