Day: June 24, 2024

GENEVA: The head of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), on Monday affirmed that the agency is the backbone of the humanitarian response in Gaza, noting that it will remain essential for a viable …

The death toll of the Dagestan terror attack in Russia is now at 19, including 15 police officers, according to Russian security authorities.

According to a statement, the National Antiterrorism Committee said the terror attack against places of wors…

ABU DHABI: Abu Dhabi Police has received the 2024 Global Excellence Award of the European Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM), becoming the world’s first policing organisation to win the award with a 7-diamond score.

The award was in recognition…

Save the Children International said Monday that about 21,000 children in the Gaza Strip remained under the rubble, were arrested or buried in unmarked or mass graves.

The number of children separated from their families has increased due to escalati…

SEOUL: The lithium battery plant fire that killed at least 22 people in Hwaseong in the Republic of Korea on Monday is likely to go down as the worst chemical plant accident in the country’s history, according to Korean news agency Yonhap.

Firefighte…

Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates for Diplomatic Affairs, Majid Qatarneh, met on Monday with the head and members of the United Nations Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of…

BEIJING: China’s new-generation icebreaking research vessel, named Jidi, meaning polar region, was delivered in Guangzhou City of south China’s Guangdong Province on Monday.

According to a report from China Central Television (CCTV), the vessel, whic…

Israeli military forces arrested 59 Palestinians in sweeps on Monday across villages near Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Prisoners Club said.

It said troops stormed into the town of Silwad, east of Ramallah, searched homes, held …