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HK protesters still face a rocky road ahead

29 Nov 2019

Kevin Yam, The Independent The people of Hong Kong came out in their droves to vote in the latest District Councils election, a vital first step in what will be...

VIDEO: UAE's landmarks lit up in orange to support UN's campaign against gender-based violence

26 Nov 2019

Iconic landmarks across the UAE this evening lit up in orange in solidarity with the annual campaign against gender-based violence, launched by the Liaison Office of the UN Women in...

More than 70 nations pledge to reduce food waste

10 Nov 2019

More than 70 countries pledged to minimize the amount of food that goes to waste due to poor refrigeration at the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization headquarters in Rome....

Bane of the Brexiteers

07 Nov 2019

Gina Miller is a businesswoman who has won two Brexit-related legal cases against Britain’s government, altering strategies devised by the Conservative Party to achieve the country’s withdrawal from the European...

Guns in northern Syria to fall silent – for five days

18 Oct 2019

The guns will fall silent in northern Syria – for five days. Turkey and the US have reached a pact on a ceasefire in the conflict-ridden area, which has been...

UN envoy says Syria charter-drafting panel a ‘sign of hope’

01 Oct 2019

The UN special envoy for Syria said on Monday that the convening of a committee to draft a new constitution for Syria on Oct. 30 "should be a sign of...

Peace or 'we will continue to fight': Taliban

01 Oct 2019

As Afghans await the results of a presidential election roiled by Taliban threats, the government used its platform at the UN General Assembly on Monday to tell the insurgents: "Join...

Abdullah Bin Zayed delivers UAE’s statement at UN General Assembly

29 Sep 2019

Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, has underlined the central importance of starting "the new decade by protecting the future of our region...

To combat Islamophobia, Imran Khan bridges East and West

28 Sep 2019

He spoke of Islam — his religion — but he used references like Charles Bronson's "Death Wish" movie, Monty Python and Japanese kamikaze pilots during the Second World War. He...

Pakistan PM Imran warns of 'bloodbath' after Kashmir curfew lifted