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Archaeologists in Egypt have made an exciting tomb discovery – the final resting place of a high priest, untouched for 4,400 years. Mostafa Waziri, secretary-general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, described the find as “one of a kind in the last decades”. The tomb, found in the Saqqara pyramid …

Protests have been held at the US-Mexico border after a seven-year-old girl who travelled north from Guatemala died in custody. Jakelin Caal Maquin was among a group of 163 people who handed themselves over to patrol agents on 6 December, and she later died of dehydration and shock. Customs and Border …

Updates on Paris protests: Fifth successive weekend of “yellow vest” protests in Paris Demonstrators are calling for a drop in the cost of living French president seeks to defuse the situation with a new minimum wage More than 1,700 people were arrested across France last weekend Police scuffled with protesters …

H.H. Sheikh Hazza bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Chairman of Abu Dhabi Executive Council, has said that declaration of the 2019 as the ‘Year of Tolerance’ by President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, crowns the cultural approach adopted by the UAE throughout its shining history. His Highness …

President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, has declared 2019 as the ‘Year of Tolerance’, highlighting the UAE as a global capital for tolerance, via its various legislative and policy-oriented goals to enhance the role of the country in instilling the values of co-existence and peace in local, …

The Abu Dhabi Court of Appeal, has amended the ruling of an Arab man, who was sentenced to one year in prison for threatening and blackmailing a GCC woman of posting her photos on social media. The prosecution had charged the accused, of blackmailing the victim of posting her pictures …

The National Centre of Meteorology, NCM, has said that rough seas in the Oman Sea will continue. In a statement, the Centre warned seafarers of continued rough waters as a result of convective cloud formation with fresh winds resulting in wave heights ranging from four to six feet, and at …

Eleven people have died and dozens more have fallen ill after eating rice at a temple in India, police say. About 70 people have been admitted to hospital after eating the food following a ceremony in the southern state of Karnataka. A police spokesman told the BBC that 11 patients …

An investigation has been launched after a seven-year-old girl died while in the custody of the US Border Patrol. The Guatemalan child, named as Jakelin Caal Maquin, was detained last week after crossing the US-Mexico border with her father, officials say. It was earlier reported that she died of dehydration, …

President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan has sent a cable to President Omer Hassan Al Bashir, in which he expressed his condolences on the plane crash that took place in Al Gadariof State and led to death of the State Governor Merghani Saleh and other people on …