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Macron dissolves French parliament, calls snap election after EU vote defeat 10 Jun 2024 - 12:37 am

PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron decided to dissolve the lower house of the parliament and called for new general elections after his party...

Newly chosen Haitian prime minister discharged from hospital after spending a night in treatment 10 Jun 2024 - 12:18 am

PortAuPrince: Haiti's newly selected Prime Minister Garry Conille was discharged from a hospital on Sunday after spending a night in treatment for an...

GCC-Turkiye joint action plan proven effective, says PM 09 Jun 2024 - 11:44 pm

Doha, Qatar: Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani emphasized that the joint action...

Gulf-Yemeni relations are fraternal, solid, and well-established: PM 09 Jun 2024 - 09:52 pm

Doha, Qatar: Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani affirmed today, June 9, that...

Volcano rumblings prompt air traffic alert in Guatemala 09 Jun 2024 - 09:12 pm

Guatemala City: One of the most active volcanoes in Central America spewed gas and ash on Sunday, prompting Guatemalan authorities to warn air...

Kenyan police to deploy to Haiti within weeks: Ruto 09 Jun 2024 - 09:00 pm

Nairobi: Kenyan police will deploy to quell gang violence in Haiti probably within weeks, the east African country's President William Ruto said on...

Seoul resumes loudspeaker propaganda against North 09 Jun 2024 - 07:00 pm

Seoul: South Korea resumed Sunday a loudspeaker propaganda campaign against the North as Pyongyang sent a fresh barrage of trash-filled balloons across the...

GCC calls for decisive international action to stop Israeli Occupation's crimes against Palestinians 09 Jun 2024 - 05:58 pm

Riyadh:The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) condemned the brutal Israeli occupation attack on the Nuseirat camp in the Gaza Strip, during which the occupation...

Iran approves six candidates for June 28 presidential vote 09 Jun 2024 - 03:29 pm

Tehran: Iran on Sunday announced the six candidates, mostly conservatives, approved for the June 28 election to replace President Ebrahim Raisi, who was...

Seoul to resume loudspeaker propaganda against North 09 Jun 2024 - 01:24 pm

Seoul: South Korea announced Sunday that it would resume loudspeaker propaganda campaigns against the North after Pyongyang sent a fresh barrage of trash-filled...

LIVE UPDATES: Nightmare as Gaza hospitals overwhelmed with dead and injured 09 Jun 2024 - 12:58 pm

Doha, Qatar:With more than 200 killed and over 400 wounded, Israel's raid on Nuseirat has been described as "complete bloodbath" by doctors working...

Algerian President calls for holding presidential elections in September 08 Jun 2024 - 08:37 pm

Algiers: Abdelmadjid Tebboune has called for holding presidential elections on Sept. 7. In a statement on Saturday, the Presidency of the Republic of...

Colombia to suspend coal sales to Israeli entity over Gaza onslaught 08 Jun 2024 - 08:10 pm

Bogotá: Colombian President Gustavo Petro announced Saturday that his government will suspend coal exports to Israel while it continues its war against the...

Wildfires in south Lebanon after Israeli bombardment: media, rescuer 08 Jun 2024 - 06:28 pm

Beirut, Lebanon: Israeli strikes Saturday on southern Lebanon sparked massive wildfires, state media and a first responder said, the latest fallout from escalating...

North Korea sends trash-carrying balloons again: Seoul military 08 Jun 2024 - 05:37 pm

Seoul: North Korea again sent trash-carrying balloons towards the South on Saturday, the South Korean military said, after anti-Pyongyang activists in the South...

Muslim-majority allies urge world to up pressure on Israel 08 Jun 2024 - 05:24 pm

Doha: An alliance of mostly Muslim-majority countries including Turkey, Egypt and Iran on Saturday demanded full Palestinian membership of the United Nations and...

Python swallows woman whole in Indonesia 08 Jun 2024 - 04:03 pm

Makassar, Indonesia: A woman has been found dead inside the belly of a snake after it swallowed her whole in central Indonesia, a...

Centenarian WWII vet marries in French town after D-Day events 08 Jun 2024 - 03:14 pm

Carentan, France:It might have been the longest wait but on Saturday 100-year-old American World War II veteran Harold Terens married his 96-year-old fiancee...