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Sri Lanka wins IMF approval for $330 million payout 19 Oct 2023 - 10:59 pm

Sri Lanka secured a staff-level agreement with the International Monetary Fund, paving the way for the nation to receive the next tranche of...

Defendant in rapper Tupac Shakur killing back in court 19 Oct 2023 - 08:39 pm

Los Angeles: The man accused of murder in connection with the gang-feud slaying of rapper Tupac Shakur a quarter of a century ago...

Egypt-Gaza border crossing to open Friday: state-linked media 19 Oct 2023 - 06:29 pm

Cairo: The Rafah bordercrossingbetween Egypt and the war-torn Gaza Strip "will open tomorrow", state-linked television Al Qahera News reported Thursday, as calls for...

Diphtheria outbreak kills 58 in Guinea 19 Oct 2023 - 05:10 pm

Conakry: An outbreak of diphtheria in northeastern Guinea has killed 58 people, many of them young children, the World Health Organization (WHO) said...

Philippines’ Marcos says sovereign wealth fund will proceed 19 Oct 2023 - 04:26 pm

The establishment of the Philippines’ first sovereign wealth fund will proceed, according to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., who said the government is only...

French airports again hit by fake bomb threats 19 Oct 2023 - 04:09 pm

Paris: At least 14 French airports received bomb threats on Thursday, with at least eight evacuated, in the latest series of false alarms...

Sunak highlights importance of aid to Gaza 19 Oct 2023 - 04:04 pm

Britain's Prime Minister RishiSunakon Thursday pressed Israel to let more humanitarian aid into Gaza as he stepped up a campaign by Western leaders...

Palestinians in Gaza feel nowhere is safe amid unrelenting Israeli airstrikes 19 Oct 2023 - 12:16 pm

Khan Younis, Gaza Strip: Israeli airstrikes pounded locations across the Gaza Strip early Thursday, including parts of the south that Israel had declared...

Pakistan court grants bail to exiled ex-PM Nawaz Sharif ahead of his return 19 Oct 2023 - 10:47 am

Islamabad,Pakistan: APakistancourt on Thursday granted bail to exiled former prime minister and graft convict Nawaz Sharif, his lawyer said, adding that this means...

Mohamed Salah breaks silence on Gaza in viral video 18 Oct 2023 - 10:14 pm

Doha, Qatar: Liverpool and Egypt national team superstar forward Mohamed Salah took to his X (formerly Twitter) account to broadcast his message of...

Israel to allow aid to enter Gaza from Egyptian side: Netanyahu’s office 18 Oct 2023 - 07:15 pm

Doha, Qatar:Israel will not allow humanitarian supplies into Gaza from the Israeli side of the border but will not block aid coming from...

Swedish Tesla workers to strike over union demands 18 Oct 2023 - 04:40 pm

Stockholm: Tesla mechanics in Sweden will walk off the job on October 27 unless the electric carmaker agrees to sign a collective wage...

Turkey to declare 3 days' mourning over Gaza hospital strike 18 Oct 2023 - 04:31 pm

Istanbul: Turkey will declare three days' mourning over a deadly strike on a hospital in war-torn Gaza that killed hundreds, a Turkish official...

UK's British Museum says hundreds of stolen items recovered 18 Oct 2023 - 03:13 pm

London: The British Museum in London has recovered 350 of approximately 2,000 artefacts believed to have been stolen from its collection by an...

'This is a massacre': Gaza takes stock after deadly hospital strike 18 Oct 2023 - 02:29 pm

Gaza City, Palestinian Territories: Gazans combed through the debris of the devastated hospital, collecting the bodies of the dead in the battered enclave...

Spending by visitors to Japan beats pre-pandemic levels 18 Oct 2023 - 01:56 pm

Spending by foreign visitors to Japan exceeded pre-pandemic levels in September as the weak yen boosted their consumption power, giving a needed jolt...

Six French airports evacuated after 'threats of attack': police source 18 Oct 2023 - 01:52 pm

Paris: Six airports across France were evacuated on Wednesday after emailed "threats of attack", a police source told AFP, the latest in a...

Marcos suspends Philippine wealth fund formation 18 Oct 2023 - 12:11 pm

Manila: Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos has suspended the implementation of a law creating a multi-billion-dollar sovereign wealth fund, the government said Wednesday. The...