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DUBAI: Renowned for its luxury coffee table books, publisher Assouline has released its very first edition dedicated to Lebanese designer Zuhair Murad. Known in the fashion industry and in Hollywood
MAKKAH: The General Presidency for the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques, represented by the Agency for the Affairs of the…
NEW YORK: Expeditionary sea base USS Hershel “Woody” Williams has found a new home in Souda Bay in the Greek island of…
WASHINGTON: An American man who was just 14 when his father took him to Syria to join Daesh was charged with…
DUBAI: After an extensive search, Marvel has finally found its Ms. Marvel. The studio has cast Canadian newcomer Iman Vellani to…
LOS ANGELES: Hollywood’s latest disaster movie offering, “Greenland,” sees humanity threatened by a comet on a collision course with Earth —…
RIGA: French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday condemned what he called Turkey’s “reckless and dangerous” statements backing Azerbaijan it its bid…
BERLIN: German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday accused China of “poor and cruel treatment” of minorities and underlined deep concerns over…
BAKU/YEREVAN: Armenia and Azerbaijan accused each other on Tuesday of firing into each other’s territory, far from the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone,…
TEHRAN, Iran: Iran’s parliament on Tuesday approved President Hassan Rouhani’s nominee for trade and industry minister. Ali Reza Razmhosseini will take…
DUBAI: Ahead of the worldwide release of the 25th James Bond film this November, “No Time to Die: The Official James…
Japan Airlines said on Monday it would swap “ladies and gentlemen” for gender-neutral greetings, following other global airlines in adopting more…
PARIS/ISLAMABAD: French police are studying a video in which the man suspected of attacking people with a meat cleaver on Friday…
BEIJING: US-China friction flared again Monday, with Beijing firing back at accusations by Washington that it is a leading cause of…
Donald Trump and Joe Biden meet for the first presidential debate on Tuesday with not just themselves but “Brand America” itself…
DUBAI: It’s been announced that US actress Olivia Munn is set to play the lead in feature drama “Aleppo,” a story…
LONDON: Britain could be moving too slowly to tackle the sharp rise in COVID-19 cases because of a lag between case…
The race to become director general of the World Trade Organization (WTO) is getting to the final lap, and to the…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan’s address to the UN General Assembly on Friday was being relayed in Arabic via his…
NEW DELHI: India reported another 86,052 coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, a declining trend with recoveries exceeding new cases…
ANKARA: Turkey’s central bank raised Thursday its main interest rate for the first time since September 2018, boosting it by two…
DUBAI: After Lebanese teen Nour Ardakani joined the global music group Now United to become the band’s 16th member – and…
DUBAI: The UAE’s carrier Emirates has announced it will resume flights to five African cities, raising the current operational network to…
DUBAI: The search for global music group Now United’s newest member is finally over. Enter Nour Ardakani, the 18-year-old singer from…
