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Plane grounded in France over human trafficking fears
Paris [France], December 24: A plane carrying 303 Indian passengers has been grounded at an airport in north-eastern France on...
Pentagon says Iranian drone 'attack' hit chemical tanker...
Washington [US], December 24: A drone launched from Iran struck a chemical tanker in the Indian ocean early on Saturday,...
Security hiked at Cologne Cathedral for Christmas amid...
Berlin [Germany], December 24: German police said on Saturday they were heightening security at Cologne Cathedral following indications of an...
Alabama mother with rare double womb gives birth...
Washington [US], December 24: A US woman with a rare double uterus has given birth twice in two days -...
Russia bans anti-war candidate from challenging Putin
Moscow [Russia], December 24: A former TV journalist who announced she would challenge President Putin in Russia's spring election has...
Yekaterina Duntsova barred from running against Putin in...
Moscow [Russia], December 24: Former TV journalist Yekaterina Duntsova was disqualified as a candidate for Russia's next presidential election, preventing...
Zelensky discusses delivery of F-16 jets to Ukraine...
Kyiv [Ukraine], December 23: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Friday that he had discussed the delivery of F-16 fighter...
Turkish parliament to discuss Sweden's NATO bid next...
Ankara [Turkey], December 23: Turkish parliament's foreign affairs committee said on Friday that it would discuss Sweden's NATO bid next...
Canada sees record-strong growth in R&D spending in...
Ottawa [Canada], December 23: Canada's overall research and development (R&D) expenditures in 2021 reached 46.9 billion Canadian dollars (35.4 billion...
Cygnus cargo spacecraft departs space station
Los Angeles [US], December 23: Northrop Grumman's uncrewed Cygnus spacecraft departed the International Space Station (ISS) on Friday after a...
Omran Sharaf participates in UNSC Arria-formula meeting on...
New York [US], December 23: At a UN Security Council Arria-formula meeting on the impact of AI on hate speech,...
UAE provides 100 tonnes of food supplies through...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], December 23: On Thursday, the UAE dispatched a plane to the Republic of South Sudan carrying 100...
UAE, Mauritius conclude Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement
Abu Dhabi [UAE], December 23: The United Arab Emirates and Mauritius have concluded the terms of a Comprehensive Economic Partnership...
Manchester City crowned FIFA Club World Cup winners...
Jeddah [Saudi Arabia], December 23: Manchester City won the FIFA Club World Cup for the first time in its history,...
Mexican, U.S. presidents discuss economy, immigration by phone
Mexico City [Mexico], December 23: Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Friday that he has discussed economic and...
6 laborers killed in firing in NW Pakistan
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 23: Six laborers were killed in firing by unknown gunmen in Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in...
Kyrgyz president signs law on changing national flag...
Bishkek [Kyrgyzstan], December 23: Kyrgyzstan will partially change the design on the country's national flag, with a corresponding law signed...
Southeast Asia increases vigilance against Covid-19
Washington [US], December 23: Governments in Southeast Asia are stepping up response efforts as the number of Covid-19 infections increases...
The US Supreme Court refused to expedite a...
Washington [US], December 23: The US Supreme Court has not provided an explanation or voting results for the decision not...
Cuba passes euthanasia law
Havana [Cuba], December 23: Cuba has become the second country in Latin America and the Caribbean to license euthanasia, after...
The US accuses Iran of being 'deeply involved'...
Washington [US], December 23: The US is more harsh in accusing Iran of involvement in attacks on commercial ships in...
Biden pardons marijuana offenders, cuts non-violent drug sentences
Washington [US], December 23: U.S. President Joe Biden reduced the prison terms of 11 people serving decades-long sentences for non-violent...
U.N. pushes for more aid into Gaza, Israel...
Tel Aviv [Israel], December 23: The U.N. Security Council approved a toned-down bid to boost humanitarian aid to Gaza on...
US takes aim at financial institutions with new...
Washington [US], December 23: U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday signed an executive order threatening penalties for financial institutions that...
After same-sex blessing ruling, pope decries inflexible ideologies
Vatican City, December 22: Pope Francis warned against inflexible ideological positions that can hinder the Church from seeing reality and...
Putin, Maduro exchange views on establishing fair world...
Moscow [Russia], December 22: Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro expressed common ground on establishing a...
UN chief shocked by Czech mass shooting
United Nations, December 22: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was shocked and saddened by a mass shooting at a university...