Foreign Minister discusses means of enhancing cooperation with counterparts

New York: Sayyid Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidi, Foreign Minister, met, separately, Sihasak Phuangketkeow, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Thailand; Luca Beccari, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Political Affairs, International Economic...

FIFA World Cup 2026 qualifiers: Tracking which teams have qualified as South Africa, Qatar clinch

The 2026 FIFA men's World Cup is approaching next year, and qualifying is well underway with more than half of the spots now accounted for. There are now 48 teams after FIFA decided to expand from the old 32-team format that had been in place...

UAE World Cup hopes suffer body blow after tense Qatar defeat

The UAE’s chances of direct qualification for the 2026 World Cup suffered a body blow as they lost to Qatar in Doha. Second half goals by Boualem Khoukhi and Pedro Miguel at the Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium sent the hosts through to a second...

Domestic and International Terrorism Protested in Downtown SF

Protesting activists march from terrorists on Sansome Street to terrorists on Montgomery Street. They went by way of the Embarcadero and Market Street, accompanied by several police cars whose flashing red and blue lights lent a Christmas-like...

Historic Ceasefire Ushers in Fragile Hope for Gaza Amid Global Push for Palestinian Statehood

Jerusalem, October 13, 2025 – In a dramatic turn amid the ruins of a two-year conflict that has scarred the Middle East, U.S. President Donald Trump arrived in Israel on Monday to a hero's welcome, declaring the "long and painful nightmare" of the...

UNGA 2025 live: Israeli military to broadcast Netanyahu's speech to Gazans through loudspeakers

Friday, September 26 Morning: Israel, Netherlands, China, Thailand, India, Mauritius, Luxembourg, Armenia, Ireland, Georgia, Japan, Italy, Nepal, Pakistan, Malta, Bhutan, Spain, Bangladesh. Afternoon: Lesotho, Greece, Cabo Verde, Bulgaria, Saint...

'Will remain rooted like olive trees, not leave our lands', says Palestinian President Abbas at UNGA

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has said that the Palestinians will remain rooted like the olive trees, firm as the rocks, and they will not leave their lands. "Our people will remain rooted like the olive trees, firm as the rocks. We will...

Stuart Law aims to lose Nepal cricket’s ‘Cardiac Kids’ tag

Stuart Law must have wondered what he had got himself in to. After all, for all the advances they have made in their captivating rise in world cricket, Nepal remain outside the game’s mainstream, enviously looking in. Law played more than50 times...

InterviewStuart Law aims to lose Nepal cricket’s ‘Cardiac Kids’ tag

Stuart Law must have wondered what he had got himself in to. After all, for all the advances they have made in their captivating rise in world cricket, Nepal remain outside the game’s mainstream, enviously looking in. Law played more than50 times...

Palestinian president says ready to work with Trump for two-state peace plan

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has said he is ready to work with world leaders to implement a peace plan for Israel and the Palestinians announced by France on Monday. Speaking via video at the UN General Assembly, Abbas reiterated his...

Palestine Ready To Work With Global Leaders For Two-State Peace Plan: President Abbas

Last Updated:September 25, 2025, 23:42 IST Mahmoud Abbas backs France's two-state peace plan at UNGA, condemns Hamas and Israel's actions in Gaza, urges global recognition of Palestinian state, and calls for UN membership. Palestinian President...

'We're close to getting some kind of a deal done' on Gaza, Trump says

US President Donald Trump on Thursday said a Gaza deal was close to being completed. Mr Trump is preparing to announce a Gaza ceasefire proposal, after he presented a 21-point plan to Arab leaders at the UN this week. “We want to get Gaza over,”...

Speech by the President of the French Republic at the podium of the United Nations during the High-level International Conference for Peaceful Settlement of the Question of Palestine and Implementation of the Two-State Solution New York (Monday, 22…

President of the General Assembly, Secretary-General, Heads of State and Government, Ladies and gentlemen, We are here because the time has come. The time has come for release of the 48 hostages held by Hamas. The time has come to stop the war,...

Skiathos: International accessibility model in practice

Skiathos is increasingly emerging as an example of an inclusive destination, combining hospitality with social sensitivity and respect for diversity. This was confirmed by the recent meeting of Mayor Thodoris Tzoumas with Patrycja Franczak and her...

Slovenia presses EU to muster political courage and force Israel’s hand

Last year, Slovenia, a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council, recognised Palestinian statehood and urged other EU countries to follow. Today, seeing its push bearing fruit on the global stage, it is on another mission: to push EU...

The joy of qualifying belongs to the few, not the powerful

The announcement will come as a bit of a shock in Torshavn. These have been a heady few days in the Faroe Islands. On Thursday, the archipelago’s national team thrashed Montenegro in World Cup qualifying. On Sunday, a late goal from Martin...

Sharia law in London? Trump tells UNGA that’s what migrants intend for UK

Donald Trump used his speech to the UN General Assembly to claim that immigrants want to establish Sharia in London. Addressing the world body, the President railed against “illegal aliens” changing the make-up of countries in the West, saying...

Adel Misk: beyond its symbolic nature, vote lends international legitimacy to a Palestinian state

Milan (AsiaNews) – The recognition of the Palestinian state, an "international wave" led by France, which undertook this diplomatic initiative together with Saudi Arabia, must not remain "just a symbolic act”, said Adel Misk, speaking to AsiaNews,...

France Joins UK, Canada, Others In Recognising Palestinian State As President Trump Set To Address UN Assembly

United States President, Donald Trump, has been scheduled to address the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, alongside leaders from Jordan and Qatar, in a week of high-level debates overshadowed by France’s decision to recognise a...

Brother of Scots Hamas victim hits out at UK Government over recognition of Palestine

He also asked if the Home Office would de-proscribe Hamas as a terrorist organisation. The Prime Minister confirmed on Sunday that the Government would recognise the state of Palestine, at the same time as Canada, Australia and Portugal. In a...