Federal Despatch

World News

Representative Image — Children starving to death in northern Gaza: WHO

UN team says rape, gang rape likely occurred during Hamas attack on Israel

Mar 05, 2024

Nahyan bin Zayed honours teams participating in hosting, organisation of UAE Tour 2024

Mar 05, 2024

Winners of Inaugural 'Xposure International Film Awards' announced

Mar 05, 2024

China's special envoy for Eurasian affairs meets with Russian deputy FM

Mar 04, 2024

Air India, Italy's ITA resume flights to Israel amid conflict

Mar 04, 2024

More News

Australia-ASEAN summit held in Melbourne

Mar 04, 2024

Melbourne [Australia], March 4: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has welcomed Southeast Asian leaders to Melbourne for a special summit to celebrate his country's 50...

Death toll in Russian drone attack on Odessa rises to 10

Mar 04, 2024

Moscow [Russia], March 4: The death toll from Saturday's Russian aerial drone attack on Odessa has risen to 10, including a mother and her baby,...

WHO chief outraged at reports of deaths after Israeli airstrike on Rafah

Mar 04, 2024

Gaza [Palestine], March 4: The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) responded with outrage to reports of the deaths of several Palestinians in a...

Hungary's Orban to meet Trump during US visit on March 8

Mar 04, 2024

Budapest [Hungary], March 4: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban will hold talks with former US President Donald Trump in Florida on March 8 during his...

Israeli air raid on Rafah kills 14 Palestinians, mostly children

Mar 04, 2024

Gaza [Palestine], March 4: Israeli forces have bombed a residential building in the city of Rafah in southern Gaza, according to a witness and...

Swiss voters embrace socialbenefits expansion for pensioners

Mar 04, 2024

Bern [Switzerland], March 4: Switzerland voted in a referendum on Sunday in favour of a 13th monthly pension payment each year, to the delight of...

South Korea: Thousands of doctors protest govt's plan to increase medical school admissions

Mar 04, 2024

Seoul [South Korea], March 4: Seoul witnessed a significant protest on Sunday as thousands of doctors took to the streets to voice their opposition to...

Nepal FM to miss UN LDC Future Forum, cancels Finland visit

Mar 04, 2024

Kathmandu [Nepal], March 4: Nepali Foreign Minister Narayan Prakash Saud's visit to Helsinki, Finland has been cancelled at the last minute, the Foreign Ministry announced...

Abu Dhabi: BAPS Hindu Mandir draws over 65,000 Pilgrims on first public Sunday

Mar 04, 2024

Abu Dhabi [UAE], March 4: Over 65,000 pilgrims visited the recently opened BAPS Hindu Mandir in Abu Dhabi as it opened its doors on the...

Portugal: Europe's last open door for immigrants

Mar 04, 2024

Lisbon [Portugal], March 4: In Sao Teotonio, a small country town in southwest Portugal, there are more Indian and Nepalese restaurants than Portuguese ones. Which makes sense when you discover South Asian workers keep the fruit farms that are the mainstay of the region going. Nepalese immigrant Mesch Khatri, 36, picks raspberries and strawberries in the greenhouses around Sao Teotonio while his wife Ritu, 28, runs their cafe, called the Nepali, in the town. Their seven-year-old son speaks Portuguese, a little English, but no Nepali at all.