MBRSC concludes successful participation at Dubai Airshow 2023
Dubai [UAE], November 18: The Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) concluded its successful participation at Dubai Airshow 2023, which took place from 13th to...
Sheikh Zayed Festival launches amid massive crowd turnout
Abu Dhabi [UAE], November 18: The activities of the Sheikh Zayed Festival kicked off today amid a large public turnout and a dazzling display of...
UAE welcomes first plane as part of its initiative to host 1,000...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], November 18: Today, the first plane carrying 15 people, including children and their families, arrived in the UAE, as part of the...
Al Bowardi receives astronauts Sultan AlNeyadi and HazzaaAlMansoori at Dubai Airshow 2023
Dubai [UAE], November 18: Mohammed bin Ahmed Al Bowardi, Minister of State for Defence Affairs, received at his office in Dubai Airshow 2023, Emirati astronauts...
Australia to boost Vanuatu's adaptation to climate change
Canberra [Australia], November 17: Australia's national science agency will deploy tools to Vanuatu to accelerate the Pacific nation's adaptation to climate change under a new...
5.3-magnitude quake hits 199 km W of Abepura, Indonesia - USGS
Beijing [China], November 17: An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.3 jolted 199 km W of Abepura, Indonesia at 03:02:21 GMT on Friday, the U.S....
SpaceX gets OK to try 2nd launch of massive Starship and Super...
Orlando [Florida], November 17: The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) gave SpaceX the OK to go on its second attempt to launch its Starship and...
Police officer killed in South Australia shooting
Canberra [Australia], November 17: A police officer was dead and another injured following a shooting at a rural property in South Australia (SA).
Biden to Netanyahu: 'Occupying' Gaza would be a 'big mistake'
Washington [US], November 17: US President Joe Biden has said he had made it clear to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that occupying Gaza would...
Major rebellion within Britain's opposition over Gaza ceasefire vote
London [UK], November 17: UK opposition leader Sir Keir Starmer has lost eight frontbenchers after he suffered a major rebellion in a vote in the...
Spain's socialist prime minister Pedro Sanchez gains four more years
Madrid [Spain], November 17: The Spanish parliament narrowly voted on Thursday to confirm socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez in office for a renewed four-year term...
Al Shaqab Arabian horse show kicks off today
Abu Dhabi [UAE], November 17: The Al Shaqab International Arabian Horse Show will kick off on Friday under the patronage of President of the Qatar...
Customs find cannabis inside gaming device
Washington [US], November 17: The Air Cargo Customs Administration has thwarted an attempt to smuggle narcotic cannabis hidden inside a parcel containing electronic gaming devices.
Economic growth goes hand in hand with social justice
Ho Chi Minh (Vietnam), November 17: In the program to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) 2023 Summit Week and bilateral activities in the US,...
Biden removes sanctions from Chinese institute in push for fentanyl help
Washington [US], November 17: The Biden administration removed the Chinese Ministry of Public Security's Institute of Forensic Science from a trade sanction list, part of...
For the first time, US prisoners graduate from top university
Washington [US], November 17: Northwestern University's Prison Education Program welcomed its inaugural graduating class of incarcerated students, marking the first time a top-ranked U.S. university...
Hamas tunnel found at Gaza's Al Shifa hospital, says Israel
Tel Aviv [Israel], November 17: Israeli soldiers found a tunnel shaft used by Hamas militants at Gaza's Al Shifa hospital, the army said, while the...
TikTok to prohibit videos promoting bin Laden's 'Letter to America'
Washington [US], November 17: TikTok will prohibit content that promotes Osama bin Laden's 2002 letter detailing the former al Qaeda leader's justifications for attacks against...
France calls West Bank Israeli settler violence 'policy of terror'
Paris [France], November 17: France condemned violence by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank, calling it a "policy of terror" aimed at displacing Palestinians...
Biden calls Xi a dictator after carefully planned summit
Washington [US], November 17: U.S. President Joe Biden said he had not changed his view that Chinese President Xi Jinping was effectively a dictator, a...
Germany: Rail strike ends after 20 hours
Berlin [Germany], November 17: Germany's GDL train drivers union on Thursday ended a 20-hour strike.
Gold falls as U.S. dollar rises
Chicago [US], November 16: Gold futures on the COMEX division of the New York Mercantile Exchange fell on Wednesday as the U.S. dollar strengthened.
5.7-magnitude quake hits 96 km NW of Manado, Indonesia - USGS
Beijing [China], November 16: An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.7 jolted 96 km NW of Manado, Indonesia at 2326 GMT on Wednesday, the U.S....
Japan logs 4.38-bln-USD trade deficit in October
Tokyo [Japan], November 16: Japan logged a customs-cleared trade deficit of 662.5 billion yen (4.38 billion U.S. dollars) in October, government data showed Thursday.
Greenhouse gas concentrations reach record levels: WMO
Geneva [Switzerland], November 16: The most important climate-damaging greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide (CO2), reached a concentration of 50% above pre-industrial levels, the World Meteorological Organization...
UK SC rules govt's Rwanda asylum policy is unlawful
London [UK], November 16: The UK Supreme Court has ruled that the Rwanda asylum policy is unlawful, in a major blow for Prime Minister Rishi...
'Terror' amid Israel's raid on Gaza's al-Shifa Hospital
Tel Aviv [Israel], November 16: Israel's army raids Gaza's largest hospital, visiting violence and humiliation on patients, staff and displaced people trapped inside, witnesses say.