Gaza, Aug 19 (Xinhua) The Palestinian Hamas movement Wednesday rejected US President Barack Obama's call for strengthening Arab relations with Israel in exchange for halting Jewis...More

Taipei, Aug 19 (DPA) Taiwan, in a major policy change, will stop seeking to join the UN at the upcoming UN General Assembly but will try to join some UN organisations, a newspaper...More

London, Aug 19 (DPA) The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is turning the collapse of US investment bank Lehman Brothers nearly a year ago into a TV fiction film, it was anno...More

Johannesburg, Aug 19 (IANS) The contraction of South Africa's gross domestic product (GDP) by three percent for the second quarter of 2009 indicates the economy is still in recess...More

Paris, Aug 19 (DPA) All three members of a gang that tried to rob a bank in central Paris were in custody Wednesday as police explained the gang used a 17-year-old blonde to open ...More

Moscow, Aug 19 (RIA Novosti) Russia's Irkut aircraft building corporation has picked Britain's Rolls Royce and Canada's Pratt & Whitney to supply engines for its new MS-21 aircraf...More

Abu Dhabi, Aug 19 (IANS) The United Arab Emirates' (UAE) national carrier Etihad Airways has signed a code sharing agreement with the American Airlines that will benefit traveller...More

Abu Dhabi, Aug 19 (IANS) Twelve countries, including the United Arab Emirates (UAE), have proposed falconry to be included as a world intangible heritage at the UNESCO, WAM news a...More

Dubai, Aug 19 (IANS) The Dubai International Airport saw an increase of passenger traffic in July, registering a 12.6 percent growth, the highest since May 2008, WAM news agency r...More

Stockholm, Aug 19 (DPA) Russia is the most likely place for a possible trial of those detained in connection with the missing Arctic Sea freighter, a Swedish expert on maritime la...More

Abu Dhabi, Aug 19 (IANS) A charity group in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will distribute free Iftar meals during the holy month of Ramadan in 26 countries, WAM news agency repor...More

Schwalmtal (Germany), Aug 19 (DPA) A 71-year-old pensioner faces murder charges following shootings late Tuesday in which three people were killed and a fourth wounded, German pol...More

Tokyo, Aug 19 (Xinhua) China was Japan's biggest trading partner in the first six months this year, according to a report Wednesday. For the first time, ...More

Taipei, Aug 19 (Xinhua) The toll in typhoon Morakot that devastated the country Aug 7 has risen to 136 Wednesday, officials said. Six rescue workers were...More

Manila, Aug 19 (Xinhua) Philippine troops Wednesday retook a village from rebels in the country's western Palawan region after a gun battle in which seven militants were killed, o...More