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Mobile cinema brings Tunisians big screen experience 23 Dec 2024 - 02:12 pm

Djemmal, Tunisia: Like many of his fellow Tunisians, 23-year-old Amine Elhani has never been to the cinema, but now, thanks to a mobile...

Bangladesh launches $5bn graft probe into Hasina's family 23 Dec 2024 - 02:00 pm

Dhaka: Bangladesh has launched a probe into the alleged $5 billion embezzlement connected to a Russian-backed nuclear power plant by ousted leader Sheikh...

Japan watchdog accuses Google of antitrust violation 23 Dec 2024 - 01:17 pm

Tokyo: Japanese authorities will hand Google a cease-and-desist order over an alleged antitrust violation in the first such move against a US tech...

Police arrest suspect who set woman on fire in New York subway 23 Dec 2024 - 12:53 pm

New York: New York City police arrested a man suspected of setting fire to a woman on the subway in Brooklyn who died...

Honda and Nissan to launch merger talks 23 Dec 2024 - 12:26 pm

Tokyo: Japanese auto giants Honda and Nissan on Monday agreed to launch talks on a merger seen as a bid to catch up...

Kabul hails Saudi decision to resume activities at Afghanistan embassy 23 Dec 2024 - 11:25 am

Kabul: The Afghan foreign ministry on Monday welcomed Saudi Arabia's decision to resume its diplomatic operations in Kabul, more than three years after...

3 people injured in explosion at military base in South Korea 23 Dec 2024 - 10:29 am

Seoul: Three civilians were injured on Monday in an explosion at a military base in South Korea's southeastern city of Gimhae. The explosion...

Brazil spends $17bn in reserves to lift cratering real 23 Dec 2024 - 10:18 am

Brasilia: Brazilian markets bounced at the end of the week amid extraordinary central bank moves to curb a selloff in the currency that...

Afghan bread, the humble centrepiece of every meal 23 Dec 2024 - 09:59 am

Kabul: Every day before dawn, Jamil Ghafori gets to work on the floor of a cramped Kabul bakery with five other men churning...

Bangladesh receives $900mn World Bank financing to improve climate resilience 23 Dec 2024 - 12:00 am

Dhaka: The Bangladeshi government and the World Bank have signed two financing agreements totaling 900 million US dollars to help the country achieve...

Saudi Arabia, Kuwait discuss enhancing security cooperation 22 Dec 2024 - 11:15 pm

Riyadh: Saudi Minister of Interior Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Nayef bin Abdulaziz and Kuwait's First Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defense, and...

Death toll from Israeli genocide in Gaza rises to 45,259 civilians 22 Dec 2024 - 10:40 pm

Gaza: A total of 45,259 civilians in the Gaza Strip have been reported martyrs to the Palestinian cause since the start of the...

Rome's Trevi Fountain reopens to limited crowds 22 Dec 2024 - 09:52 pm

Rome: Rome's famous Trevi Fountain reopened on Sunday following a three-month clean-up, but visitors will for now be limited to 400 to avoid...

Spanish royals make surprise visit to flood disaster town 22 Dec 2024 - 09:01 pm

Madrid: Spain's King Felipe VI and his family on Sunday carried out a surprise visit to one of the towns worst hit by...

One missing after oil rig sinks off Trinidad 22 Dec 2024 - 07:39 pm

Port of Spain: An oil rig sank in the waters off Trinidad Sunday, leaving one worker missing, the company and oil workers union...

2 US pilots shot down over Red Sea in 'friendly fire' incident 22 Dec 2024 - 07:24 pm

Washington: Two US Navy pilots were shot down over the Red Sea early Sunday in "an apparent case of friendly fire," the US...

Thousands protest in Serbian capital over fatal train station accident 22 Dec 2024 - 07:08 pm

Belgrade: Thousands protested Sunday in Serbia's capital Belgrade to demand that leaders take responsibility for the collapse of a train station roof that...