Protesters torch Bangladesh newspaper offices after student leader dies
Dhaka [Bangladesh], December 20: The Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka was on edge on Friday (December 19), with the offices of several newspapers still reeling from...
Trump defends increase in unemployment
New York [US], December 20: President Donald Trump on Friday (December 19) defended an increase in the unemployment rate in the U.S., stating that "100%...
Bowing to Congress, Justice Department releases more Epstein records
New York [US], December 20: The U.S. Justice Department released a new trove of documents from its investigations into the late financier and convicted sex...
Abu Dhabi Finance Week 2025 receives over 35,000 attendees
Abu Dhabi [UAE], December 20: Abu Dhabi Finance Week (ADFW) 2025 has attracted more than 35,000 participants during a week of dynamic discussions, announcements, and...
MoF announces Cabinet Resolution on implementing reverse charge mechanism for VAT on...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], December 20: The Ministry of Finance (MoF) has announced the issuance of Cabinet Decision No. 153 of 2025 regarding the application of...
Austria's economy shows recovery, growth set to accelerate
Vienna [Austria], December 20: Austria's economy has shown a notable recovery after a prolonged recession, prompting economic research institutes to raise their growth forecasts for...
NCM forecasts partially cloudy to cloudy weather with rain tomorrow
Abu Dhabi [UAE], December 20: The National Centre of Meteorology (NCM) has forecast partially cloudy to cloudy conditions at times tomorrow, with the formation of...
Sri Lankan President thanks UAE for ongoing flood relief in phone call...
Colombo [Sri Lanka], December 20: UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan received a phone call today from His Excellency Anura Kumara...
Final testing phase of Sharjah Sat-2 begins during SAASST visit to Netherlands
Amsterdam [Netherlands], December 20: A delegation from the Sharjah Academy for Astronomy, Space Sciences and Technology (SAAASST) at the University of Sharjah has launched the...
Tadweer Group, Umm Al Emarat Park set new Guinness World Record
Abu Dhabi [UAE], December 20: Umm Al Emarat Park and Tadweer Group have jointly set a new Guinness World Record for the largest recycled materials...
EGA to expand German aluminium recycling capacity more than six-fold
Abu Dhabi [UAE], December 20: Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) today announced a significant expansion of EGA Leichtmetall in Germany.
UAE Accountability Authority concludes participation in CoSP11
Doha [Qatar], December 20: The UAE Accountability Authority concluded its participation in the 11th session of the Conference of the States Parties to the United...
UN condemns arbitrary detention of additional staff by Houthis
New York [US], December 20: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres strongly condemned the arbitrary detention carried out by the Houthi group on 18th December against...
President Trump's prime-time speech
Washington [US], December 19: In a prime-time address to the nation, U.S. President Donald Trump expressed optimism about the upcoming economic outlook, while also stating...
Australia announces new bill following Sydney massacre
Sydney [Australia], December 19: Yesterday, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced he would expand laws on hate speech and target those who spread hateful ideology,...
Russia's message puts Ukraine in a difficult position.
Moscow [Russia], December 19: Russian President Vladimir Putin has reportedly signaled that he will not compromise on Ukraine's territorial demands, while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky...
Warning of the risk of collapse of the Gaza agreement
Tel Aviv [Israel], December 19: Al Jazeera yesterday quoted Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani as warning that Israel's daily violations...
Hong Kong cancels New Year's Eve fireworks display in 2026.
Hong Kong, December 19: Hong Kong has canceled its New Year's Eve fireworks display at Victoria Harbour, replacing it with a countdown event in the...
TikTok US has officially been sold to a group of American investors
Washington [US], December 19: ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, has officially signed an agreement to sell TikTok's US operations to American investors to avoid...
Houthi rebels hold 10 UN staff members hostage.
Sanaa [Yemen], December 19: Houthi forces in Yemen arrested 10 local United Nations staff members on December 18, according to AFP, citing a statement from...
New photos from the mansion of pedophile billionaire Jeffrey Epstein have just...
Washington [US], December 19: On December 18, Democratic members of the U.S. House of Representatives released dozens more photos seized from the residence of the...
Unusual natural phenomenon off the coast of Japan
Tokyo [Japan], December 19: Sea levels off the coast of Japan are fluctuating erratically: rising in some areas and falling in others due to the...
Facebook is testing a fee for sharing links, changing the rules of...
Washington [US], December 19: Facebook is testing a mechanism to charge users for sharing web links, a move that could deal another blow to news...
3 killed in residential building roof collapse in Libya
Tripoli [Libya], December 19: Three people were killed and another was injured after the roof of a residential building collapsed in the Bab al-Jadid area...
Funeral for youngest Bondi Beach shooting victim, Matilda, to be held on...
New York [US], December 19: The funeral of 10-year-old Bondi Beach shooting victim Matilda will be held in Sydney on Thursday as her parents criticized...
Police ID suspect in Brown University shooting, probe link with MIT killing
New York [US], December 19: Police have identified a suspect in last weekend's deadly mass shooting at Brown University and are investigating a possible link...
Hazza bin Zayed attends graduation ceremony at Khalifa bin Zayed Air College
Al Ain [UAE], December 19: H.H. Sheikh Hazza bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Ruler's Representative in Al Ain Region, has attended the graduation ceremony of the...