New York state confirms new chief judge, installing liberal nominee

New York[US], April 19: New York's Senate on Tuesday easily confirmed Governor Kathy Hochul's nominee to lead the state's highest court, elevating a judge favored...

Emirates Publishers Association forging new partnerships at London Book Fair

Sharjah [UAE], April 19: The Emirates Publishers Association (EPA) is participating in the London International Book Fair, being held at Olympia London on April 18-20.

ERC delivering Eid clothing to Syrian orphans

Latakia[Syria], April 19: The Emirates Red Crescent (ERC) team in Latakia Governorate are distributing Eid clothes sets among 60 orphans in the governorate who've lost...

Record 60,310 worshippers at Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque on 27th night of...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], April 19: A record of 60,310 Muslims in Abu Dhabi gathered at the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque on the 27th night of...

Bangladesh's life expectancy falls to 72.3 yrs in 2021

Dhaka [Bangladesh], April 18: Life expectancy at birth in Bangladesh has gone down from 72.8 in 2020 to 72.3 in 2021, according to the "Sample...

Emmanuel Macron: The Reform Is Necessary To Guarantee Retirement And Produce More...

Paris [France], April 18: French President Emmanuel Macron addressed the French people last night. He briefly addressed the issue of pension reform and mentioned three...

Taliban suspends NGO-run schools

Islamabad [Pakistan], April 18:The Taliban Ministry of Education has suspended the activities of all community-based schools in Afghanistan's southern provinces of Kandahar and Helmand that...

Russia sentences critic to jail

Moscow [Russia], April 18: Prominent Kremlin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza was sentenced on Monday by a Moscow court to 25 years in prison for treason, the...

US envoy meets jailed journalist Gershkovich

Moscow [Russia], April 18: The US ambassador in Moscow Lynne Tracy has visited Wall Street Journal journalist Evan Gershkovich, who is being held on espionage...

Airbus, Air France acquitted

Paris [France], April 18: France's national carrier and planemaker Airbus were acquitted of involuntary manslaughter on Monday in the deaths of 228 people killed when...

Iran invites Saudi King

Tehran [Iran], April 18:Iran's leaders have invited their regional rival Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz for an official visit. The move, part of a...

Kuwait, UAE open direct maritime trade route

Kuwait City [Kuwait], April 18: Docking of the container freight ship of Abu Dhabi Ports Group at Al-Shuwaikh Port set the stage for boosting Kuwaiti-UAE...

FBI makes arrests over alleged secret Chinese 'police stations' in New York

Manhattan[US], April 18: US prosecutors have arrested two men in New York for allegedly operating a Chinese "secret police station" in Manhattan's Chinatown neighbourhood.

Kansas City man charged for shooting Black teen who went to the...

Kansas City [US], April 18: A Kansas City man was charged with two felonies on Monday.

Don't let SDGs turn into 'mirage of what might have been': UN...

New York [US], April 18: UN Secretary-General AntonioGuterres warned on Monday that the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is turning into a "mirage of what...

Sultan AlNeyadi sends back critical research samples on the Dragon cargo spacecraft

Dubai [UAE], April 18: The Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) today announced Sultan AlNeyadi along with his crew was responsible for sending back critical...

Largest armed forces display for Coronation

London [UK], April 17: The coronation of Britain's King Charles III and Queen Camilla will see the largest military ceremonial operation in 70 years, with...

40 fighters to fly over Tehran on Army Day

Tehran [Iran], April 17: More than 40 different types of fighter jets will fly over Tehran in formation on Tuesday to celebrate the day of...

UK forms nuclear fuel alliance with US, Canada, Japan & France

London [UK], April 17:Britain, the US, Canada, Japan and France have allied to develop shared supply chains for nuclear fuel. The announcement, made at G7...

Saudi plane hit by gunfire

Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], April 17: A passenger plane preparing to take off from Sudan for Saudi Arabia came under fire on Saturday as deadly fighting...

Sudan crisis: Further fierce fighting as clashes spread

Khartoum [Sudan], April 17:Fierce clashes have been reported across Sudan as fighting between rival armed factions continues to spread.

Brazil's Lula calls for 'peace group' to broker Ukraine-Russia deal

Brasilia [Brazil], April 17: Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Sunday again proposed establishing a group of countries not involved with the Russia-Ukraine...

EU warns against unilateral steps after Poland, Hungary ban Ukrainian grain

Warsaw [Poland], April 17:Unilateral action on trade by European Union member states is unacceptable, the bloc's executive said on Sunday, after Poland and Hungary announced...

Son of toppled Iranian Shah to visit Israel

Jerusalem [Israel], April 17:The exiled son of the Iranian Shah toppled in the 1979 Islamic revolution will visit Israel this week, Israel's government said on...

Support for Japan PM Kishida jumps, but policies still a hard sell,...

Tokyo [Japan], April 17: Support for Japan PM Kishida jumps, but policies still a hard sell, survey showsSupport for the government of Japanese Prime Minister...

Supreme Court considers Christian mail carrier's refusal to work Sundays

Washington [US], April 17: An evangelical Christian former mail carrier's fight with the U.S. Postal Service over his refusal to work on Sundays gives the...

Putin, Chinese defense minister hail military cooperation

Moscow [Russia], April 17: Russian President Vladimir Putin met Chinese Defence Minister Li Shangfu in Moscow on Sunday and both men hailed military cooperation between...