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Cairo: Egypt on Tuesday launched a new international bidding round for exploring natural gas and oil at 12 blocks in the Mediterranean and Nile Delta.The bid, put forward by the Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS), comes as part...

United Nations: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres issued a global "wake-up call" on the International Day of Epidemic Preparedness, which is observed annually on December 27."The world must come together. Covid-19 was a wake-up call," Guterres said in his message...

Taipei: Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen announced on Tuesday the extension of compulsory military service to one year from the current four months from January 1, 2024, amid the Chinese military exercises near the island, Taiwan's Central News Agency reported.The...

Beijing: China will cancel nucleic acid tests for international arrivals starting from Jan. 8, a statement on the Chinese Foreign Ministry website said on Tuesday.Inbound travelers to China are advised to take a PCR test within 48 hours before...

Buenos Aires:Argentine football chief Claudio Tapia said that he is confident Lionel Scaloni will continue as national team manager following the Albiceleste's World Cup triumph.Scaloni's contract expires on December 31 but the Argentine Football Association (AFA) wants to secure...

Moscow:The International Football Federation (FIFA) will not prevent Russia from participating in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers if Moscow joins the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), Russian media reported.Russian Football Union (RFU) President Aleksandr Dyukov said that the final decision...

Manila:The death toll from heavy rain and floods triggered by shear line in the Philippines has climbed to 13, said the government's disaster agency on Tuesday.At least 23 others are still missing, according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction...

Seoul: Four small drones of North Korea flew in the area of Ganghwado Island in South Korea, and another flew up to the northern region of the metropolitan agglomeration, including Seoul, the South Korean Ministry of Defense said on...

Tokyo: Japan has lodged a protest to China over the longest ever presence of its ships in the Japanese territorial waters near the Senkaku islands, Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno said on Monday."On December 22, ships of China...

Kabul: A blast in Afghanistan's northern Badakhshan province killed the provincial police chief and wounded two other people on Monday, Interior Ministry spokesman Abdul Nafi Takor said."Unfortunately a blast in Badakhshan province this morning claimed the life of provincial...