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The African Development Bank (AfDB) said Monday it will contribute $500 million to the construction of an airport near the Ethiopian capital expected to become the continent's largest.The...

Canberra - Australia will recognise a Palestinian state at the UN General Assembly in September, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Monday."A two-state solution is humanity's best hope to break...

Al Jazeera said two of its correspondents, including a prominent reporter, and three cameramen were killed in an Israeli strike on their tent in Gaza City on Sunday.The Israeli military admitted in a...

Paris - Three-quarters of UN members have already or soon plan to recognise Palestinian statehood, with Australia on Monday becoming the latest to promise it will at the UN General Assembly in...

Salalah - Against the backdrop of lush mountains, men in traditional attire chant ancient poems in an ancient language, fighting to keep alive a spoken tradition used by just two percent of the...

New York - New York is waging a war on multiple fronts to combat the near ubiquitous rats that plague city streets and the subways, leaving some residents afraid to let their children walk on...

Paris-  As summer temperatures rise, many Parisians are warming to the idea of installing air conditioning in their apartments, ending a longstanding resistance to what is considered a basic comfort...

Washington - US President Donald Trump said Thursday he would meet with Vladimir Putin for upcoming talks on the Ukraine war even if the Russian leader had not sat down with Ukrainian President...

Washington:  The United States began charging higher tariffs on goods from dozens of trading partners Thursday, in a major escalation of President Donald Trump's drive to reshape global commerce...

The family of a missing man whose body was discovered on a melting glacier in Pakistan after 28 years said Thursday its recovery had brought them some relief.The body of 31-year-old Nasiruddin was...

New Delhi:  The Indian army brought in sniffer dogs, drones and heavy earth-moving equipment Wednesday to search for scores of people missing a day after deadly Himalayan flash floods.At least four...

Paris - Celebrated French chef Alain Passard has made history once again.The 68-year-old has become the first three-Michelin-star chef in France to switch to an entirely plant-based menu, opening a...

Dhaka:  Bangladesh's interim leader marked one year since the overthrow of Sheikh Hasina's autocratic regime by calling on Tuesday for people to seize the "opportunity" for reform.Nobel...

Washington - The US State Department said Monday some visa applicants will soon be required to pay bonds of up to $15,000 to discourage visa overstays as part of President Donald Trump's...

Tokyo: Japan this week marks 80 years since the United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in World War II.The first on August 6, 1945 killed around 140,000 people in Hiroshima and...

Paris - Plastic pollution is a "grave, growing and under-recognised danger" to health that is costing the world at least $1.5 trillion a year, experts warned in a report on Monday.The new review of...

London - Saudi Arabia, Russia, and six other key members of the OPEC+ alliance are expected to further hike oil production in a meeting on Sunday, a move analysts say is aimed at regaining market...

Mumbai - Indian filmmakers are locking up the rights to movie titles that can profit from the patriotism fanned by a four-day conflict with Pakistan, which killed more than 70 people.The nuclear-armed...

A powerful magnitude 8.8 earthquake off Russia's far eastern Kamchatka Peninsula triggered 4-metre (13-foot) tsunami waves and sparked evacuation orders across the Pacific on Wednesday.The...

Gaza City, Palestinian Territories: Truckloads of food reached hungry Gazans on Monday after Israel promised to open secure aid routes, but humanitarian agencies warned vast amounts more were needed...