Biden calls Chinese President Xi a dictator
Washington[US], June 21: U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday called Chinese President Xi Jinping a dictator, adding that Xi was very embarrassed when a Chinese...
Squeeze on UK tenants tightens as rents outpace incomes
London [UK], June 21: Britain's housing market strains are spreading to the rental sector with the proportion of household income spent on rent hitting the...
Hamdan bin Zayed praises ERC's efforts during Year of Sustainability
Abu Dhabi [UAE], June 21: H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Ruler's Representative in Al Dhafra Region, and Chairman of Emirates Red Crescent (ERC),...
US, Netherlands win IWBF Wheelchair Basketball World Championships in Dubai
Dubai [UAE], June 21: The United States of America defeated Great Britain in men's final Group D game at the IWBF Wheelchair Basketball World Championships...
Local Press: Consistency is what unpins the UAE's desirability for young Arabs
Abu Dhabi [UAE], June 21: A local newspaper has said that this year's Arab Youth Survey has once again named the UAE for the 12th...
Sweden says cannot rule out Russian attack
Stockholm [Sweden], June 20: In light of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, defence experts in NATO candidate country Sweden say that "an armed attack on...
Sunak talks to Zelensky about war, weapons
London [UK], June 20: Ukraine's counteroffensive against the Russian invasion is clearly making "good progress," British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak told Ukrainian President VolodymyrZelensky.
Five killed in Israeli raid on Jenin refugee camp
Ramallah/Tel Aviv [Israel], June 20: At least five Palestinians have been killed, including a 15-year-old, and 91 injured after Israeli forces, backed by helicopters, targeted...
Yemen prisoner exchange talks end with focus on political detainees
Sanaa [Yemen], June 20: The latest round of talks between the Yemeni government and the Houthi movement to exchange prisoners has concluded, with an increasing...
Biden visits California to talk climate, raise cash
Los Angeles [US], June 20: President Joe Biden planed to unveil more than $600 million in federal spending to fight the effects of climate change...
Tension on the Ukrainian battlefield amid Kyiv's counter-offensive
Kyiv [Ukraine], June 20: Yesterday (June 19), TASS reported that Alexey Polishchuk, an official of the Russian Foreign Ministry, confirmed that Ukraine has deployed a...
Japan's cabinet approval rating declines
Tokyo [Japan], June 20: Support for Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's cabinet has dropped 12 percentage points to 33 percent, after peaking with the G7...
Flying cars flooded the Paris Air Show
Paris [France], June 20: Nikkei Asia newspaper reported on June 20 that many flying car models were brought to the Paris Air Show ...
Ukraine prepares 'biggest blow' as it claims recapture of eight villages from...
Kyiv [Ukraine], June 20: Ukraine said it had driven Russian forces out of an eighth village in its two-week-old counteroffensive and a defence official vowed...
Ships, planes search for sub that went missing on trip to Titanic...
Washington [US], June 20: U.S. and Canadian ships and planes searched for a submarine that went missing more than a day earlier off the coast...
Rome to open ancient square where Julius Caesar was killed
Rme [Italy], June 20: History buffs will be able to stroll close to the spot where legend says Julius Caesar met his bloody end, when...
US judge orders Trump lawyers not to release evidence in documents probe
Washington [US], June 20: A U.S. judge in Florida ordered defence lawyers for former President Donald Trump not to release evidence in the classified documents...
Voters back carbon cuts as glaciers melt
Geneva [Switzerland], June 20: Voters in Switzerland have backed a new climate bill designed to cut fossil fuel use and reach net-zero carbon emissions by...
Islamic banks' assets up to AED650 bn by end of March 2023:...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], June 20: Gross assets of the Sharia-compliant banks operating in the UAE grew to AED650 billion by the end of Q1-2023, an...
Kuwait forms new gov't
Kuwait City [Kuwait], June 19: A new Kuwaiti government led by Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah was formed on Sunday, the Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)...
Twelve dead and others missing as cyclone hits southern Brazil
Brasilia [Brazil], June 19: At least 12 people have died, five are missing and nearly 3,000 have been left homeless after an "extratropical cyclone" hit...
Prince William: Young royals 'will definitely be exposed' to homelessness
London [UK], June 19: The Prince of Wales has said his children "will definitely be exposed" to homelessness as he prepares to launch a new...
Woman who knocked on coffin at her funeral dies after week in...
Quito [Ecuador], June 19: An Ecuadorean woman has died days after mourners at her funeral were shocked to find her alive in her coffin.
Taliban dismiss US watchdog report
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 19:The Taliban on Sunday rejected the latest report by a US watchdog claiming that foreign armed groups and domestic threats have increased...
Tunisia bars TV, radio reports of opposition
Tunis [Tunisia], June 19: Radio and TV programmes in Tunisia have been banned from reporting on the cases ofprominent opposition figures accused of conspiring against...
Mali's military rulers hold constitutional referendum
Bamako [Mali], June 19: Malians were voting on Sunday in a referendum on changing the constitution that the military rulers and regional powers have said...
Oman Embassy hosts 2nd GCC coordination meeting
Kuwait City [Kuwait], June 19: The Embassy of the Sultanate of Oman in Kuwait hosted at its headquarters on Sunday the second coordination meeting for...