Saudi Arabia to host donor conference for refugees
RIYADH, 9 August: Saudi Arabia is scheduled to host a donor conference to support displaced persons and refugees in the Sahel and Lake Chad region. The event will be held on Oct. 26 in Jeddah. Hosting the conference underscores the Kingdom’s leading role in supporting global communities in need, alleviating their suffering and helping them […]
Saudi cabinet can convene even if king or crown prince are absent: royal decree
RIYADH, 9 August: Saudi Arabia’s King Salman issued a royal decree that allows the Cabinet to convene even if he or Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman do not chair it, Saudi Press Agency said on Thursday. In the absence of the king, the crown prince or his deputies, the cabinet would be chaired by the […]
Israel says it agrees to resume ceasefire talks (Lead)
Jerusalem, Aug 9 (IANS) Israel replied to Qatari, Egyptian and US mediators early Friday, saying that it will send a delegation to resume talks on a Gaza ceasefire deal on August 15. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said in a statement that the negotiation team will be dispatched “to finalise the details for implementing […]
Italy: Local govts call emergency amid record-setting heatwave
Rome, Aug 9 (IANS) Regional and municipal governments across Italy have been declaring states of emergency as the country’s extremely hot and dry summer continues. Sassari in Sardinia became the latest local administration to declare a state of emergency due to oppressive drought conditions and record high temperatures on Thursday, Xinhua news agency reported. Sassari, […]
2 killed, 1 injured in S. Korea’s maintenance train collision accident
Seoul, Aug 9 (IANS) Two maintenance train cars collided with each other at Seoul’s Guro Station in the wee hours on Friday, leaving two workers dead and another injured, officials said. The workers were working on top of a maintenance train car to replace insulating structures when it came into contact with a track inspection […]
Africa CDC calls for urgent action against concerning spread of mpox
Addis Ababa, Aug 9 (IANS) The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has called for urgent action to avert the “concerning spread” of mpox across the continent. Africa CDC Director-General Jean Kaseya, addressing a media briefing on the multi-country mpox outbreak in Africa on Thursday, said at least 16 countries across all […]
We must unite to prevent Afghanistan from again becoming ‘terrorism hotbed’: UN official
United Nations, Aug 9 (IANS) UN Under-Secretary-General for Counter-Terrorism Vladimir Voronkov has called on the Security Council members to unite to prevent Afghanistan from becoming a “hotbed of terrorism”. “We must unite to prevent Afghanistan from once again becoming a hotbed of terrorism,” Voronkov said on Thursday while warning about the danger of Islamic State […]
Egypt, Qatar, US urge Israel, Hamas to resume ceasefire talks on Aug 15
Cairo, Aug 9 (IANS) The leaders of Egypt, Qatar, and the US have urged Israel and Hamas not to waste more time to finalise a ceasefire agreement and resume talks on August 15. The three countries invited Israel and Hamas “to resume urgent discussion on Thursday, August 15, in Doha or Cairo to close all […]
Russian forces repel Ukrainian attempts to advance into Kursk region: Defence Ministry
Moscow, Aug 9 (IANS) Russian forces have repelled Ukrainian attempts to advance deeper into the Kursk region, the Russian Defence Ministry has said. “Over the past 24 hours, border defence units along with border guards, reinforcement units and recently arrived reserve forces have prevented the enemy from advancing with the use of air and missile […]
Putin signs law to legalise crypto mining in Russia
Moscow, Aug 9 (IANS) Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law, officially legalising cryptocurrency mining in the country from November 2024, according to a document published on the government portal of legal information. Under the new law, legal entities and individual entrepreneurs who are registered with the Russian Ministry of Digital Development will be […]
