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ISTANBUL: The free passage of the Strait of Hormuz is only granted for a period of 60 days based on the memorandum of understanding (MoU) recently signed with the United States (US). In an interview broadcast via…

NEW YORK: The United Nations (UN) will supply 10,000 body bags to Venezuela, although it hopes that the final death toll from the twin earthquakes will not be that high. The twin earthquakes last week flattened entire…

CARACAS: Countries around the world are racing to channel aid to earthquake-stricken Venezuela, where at least 234 victims have been confirmed dead so far. Aid was offered a day after the natural disaster struck, which has claimed…

KUALA LUMPUR: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has confirmed that no Malaysians were killed in the improvised explosive device (IED) explosion incident in Narathiwat Province, Thailand, today. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed that…

DOHA: The United States and Iran have reportedly agreed to halt hostilities and resume high-level talks in Qatar on Tuesday in an effort to defuse rising tensions over the strategic Strait of Hormuz. According to a report by Axios, the…

TEHRAN: Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has claimed responsibility for launching attacks on Kuwait and Bahrain in retaliation for United States (US) strikes on Iranian territory, while warning that any further…

BEIJING - A light aircraft, roughly the size of a car, struck the tallest skyscraper in Beijing, sending debris falling to the ground, while police prevented people from recording the incident, reported the Bangkok…

Paris: France and Italy have agreed to establish a multinational coalition to support Lebanon after the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) ends its mission in December, said French President Emmanuel…

SHAH ALAM: A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 6.9 struck near the East Coast of Honshu, Japan at 6.30 a.m. today, according to the Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia). MetMalaysia informed that the earthquake…

AFTER a long period of bilateral relations plagued by tensions, military threats and disputes over the nuclear programme, the United States (US) and Iran finally signed a 14-point memorandum of understanding (MoU) last week. This…