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Dubai reels from floods chaos after record rains
Apr 18, 2024
DUBAI — Dubai's giant highways were clogged by flooding and airport passengers were urged to stay away on Wednesday as the glitzy financial centre reeled from record rains.Huge tailbacks snaked along six-lane expressways after up to 254 millimetres of rain — about two years' worth — fell on the desert United Arab Emirates on Tuesday.At least one pe ...
Security Council to vote Thursday on Palestinian state UN membership
Apr 18, 2024
UNITED NATIONS, United States — The United Nations Security Council will vote Thursda ...
Hizbollah says struck Israel base in retaliation for fighters' killing
Apr 18, 2024
BEIRUT — Lebanon's Iran-backed Hizbollah group said it launched a drone and missile a ...
UN agency finds unexploded 1,000-pound bombs in Gaza schools
Apr 17, 2024
JERUSALEM — The UN agency for Palestinian refugees said Tuesday it had found unexploded 1,000-pound bombs inside schools after Israel pulled ...
France hosts Sudan talks a year into 'forgotten' war
Apr 16, 2024
PARIS — France and its allies on Monday sought to drum up hundreds of millions in aid for Sudan a year since civil war erupted, sparking one ...
Israel presses on in Gaza as world awaits reaction to Iran attack
Apr 16, 2024
PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES — Israel bombed war-battered Gaza, Hamas said on Monday, as world leaders awaited Israel's reaction but urged de-esc ...
World urges restraint after unprecedented Iran attack on Israel
Apr 15, 2024
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — World leaders urged restraint on Sunday after Israel came under an unprecedented attack from Iranian drones and missile ...
Dozens still stranded after deadly Turkey cable car accident
Apr 14, 2024
ISTANBUL — Forty-three people remained stranded in mid-air on Saturday, hours after a pylon supporting cable cars collapsed outside the sout ...
US vows 'ironclad' support for Israel against Iran attack
Apr 14, 2024
REHOBOTH BEACH, United States — The United States pledged to support Israel's defence against an Iranian drone attack on Saturday as Preside ...
Hamas, Israel dampen hopes for speedy Gaza truce deal
Apr 09, 2024
GAZA STRIP, Palestinian Territories — Hams and Israel both dampened hopes on Monday of a speedy breakthrough in Cairo talks towards a Gaza t ...
Iran FM opens new Syria consulate after deadly strike
Apr 09, 2024
DAMASCUS — Iran's foreign minister inaugurated the country's new consulate in Damascus on Monday, a week after a deadly strike blamed on Isr ...
Israel says readiness advances for ‘war’ on Lebanon border
Apr 08, 2024
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — The Israeli forces on Sunday said it had reached “another phase” of preparation for war on its northern border with Leb ...
US says truce talks on, after  Gaza aid worker death outcry
Apr 07, 2024
GAZA STRIP, Palestinian Territories — American and Israeli negotiators are expected in Cairo over the weekend for a renewed push to reach a ...
Sudanese rue shattered dreams as war enters second year
Apr 17, 2024
Oman floods kill 16 including schoolchildren
Apr 16, 2024
Somalia names new spy chief
Apr 05, 2024
Iran supreme leader prays over bodies of slain Guards
Apr 05, 2024
UN chief calls aid worker deaths in Gaza 'unconscionable'
Apr 03, 2024
8 killed as Israel strikes Iran embassy annex in Damascus: monitor
Apr 02, 2024
Algeria welcomes French vote on 1961 colonialist 'crime'
Apr 01, 2024
New Palestinian government gets wary greeting
Apr 01, 2024
Syria strikes kill 13, including Iran Guard — monitor
Mar 27, 2024
Qatar says negotiations 'ongoing' for Gaza truce
Mar 27, 2024
US circulates draft UN resolution seeking immediate Gaza ceasefire
Mar 21, 2024
At least 50 attacks on ships by Yemen's Houthis
Mar 21, 2024
Hamas says latest Israeli position on Gaza truce 'generally negative'
Mar 20, 2024
War monitor says Israel strikes Syria weapons depot
Mar 17, 2024
Yemen rebels, Hamas discuss 'expanding confrontations' with Israel — Houthi source
Mar 17, 2024
Spain, Egypt FMs call for Palestinian state, more aid to Gaza
Mar 14, 2024
'Israel strike on car in south Lebanon kills at least one'
Mar 13, 2024
Chinese, Russian warships join naval exercise with Iran
Mar 12, 2024
Sudan soon to be ‘world’s largest hunger crisis’ — WFP
Mar 06, 2024
Biden: ‘very dangerous’ if no Gaza ceasefire by Ramadan
Mar 06, 2024
US vice president calls for ‘immediate ceasefire’ in Gaza
Mar 04, 2024
US envoy in Beirut for talks on Israel-Lebanon border hostilities
Mar 04, 2024

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