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Colombo: Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake on Saturday inaugurated an international gem and jewelry exhibition. The event aimed to create business opportunities...

Cairo: An Egyptian aid plane touched down at Damascus airport on Saturday carrying Cairo's first humanitarian delivery since the ouster of Bashar al-Assad...

Yinchuan:Local officials have assured residents in Yinchuan, capital of northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, of sufficient relief supplies after two earthquakes struck...

Kranjska Gora, Slovenia: Olympic champion Sara Hector dominated the women's World Cup giant slalom in Kranjska Gora on Saturday. The Swede clocked a...

Gaza: Four Palestinians were killed, and others were wounded Saturday in an Israeli bombardment of the southern and northern Gaza Strip. Sources in...

Muscat: The Muscat Stock Exchange (MSX) recorded a significant increase in market value of approximately OMR 3.8 billion last year, driven by rising...

Damascus: Chairperson of the Syrian General Authority of Civil Aviation and Air Transport, Ashhad Al-Salibi, announced the resumption of inbound and outbound international...

Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia said Saturday it expelled two boats ferrying about 300 undocumented migrants from Myanmar from the country's waters. The Malaysian Maritime...

Beijing: A Chinese scientist has named 16 new spider species after songs by popular "Mandopop" musician Jay Chou. Mi Xiaoqi, a professor at...

Addis Ababa: Evacuations were underway in Ethiopia Saturday after a series of earthquakes, the strongest of which a 5.8 magnitude jolt, rocked the...

Las Vegas: Gadgets, robots and vehicles imbued with artificial intelligence will once again vie for attention at the Consumer Electronics Show next week,...

Damascus:Syria said on Saturday the country's main airport in Damascus would resume international flights starting next week after such commercial trips were halted...

Washington: Joe Biden on Saturday will award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 19 honorees, bestowing the highest civilian honor in the United...

Tokyo: The world's oldest person, Japanese woman Tomiko Itooka, has died aged 116, the city where she lived, Ashiya, announced on Saturday. Itooka,...

Shijiazhuang: Eight people were killed and 15 others injured in a fire that broke out at a marketplace in Qiaoxi District ofZhangjiakouCity, north...

Rio de Janeiro: Last year was Brazil's hottest on record, its weather agency said Friday, after a record-breaking drought and flooding in the...

Kuta, Indonesia: Hundreds of volunteers joined a cleanup in Bali, Indonesia, Saturday as monsoon rains brought what an activist described as "the worst"...

Seoul: South Korean investigators said Saturday they were close to finalising the transcript of the cockpit voice recorder from a fatal plane crash...