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Finnish court throws out Eagle S cable damage case for lack of jurisdiction 03 Oct 2025 - 08:40 pm

Helsinki:A Finnish court on Friday dismissed charges against the captain and two officers of the oil tanker Eagle S, ruling it lacked jurisdiction...

WFP slashes emergency food aid to Somalia by two-thirds amid severe funding shortfall 03 Oct 2025 - 08:36 pm

Nairobi: The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has announced a drastic reduction in its emergency food assistance in Somalia, slashing support by...

7th Sulaymaniyah International Book Fair kicks off in Iraq 03 Oct 2025 - 08:33 pm

Baghdad: The 7th edition of the Sulaymaniyah International Book Fair kicked off Friday in Iraq, featuring the participation of 250 publishing houses and...

GCC welcomes UN efforts to integrate human rights into national laws and policies 03 Oct 2025 - 08:10 pm

Geneva: The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries have welcomed the United Nations' ongoing efforts to integrate human rights principles into national laws and...

Oman affirms concern for safety of its citizens in Global Sumud Flotilla 03 Oct 2025 - 07:26 pm

Muscat: The Sultanate of Oman affirmed that it is following closely the situation of the Omani citizens participating in the Global Humanitarian Convoy...

No safe zones for Palestinians in Southern Gaza: UNICEF 03 Oct 2025 - 07:03 pm

Geneva: The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) confirmed Friday that there are no safe places for Palestinians forcibly displaced from Gaza City by...

Protests, strikes across Italy for Gaza flotilla 03 Oct 2025 - 05:39 pm

Rome: Over 200,000 people protested across Italy Friday as they downed tools in support of the Gaza aid flotilla in a strike that...

Dutch Supreme Court orders government to review policies on weapons exports to Israel 03 Oct 2025 - 05:29 pm

Amsterdam: The Dutch Supreme Court ordered today the government to review its policies on weapons exports to Israel, but the court did not...

New direct flight route links China's Shenzhen with Indonesia's Manado 03 Oct 2025 - 05:12 pm

Shezhen:A new international air route connecting south China's Shenzhen with Manado in Indonesia was launched on Friday, marking the first deployment of a...

Fire at Chevron refinery in California contained with no injuries 03 Oct 2025 - 04:42 pm

Washington: Plumes of smoke towered above a Chevron oil refinery in southern California late on Thursday following reports of an explosion, although the...

Indonesia suspends TikTok licence over failure to share data 03 Oct 2025 - 04:13 pm

Jakarta: Indonesia's government has suspended the operating licence of video-sharing app TikTok because the platform refused to share data about recent anti-government protests,...

US delays publishing key jobs report due to government shutdown 03 Oct 2025 - 04:03 pm

Washington: The United States suspended the publication of a key employment report Friday as a partial government shutdown entered its third day, casting...

Luxembourg enthrones new grand duke after royal abdication 03 Oct 2025 - 03:18 pm

Luxembourg: Thousands of people, including European royalty, thronged Luxembourg Friday to witness the enthronement of Grand Duke Guillaume as monarch after his father,...

'First of its kind' power surge behind Iberia blackout: experts 03 Oct 2025 - 03:08 pm

Paris: The power surge that caused paralysing blackouts in Spain and Portugal in April was an unprecedented event in Europe and maybe the...

India and China to resume direct flights after 5 years 03 Oct 2025 - 12:26 pm

New Delhi: India and China will resume direct flights between their two countries this month after a five-year suspension, officials said, with bookings...

Putin expresses support for Trump's Gaza proposal 02 Oct 2025 - 11:51 pm

Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin has stated that Moscow is ready to support a Gaza proposal put forward by former US President Donald...

Sudan's capital confronts Nile's wrath in record flood 02 Oct 2025 - 10:57 pm

Khartoum:In the outskirts of Wad Ramli, north ofSudan's capital Khartoum, the familiar passageways have vanished. Surging Nile waters, having breached sections of earthen...

Philippine quake toll hits 72, aftershocks at 2,652 expected to continue in coming days 02 Oct 2025 - 10:48 pm

Doha: A total of 72 fatalities have so far been recorded after search and rescue operations concluded following the magnitude-6.9 earthquake that hit...