Cross-cultural interpretations of traditional Emirati crafts at Milan Design Week 2023

Sharjah [UAE], April 20: Irthi Contemporary Crafts Council (ICCC) has unveiled an inspiring showcase of modern, cross-cultural interpretations of traditional Emirati crafts as well as...

AED100,000 fine, one year's jail for unlicensed dealing in fireworks: Public Prosecution

Abu Dhabi [UAE], April 20: A penalty of imprisonment for no less than one year and a fine of no less than AED100,000 or either...

Shift in global governance is needed to tackle climate crisis: UN

New York [US], April 20: There needs to be a major shift in global governance to better tackle such current and looming challenges as the...

UK sanctions Lebanese man for 'financing Hezbollah'

London [UK], April 19: The UK government on Tuesday said it had imposed a full asset freeze on a Lebanese businessman suspected of financing Hezbollah.

United Nations lodges concern over reported U.S. eavesdropping on UN chief

United Nations, April 19: The United Nations has officially expressed to the United States the world body's concern over reported surveillance on UN Secretary-General Antonio...

Canada's inflation rises 4.3 pct in March

Ottawa [Canada], April 19: Canada's Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 4.3 percent year over year in March, following a 5.2 percent increase in February. This...

Stop war & talk: G7

Karuizawa[Japan], April 19: G7 countries' Foreign ministers called on Sudan's warring parties to immediately lay down their arms and engage in dialogue. The fighting...

Disruptions ahead as strikes planned at German airports and railways

Berlin [Germany], April 19:German trade union Verdi has called for all-day strikes on Thursday and Friday for employees in several areas of Düsseldorf, Hamburg and...

Bitter fighting in Bakhmut as Putin visits occupied Ukraine

Kyiv [Ukraine], April 19: Heavy fighting continues over the now-destroyed city of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine, as Russian troops attack from the air with heavy...

Brazil rejects US criticism, defends Russia ties and Chinese propaganda on Ukraine...

Brasilia [Brazil], April 19: Brazil pushed back against US criticism that President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is parroting Russian and Chinese propaganda on the...

Saudi and Syria end diplomatic deep-freeze

Damascus [Syria], April 19: Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad met with Saudi Arabia's top diplomat in Damascus on Tuesday, state media reported, ending more than a...

Anti-abortion groups urge US Supreme Court to restrict abortion pill

Washington [US], April 19: The U.S. Supreme Court should restrict the availability of the abortion pill mifepristone, anti-abortion groups challenging the medication's federal regulatory approval...

Alleged leaker Teixeira's unit ordered to halt intelligence mission, Air Force says

Washington [US], April 19 :The U.S. Air Force's 102nd Intelligence Wing, which the alleged leaker of classified information belonged to, has been ordered to halt...

Kansas City homeowner charged in shooting of Black teen released on bond

Kansas City [US], April 19: An 84-year-old white man charged in the shooting and wounding of a Black teenager who mistakenly walked up to the...

At least one dead, 5 injured in Manhattan parking structure collapse

New York [US], April 19: A four-story parking facility collapsed in New York City's lower Manhattan near Pace University and the New York Stock Exchange,...

New York state confirms new chief judge, installing liberal nominee

New York[US], April 19: New York's Senate on Tuesday easily confirmed Governor Kathy Hochul's nominee to lead the state's highest court, elevating a judge favored...

Emirates Publishers Association forging new partnerships at London Book Fair

Sharjah [UAE], April 19: The Emirates Publishers Association (EPA) is participating in the London International Book Fair, being held at Olympia London on April 18-20.

ERC delivering Eid clothing to Syrian orphans

Latakia[Syria], April 19: The Emirates Red Crescent (ERC) team in Latakia Governorate are distributing Eid clothes sets among 60 orphans in the governorate who've lost...

Record 60,310 worshippers at Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque on 27th night of...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], April 19: A record of 60,310 Muslims in Abu Dhabi gathered at the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque on the 27th night of...

Bangladesh's life expectancy falls to 72.3 yrs in 2021

Dhaka [Bangladesh], April 18: Life expectancy at birth in Bangladesh has gone down from 72.8 in 2020 to 72.3 in 2021, according to the "Sample...

Emmanuel Macron: The Reform Is Necessary To Guarantee Retirement And Produce More...

Paris [France], April 18: French President Emmanuel Macron addressed the French people last night. He briefly addressed the issue of pension reform and mentioned three...

Taliban suspends NGO-run schools

Islamabad [Pakistan], April 18:The Taliban Ministry of Education has suspended the activities of all community-based schools in Afghanistan's southern provinces of Kandahar and Helmand that...

Russia sentences critic to jail

Moscow [Russia], April 18: Prominent Kremlin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza was sentenced on Monday by a Moscow court to 25 years in prison for treason, the...

US envoy meets jailed journalist Gershkovich

Moscow [Russia], April 18: The US ambassador in Moscow Lynne Tracy has visited Wall Street Journal journalist Evan Gershkovich, who is being held on espionage...

Airbus, Air France acquitted

Paris [France], April 18: France's national carrier and planemaker Airbus were acquitted of involuntary manslaughter on Monday in the deaths of 228 people killed when...

Iran invites Saudi King

Tehran [Iran], April 18:Iran's leaders have invited their regional rival Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz for an official visit. The move, part of a...

Kuwait, UAE open direct maritime trade route

Kuwait City [Kuwait], April 18: Docking of the container freight ship of Abu Dhabi Ports Group at Al-Shuwaikh Port set the stage for boosting Kuwaiti-UAE...