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Perrier's brand is under threat of losing its natural mineral water label, which it has held for more than a century following a report from the Occitanie regional health agency (ARS), said Le...

Zakir Hussain considered one of the greatest players of the tabla or Indian drums and known for his "dancing fingers", has died.Hussain, 73, died in a San Francisco hospital from complications of...

Shares in Indian conglomerate Adani tanked on Thursday after its industrialist owner, Gautam Adani, was charged by US prosecutors with paying more than $250 million in bribes for key contracts.The...

Doha - Qatar has suspended its role as a key mediator for a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal until Hamas and Israel show "seriousness" in talks, the foreign ministry said Saturday.Doha, which...

PALM BEACH, Florida: Donald Trump was elected president, capping a remarkable comeback four years after he was voted out of the White House and ushering in a new American leadership likely to test...

The General Committee for the Referendum on the Constitutional Amendments has allowed eligible citizens to vote to conduct the referendum through the 10 paper referendum committees, or the 18...

The UAE Government issued a new federal decree on traffic regulation to keep up with the rapid evolution of transportation around the world by updating vehicle classifications and implementing modern...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said a drone was launched toward his residence in Caesarea after the military reported a drone from Lebanon had "hit a structure" in the central town...

New York - Boeing announced Friday that it plans to cut 10 percent of its workforce as it projected a large third-quarter loss in the wake of a machinist strike in the Seattle region.The aviation...

Oil prices rose more than one percent Wednesday, extending the previous day's rally, and haven gold pushed towards a record high after Iran's missile attack on Israel ramped up fears about an...

RIYADH: The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) called for an immediate ceasefire and avoiding military escalation in Lebanon.In a statement, GCC Secretary-General Jasem bin Mohamed al Budaiwi affirmed the...

Hezbollah group on Saturday confirmed its leader Hassan Nasrallah had been killed after Israel said it had killed him in an air strike a day earlier."Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, Secretary General of...

COLOMBO - Anura Kumara Dissanayake, a Marxist-leaning politician with no political lineage, took oath as Sri Lanka's president on Monday, a day after he won a comprehensive victory in the debt-ridden...

American actor James Earl Jones, an imposing stage and screen presence who overcame a childhood stutter to develop a stentorian voice recognized the world over as intergalactic villain Darth Vader,...

Apple on Monday unveiled new iPhones built for generative artificial intelligence as it seeks to boost sales and show it is keeping up in the technology race.The tech giant has a lot riding on the new...

Apple's most important event of the year will take place on Monday with the launch of its latest iPhones and the new artificial intelligence platform.The most important announcement will be the iPhone...

The European Union's climate change monitoring service said on Friday that the world is emerging from its warmest northern hemisphere summer since records began, as global warming continues to...

Lisbon - Cristiano Ronaldo has ruled out any immediate thought of retirement from international football as he believes he still has plenty to give Portugal, he told a press conference on Monday."When...

Dhaka - Bangladesh players have rallied around teammate Shakib al Hasan, the ousted lawmaker who faces a case of alleged murder connected to unrest that toppled the government earlier this...

Iran has advised civilian airlines worldwide to avoid flying through Iranian air space, the Egyptian state-affiliated Al Qahera News TV quoted an Egyptian official source on Wednesday.Iranian air...