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New York: The United Nations released $100 million on Friday for humanitarian emergencies in 10 countries in Africa, the Middle East, Asia and...

KYIV: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy fired the commander of the country’s air force on Friday, four days after an F-16 warplane that Ukraine...

Doha, Qatar: Four Palestinian journalists have been nominated for the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of their fearless reporting of Israel's war...

Beirut: Israel intensified its shelling of villages and towns in southern Lebanon today, with no human losses recorded. Field sources reported that the...

Manila: The Philippines and Vietnam will deepen military cooperation with an agreement to be signed this year, their defence ministers announced on Friday,...

First came wildfires that scorched sugar cane fields. Now, the worst drought in more than four decades is threatening coffee and soybean crops...

Ramallah: The Palestinian Prisoners' Institutions said that the Israeli occupation authorities carried out the crime of enforced disappearance against thousands of Gaza detainees...

Geneva: The head of the World Health Organization believes the ongoing mpox outbreaks in Africa might be stopped in the next six months,...

Berlin: Germany deported Afghan nationals to their homeland on Friday for the first time since August 2021 when the Taliban returned to power....

Caracas: A blackout plunged most of Venezuela into darkness early Friday morning, according to Communications Minister Freddy Nanez, who blamed the event on...

Colombo: Crisis-hit Sri Lanka's annual inflation dipped sharply to 0.5 percent in August, the lowest year-on-year rate since the country declared bankruptcy in...

Geneva: The U.N. human rights office said Friday that it will deploy a fact-finding team to Bangladesh to investigate alleged rights abuses and...

London: Fans are not the only ones eagerly awaiting next year's Oasis reunion tour: British hoteliers and pub owners are looking forward to...

Beirut: The Israeli warplanes launched a wave of airstrikes at dawn Friday, targeting various areas in southern Lebanon, while its reconnaissance and drone...

Namibia plans to cull more than 700 wild animals, including dozens of elephants and hippos, and distribute the meat to help locals struggling...

Makkah: The Muslim World League (MWL) on Thursday condemned the Israeli occupation army's attack on the cities of Jenin, Tulkarm and Tubas, and...

Aleppo: Four historic souks in northern Syria's Aleppo, heavily damaged during some of the most intense fighting of the 13-year civil war, reopened...

Volos: More than 100 tons of dead fish had been collected in and around the port of Volos, in central Greece, following a...