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Sri Lanka arrests over 230 Chinese in cybercrime raids 15 Oct 2024 - 01:53 pm

Colombo: Sri Lankan police have arrested more than 230 Chinese men accused of targeting international banks in online scams, the foreign minister said...

Kazakhstan rising as economic power; cargo handling goes up 15 Oct 2024 - 01:39 pm

Astana: Kazakhstan registered significant increase in cargo handling in 2023, which shows rising trade and economic power of the central Asian country. It...

Chinese premier inaugurates Pakistan airport in volatile region 15 Oct 2024 - 01:34 pm

Islamabad: China's Premier Li Qiang took part in a ceremony during his Pakistan visit to inaugurate a Beijing-funded airport, located in a volatile...

Nowhere is safe in Gaza Strip: Save the Children 15 Oct 2024 - 09:39 am

London: Save the Children, a British non-governmental organization that defends children's rights around the world, said that the Gaza Strip is being subjected...

Death toll in Lebanon from Israeli attacks rises to 2,309 with 10,782 injured 14 Oct 2024 - 11:27 pm

Beirut: The Lebanese Ministry of Health announced that the death toll from the ongoing Israeli aggression on Lebanon since October 2023 has risen...

Kenya relocates 50 elephants to a larger park. A sign poaching is under control, say officials 14 Oct 2024 - 11:17 pm

Mwea, Kenya: As a helicopter hovers close to an elephant, trying to be as steady as possible, an experienced veterinarian cautiously takes aim....

Afghan Taliban vow to implement media ban on images of living things 14 Oct 2024 - 09:48 pm

Kabul: Afghanistan's Taliban morality ministry pledged on Monday to implement a law banning news media from publishing images of all living things, with...

Turkiye's Erdogan blasts UN over Israeli attacks on peacekeepers 14 Oct 2024 - 09:40 pm

Ankara: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday hit out at the United Nations for failing to prevent Israel from firing at its...

Canada and India expel each other's diplomats in escalating dispute over a 2023 assassination 14 Oct 2024 - 08:32 pm

NEW DELHI: Canada and India each expelled six diplomats on Monday in tit-for-tat moves as part of an escalating dispute over the June...

NASA probe Europa Clipper lifts off for Jupiter's icy moon 14 Oct 2024 - 08:32 pm

Kennedy Space Center, United States: NASA probe Europa Clipper lifted off from the US Kennedy Space Center on Monday, bound for an icy...

Spain urges EU to suspend free trade agreement with Israeli entity 14 Oct 2024 - 06:47 pm

Madrid: Spain urged the member states of the European Union (EU) to suspend the bloc's free trade agreement with Israeli entity. This came...

Sri Lanka carrier grounds captain after mid-air argument 14 Oct 2024 - 06:39 pm

Colombo: Sri Lanka's national airline grounded a captain after he locked out his female copilot when she took a toilet break during a...

Polish leader Tusk defends decision to suspend asylum law 14 Oct 2024 - 06:02 pm

Warsaw, Poland: Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk on Monday defended a plan to temporarily suspend the right to asylum as human rights and...

Key issues in Italy's controversial migrant deal with Albania 14 Oct 2024 - 05:30 pm

Rome: Italy's scheme to process in Albania some of the migrants it rescues in the Mediterranean went live Monday, with the transfer of...

Father of 10-year-old girl found dead in the UK called police from Pakistan to say he killed her 14 Oct 2024 - 05:24 pm

LONDON: The father of a 10-year-old girl found dead in her home in England fled to Pakistan and called U.K. police from there...

German lorry driver sentenced to four years in prison over Rebellin death 14 Oct 2024 - 05:18 pm

Rome: An Italian court on Monday sentenced a German truck driver to four years in prison for causing the death of Italian professional...

Second round of polio vaccination begins in Gaza 14 Oct 2024 - 05:15 pm

Deir el-Balah, Palestinian Territories: A second round of a campaign to vaccinate hundreds of thousands of children in Gaza against polio began Monday...