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Oman Welcomes Morocco, Israel Normalisation as step Towards Regional Peace
December 12,2020
DUBAI - Oman welcomed Morocco’s announcement it was establishing diplomatic ties with Israel, hoping the move will strengthen efforts towards a lasting and just peace in the Middle Eas ...
Biden and Harris Named Time’s Person of the Year
December 12,2020
US President-elect Joe Biden and his running mate Kamala Harris have been chosen as Time magazine's Person of the Year in 2020.
"The Biden-Harris ticket represents somethin ...
Saudi Arabia says ‘significant progress’ made toward resolving Qatar dispute
December 09,2020
Saudi Arabia and Qatar have taken "significant" steps toward resolving their three-year dispute, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan al-Saud said ...
Lloyd Austin: Biden picks ex-general as defence secretary
December 09,2020
US President-elect Joe Biden has chosen retired General Lloyd Austin as his defence secretary, US media report. If approved, the 67-year-old who retired ...
Sulaymaniyah Protests: Iraq’s President Calls for an End to Violence
December 09,2020
BAGHDAD -Iraq’s President Barham Salih called for restraint as three protesters were killed in the northern Kurdish-run region on Tuesday following days of unrest....
France's Macron calls for 'urgent' police reform following protests
December 09,2020
French President Emmanuel Macron has said there is an "urgent need" to reform the security forces, following weeks of protests over police violence ...
A Coronavirus Vaccine ‘Does not Mean Zero COVID’, Warns WHO
December 07,2020
The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned people not to get complacent about the spread of COVID-19 now the first vaccine doses have been rolled out...
Nearly 100 Arrested During Another Anti-Security Law Protest in France
December 07,2020
PARIS - Protesters clashed with police in Paris on Saturday as demonstrators once again took to the streets of France amid uproar over the government's new security law...
UAE Target of Cyber Attacks after Israel Deal, Official Says
December 07,2020
DUBAI - The United Arab Emirates was the target of cyber attacks after establishing formal ties with Israel, the Gulf Arab state’s cyber security head said on Sunday...
Romanians Go to The Polls Following Years of Political Uncertainty
December 07,2020
Romanians are heading to the polls to vote in the legislative election, in a country that has had five prime ministers in as many years amid deep political uncertainty...
Moscow opens dozens of coronavirus vaccination centers
December 06,2020
MOSCOW- Thousands of doctors, teachers and others in high-risk groups have signed up for COVID-19 vaccinations in Moscow starting Saturday, a precursor to a sweeping Russia-wide ...
Kuwait votes for parliament amid economic, virus challenges
December 06,2020
KUWAIT CITY- Kuwait voted Saturday for its National Assembly, the first election since the death of its longtime ruling emir and as the oil-rich nation faces serious economic problems ...
Violence erupts during Paris protest against police brutality
December 06,2020
PARIS- Dozens of hooded protesters launched projectiles at riot police, smashed up shop windows, torched cars and burned barricades during a demonstration in the French capital ...
UK and EU leaders to hold crunch talks on post-Brexit ties
December 06,2020
LONDON- British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the European Union’s top official are set to discuss the state of play of post-Brexit trade discussions later Saturday ...
UN chief: Vaccine can’t undo damage from global pandemic
December 05,2020
UNITED NATIONS- The U.N. chief warned Thursday that the social and economic impact of COVID-19 “is enormous and growing” and said it’s foolish to believe a vaccine ...
Chinese spacecraft carrying lunar rocks lifts off from moon
December 05,2020
BEIJING- A Chinese spacecraft lifted off from the moon Thursday night with a load of lunar rocks, the first stage of its return to Earth, the government space agency reported...
Turkey announces vaccination plan for Chinese CoronaVac
December 05,2020
ISTANBUL- Turkey’s health minister has announced a plan to start using an experimental Chinese COVID-19 vaccine later this month amid a surge in infections and deaths...
Azerbaijan says 2,783 troops killed over Nagorno-Karabakh
December 05,2020
BAKU- Azerbaijan said Thursday it lost nearly 2,800 soldiers in 44 days of fighting with Armenian forces over the separatist territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, the first time it has disclosed ...
Saudi Arabia allows Israeli commercial planes to use its airspace
December 02,2020
Saudi Arabia agreed to let Israeli airliners cross its airspace en route to the United Arab Emirates after talks between Saudi officials and White House senior adviser Jared Kushner ...
UN: Food has run out for nearly 100,000 refugees in Ethiopia
December 02,2020
NAIROBI- The United Nations says food has now run out for the nearly 100,000 refugees from Eritrea who have been sheltering in camps in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region ...
Azerbaijan fully reclaims lands around Nagorno-Karabakh
December 02,2020
UNITED NATIONS- United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres "looks forward to" working with U.S. President-elect Joe Biden, according to the UN chief's spokesman ...
EU considers how to ‘renew and reinvigorate’ U.S. ties after Trump
December 01,2020
BRUSSELS- The European Union will begin discussions on Monday on how best to “renew and reinvigorate” transatlantic relations after the departure of U.S. President Donald ...
Kuwait to host creative advertisement award of Arab Media Forum
December 01,2020
KUWAIT CITY- Kuwait will hold creative advertisement award 2020 of the Arab Media Forum in December to promote a competitive and creative spirit, Madhi Al-Khamis, general secretary ...
Yemen: Houthis claim killing of several Saudi soldiers in Marib
December 01,2020
Yemen’s Houthi fighters have claimed the killing of at least eight Saudi soldiers ...
Uzbekistan’s largest car manufacturer gets 150 million euros syndicated loan
December 01,2020
TASHKENT- Uzbekistan's state-owned carmaker UzAuto Motors and Credit Suisse AG London Branch signed an agreement on an international syndicated loan for up to 150 million euros ...
UK stocks up on vaccines, hopes to start virus shots in days
December 01,2020
LONDON- Britain said Sunday it has secured 2 million more doses of a promising coronavirus vaccine as it gears up to launch within days the country’s most ambitious inoculation program ...
Rouhani accuses ‘mercenary’ Israel of killing top Iran scientist
November 29,2020
TEHRAN- Iran’s president has accused Israel of killing a high-ranking Iranian nuclear physicist long suspected by the West of masterminding a secret nuclear bomb programme ...
Ethiopian government begins offensive in Tigray capital city
November 29,2020
NAIROBI- The Ethiopian military on Saturday began an offensive in the Tigray regional capital in its quest to arrest the region’s defiant leaders.
US election: Appeal court dismisses Trump camp’s lawsuit in Pennsylvania
November 29,2020
WAAHINGTON- A US federal appeals court has firmly rejected the Trump campaign's attempt to block President-elect Joe Biden from being declared winner in Pennsylvania...
Uzbekistan Ready to Start Russian Sputnik V Vaccine Trials by End of Year
November 29,2020
TASHKENT- Uzbekistan plans to start clinical trials of Russian Sputnik V vaccine against the coronavirus in late December or at the beginning of the next year ...
Argentines bid a raucous farewell to Maradona amid clashes
November 28,2020
BUENOS AIRES- Soccer superstar Diego Maradona was buried Thursday in a private ceremony attended by only two dozen people — a stark contrast to earlier in the day when tens of thousands ...
Trump says he’ll leave if Electoral College seats Biden
November 28,2020
WASHINGTON- President Donald Trump said Thursday that he will leave the White House if the Electoral College formalizes President-Elect Joe Biden’s victory — even as he insisted ...
Global push to end domestic violence, worse amid COVID-19
November 28,2020
BRUSSELS- In a global push to end violence against women, activists held rallies Wednesday and world leaders called for action to stop the abuse, which has worsened because of the coronavirus ...
Merkel urges patience as German virus restrictions extended
November 28,2020
BERLIN- Chancellor Angela Merkel urged Germans to remain patient with restrictions meant to slow the spread of the coronavirus, saying Thursday that with promising vaccines on the way ...
Japan and China to continue communications on East China Sea, Japan says
November 25,2020
TOKYO- Japan and China agreed on Tuesday to continue communications on issues around the East China Sea where the two countries are in dispute, Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi ...