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UK and US spy chiefs warn of threat to world order 07 Sep 2024 - 12:22 pm

London: CIA Director Bill Burns and UK MI6 chief Richard Moore warned on Saturday that the world order was "under threat in a...

UAE's Etihad finds 'no issues' with engines of A350 fleet: statement 07 Sep 2024 - 11:52 am

Dubai: UAE carrier Etihad Airways said it found no issues with the engines of its Airbus A350 fleet following inspections prompted by an...

Kitten rescuers cause LA freeway smash - and don't save cat 07 Sep 2024 - 11:01 am

Los Angeles, United States: Two animal lovers who stopped on a US freeway to rescue a stranded kitten caused a three-vehicle crash --...

Futebol-crazed Brazil is falling for another kind of football 07 Sep 2024 - 10:34 am

Rio De Janeiro: Sitting at home in this sun-soaked Brazilian metropolis,Flavia Ponce de Leon was daydreaming again of that distant, magical place. Green...

How a taxi driver in El Salvador got rich with Bitcoin 07 Sep 2024 - 10:12 am

San Salvador: Napoleon Osorio is proud of being the first taxi driver to have accepted payment in bitcoin in the first country in...

Super Typhoon Yagi hits Vietnam after killing two in China 07 Sep 2024 - 09:40 am

Hai Phong, Vietnam: Super Typhoon Yagi uprooted thousands of trees and swept ships and boats out to sea as it made landfall in...

Anguished parents wait for news after Kenya school fire kills 17 07 Sep 2024 - 09:09 am

Endarasha, Kenya: Families of children at a Kenyan primary school where a dormitory blaze killed 17 boys were facing an anguished wait Saturday...

Boeing's beleaguered Starliner back home empty 07 Sep 2024 - 08:18 am

Washington: Boeing's beleaguered Starliner returned to Earth empty Saturday after NASA deemed it too risky to bring home the astronauts who rode the...

West Africa flooding displaces nearly 950,000 people 06 Sep 2024 - 11:54 pm

Abidjan: Severe flooding in West Africa has displaced nearly 950,000 people and disrupted children's education at the start of the school year, international...

Muslim World League condemns Israeli bombing of Gaza's Al-Zaytoun 06 Sep 2024 - 11:37 pm

Makkah: The Muslim World League (MWL) has expressed its strongest condemnation of the bombardment carried out by the Israeli occupation forces in the...

Aerial footage reveals Ukrainian border town in ruins 06 Sep 2024 - 10:30 pm

Kyiv: A Ukrainian border town caught in the crosshairs of a Russian offensive earlier this year has been devastated by fighting, aerial video...

New York judge delays Trump sentencing until after election 06 Sep 2024 - 10:01 pm

New York: The New York judge who presided over Donald Trump's hush money trial on Friday delayed sentencing until after November's US presidential...

War on Gaza: Death toll rises to 40,878; more than half of Gaza homes destroyed 06 Sep 2024 - 08:38 pm

Doha, Qatar: Israel’s relentless war on Gaza has killed at least 40,878 Palestinians, with more than16,500 of them children. Most of the dead...

Paris wants to honor late Ugandan Olympian Cheptegei by naming sports venue after her 06 Sep 2024 - 07:00 pm

Paris: The city of Paris wants to honor the late Ugandan Olympic runner Rebecca Cheptegei by naming a sports venue after her. The...

A man is sentenced to 9 years in prison for arson following far-right riots in northern England 06 Sep 2024 - 06:45 pm

London:A man who helped fuel a fire outside a hotel housing more than 200 asylum-seekers was sentenced Friday to nine years in prison,...

Bomb threat forces Vistara airline plane en route to Frankfurt to land in Turkey 06 Sep 2024 - 06:43 pm

Ankara, Turkey: A Vistara airline flight en route to Germany made a forced landing in Turkey on Friday following a bomb threat, a...

Palestinian Foreign Ministry condemns murder of American activist in Nablus by occupation forces 06 Sep 2024 - 06:39 pm

Ramallah: The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs strongly condemned what it described as a horrific execution committed by Israeli occupation forces today against...