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Led by His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed, the UAE delegation continues its meetings during the second day of high-level week of the 78th Session of the United Nations General Assembly

Sep 21, 2023

Spate of gang killings across Sweden sparks gov't crisis meeting

Sep 20, 2023

Finnish gov't reveals 2024 budget with focus on economic challenges

Sep 20, 2023

NASA's Curiosity rover reaches new location preserving Mars' watery past

Sep 20, 2023

Cuban president urges global equity, justice

Sep 20, 2023

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Gold rises slightly ahead of Fed's interest rate decision

Sep 20, 2023

Chicago [US], September 20: Gold futures on the COMEX division of the New York Mercantile Exchange rose slightly on Tuesday ahead of the Federal Reserve's...

Laos reports 1st monkeypox case

Sep 20, 2023

Vientiane [Laos], September 20: The Lao Ministry of Health has confirmed the first case of monkeypox in the country, urging health officials nationwide to stay...

Russian rescue crews recover more bodies in Libya's disaster zone

Sep 20, 2023

Tripoli [Libya], September 20: Russian rescue workers have discovered five more bodies in the flood-hit port city of Derna in eastern Libya, according to the...

Latvia closes border crossing with Belarus over illegal arrivals

Sep 20, 2023

Riga [Latvia], September 20: Latvia is temporarily closing one of its two border crossings with neighbouring Belarus in response to the rising number of attempted...

One killed, 46 injured in bus crash in Austria

Sep 20, 2023

Vienna [Austria], September 20: A woman has been killed and 46 others were injured in a bus accident in southern Austria, police said on Tuesday.

Children trek to makeshift tent school in quake-hit Morocco

Sep 20, 2023

Rabat [Morocco], September 20: In the earthquake-hit mountains of Morocco, 13-year-old Abdessamad El Berd gets up before dawn to make the long trek to...

Azerbaijan launches Karabakh operation, urges surrender

Sep 20, 2023

Baku [Azerbaijan], September 20:Azerbaijan on Tuesday launched an operation against the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region and demanded the surrender of Armenian separatists, warning it would "continue...

Kuwait strongly denounces Khor Abdullah ruling

Sep 20, 2023

New York [US], September 20: Kuwait's Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Salem Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah denounced in the strongest terms a recent Iraqi federal court ruling...

Brazil's Lula warns United Nations of coup

Sep 20, 2023

Brasilia [Brazil], September 20: Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva warned world leaders at the United Nations of the prospect of a coup in...

Third Global Trade and Supply Chain Summit kicks off in Dubai

Sep 20, 2023

Dubai [UAE], September 20: The third Global Trade and Supply Chain Summit, organised by The Economist Impact, kicked off today at The Address Dubai Marina Hotel, Dubai. Bringing together thought leaders, trade and supply chain policymakers, analysts, UN representatives and C-level officials in vital sectors, the event aims to address ways to boost the resilience of global trade operations, the essential link connecting sustainability and supply chains, and the role of emerging markets over the next years.

UAE expresses solidarity with Greece, offers condolences over rescue team victims in Libya

Sep 20, 2023

Noura Al Kaabi receives copy of credentials of Qatar Ambassador to UAE

Sep 20, 2023

Meetings attended by the UAE's delegation during the first day of high-level week on the sidelines of the 78th Session of the United Nations General Assembly

Sep 20, 2023