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Sudan rebels hand over prisoners of war, boosting ongoing talks 13 Oct 2022 - 06:23 pm

Juba: A rebel group operating from Sudan's Nuba Mountains handed over nine prisoners of war to Khartoum authorities on Thursday after neighbour South...

African cocoa giants seek to extend new EU rules deadline 13 Oct 2022 - 06:07 pm

Accra: The world’s top cocoa exporters, Ivory Coast and Ghana, are in talks with European officials to push back a proposed deadline that...

Latvia calls watchdog's migrant mistreatment claims 'absurd' 13 Oct 2022 - 06:00 pm

Helsinki: Latvia on Thursday rejected as "absurd" claims by Amnesty International that it is violently mistreating migrants attempting to enter the European Union...

Iraqi military says 9 rockets target Green Zone amid crisis 13 Oct 2022 - 05:53 pm

Baghdad: At least nine rockets targeted Iraq's Parliament inside the heavily fortified Green Zone on Thursday ahead of a much-anticipated session to resolve...

Kremlin says its goals in Ukraine may be achieved through talks 13 Oct 2022 - 05:47 pm

London: The Kremlin was quoted as saying on Thursday that the goals of its "special military operation" in Ukraine are unchanged, but that...

Russia is prepared to quit Black Sea grains deal, writes to UN with demands 13 Oct 2022 - 05:34 pm

Geneva: Moscow has submitted concerns to the United Nations about an agreement on Black Sea grain exports, and is prepared to reject renewing...

Saudis say US sought 1 month delay of OPEC+ production cuts 13 Oct 2022 - 04:53 pm

Dubai: Saudi Arabia said on Thursday that the US had urged the kingdom to postpone a decision by OPEC and its allies -...

Bus bombing kills 18 Syrian troops, wounds dozens 13 Oct 2022 - 04:11 pm

BEIRUT:A bus bombing on Thursday killed 18 Syrian soldiers in a Damascus suburb and wounded at least 27 others, Syria's state media reported...

Bank fraud falls from COVID high but threatens UK security 13 Oct 2022 - 03:43 pm

LONDON: Bank fraud has cost British consumers nearly 610 million pounds ($679 million) so far this year, posing a national security threat, lobby...

Heat waves, flood, drought: Four in five of world's cities at risk, study shows 13 Oct 2022 - 03:43 pm

Four in five cities across the world are facing significant climate hazards such as heat waves, floods and droughts, data from environmental disclosure...

Poland repairing oil pipeline, says no indication of sabotage 13 Oct 2022 - 03:42 pm

Warsaw: Repairs to a pipeline carrying Russian oil to Germany have begun and Poland does not think the incident was sabotage, the top...

Kosovo's power utility donates coal to its workers for heating 13 Oct 2022 - 03:40 pm

Pristina: Kosovo's government has ordered power utility KEK to give tens of thousands of tonnes of coal to its workers to heat their...

India tells Gambia it is probing childrens' deaths linked to India-made drugs 13 Oct 2022 - 03:38 pm

NEW DELHI: New Delhi is "seriously investigating" the deaths of 69 children in Gambia in the wake of a report that provisionally linked...

China's zero-Covid policy seen lingering as cases double from Sept 13 Oct 2022 - 03:18 pm

Shanghai: China's daily count of new coronavirus cases has doubled since September, hardening the resolve of authorities to eliminate outbreaks as quickly as...

Pfizer, BioNTech's updated booster protects against Omicron in human trial 13 Oct 2022 - 02:55 pm

Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech said their COVID-19 vaccine booster, adapted for the BA.4 and the BA.5 subvariants, generated a strong immune...

Japan warns North Korea may have completed nuclear test preparations 13 Oct 2022 - 02:30 pm

Japanese Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada warned todaythat North Korea may have already completed preparations for its seventh nuclear test, all while conducting a...

United Nations condemns Russia's move to annex parts of Ukraine 12 Oct 2022 - 11:36 pm

The United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday overwhelmingly condemned Russia's "attempted illegal annexation" of four partially occupied regions in Ukraine and called on...