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US House Speaker Pelosi lands in Taiwan; Chinese warplanes take to skies 02 Aug 2022 - 06:41 pm

TAIPEI: U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrived in Chinese-claimed Taiwan aboard a U.S. military aircraft late on Tuesday, the first such...

Dozens of settlers storm Al-Aqsa Mosque 02 Aug 2022 - 02:45 pm

Occupied Jerusalem: Dozens of settlers stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque on Tuesday under the heavy guard of the Israeli occupation police. The Department of Islamic...

World’s No. 2 clothes exporter faces order drop as power falters 02 Aug 2022 - 02:35 pm

Bangladesh’s garment industry, the world’s No. 2 exporter after China, is facing a double whammy from slowing global demand and an energy crisis...

Shelter rescues parched animals as France bakes in third heatwave 02 Aug 2022 - 01:53 pm

SAINT-CEZAIRE-SUR-SIAGNE, France: With temperatures soaring once again across southern France, Laura Borderes uses a syringe to feed an infant squirrel now in the...

1 Killed, 5 injured in shooting in Washington D.C. 02 Aug 2022 - 01:30 pm

Washington: One person was killed and at least five were injured in a shooting late on Monday in the northeastern part of Washington...

Biden names FEMA, CDC officials to head US monkeypox response 02 Aug 2022 - 01:06 pm

U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday appointed top officials from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Centers for Disease Control and...

One killed, one injured in aircraft crash western Malaysia 02 Aug 2022 - 12:49 pm

Kuala Lumpur:A person was killed and other injured in aircraft crash Monday, in the state of Perak, western Malaysia. A flight instructor was...

UK house prices rise least in a year in a sign of slowdown 02 Aug 2022 - 12:30 pm

UK house prices barely rose in July, indicating the property market is cooling in response to the worsening cost of living crisis. The...

Schiphol Airport says passenger caps to continue through October 02 Aug 2022 - 12:18 pm

Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport said on Tuesday that passenger caps introduced for the summer season to cope with long waiting times and other logistical...

Tourism workers strike as Indonesia hikes fee to see rare dragons 02 Aug 2022 - 12:14 pm

JAKARTA: Hundreds of Indonesian tourism workers were on strike on Tuesday over a hefty hike in ticket prices to see the country's famous...

Hong Kong lowers age for Sinovac vaccine shot to six months 02 Aug 2022 - 11:50 am

HONG KONG: Hong Kong on Tuesday reduced the minimum age for getting vaccinated with China's Sinovac COVID-19 shot to six months from three...

How the CIA identified and killed Al-Qaeda leader Zawahiri 02 Aug 2022 - 11:43 am

WASHINGTON: Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed in a U.S. strike in Afghanistan over the weekend, the biggest blow to the militant...

California forest fire kills 2, rainfall helps fight flames 02 Aug 2022 - 11:25 am

YREKA, Calif: Two bodies were found inside a burned-out car in the path of a huge northern California forest fire raging near the...

Spain edges closer to pre-pandemic tourism levels with 7.5 mln visitors in June 02 Aug 2022 - 11:11 am

MADRID:More than twice as many tourists visited Spain in June than in the same month last year and they spent almost three times...

Al Qaeda leader Zawahiri killed in US drone strike in Kabul 02 Aug 2022 - 11:01 am

KABUL/WASHINGTON: The United States killed al Qaeda leader Ayman Al Zawahiri in a "precision" strike in the centre of Kabul, the Afghanistan capital,...

China says it is in communication with U.S. over Pelosi's expected 02 Aug 2022 - 10:53 am

BEIJING:China has been in communication with the United States over U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi's expected visit to Taiwan, Chinese foreign...