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ABU DHABI: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has outlined a new victim-centred approach to prevent and respond to abuse committed by those serving under the UN flag. He underscored that the United Nations should not […]

ABU DHABI: South Korea’s Constitutional Court unanimously upheld the December impeachment of President Park Guen Hye on 10th March over a massive influence-peddling scandal, Yonhap News Agency reported on Friday. The country’s first female president […]

DUBAI: Like a ghost, the mist/fog started rolling in at around midnight last night. Friday promises to start off as a foggy morning like yesterday. But it will be a widely varying day as far as […]

GENEVA: Pollution is responsible for one-quarter of young child deaths, according to two new reports from the United Nations health agency, World Health Organisation (WHO). It reviewed threats from pollutants such as second-hand smoke, UV […]

By Angel Chan KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian prosecutors will charge two women, an Indonesian and a Vietnamese, with murder over their alleged involvement in the killing of the estranged half-brother of North Korea’s leader, the Southeast […]

Mexican ends life after deportation from US By Angel Chan LONDON:  Half an hour after he was deported – again – a Mexican ended his dream to live in  America by apparently committing suicide after […]

Angel Chan USA: A police officer, identified as Keith Boyer, was shot and killed after responding to a traffic accident in Whitteir, USA. Another officer was injured in the shooting by the driver of one […]

By Rajive Singh Australia: A plane with five people on board has crashed into a shopping mall near Melbourne, Australia. All five passengers were killed in the crash – four of them were American. Miraculously, […]

ABU DHABI Abu Dhabi Ship Building, ADSB, the construction, repair and refit services provider for naval, military and commercial vessels, has announced the launch of a 42m landing craft for the Kuwaiti Ministry of Defence […]