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Eid Al-Fitr announcements from across the world 29 Mar 2025 - 04:54 pm

Doha, Qatar: Countries across the world have started making their announcement of sighting the crescent moon for Shawwal, marking the end of Ramadan...

India sends aid flights to quake-hit Myanmar 29 Mar 2025 - 04:33 pm

New Delhi: Indian aid flights began landing in Myanmar on Saturday, New Delhi's foreign ministry said, a day after a powerful 7.7-magnitude caused...

WHO must cut budget by fifth after US pullout: email 29 Mar 2025 - 04:30 pm

Geneva: The World Health Organization has proposed slashing a fifth of its budget following the US decision to withdraw, and must now reduce...

Scientists explain why Myanmar quake was so deadly 29 Mar 2025 - 03:11 pm

Bangkok: Experts say that the devastating earthquake in Myanmar on Friday was likely the strongest to hit the country in decades, with disaster...

'We need aid': rescuers in quake-hit Myanmar city plead for help 29 Mar 2025 - 02:39 pm

Mandalay, Myanmar: Exhausted, overwhelmed rescuers in Myanmar's second-biggest city pleaded for help Saturday as they struggled to free hundreds of people trapped in...

China to provide Myanmar with 100 million yuan in emergency humanitarian aid 29 Mar 2025 - 12:51 pm

Beijing: China has decided to provide Myanmar with 100 million yuan (approximately 13.9 million U.S. dollars) in emergency humanitarian aid to support earthquake...

South Korea firefighters deploy helicopters as wildfires reignite 29 Mar 2025 - 12:34 pm

Seoul: South Korean firefighters deployed helicopters Saturday as the country's biggestwildfireson record that ravaged wide areas of its southeast reignited in one of...

100,000 perform Isha, Taraweeh prayers at Al-Aqsa mosque 29 Mar 2025 - 11:49 am

Occupied Jerusalem: 100,000 worshippers performed Isha and Taraweeh prayers at Al Aqsa Mosque Friday night, marking the 28th night of Ramadan, according to...

Myanmar quake: what we know 29 Mar 2025 - 11:23 am

Bangkok: A powerful earthquake centred in Myanmar has killed more than 1,000 people in the war-torn country and neighbouring Thailand and caused widespread...

Myanmar quake toll passes 1,000 as rescuers dig for survivors 29 Mar 2025 - 09:19 am

Mandalay, Myanmar: The death toll from a huge earthquake that hit Myanmar and Thailand passed 1,000 on Saturday, as rescuers dug through the...

Film stars blast Academy for 'failing to defend' Palestinian filmmaker 28 Mar 2025 - 10:26 pm

Los Angeles, United States: Movie stars including Joaquin Phoenix, Penelope Cruz and Richard Gere have blasted the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and...

Vance says use of force on Greenland will not be necessary 28 Mar 2025 - 10:03 pm

Pituffik, Denmark: US Vice President JD Vance on Friday said Washington did not believe the use of force would be necessary to make...

From escalation to slowdown: the mechanics of trade wars 28 Mar 2025 - 08:56 pm

Paris: With his penchant for tariffs US President Donald Trump is raising the spectre of a trade war of rare intensity, threatening partner...

Vance lands in Greenland as anger mounts over Trump takeover bid 28 Mar 2025 - 08:49 pm

Pituffik, Denmark: US Vice President JD Vance landed in Greenland on Friday for a visit to a military base viewed by Copenhagen and...

Israeli occupation targets 26 food banks, 37 aid centers since start of aggression 28 Mar 2025 - 08:39 pm

Gaza: The Government Media Office in the Gaza Strip has announced that theIsraeli occupationhas targeted 26 charitable food banks and 37 aid centers...

Victims number of Israeli aggression on Gaza rises to 50,251 martyrs, 114,025 wounded 28 Mar 2025 - 08:33 pm

Gaza: The death toll from the Israeli aggression on Gaza since October 7, 2023, has risen to 50,251 martyrs, in addition to 114,025...

Video: Death toll in Myanmar, Thailand massive quake rises to over 150 28 Mar 2025 - 07:59 pm

Naypyidaw, Myanmar: A huge earthquake hit Myanmar and Thailand on Friday, killing more than 150 people and injuring hundreds, with dozens trapped in...

Israeli court's rejection of aid appeal legalizes starvation, genocide in Gaza: Human Rights Monitor 28 Mar 2025 - 05:31 pm

Gaza: The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor stated that the Israeli Supreme Court's decision to reject the appeal for allowing humanitarian aid into Gaza...