US race enters unchartered territory
Washington [US], April 7: US voters Thursday surveyed a uniquely volatile 2024 presidential election landscape, where the leading Republican candidate, Donald Trump, now faces trial...
Tensions Escalate on the Korean Peninsula
Pyongyang [North Korea], April 7: North Korea's state-run KCNA news agency yesterday published an editorial condemning the US and South Korea for pushing tensions to...
Ukraine urges the West to form a fighter alliance
Kyiv [Ukraine], April 7: Ukrainian President VolodymyrZelensky is pushing for the West to form an "alliance" to supply Kyiv with fighter jets in the war...
Israel strikes Gaza Strip in retaliation for rocket attack from Lebanon
Tel Aviv [Israel], April 7: Israeli warplanes conducted a series of large airstrikes in the Gaza Strip at dawn on April 7 in response to...
White House blames Trump administration for chaotic withdrawal in Afghanistan
Washington [US], April 7: The administration of US President Joe Biden has released a long-awaited secret report on the chaotic withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan...
Canada sends military aircraft to observe North Korea sanctions
Ottawa [Canada], April 7: Canada will send a CP-140 Aurora maritime patrol aircraft to Japan to observe the implementation of UN Security Council sanctions on...
The Taiwan Strait heats up because of the US-Taiwan meeting
California [US], April 7: China reacted strongly to the meeting between Taiwanese leader Tsai Ing-wen and US House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy with a...
Fierce race for Thailand's Prime Minister
Bangkok [Thailand], April 7: Top candidates are actively campaigning for support with policy commitments that promise a better outlook for Thailand.
Tennessee Democrats face House expulsion vote after gun control protest
Nashville (Tennessee) [US], April 7: Republicans who control the Tennessee House of Representatives voted on Thursday to expel Representative Justin Jones, the first of three...
Sharjah Ruler inaugurates Al Dhaid Mosque
Sharjah [UAE], April 7: His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Member of the Supreme Council and Ruler of Sharjah, inaugurated on Thursday...
Sultan bin Ahmed attends 'Official Spokesperson' graduation
Sharjah [UAE], April 7: H.H. Sheikh Sultan bin Ahmed bin Sultan Al Qasimi, Deputy Ruler of Sharjah and Chairman of the Sharjah Media Council, witnessed...
Sharjah Ruler accepts Ramadan greetings from RAK Crown Prince
Ajman [UAE], April 7: H.H. Sheikh Humaid bin Rashid Al Nuaimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Ajman, Thursday received Ramadan well-wishers at Al Zaher...
Salik approves AED491 million in cash dividends at 6.5521 fils per share...
Dubai [UAE], April 7: Salik Company PJSC (Salik), Dubai's exclusive toll-gate operator, has agreed to distribute cash dividends of AED491,407,500 (6.5521 fils per share).
Putin says Russia-U.S. ties in "deep crisis"
Moscow [Russia],April 6:Relations between Russia and the United States are experiencing "a deep crisis," Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday.
U.S. dollar rises amid economic data
New York [US], April 6: The U.S. dollar climbed in late trading on Wednesday as market participants digested fresh economic data.
Vietnamese helicopter crashes causing 2 dead, 3 missing
Hanoi [Vietnam], April 6: A helicopter with five Vietnamese people on board crashed on sea Wednesday afternoon, leaving two dead and three others missing, Vietnam...
Over 1.8 mln unexploded bombs cleared in Laos since 1996
Vientiane [Laos], April 6: Over 1.8 million unexploded ordnance (UXO) devices have been cleared from 79,599 hectares of land from 1996 to February 2023, making...
Nicola Sturgeon's husband arrested in SNP finance probe
Edinburgh [Scotland], April 6: Former Scottish National Party (SNP) chief executive Peter Murrell, the husband of ex-first minister Nicola Sturgeon, has been arrested in a...
440 migrants rescued in Mediterranean
Rome [Italy], April 6: The Geo Barents sea rescue vessel operated by Doctors Without Bordershas taken 440 migrants aboard after rescuing them from small boats...
Poland, Ukraine want to solve grain problem
Warsaw [Poland], April 6: Poland and Ukraine want to jointly solve the problem of an oversupply of cheap Ukrainian grain on the Polish market, Poland's...
Brazil's Bolsonaro testifies in scandal over Saudi jewelry gift
Brasilia [Brazil], April 6: Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro appeared at the federal police headquarters on Wednesday to testify in an investigation into jewelry and...
Canada unveils revised C$23 bln compensation deal for Indigenous children
Ottawa [Canada], April 6: Canada's federal government and a group of Indigenous people have reached a revised C$23.34 billion ($17.35 billion) agreement to compensate First...
Trump, newly charged, urges defunding US Justice Department and FBI
Washington [US], April 6: Former President Donald Trump called on his fellow Republicans in Congress to slash funding for the U.S. Justice Department and the...
U.S. Speaker meets Taiwan leader and stresses need to speed up arms...
Washington [US], April 6: U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy hosted Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen in California, becoming the most senior U.S. figure to meet a...
Ukraine's Zelenskiy aims for Western warplane coalition; Russians pressure Bakhmut
Kiev [Ukraine], April 6: Ukrainian President VolodymyrZelenskiy said during a trip to Warsaw that Poland would help form a coalition of Western powers to supply...
Violence erupts again at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque
Jerusalem [Israel], April 6: Israeli police clashed with Palestinians at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque a second time, witnesses said, hours after the arrest and removal of...
Federal probe launched in fatal police shooting of Black teen in Washington
Washington [US], April 6:U.S. investigators opened a civil rights probe into last month's fatal shooting of a Black teenager by a U.S. Park Police officer...