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Funeral held for Australian Indigenous girl whose death sparked outback riots

Aug 16, 2026

Sydney [Australia], August 16: Mourners gathered in Australia's Northern Territory capital Alice Springs on Saturday to bid farewell to a five-year-old ​Indigenous girl whose death in April shocked the nation sparked violent clashes in the outback town.
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Australia gun buyback to start in November

Aug 16, 2026

Sydney [Australia], August 16: Australia's New South Wales state will start a gun buyback in November, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said, part ​of the national response to a shooting spree that killed 15 a Jewish festival in Sydney, the state capital.

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GCC Secretary General condemns repeated hostile Iranian attacks on ADNOC tankers

Aug 16, 2026

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MBZUAI develops landmark benchmark to bridge cultural, dialect gap in Arabic AI

Aug 16, 2026

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UAE Team Emirates targets podium finish at Cyclassics Hamburg

Aug 16, 2026

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UN warns Ebola claiming one life every 30 minutes in DRC

Aug 16, 2026

Geneva [Switzerland], August 16: The United Nations and the World Health Organisation (WHO) have issued a urgent warning over the accelerating Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the...
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Meta tests AI scam alert feature on WhatsApp

Aug 16, 2026

Washington [US], August 16: Meta has launched a new optional AI-powered scam alert feature on WhatsApp, currently rolled out as a limited test version to warn users about potential fraud.
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Mexico races to clear record seaweed surge from Caribbean beaches

Aug 15, 2026

Mexico City [Mexico], August 15: Mexico is scrambling to contain a record surge of foul-smelling sargassum along its Caribbean coast, as the brown seaweed swamps beaches in the heart of...
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French taxpayers' data stolen in cyber attack, French Finance Ministry says

Aug 15, 2026
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Indonesia targets 30 GW of solar power in 2026

Aug 15, 2026
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UK government issues severe alert to warn of high risk of wildfires

Aug 15, 2026
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Arab League, GCC affirm need for unifying efforts to address current regional challenges

Aug 14, 2026
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UAE strongly condemns targeting of two ADNOC vessels while transiting Strait of Hormuz

Aug 14, 2026
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Three dead, 17 injured in Cairo mall helium cylinder explosion

Aug 14, 2026
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Google unveils Gemini 3.7 Flash AI model for coding, agent workflows

Aug 14, 2026
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Germany records 12,500 heat-related deaths in 2026

Aug 14, 2026
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Kuwait foils terrorist plot targeting vital facility

Aug 13, 2026
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UAE President and King of Bahrain discuss fraternal ties and regional developments

Aug 13, 2026
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Zayed Authority for People of Determination celebrates graduation of first cohort of Media Empowerment Programme

Aug 13, 2026
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RAK Ruler says youth are foundation of nation's development, prosperity

Aug 13, 2026
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Total solar eclipse begins at edge of Russian Arctic

Aug 13, 2026
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Amlak Finance announces its H1 2026 financial results

Aug 12, 2026
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Lebanon's Parliament approves abolition of death penalty

Aug 12, 2026
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National Media Authority announced as 'National Partner' of Arab Media Summit 2026

Aug 12, 2026
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UN official warns of exploding situation in West Bank

Aug 12, 2026
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S&P 500 drops for second day as tech slides

Aug 12, 2026