Migrant vehicles collide in Greece, 5 dead

Athens [Greece], April 16:At least five people were killed in Greece on Saturday in a head-on collision between an SUV full of migrants and a...

Poland bans Ukrainian grain import

Warsaw [Poland], April 16: Poland has banned the import of grain and other food from Ukraine after farmers said their livelihoods were threatened by the...

French pension reform is now law, but protesters not giving up

Paris [France], April 16: France's controversial pension reform is officially law, following the government's publication of the legal text in the official register on Saturday,...

Arabs seek end to Syria crisis

Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], April 16: Diplomats meeting in Saudi Arabia agreed Saturday that the Arab world must play a leading role in efforts to broker...

Saudis among scores of war prisoners freed

Sanaa [Yemen], April 16: Scores of prisoners of war, including Saudis, were freed on Saturday as part of a cross-border exchange between a Saudi-led military...

Ukraine reports unprecedentedly bloody fighting in Bakhmut

Kyiv [Ukraine], April 16: Ukrainian and Russian armed forces are fighting extraordinarily bloody battles in the smashed eastern city of Bakhmut, but pro-Kyiv forces are...

Japan PM Kishida unhurt in 'smoke bomb' scare, resumes campaigning

Wakayam [Japan], April 16: Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was evacuated unhurt after a suspect threw what appeared to be a smoke bomb at an...

Sudan clashes kill at least 25 in power struggle between army, paramilitaries

Khartoum [Sudan], April 16:Clashes between Sudan's main paramilitary group and the armed forces killed at least 25 people.

Israeli leaders rebuff Moody's outlook cut, protests persist

Tel Aviv [Israel], April 16: Israel's government on Saturday rebuffed an outlook downgrade on the country from credit ratings agency Moody's, while tens of thousands...

Brazilian exports to UAE amounted to $714.07 million in Q1-23: President of...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], April 16 :OsmarChohfi, the President of Arab-Brazilian Chamber, said that the volume of Brazilian exports to the UAE is constantly increasing, with...

UAE, Brazil issue joint statement following state visit of President of Brazil

Abu Dhabi [UAE], April 16: The United Arab Emirates and the Federative Republic of Brazil have issued a joint statement following the official visit of...

Abdullah bin Zayed, Borrell discuss developments in Sudan

Abu Dhabi [UAE], April 16: H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and JosepBorrell, the EU High Representative...

TDRA launches 'Name Ideas' ChatGPT-supported initiative

Abu Dhabi [UAE], April 15:The Telecommunications and Digital Government Regulatory Authority (TDRA) has launched "Name Ideas" initiative which supports the user to choose a UAE...

Palestinians injured in clashes with Israeli soldiers in West Bank: medics

Ramallah [Palestine],April 15: Dozens of Palestinians were injured on Friday by Israeli soldiers during clashes in several West Bank towns and villages, the Palestinian Red...

Biden's visit helps dismantle Ireland's neutrality": Irish parliamentarian

Dublin [Ireland], April 15:The Irish government has been pushing for neutrality to be dismantled since the Ukraine conflict and U.S. President Joe Biden's visit has...

Ukraine to receive financial assistance from IMF

Kyiv [Ukraine], April 15: Ukraine would receive a total of 4.5 billion U.S. dollars from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) this year, the country's finance...

Oil prices close higher on tighter supply outlook

New York [US], April 15: U.S. oil prices grew slightly on Friday as the International Energy Agency (IEA) warned of a tighter supply outlook this...

Rare fungal infection outbreak forces temporary closure of U.S. factory

Los Angeles [US], April 15: An unusual fungal infection outbreak at a paper mill in the U.S. state of Michigan, which infected more than 90...

Japanese PM uninjured after explosion at Wakayama speech, suspect arrested

Tokyo [Japan], April 15: Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Saturday was evacuated unscathed after an object that appeared to be a smoke bomb was...

Cambodia breaks its own Guinness World Record for largest Madison dance

Phnom Penh [Cambodia], April 15: Cambodia on Saturday broke its own Guinness World Record for the largest Madison dance involving 4,999 participants, a Guinness World...

People enjoy 1st Lao New Year celebration after years of COVID-19

Vientiane [Laos], April 15: People enjoyed Lao New Year celebration activities across the country in 2023, after events were canceled or downsized for three years...

Moscow complains about delay in visas for Russian UN delegation

Washington [US], April 15:Russia has criticized delays in issuing US visas to Moscow's United Nations delegation led by Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov shortly before key...

Putin signs electronic military draft system into law

Moscow [Russia], April 15:Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday signed a bill to create a digital draft system, greatly facilitating mobilising Russians into the army,...

Airman suspected of leaking secret US documents hit with federal charges

Washington [US], April 15: A 21-year-old member of the U.S. Air National Guard accused of leaking top secret military intelligence records online was charged with...

Macron cleared to raise French retirement age, protesters vow to fight on

Paris [France], April 15: French President Emmanuel Macron's flagship pension reform will enter into force swiftly, officials said after it received the Constitutional Council's approval...

U.S. Supreme Court's Alito temporarily blocks abortion pill curbs

Washington [US], April 15: U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito temporarily halted lower court rulings that set limits on access to the abortion pill mifepristone.

U.S. imposes sanctions on Chinese companies in action over fentanyl

Washington [US], April 15: Washington imposed sanctions on two entities based in China, accusing them supplying precursor chemicals to drug cartels in Mexico for the...