Joe Biden Holds Talks With His Chinese Counterpart on Video Link
WASHINGTON: U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping stressed their responsibility to the rest of the world to avoid conflict as the heads...
At Least Three Killed As Suicide Blasts Rock Ugandan Capital Kampala
Kampala: At least three people were killed and 33 injured in two separate suicide attacks in the Ugandan capital, Kampala, on Tuesday morning, according to...
Russia Starts Missile Supplies to India
MOSCOW: Russia has started supplying India with S-400 air defence missile systems, Russian news agencies reported citing Dmitry Shugayev, the head of the Russian military...
Malala Fears Taliban will Keep Girls Out of School
Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai on Sunday said that she was concerned that the Taliban’s block on girls’ education in Afghanistan will not be...
Earthquake Hits UAE, Iran
DUBAI: Earthquake tremors were felt in Dubai and Abu Dhabi on Sunday after a 6.2-magnitude earthquake hit Iran at 4:07pm local time. Some buildings shook...
Biden To Meet His Chinese Counterpart on November 15
NEW YORK: President Joe Biden’s highly anticipated virtual summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping will take place on Monday, the White House announced. “Following their September 9...
China Administers 8.5 Million COVID-19 Vaccines In Last 24 Hours
BEIJING: In China, 8.5 million people were vaccinated against coronavirus yesterday. The Chinese government’s ongoing campaign against the pandemic is being hailed as crucial. According...
Saudi Arabia To Give Citizenship For The First Time
Riyadh: Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has approved a new law that grants citizenship to highly skilled foreigners in the Sharia, legal, medical,...
Three killed In Blast At Afghan Mosque
JALALABAD: At least three people were killed and 15 wounded Friday by a blast at a mosque in Afghanistan’s restive Nangarhar province, a hospital official...
Elon Musk Sells $5 bln in Tesla Shares
Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk sold about $5 billion in shares, the billionaire reported in filings on Wednesday, just days after he polled Twitter users about...
US Inflation Hit 31-Year High
WASHINGTON: U.S. consumer prices accelerated in October as Americans paid more for gasoline and food, leading to the biggest annual gain in 31 years, more...
Kuwaiti Actress Lauds Bill Gates, Offers To Marry Him
Kuwait: Kuwaiti actress and singer Shams Bandar Al-Aslami has offered to marry US billionaire and Microsoft founder Bill Gates through a tweet. It is noteworthy...
Aid Resumption to Afghanistan Unlikely: World Bank
KABUL: President of World Bank David Malpass said that it is unlikely for them to resume direct aid to Afghanistan citing challenges in the payment...
At least 26 Children Die In Niger School Fire
Maradi: At least 26 schoolchildren were killed when their classrooms made out of straw and wood were engulfed in a blaze in southern Niger on...
Small Plane Crashes in Brazil
SAO PAULO: Brazilian country singer Marilia Mendonca was killed on Friday along with her manager and aide when the small airplane they were traveling in...
Smog Engulfs Delhi After Diwali
NEW DELHI: Delhi recorded its worst day-after-Diwali air quality since 2016, with the air quality index, or AQI, soaring to 462 on the back of...
US Gives Final Approval To COVID-19 Shots For Kids 5 to 11
WASHINGTON: Seven-year-old Gael Coreas stuck out his left arm fearlessly to receive his first COVID-19 shot at a health clinic in the nation’s capital on...
Cargo Plane Crash-Lands In Somalia
Mogadishu: A cargo plane on Wednesday caught fire after it crash-landed at Dolow town airfield in Southern Somalia, officials said. Dolow airport is dusty airstrip...
IAF Promotes Abhinandan As Group Commander
NEW DELHI: Indian Air Force’s Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman whose MiG-21 Bison was downed by Pakistan Air Force has been promoted as group commander. Wing...
Tesla Recalls Nearly 12,000 Vehicles Over Software Fault
Tesla Inc is recalling nearly 12,000 US vehicles sold since 2017 because a communication error may cause a false forward-collision warning or unexpected activation of...