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China is grappling with an outbreak of the human metapneumovirus (HMPV), five years after the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic.Reports and social media posts suggest that the virus is spreading rapidly,...

Washington - Jimmy Carter, the 100-year-old former US president and Nobel peace laureate who rose from humble beginnings in rural Georgia to lead the nation from 1977 to 1981, has died, his nonprofit...

Two passengers on the Azerbaijan Airlines plane that crashed in Kazakhstan told Reuters that they heard at least one loud bang as it approached its original destination of Grozny in southern...

Described as a "reluctant king" in his first stint as prime minister, the soft-spoken Manmohan Singh, who died on Thursday at 92, was arguably one of India's most successful leaders.Singh, the first...

An Embraer passenger jet flying from Azerbaijan to Russia crashed near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan on Wednesday with 62 passengers and five crew on board, Kazakh authorities announced, saying 32...

The Digital Twin-Powered Integrated Airport Predictive Operations Centre (APOC) has been unveiled at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, Hyderabad by Waisal, a solutions provider for the aviation...

The world's deadliest tsunami hit nations around the Indian Ocean two decades ago before social media platforms flourished, but they have since transformed how we understand and respond to disasters...

Perrier's brand is under threat of losing its natural mineral water label, which it has held for more than a century following a report from the Occitanie regional health agency (ARS), said Le...

Zakir Hussain considered one of the greatest players of the tabla or Indian drums and known for his "dancing fingers", has died.Hussain, 73, died in a San Francisco hospital from complications of...

Shares in Indian conglomerate Adani tanked on Thursday after its industrialist owner, Gautam Adani, was charged by US prosecutors with paying more than $250 million in bribes for key contracts.The...

Doha - Qatar has suspended its role as a key mediator for a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal until Hamas and Israel show "seriousness" in talks, the foreign ministry said Saturday.Doha, which...

PALM BEACH, Florida: Donald Trump was elected president, capping a remarkable comeback four years after he was voted out of the White House and ushering in a new American leadership likely to test...

The General Committee for the Referendum on the Constitutional Amendments has allowed eligible citizens to vote to conduct the referendum through the 10 paper referendum committees, or the 18...

The UAE Government issued a new federal decree on traffic regulation to keep up with the rapid evolution of transportation around the world by updating vehicle classifications and implementing modern...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said a drone was launched toward his residence in Caesarea after the military reported a drone from Lebanon had "hit a structure" in the central town...

New York - Boeing announced Friday that it plans to cut 10 percent of its workforce as it projected a large third-quarter loss in the wake of a machinist strike in the Seattle region.The aviation...

Oil prices rose more than one percent Wednesday, extending the previous day's rally, and haven gold pushed towards a record high after Iran's missile attack on Israel ramped up fears about an...

RIYADH: The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) called for an immediate ceasefire and avoiding military escalation in Lebanon.In a statement, GCC Secretary-General Jasem bin Mohamed al Budaiwi affirmed the...

Hezbollah group on Saturday confirmed its leader Hassan Nasrallah had been killed after Israel said it had killed him in an air strike a day earlier."Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, Secretary General of...

COLOMBO - Anura Kumara Dissanayake, a Marxist-leaning politician with no political lineage, took oath as Sri Lanka's president on Monday, a day after he won a comprehensive victory in the debt-ridden...