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'Heinous' Russian attack on Ukraine kills 7
Chernihiv [Ukraine], August 20: A Russian missile strike on Ukraine's northern city of Chernihiv killed seven people and wounded more...
Thousands flee raging wildfires in western Canada
Kelowna [Canada], August 20: Residents of western Canada scrambled to evacuate Saturday as raging wildfires encroached on two metropolitan areas...
Saudi Crown Prince accepts invitation to pay visit...
Jeddah [Saudi Arabia], August 20: Iran's foreign minister met Saudi Arabia's crown prince on Friday during his first visit since...
UK reports first case of new COVID virus...
London [UK], August 20: The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said the first case of COVID-19 variant BA.2.86 had been...
UAE participates in the G20 Joint Health-Finance Ministers...
New Delhi [India], August 20: Mohamed bin Hadi Al Hussaini, Minister of State for Financial Affairs, and Dr.MahaBarakat, Assistant Minister...
World Humanitarian Day: UN and partners aim to...
New York [US], August 20: The United Nations on Friday paid tribute to 22 staff members killed in the bombing...
ECI inks three MoUs with leading banks, insurance...
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], August 20:Etihad Credit Insurance (ECI), the UAE's federal export credit company, has entered into strategic agreements with...
Hurricane Hilary sparks rare storm watch for U.S....
Los Angeles [US], August 19:Hurricane Hilary, now a Category 4 hurricane barreling north, is expected to impose "significant impacts," including...
Russia sanctions 54 British citizens in retaliatory move
Moscow [Russia], August 19: Russia has imposed personal sanctions against 54 British citizens, including officials, journalists and law enforcement representatives,...
UN marks 20th anniversary of bombing of its...
United Nations, August 19: The United Nations on Friday commemorated the 20th anniversary of the suicide bombing of its...
Children in DRC facing worst cholera outbreak in...
United Nations, August 19: A spike in conflict and displacement in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)...
West not willing to negotiate with Russia: Russian...
Moscow [Russia], August 19: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Saturday that the West is not interested in negotiating with...
Road accident kills 1, injures 4 in N....
Faizabad[Afghanistan], August 19: A traveler has been confirmed dead and four others were injured as a car overturned in...
Bangladesh condemns terror attack on holy shrine in...
Dhaka [Bangladesh], August 19: Bangladesh has strongly condemned the recent terrorist attack on a Muslim shrine in Shiraz city in...
Saudi Arabia, India sign deal on digital cooperation
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], August 19: Saudi Arabia and India signed on Friday an agreement on cooperation in developing digital economy...
Austrian ex-chancellor Kurz charged with making false statements
Vienna [Austria], August 19: Former Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has been charged with making false statements to the Austrian parliament,...
Over 2,500 Ukrainians freed in prisoner exchanges with...
Kyiv [Ukraine], August 19: A total of 2,598 Ukrainians taken captive in the Russia-Ukraine conflict have been released as a...
Concerns over "climate gentrification" rise in U.S. Hawaii...
New York [US], August 19: With a housing crisis that has priced out many Native Hawaiians living there for decades,...
Huawei launches "Seeds for the Future" program in...
Windhoek [Namibia], August 19: Twenty-five Namibian undergraduate students will virtually participate in Huawei's "Seeds for the Future" program from Aug....
Canada fires: Residents flee far-north city by road,...
Ottawa [Canada], August 19: Residents of Yellowknife in Canada's far north raced to evacuate by midday Friday as wildfires neared...
Georgia election meddling case: Trump expected to surrender...
Washington [US], August 19: United States former President Donald Trump is expected to surrender himself to the Fulton County jail...
Tenerife: Wildfire slows down, no new evacuations
Tenerife [Spain], August 19: A wildfire that has blanketed much of the Spanish island of Tenerife with smoke and ash...
Biden hails 'new era' of Japan, South Korea...
Washington [US], August 19: South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol, left, President Joe Biden and Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida,...
UAE Team Emirates' Adam Yates takes podium at...
Burgos[Spain], August 19: Adam Yates sprinted for victory from a reduced group on stage 3 of the Vuelta Burgos,...
UAE President attends inauguration of Water and Energy...
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], August 19: President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan today attended the inauguration of a...
UAE, Ethiopia: Collaborations and efforts in sustainability and...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], August 19: The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia is intensifying its climate action drive, as it has...
UAE Ambassador to Indonesia meets President of East...
Jakarta [Indonesia], August 19: Abdulla Salem Obaid Al Dhaheri, UAE Ambassador to the Republic of Indonesia and ASEAN, met with...