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High temperatures pose major challenge in Hajj season: Saudi Ministry of Health 11 Jun 2024 - 12:25 pm

Makkah Al Mukaramah: The Saudi Ministry of Health confirmed that this years Hajj season faces a major challenge, represented by a significant rise...

Singapore Airlines offers $10,000 to passengers hurt by turbulence 11 Jun 2024 - 11:42 am

Singapore:Singapore Airlines (SIA) said Tuesday it had offered $10,000 in compensation to passengers who suffered minor injuries on a flight hit by extreme...

UK's Sunak to unveil tax-cutting manifesto 11 Jun 2024 - 11:37 am

London: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will promise voters "financial security" and tax cuts when he unveils his Conservative party manifesto on Tuesday,...

Chinese Premier Li to visit Australia as trade ties warm 11 Jun 2024 - 11:31 am

Sydney: China's Premier Li Qiang will travel to Australia this weekend on the highest-ranking visit in seven years, Canberra announced Tuesday, as the...

Animals killed as fire rips through Bangkok pet market 11 Jun 2024 - 10:07 am

Bangkok: A fire ripped through pet shops next to Bangkok's famed Chatuchak market early Tuesday, killing caged dogs, cats, birds and snakes, and...

LIVE UPDATES: Israel continues to bomb parts of Gaza as UNSC approves immediate ceasefire 11 Jun 2024 - 08:50 am

Doha, Qatar: At least eight were killed, most of them children, and several injured following an Israeli attack on a residential apartment in...

North China bakes under searing heatwave 11 Jun 2024 - 08:13 am

Beijing: An extreme heat warning was in place in Beijing on Tuesday as temperatures soared across northern China, after a swathe of the...

Hamas welcomes UN resolution on permanent Gaza ceasefire 11 Jun 2024 - 12:05 am

Doha, Qatar: In a statement, Hamas announcedon Monday that it welcomes a permanent ceasefire, Israel’s compete withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, a captive-prisoner...

UN Security Council adopts a ceasefire resolution aimed at ending Israel-Hamas war in Gaza 10 Jun 2024 - 11:47 pm

United Nations: The UN Security Council on Monday approved its first resolution endorsing a ceasefire plan aimed at ending the eight-month war between...

Gaza conference in Jordan seeks unified response mechanism to humanitarian situation in the Strip 10 Jun 2024 - 09:00 pm

Amman: Jordan is due to hold an international conference tomorrow, June 11, on the urgent humanitarian response for the Gaza Strip. The conference...

Malawi launches search for missing plane carrying vice president 10 Jun 2024 - 08:52 pm

Malawi’s government said a search has been launched for a plane carrying Vice President Saulos Chilima and nine other passengers that went missing...

Plane carrying Malawi's VP missing: govt 10 Jun 2024 - 07:13 pm

Lilongwe, Malawi: A military aircraft carrying Malawi's vice president Saulos Chilima has been reported missing after it failed to make a landing Monday...

Spotted? Leopard-like animal seen at India's swearing-in ceremony 10 Jun 2024 - 06:15 pm

New Delhi: As India's government took the oath of office at the presidential palace flanked by honour guards, a fleeting sight was spotted...

Greece to bake in season's first heatwave: minister 10 Jun 2024 - 06:08 pm

Athens: Greece will endure a three-day heatwave starting Tuesday with temperatures exceeding 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit), the country's civil protection minister said...

Moderna combo flu and Covid vaccine performs well in trial 10 Jun 2024 - 05:32 pm

Washington: Moderna's prototype combination influenza and Covid vaccine outperformed currently authorized standalone shots for those viruses in a clinical trial, the US biotech...

Hail smashes plane as thunderstorms lash Austria 10 Jun 2024 - 05:16 pm

Vienna: A hailstorm badly damaged a passenger plane approaching Vienna on Sunday, the airline said, as Austria grappled with violent thunderstorms and widespread...