UN reiterates support for upcoming elections in Libya

Tripoli (Libya), November 8: Assistant Secretary-General and Coordinator of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) Raisedon Zenenga on Sunday reiterated his support for the...

Egypt opens 2 int'l expos on smart transport, IT solutions

Cairo (Egypt), November 8: Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi inaugurated on Sunday the fourth edition of the Smart Transportation and Logistics Fair and Forum for the...

Application for candidacy in Libyan elections starts Monday: elections commission

Tripoli (Libya), November 8: Emad Al-Sayeh, chairman of the Libyan High National Elections Commission (HNEC), announced on Sunday that the application for running in the...

ECOWAS imposes sanctions on Malian transitional authorities

Accra (Ghana), November 8: The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Sunday imposed sanctions on the Malian transitional authorities in response to their...

Maldives inaugurates Chinese-built apron at Velena Int'l Airport

Male (Maldives), November 7: A new expanded west apron at the Velena International Airport (VIA) in the Maldives has been officially inaugurated, general contractor Beijing...

Feature: Lebanese opt for European residency to escape domestic crises

Beirut (Lebanon), November 7: Haitham Ismail, a Lebanese who owns a construction company, seeks to establish a real estate firm in Greece to escape Lebanon's...

Feature: Jobless Yemenis struggle to survive war by driving motorbike taxis

Hajjah (Yemen), November 7: Thousands of Yemenis have turned to drive motorbike taxis to make a living after the years-long war had deprived them of...

93.7 percent of S. Koreans consider climate crisis 'serious': survey

Seoul (South Korea), November 7: Nearly 94 percent of South Koreans consider the climate crisis "serious," but only half believe the issue is connected to...

Chile reports 2,895 new cases of COVID-19 and 27 deaths

Santiago (Chile), November 7: Chile reported 2,895 cases of COVID-19 and 27 deaths in the last 24 hours amid an outbreak of infections in the...

Australian state of New South Wales transitions to booster phase of vaccine...

Sydney (Australia), November 7: As Australia's New South Wales (NSW) state has begun to see a tapering of its vaccination rates, authorities announced on Sunday...

Alleged Mastermind Behind Attack on President Duque Arrested

Buenos Aires (Argentina), November 7: Colombian law enforcement have arrested the suspected organizer of the attack on the helicopter of Colombian President Ivan Duque, according...

N. Korea holds artillery fire competition: state media

Seoul (South Korea), November 7: North Korea has conducted an artillery fire competition to boost the country's defense capabilities as set forth by the "militant...

New COVID-19 cases stay over 2,000 for 5th straight day amid relaxed...

Seoul (South Korea), November 7: South Korea's new coronavirus cases stayed above 2,000 for the fifth consecutive day Sunday amid worries over a resurgence of...

Probe underway after stampede claims 8 lives at music festival in U.S....

Houston (US), November 7: The investigation into the stampede leaving at least eight people dead and many others injured on Friday night at the Astroworld...

Slovenia adopts new measures to curb COVID-19 pandemic

Ljubljana (Slovenia), November 7: Slovenia will on Monday increase restrictions designed to curb the COVID-19 pandemic, the government said on its website on Saturday, amid...

Iraq says PM unharmed in drone assassination attempt

Baghdad (Iraq), November 7: Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi was unharmed in an assassination attempt carried out by a drone targeting his official residence on...

Re-elected Uzbek president unveils priority tasks for country

Tashkent (Uzbekistan), November 7: Uzbekistan's re-elected President Shavkat Mirziyoyev was sworn in at a joint meeting of both chambers of the parliament here on Saturday,...

Russia reports record number of daily COVID-19 cases

Moscow (Russia), November 7: Russia reported a record daily COVID-19 cases of 41,335 over the past 24 hours, taking the national tally to 8,755,930, the...

Int'l partners urge Somalia to hold elections without further delay

Mogadishu (Somalia), November 7: International partners have called on Somali leaders to hold parliamentary elections without further delay.

Chinese FM meets Spanish counterpart on bilateral ties

Beijing (China) Nov 6: Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs Jose Manuel Albares via video...

At least 10 killed in NW Nigeria village attacks

Abuja (Nigeria) Nov 6: At least 10 villagers were killed on Friday in separate attacks by gunmen on two villages in Nigeria's northwestern state of...

Egypt, vascular surgery, treatment, Mansoura EndoVascular Annual Conference, surgical techniques, interventional...

Port Said (Egypt) Nov 6: Egypt concluded on Friday a three-day annual conference of vascular surgery and treatment in the Mediterranean city of Port Said,...

DR Congo reports 11 Ebola cases: WHO

Brazzaville (Congo) Nov 6: Eleven cases of Ebola virus disease have so far been confirmed by health officials in the northeastern province of North Kivu...

Europe struggles with sharp rise in COVID-19 infections despite vaccines

Brussels (Belgium) Nov 6: Europe is once again at the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic after 1.8 million new cases and 24,000 new deaths have...

Australia hits 80 pct COVID-19 vaccination milestone amid battle against 3rd wave

Canberra (Australia) Nov 6: Australia's coronavirus vaccine rollout has hit a major milestone, with 80 percent of the adult population fully inoculated.

China firmly opposes U.S. report on its military development: defense spokesman

Beijing (China) Nov 6: A Chinese defense spokesman on Friday expressed strong dissatisfaction and firm opposition to a recent report on China's military development released...

Xi votes in local legislative election in Beijing

Beijing (China) Nov 6: Chinese President Xi Jinping cast his ballot at a polling station in Beijing on Friday to elect deputies to a local...