His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, on Saturday attended a ceremony marking the fixture of the final piece to the facade of the Museum of the Future, a global monument of urban excellence and a fresh milestone in quintessential Emirati contribution to delivering a brighter […]
Ululations and cheers rang out as one by one, representatives from the transitional government and rebel groups signed the deal, a year after the peace talks began, at a ceremony in the South Sudanese capital Juba. “Today we have reached a peace agreement. We are happy. We have finished the mission,” Tut Gatluak, head of the South Sudanese mediating […]
The dirty picture is playing on Indian TV news for weeks. Bollywood is the latest big bad villain for the nation that is regularly served easy targets by the government and TV anchors to vent its outrage on. On the face of it the TV coverage of the supposed drug use in Bollywood appears plain […]
Kuwait has entered a solemn 40-day period of mourning to commemorate the late emir, Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah’s death, who passed away on Tuesday. Kuwait’s Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Sabah was sworn in Wednesday as the ruling emir of the tiny oil-rich country, propelled to power by the death of his half-brother […]
The 32 survivors out of 49 charged with the alleged pre-planning of the destruction of Babri mosque in the December of 1992 – an incident that left 3,000 dead and changed India’s political landscape forever – were acquitted by a court in Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday, in a case that has been riding the sands […]
The viewer and the single, beleaguered moderator were left to sift through the incessant noise as President Trump and Former VP Biden name-called and spoke over the other to present – in the latter’s words – the most ‘unpresidential’ debate in recent history. The first debate between President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden […]
Thai classroom have traditionally been a world of obedience, order and over-zeal. Showing defiance or rebelling against the strictly imposed haircuts, skirts hems, right down to the length of your socks, is akin to throwing a wrench in the system. And that’s the idea, according to young designer Tin Tunsopon, who engineered the typical ‘sailor-forms’ […]
Armenia and Azerbaijan accused each other on Tuesday of firing into each other’s territory, far from the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone, as the worst spate of fighting since the 1990s raged for a third day and the civilian death toll mounted. Dozens have been reported killed and hundreds wounded since the fierce clashes between Azerbaijan and […]
The personal net worth of Indian big-wig Mukesh Ambani rose by 73 per cent to Rs 6.58 trillion, earning him the title ‘Asia’s richest’ for the ninth consecutive year on Tuesday. Ambani, 63, who heads the prolific Reliance Industries, one of India’s top-leading firms, is also among the top five wealthiest at a global level, […]
Hundreds of women marched through Mexico’s capital Monday to demand nationwide legalisation of abortion, leading to clashes with police who blocked their way. Protesters gathered near the capital’s historic center to head to the central plaza but were stopped by female police officers with shields, AFP journalists reported. Police used pepper spray against demonstrators who […]
As a continuation of the UAE’s strategy in exploring outer space, and strengthening its scientific leadership in the field of space science and research in the region, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister launched and Ruler of Dubai, the UAE project to explore the moon, the first Arab mission […]
