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UN to boost air parcel security a year after DHL depot explosions 04 Aug 2025 - 01:22 pm

Montreal: The United Nations on Monday announced plans to enhance air mail security, one year after parcels exploded at DHL depots in Germany...

Tycoon who brought F1 to Singapore pleads guilty in graft case 04 Aug 2025 - 01:11 pm

Singapore: A Malaysian hotel tycoon who helped bring Formula One to Singapore pleaded guilty Monday to abetting the obstruction of justice, in a...

17 heat records broken in Japan 04 Aug 2025 - 11:49 am

Tokyo: Seventeen heat records were broken in Japan on Monday, the weather agency said, after the country sweltered through its hottest ever June...

‘Israeli occupation policies have surpassed famine thresholds in Gaza’ 04 Aug 2025 - 08:58 am

Doha: The National Human Rights Committee (NHRC) has renewed its condemnation of the grave violations faced by the Palestinian people as a result...

Spanish economist says EU gains little from new tariff deal with US 04 Aug 2025 - 08:00 am

Barcelona, Spain: The European Union (EU) has little to gain from its new trade deal with the United States, with Germany likely to...

Afghanistan installs automated weather forecast stations 04 Aug 2025 - 07:00 am

Kabul: Afghanistan's Meteorological Authority has installed and activated three automated weather forecasting stations in Jabal Seraj district of Parwan Province and the snowy...

Kenya rangers urge tourists to refrain from disrupting animal migration in Masai Mara 04 Aug 2025 - 05:00 am

Masai Mara:Rangers at the Masai Mara National Reserve inKenya, a prime location to witness the spectacular annual wildebeest river crossing, are calling on...

Maldives registers 43 pct increase in fish exports in H1 2025 04 Aug 2025 - 04:00 am

Colombo: The Maldives has registered a 43 percent increase in fish export in the first half of 2025 compared with the same period...

Film on Japan's infamous WWII germ warfare unit to debut on Sept. 18 04 Aug 2025 - 03:00 am

Harbin: A Chinese historical drama titled "731," which revisits the horrific World War II-era human experiments conducted by Japan's notorious germ warfare unit...

Indian army officer booked over thrashing airline staff at airport 04 Aug 2025 - 02:00 am

New Delhi: A senior Indian army officer was charged with "murderous assault" after he injured four staff members of a private airline at...

Sri Lanka to launch first vocational training program for prisoners 04 Aug 2025 - 01:00 am

Colombo: Sri Lanka will launch a new program allowing prisoners to have vocational training while serving their sentences, said an official on Sunday....

Armed groups continue to violate ceasefire agreement: Syria's Interior Ministry 03 Aug 2025 - 11:34 pm

Damascus: The Syrian Ministry of Interior confirmed that armed groups in Sweida continue to violate the ceasefire agreement by launching attacks on internal...

Ukrainian drones spark fire at Sochi oil depot 03 Aug 2025 - 11:19 pm

Moscow: Ukrainian drone attack sparked a fire at an oil depot in Sochi, the Russian resort that hosted the 2014 Winter Olympic which...

54 dead, others missing after boat sinks off Yemen coast 03 Aug 2025 - 10:47 pm

Aden: At least 54 people died and others remain missing after a boat capsized off the Yemeni coast on Sunday. Local authorities in...

Spain, Portugal on wildfire watch as heatwave rolls in 03 Aug 2025 - 10:47 pm

Barcelona: Spainand Portugal on Sunday braced for a fresh heatwave set to sweep the Iberian peninsula, with Lisbon warning of a very high...

Two Malawi ex-presidents join race to unseat current leader 03 Aug 2025 - 10:16 pm

Blantyre: Two former Malawian presidents on Sunday launched separate campaigns to unseat President Lazarus Chakwera in the country's upcoming general elections scheduled for...

OIC condemns storming of Al Aqsa Mosque by Israeli minister, settlers 03 Aug 2025 - 10:03 pm

Jeddah: The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) strongly condemned the storming of the Al Aqsa Mosque compound by extremist minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and...