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Sultan of Oman, Putin discuss cooperation over phone 24 Mar 2023 - 09:50 am

Muscat: H M Sultan Haitham bin Tariq of the Sultanate of Oman received yesterday a phone call from Russian President Vladimir Putin. Talks...

UN mission in Mali reports rising number of deaths 23 Mar 2023 - 11:06 pm

Dakar: The number of people killed in Mali continued to increase in 2022, a UN report said on Wednesday, also linking more than...

Montenegro says it has arrested Korean Crypto fugitive Do Kwon 23 Mar 2023 - 10:33 pm

Podgorica, Montenegro: A man suspected of being fugitive South Korean cryptocurrency entrepreneur Do Kwon, accused of orchestrating a multi-billion-dollar fraud that shook global...

Blinken says US won't remove Cuba from terror list 23 Mar 2023 - 10:17 pm

Washington: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Thursday there were no plans to remove Cuba from a list of state sponsors...

China tries to block prominent Uyghur speaker at UN 23 Mar 2023 - 09:03 pm

Geneva: China attempted on Thursday to block a prominent Uyghur activist from speaking at the UN Human Rights Council, where he demanded the...

Budget readies US for possible China confrontation: Pentagon 23 Mar 2023 - 08:52 pm

Washington: The US military must be ready for possible confrontation with China, the Pentagon's leaders said Thursday, pushing Congress to approve the Defense...

Autism now more common among Black, Hispanic kids in US 23 Mar 2023 - 08:17 pm

NewYork: For the first time, autism is being diagnosed more frequently in Black and Hispanic children than in white kids in the US,...

Russia's only female cosmonaut praises ISS mission 23 Mar 2023 - 08:00 pm

Moscow: Russia's only active female cosmonaut Anna Kikina on Thursday described a "wonderful" atmosphere during her mission to the International Space Station where...

Russia hopes to sign major pipeline deal with China this year 23 Mar 2023 - 07:44 pm

Moscow: A Russian deputy prime minister said on Thursday he hoped Moscow and Beijing would sign a contract to build the massive Power...

IMF warns without reforms, Lebanon could see hyperinflation 23 Mar 2023 - 07:14 pm

BEIRUT: The International Monetary Fund gave a grim assessment on Thursday of Lebanon’s prospects for getting out of its deepening financial crisis, saying...

Ukraine children held by Russia reunited with parents 23 Mar 2023 - 06:58 pm

Kiev: Moments after the bus returning him and more than a dozen other children from Russian-held territory arrived in Kiev, a ten-year-old boy...

Uganda orders Marburg screening after Tanzania outbreak 23 Mar 2023 - 06:35 pm

Kampala: Uganda has ordered health officials to step up screening along its border with Tanzania following a deadly outbreak of the Marburg virus...

Nigerian politician found guilty in UK organ harvesting plot 23 Mar 2023 - 06:34 pm

LONDON:A senior Nigerian politician and his wife were found guilty on Thursday of conspiring to transport a street trader to the U.K. as...

Hungary would not arrest Putin over ICC warrant: govt official 23 Mar 2023 - 06:17 pm

Budapest: Hungary would not arrest Russian President Vladimir Putin if he entered its territory, Prime Minister Viktor Orban's chief of staff said on...

Death toll from Pakistan, Afghanistan quake rises to 21 23 Mar 2023 - 05:50 pm

ISLAMABAD: The death toll from a magnitude 6.5 earthquake that struck much of Pakistan and neighboring Afghanistan earlier this week rose to 21...

TikTok chief faces grilling in US Congress as ban looms 23 Mar 2023 - 05:12 pm

Washington: TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew will fight for the survival of the hugely popular video-sharing app in the United States on Thursday,...

Chinese diplomats oppose US military presence in Philippines 23 Mar 2023 - 04:53 pm

MANILA: Chinese diplomats expressed their strong opposition to an expanded United States military presence in the Philippines in closed-door talks with their Filipino...