'Climate time bomb ticking', emissions must urgently be cut, UN chief says
New York [US], March 21: U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres warned that the "climate time bomb is ticking" as he urged rich nations on Monday...
North Korea's Kim oversees simulated nuclear counterattack against US, South Korea
Pyongyang [North Korea], March 21:North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has overseen drills simulating a nuclear counterattack against the U.S. and South Korea in a...
WB offers USD$220 million in new agricultural investment grants for 15 national...
Washington [US], March 21: USD$220 million in new agricultural investment grants for 15 national governments was announced by the Global Agriculture and Food Security Programme...
Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah visits SRTIP, Sharjah's premier hub for innovation...
Sharjah [UAE], March 21: H.H. Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah, visited the Sharjah Research, Technology...
Sultan Al Qasimi attends conclusion of 32nd 'Sharjah Theatre Days'
Sharjah [UAE], March 21: H.H. Dr. Sheikh Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, today attended the closing ceremony of...
Refugee Zakat Fund helps around 6 million forcibly displaced people since its...
Dubai [UAE], March 21: UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, launched its Islamic Philanthropy annual report today at a joint event in Dubai in partnership with...
All set for commissioning of new generator to boost Zimbabwe's power supplies
Harare [Zimbabwe], March 20: Zimbabwe's power utility, ZESA Holdings, will start synchronizing into the national grid the first of two generators being installed by a...
Demonstrators call for France's withdrawal from NATO in Paris
Paris [France], March 20: Thousands of demonstrators called over the weekend for France's withdrawal from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and an immediate halt...
Brunei plans to build waste-to-electricity incinerator plant
Bandar Seri Begawan [Brunei], March 20: Brunei plans to build a waste incineration plant that can process 800 to 1,000 tons of waste per day...
Israeli, Palestinian officials meet in Egypt
Cairo [Egypt],March 20: Israeli and Palestinian Authority (PA) officials are meeting in Egypt for talks amid criticism and calls for a boycott by Palestinian political...
Road crash kills 19 in Bangladesh
Dhaka [Bangladesh], March 20: At least 19 people have been killed and up to 25 were injured in Bangladesh after a bus smashed through a...
Cyclone Freddy death toll surpasses 500
Lilongwe [Malawi], March 20: The death toll in southeast Africa due to the exceptionally long-lasting Tropical Cyclone Freddy has risen to 522, according to authorities...
Nigeria counts votes after tense local elections marred by violence
Abuja [Nigeria], March 20: Vote counting was underway in Nigeria on Sunday following local elections marred by reports of violence, bribery and signs of low...
N Korea fires ballistic missile
Seoul [South Korea], March 20: North Korea fired a short-range ballistic missile on Sunday, Seoul's military said, the fourth show of force in a week...
Iran, Iraq ink border deal
Baghdad [Iraq], March 20: Iran's top security official on Sunday signed a deal with Iraqi authorities for "protection" of their common border, the Iraqi prime...
Assad in UAE amid growing Arab outreach
Dubai [UAE], March 20: Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad met Sunday with Emirati leaders in Abu Dhabi, his second Gulf visit since last month's earthquake in...
UBS - Switzerland's largest bank officially acquired Credit Suisse
Switzerland,March 20: Swiss bank UBS has agreed to buy crisis-hit rival Credit Suisse for 3 billion francs ($3.23 billion), while taking over losses of up...
China condemns British lawmakers for ignoring demand not to visit Taiwan
Beijing [China], March 20: China's embassy in Britain on Sunday condemned a visit this week by British lawmakers to Taiwan, saying they were insisting on...
Canadian investigators seek seven missing after fire at Montreal building
Ottawa [Canada], March 20: Police and fire officials in Canada said they were preparing on Sunday to search the rubble of a Montreal heritage building...
Talk of Trump arrest builds sympathy for the former president, Sununu says
Washington [US], March 20: The possibility that Donald Trump may be charged for allegedly covering up hush money payments to a porn star during his...
Magnitude 6.8 earthquake shakes Ecuador, at least 14 deaths reported
Quito [Ecuador], March 20: At least 14 people were killed in a strong earthquake that shook a coastal region of Ecuador and northern Peru on...
South Africa aware of legal obligations regarding Putin visit
Johannesburg [South Africa], March 20: South Africa is aware of its legal obligation, a spokesperson for President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Sunday.
Former Taiwan president Ma to visit China in landmark trip
Taipei [Taiwan], March 20: Former Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou will visit China this month, his office said on Sunday.
Macron would like the reform of the pension system to be introduced...
Paris [France], March 20:French President Emmanuel Macron (Emmanuel Macron) expressed today his wish that his hated reform of the pension system "can finish its democratic...
The Egyptian president received Putin's special envoy for the Middle East
Cairo [Egypt], March 20: The President of Egypt, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, received today the Russian delegation led by the special representative of the Russian President...
Putin welcomed China's willingness to play a constructive role in Ukraine
Moscow [Russia],March 20: Russian President Vladimir Putin today welcomed China's "willingness to play a constructive role in resolving" the conflict in Ukraine, as Beijing...
Malawi Cyclone Freddy death toll hits 447, over 362,000 displaced
Lilongwe [Malawi], March 19: The cumulative death toll from Cyclone Freddy in southern Malawi hit 447 as of 07:00 p.m. local time (1700 GMT) Saturday,...