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Canada completes its first Sudan evacuation flight 27 Apr 2023 - 08:16 pm

Ottawa: Canada's Defense Minister Anita Anand announced on Thursday the completion of her country's first military flight out of war-torn Sudan, carrying evacuees....

Brittney Griner gets emotional discussing Russian detainment 27 Apr 2023 - 08:05 pm

Phoenix: Brittney Griner got emotional quickly. Speaking to reporters for the first time since a nearly 10-month detainment in Russia on drug-related charges,...

Ailing Erdogan re-emerges by video link with Putin 27 Apr 2023 - 06:00 pm

Istanbul: Turkey's ailing President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday re-emerged from a two-day absence and spoke by video link with Vladimir Putin at...

Jerry Springer, politician-turned-TV ringmaster, dies at 79 27 Apr 2023 - 05:56 pm

Cincinnati: Jerry Springer, the onetime mayor and news anchor whose namesake TV show featured a three-ring circus of dysfunctional families willing to bare...

Buddha statue found in Egypt points to ancient India links 27 Apr 2023 - 05:32 pm

Cairo: A statue of Buddha has been discovered in Egypt's ancient seaport of Berenice on the Red Sea, shedding light on trade ties...

Fighters rampage in Darfur city despite Sudan truce 27 Apr 2023 - 04:43 pm

Cairo: Armed fighters rampaged through a main city in Sudan’s war-ravaged region of Darfur on Thursday, battling each other and looting shops and...

One of world's oldest newspapers to end daily print run 27 Apr 2023 - 04:38 pm

Vienna: One of the world's oldest newspapers still in print, Austria's Wiener Zeitung, will primarily move online, after a decision on Thursday by...

French diggers destroy Indian Ocean island shanties 27 Apr 2023 - 04:34 pm

Longoni, France: French authorities on Thursday razed an informal settlement on the Indian Ocean island of Mayotte after overnight unrest sparked by government...

Spain heatwave to peak with record April temperatures 27 Apr 2023 - 03:26 pm

Madrid: An unusually early heatwave in drought-hit Spain is set to peak on Thursday and Friday with temperatures expected to break April records...

Australia rediscovers 'football's Ashes' after 69 years 27 Apr 2023 - 02:47 pm

Sydney: A long-lost trophy crafted to celebrate matches between Australia and New Zealand has resurfaced, football officials said Tuesday, solving a sporting mystery...

Spain to vote on key housing law ahead of elections 27 Apr 2023 - 02:11 pm

Madrid: Lawmakers vote Thursday on a housing bill aimed at capping soaring rents and addressing Spain's dire social housing shortage as the government...

Thai woman charged with cyanide murder as list of victims grows 27 Apr 2023 - 01:51 pm

Bangkok: Thai police have widened their investigation into a woman accused of a spate of cyanide poisoning murders, with officers on Thursday raising...

Young woman rescued in Kuwait after jumping off bridge 27 Apr 2023 - 01:08 pm

Doha: A 27-year-old woman was rescued by Kuwait's Fire and Marine Rescue Department after she jumped off the Sheikh Jaber Bridge. According to...

UK asks citizens to evacuate before Sudan ceasefire ends 27 Apr 2023 - 01:06 pm

London: Foreign Secretary James Cleverly urged Britons and their relatives in Sudan to use evacuation flights Thursday while they are still available, as...

7 killed in fire on passenger train in southern Pakistan 27 Apr 2023 - 01:02 pm

KARACHI, Pakistan: At least seven people were killed after a car on a moving passenger train caught fire overnight in southern Pakistan, officials...

Ukraine has received 1,550 armoured vehicles, 230 tanks: NATO chief 27 Apr 2023 - 12:57 pm

Brussels: NATO allies and partners have provided Ukraine with 1,550 armoured vehicles and 230 tanks to form units and help it retake territory...

Gold worth QR170,000 seized from Doha passenger at Kochi airport 27 Apr 2023 - 11:18 am

Doha: A passenger flying from Doha to Kerala was on Tuesday apprehended for illegally travelling with nearly 1 kilogram of gold, according to...

China sends navy to evacuate citizens in Sudan 27 Apr 2023 - 09:53 am

Beijing: China has deployed its navy to rescue citizens from conflict-hit Sudan, the defence ministry in Beijing said on Thursday. Multiple nations have...