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Worst fears have passed for shot Slovak PM

Worst fears have passed for shot Slovak PM

Bratislava [Slovakia], May 20: The condition of Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico remains "serious" but worst fears have "passed", the...

UNRWA: Nearly 800,000 now displaced from Rafah

UNRWA: Nearly 800,000 now displaced from Rafah

Gaza [Palestine], May 20: Roughly 800,000 people have been forced to flee Rafah since Israel launched a military operation in...

UAE following with deep concern media reports regarding helicopter crash carrying Iranian president, his accompanying delegation

UAE following with deep concern media reports regarding...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], May 20: The UAE is following with deep concern media reports on the tragic accident of the...

Saudi King to undergo medical examinations in Jeddah: Royal Court

Saudi King to undergo medical examinations in Jeddah:...

Jeddah [Saudi Arabia], May 20: The Saudi Royal Court said Sunday that the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King...

Paramilitary forces kill 8 civilians in central Sudan: resistance committee

Paramilitary forces kill 8 civilians in central Sudan:...

Khartoum [Sudan], May 19: At least eight civilians were killed in an attack by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF)...

Cyprus aims at continuous flow of humanitarian aid to Gaza

Cyprus aims at continuous flow of humanitarian aid...

Nicosia [Cyprus], May 19: Cyprus aims at having a continuous flow of humanitarian aid from the Larnaca port to the...

Wildfires sweep across Finland, straining rescue services

Wildfires sweep across Finland, straining rescue services

Helsinki [Finland], May 19: By Saturday afternoon, Finnish rescue services had responded to a total of 21 wildfire incidents across...

Sri Lanka warns of landslides following heavy rain

Sri Lanka warns of landslides following heavy rain

Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 19: Following heavy rainfall that lashed Sri Lanka, the country's National Building Research Organization (NBRO), in...

Palestinian rights group calls for investigation into Meta's data leaks to Israeli military

Palestinian rights group calls for investigation into Meta's...

Gaza [Palestine], May 19: The Sada Social online rights group says US tech giant Meta must be investigated for helping...

Prime minister Fico in stable condition; Slovakian politicians say threats rising

Prime minister Fico in stable condition; Slovakian politicians...

Bratislava [Slovakia], May 19: Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico, who was critically injured in an assassination attempt on Wednesday, is...

100,000 people affected by climate protest that closes Munich Airport

100,000 people affected by climate protest that closes...

Munich [Germany], May 19: Members of the German climate activist group Last Generation breached Munich Airport's tarmac and glued themselves...

Biden's security adviser visits Saudi Arabia, Israel for talks

Biden's security adviser visits Saudi Arabia, Israel for...

Washington [US], May 19: US President Joe Biden's security adviser Jake Sullivan is to travel to Saudi Arabia and Israel...

Russia could increase attacks, says Zelensky

Russia could increase attacks, says Zelensky

Kyiv [Ukraine], May 19: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said Russia could increase its attacks in Ukraine's north east following...

At least 23 people are missing off Tunisia coast, say local authorities

At least 23 people are missing off Tunisia...

Tunis [Tunisia], May 19: At least 23 people are missing off the Tunisian coast, local authorities have said, as search...

Georgian president vetoes foreign influence law as Russian in spirit

Georgian president vetoes foreign influence law as Russian...

Berlin [Germany], may 19: Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili on Saturday vetoed a controversial law against NGOs passed by parliament, in...

Australians in New Caledonia face food shortages

Australians in New Caledonia face food shortages

Canberra [Australia], May 19: Australians stranded in New Caledonia are rationing food as they wait for a way out of...

Japan military needs more women, harassment issue

Japan military needs more women, harassment issue

Tokyo [Japan], May 19: As Japan embarks on a major military build-up, it's struggling to fill its ranks with the...

Britain's Conservatives trail Labour by 18 points

Britain's Conservatives trail Labour by 18 points

London [UK], May 19: The opposition Labour Party's lead over British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's governing Conservative Party has increased...

Eruption of Indonesia's Mt Ibu forces seven villages to evacuate

Eruption of Indonesia's Mt Ibu forces seven villages...

Mt Ibu [Indonesia], May 19: A volcano on the remote Indonesian island of Halmahera has spectacularly erupted, spewing a grey...

UAE flies first relief plane for flood-hit victims in Brazil

UAE flies first relief plane for flood-hit victims...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], May 19: The UAE today sent the first relief plane carrying 100 tonnes of food, medical and...

Austria to unblock funds for UNRWA

Austria to unblock funds for UNRWA

Vienna [Austria], May 19: Austria will release funds to the UN's Palestinian relief organisation UNRWA that were blocked after allegations...

All Israeli crossings with Gaza must be opened, says Egyptian FM

All Israeli crossings with Gaza must be opened,...

Cairo [Egypt], May 19: Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry Friday said that all land crossings between Israel and the Gaza...

UAE President receives phone call from President of Democratic Republic of Congo

UAE President receives phone call from President of...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], May 19: UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan received a phone call today...

Jury of UNESCO-Hamdan Prize for Teacher Development discusses preparation for eighth edition

Jury of UNESCO-Hamdan Prize for Teacher Development discusses...

Paris [France], May 19: The International Jury of the UNESCO-Hamdan Prize for Teacher Development met at the UNESCO headquarters over...

Storms batter Houston, killing 4, causing widespread damage

Storms batter Houston, killing 4, causing widespread damage

Houston [US], May 18: Strong storms on Thursday night battered the Houston area, the largest city in the U.S. state...

At least 12 killed in southeast Mexico road accident

At least 12 killed in southeast Mexico road...

Mexico City [Mexico], May 18: At least 12 people were killed and six others injured when two vehicles collided on...

Coroner concludes Boeing whistleblower's death as suicide

Coroner concludes Boeing whistleblower's death as suicide

San Francisco [US], May 18: A coroner's office said in a report released on Friday that it has concluded the...