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Saudi opens resort island at futuristic mega-city 27 Oct 2024 - 05:19 pm

Riyadh: Saudi Arabia's planned futuristic mega-city known as NEOM announced on Sunday the opening of its "first physical showcase": a luxury Red Sea...

Iran calls on UN Security Council to condemn Israeli strikes 27 Oct 2024 - 05:05 pm

Tehran: Iranon Sunday called for an urgent United Nations Security Council meeting to condemn Israel's air strikes on the Islamic republic a day...

Uganda fuel tanker explosion toll up to 24 27 Oct 2024 - 04:49 pm

Kampala: The death toll following a fuel tanker explosion near the Ugandan capital Kampala last week has risen to 24, the government said...

Philippines death toll from Tropical Storm Trami rises to 110 27 Oct 2024 - 04:06 pm

Manila: Rescuers in the Philippines searched a lake and scoured isolated villages on Sunday to locate dozens of missing people as the death...

Lebanon files new complaint against Israel to UNSC 27 Oct 2024 - 03:43 pm

Beirut: Lebanon has lodged a formal complaint with the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) in response to ongoing Israeli attacks on its territory...

Indonesia’s Marapi volcano erupts, spewing ash and hot clouds 27 Oct 2024 - 01:00 pm

Padang, Indonesia:One of Indonesia’s most active volcanoes erupted Sunday, spewing thick columns of ash at least three times and blanketing villages with debris,...

Harris and Walz to campaign across battleground states this week 27 Oct 2024 - 12:56 pm

Washington: Kamala Harris and Tim Walz will crisscross the country to visit all seven battleground states in the coming days, part of a...

Migrant dies attempting to cross Channel to UK: French authorities 27 Oct 2024 - 12:34 pm

Lille, France: A migrant died Sunday in an attempt to cross the Channel to Britain, a death that comes on top of two...

Activists say 50 killed in Sudan paramilitary attack 27 Oct 2024 - 11:26 am

Gedaref,Sudan: At least 50 people have been killed in a single attack bySudanese paramilitaries who have besieged and raided villages in al-Jazira state,...

India warns social media after airline bomb threats 27 Oct 2024 - 11:01 am

New Delhi: India has warned social media platforms of "consequential action" after hundreds of hoax bomb threats to Indian airlines this month triggered...

Oil gains 4 percent as investors weigh Middle East risk and US election 27 Oct 2024 - 08:53 am

Doha: Oil prices settled higher on Friday and gained 4% on the week, with investors taking stock of the ongoing conflict in the...

What to expect from China’s economic stimulus? 27 Oct 2024 - 08:34 am

Doha: After the re-opening from the late wave of Covid pandemic in China two years ago, there was significant hope for another period...

15 injured in Uruguay after bus skids onto Montevideo beach 26 Oct 2024 - 09:17 pm

Montevideo: At least 15 people were injured, six of them seriously, when a public transit bus skidded onto a beach in Montevideo Saturday...

Lebanon state media say Israel army blows up houses in border villages 26 Oct 2024 - 09:12 pm

Beirut, Lebanon: Lebanese state media said the Israeli army dynamited houses in Lebanese border villages on Saturdaymore than a month into an all-out...

French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe starts restoring power after a strike prompted a blackout 26 Oct 2024 - 07:05 pm

Mexico City: The government of the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe said that power was being slowly restored Saturday morning, a day after...

Voting in Uzbekistan's Legislative Elections Set to Begin Sunday 26 Oct 2024 - 06:22 pm

Tashkent: Uzbekistan's Central Election Commission has announced that voting in the country's legislative elections will commence on Sunday. Chairman of the Central Election...