Tens of thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters marched in London on Saturday, expressing scepticism and cautious hope as a ceasefire between...
- Caracas, Venezuela -- Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado dedicated her Nobel Peace Prize on Friday to the people of...
The US state of California sued five of the world's largest oil companies, alleging the firms caused billions of dollars...The suit follows numerous other cases brought by US cities, counties and states against fossil fuel interests over the impact of climate change.
The suit seeks the creation of an abatement fund to pay for future damages caused by climate disasters in California.
Istanbul, Turkey - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday accused the European Union of pulling away from Turkey, whose efforts to..."The European Union is trying to distance itself from us," Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told reporters at Istanbul airport.
Erdogan has made mending torn ties with Western allies a priority after winning a difficult election in May following years of tensions.
Sanaa, Yemen - Flooding and lightning strikes in Yemen have killed eight civilians, an official and a doctor told AFP on...The lightning strikes occurred on Friday in the Al-Layha and Al-Zahra districts of Hodeida governorate on the Red Sea coast.
Also on Friday, flooding killed one woman and destroyed dozens of homes in the nearby town of Hais, according to an official.
SHARJAH, UAE - The Sharjah Social Security Fund (SSSF) has allowed the possibility of acquiring the service period for insured...This move aligns with the fund's strategies aimed at enhancing the well-being of employees and providing them with opportunities to boost their pensions.
The fund said it is allowed to procure the service period for insured employees after they have completed a minimum of 20 years of actual service.
- Hong Kong - The Saudi Arabia-China Entrepreneurs Association (SCEA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Hong Kong...
The MoU between SCEA and HKTDC aims to fortify commercial ties, particularly aiding startups and service providers eyeing global expansion.
The agreement was signed during the eighth Belt and Road Summit, a two-day event themed "Ten Years of Cooperation for Mutual Benefit".
- CAIRO, EGYPT - An Egyptian court has sentenced prominent dissident Hisham Kassem to six months in prison, his lawyer and political...
Hisham Kassem was also slapped with about $650 fine after being found guilty of defaming a former minister.
Kassem’s lawyer Nasser Amin wrote on Facebook that the verdict would be appealed in a court hearing on October 7.
TEL AVIV, ISRAEL – The total global Jewish population rose to 15.7 million over the last year, while the number...Data showed that the global Jewish population grew by some 100,000 over the past year.
The US has the second-largest Jewish population in the world, after Israel, - at 6.3 million.
Slamming the new sanctions imposed by the Western countries on the Islamic republic, Iran's foreign ministry spokesman Nasser Kanani termed...US sanctions targeted 25 Iranian officials, three media outlets and an internet censorship firm onto their sanctions blacklist
Last year's Amini protests saw hundreds of people killed, including dozens of security forces, and thousands arrested
- Moscow, Russia--The UAE and Russia are looking to strengthen the bilateral cooperation in higher education, scientific research, space, and engineering...
Ahmad Belhoul Al Falasi, Minister of Education, and Valery Falkov, Minister of Science and Higher Education of Russia, held discussions to boost cooperation in many sectors
The UAE minister visited the Moscow State Technical University, where he saw its research centres and learnt about the latest scientific and engineering tech solutions
Washington, United States - Russian Ambassador to Washington, Anatoly Antonov, on Friday asked the United States to remove sanctions barriers...Antonov's statement comes in response to comments by US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan, who expressed skepticism about a swift return to the initiative
Ambassador Antonov stressed that Russia has consistently expressed its willingness to reopen the doors to the initiative provided its concerns were addressed
