Dragon Oil commences production of crude oil from the Al Wasl field...
Dubai [UAE], January 3: Dragon Oil, wholly owned by the Dubai Government, began the New Year by commencing the production of crude oil from the...
AD Ports Group announces Noatum's acquisition of APM Terminals Castellon in Spain
Madrid [Spain], January 3: AD Ports Group (ADX: ADPORTS), one of the world's premier facilitators of logistics, industry, and trade, announces that Noatum Terminals, the...
Iran says it reserves right to respond to IRGC commander's assassination
Tehran [Iran], January 2: Iran said on Monday it would reserve the right to respond to the recent assassination of a veteran Iranian commander in...
Israel shells Syrian sites after militants attack Golan Heights
Damascus [Syria], January 2: Militants in Syria fired projectiles at Israeli settlements in the occupied Golan Heights on Monday, prompting retaliatory shelling from the Israeli...
Putin says shelling of Belgorod is "terrorist act"
Moscow [Russia], January 2: Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday that Ukraine's shelling of the Russian city of Belgorod is a "terrorist act."
S. Korea's opposition party chief taken to hospital after being attacked
Seoul [South Korea], January 2: Lee Jae-myung, chief of South Korea's main opposition Democratic Party, was taken to a hospital after being attacked by an...
Taiwan calls on China to share responsibilities to maintain peace
Taipei [Taiwan], January 2: Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen on Monday called on China to share common responsibilities to maintain peace and stability across the Taiwan...
Poland's president accuses govt of breaking law
Warsaw [Poland], January 2: In his New Year's address, Polish President Andrzej Duda warned the new government against violating the constitution and the rule of...
UK 'considering air strikes' to stop Red Sea attacks
London [UK], January 2: Britain is reportedly considering air strikes on Houthis after the US said its navy sank three boats that had been targeting...
Hamas fires rockets towards Israel on New Year's Eve
Tel Aviv [Israel], January 2: The armed branch of the Hamas, the Qassam Brigades, said it launched rocket attacks on the greater Tel Aviv area,...
Tshisekedi re-elected DRC president in landslide victory
Kinshasa [DR Congo], January 2: DR Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi has won a second term in office with a landslide victory, according to provisional results...
Russian women demand return of their men from Ukraine front
Moscow [Russia], January 2: It started with a morning knock on the door just days into Russia's mobilization drive in September 2022. Maria Semyonova's boyfriend...
Zionists to wage genocide in Gaza throughout 2024
Gaza [Palestine], January 2: The Zionist entity warned the Gaza war will continue throughout 2024 as unrelenting strikes killed dozens in the Palestinian territory and...
Xi, Biden exchange congratulations on 45 years of diplomatic ties
Beijing [China], January 2: China's President Xi Jinping exchanged congratulations with U.S. President Joe Biden on the 45th anniversary of diplomatic ties between the two...
Israel to pull some troops from Gaza as war enters new phase
Jerusalem [Israel], January 2: Israel is withdrawing some forces from Gaza to shift to more targeted operations against Hamas.
US Navy ending aircraft carrier's Middle East deployment
Washington [US], January 2: The Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier will return to its home port, the U.S. Navy said, ending its deployment to the...
At least five dead after huge earthquake rocks Japan on New Year's...
Tokyo [Japan], January 2: The powerful earthquake that hit central Japan on New Year's Day killed at least five people.
Ukraine's Zelenskiy says Russia is suffering major losses
Kyiv [Ukraine], January 2: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in an interview published that the notion that Russia was winning the nearly two-year-old war was...
Free trade agreement between Nicaragua and China begins
Managua [Nicaragua], January 2: Nicaragua and China on Monday formally started trading under a new free trade agreement.
Pope denounces continuing crackdown on Church in Nicaragua
Vatican City [Italy], January 2: Pope Francis on Monday denounced a growing crackdown on the Catholic Church in Nicaragua by the government of President Daniel...
In 2024, Germany's foreign policy will work in crisis mode
Berlin [Germany], January 2: In early December, the Association for the German Language chose the term Krisenmodus, or "crisis mode," as its word of the...
Over 57,000 new investors flocked to Dubai Financial Market in 2023, driving...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], January 2: Brokerage firms at the Dubai Financial Market (DFM) opened 57,054 new investor accounts in 2023, marking a significant increase of...
Egyptian Navy receives German-made MEKO-A200 frigate
Cairo [Egypt], January 1: The Egyptian naval forces received on Sunday a new German-made MEKO-A200 frigate at a base in the coastal province of Alexandria,...
Iran, Britain discuss Red Sea tension
Tehran [Iran], January 1: Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and his British counterpart David Cameron on Sunday exchanged views on the rising tension in the...
Turkish medical group warns of flu epidemic, urging use of masks
Istanbul [Turkey], January 1: The Turkish Medical Association has recently warned about the potential escalation of a flu epidemic across the country, urging the use...
Malta gov't promises more reforms to curb inflation in 2024: PM
Valletta [Malta], January 1: Malta's Prime Minister Robert Abela on Sunday pledged more measures to tackle inflation in 2024 as part of the government's fight...
2 dead in Philippine capital house fire
Manila [Philippines], January 1: Two people died due to a house fire in Taguig City in Metro Manila on Sunday, the Bureau of Fire Protection...