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Jimmy Carter, former US president, dies at 100

Jimmy Carter, former US president, dies at 100

New York [US], December 30: Jimmy Carter, the earnest Georgia peanut farmer who as U.S. president struggled with a bad...

Jeju Air boss says crash not down to maintenance issues

Jeju Air boss says crash not down to...

Seoul [South Korea], December 30: The crash was not due to "any maintenance issues", the head of Jeju Air's management...

Israel's attack on Gaza hospital kills seven, prompts evacuation

Israel's attack on Gaza hospital kills seven, prompts...

Gaza [Palestine] / Tel Aviv [Israel], December 30: The Israeli military killed seven people in a missile attack on a...

Twenty-day-old baby dies from severe cold in Gaza; fifth such fatality this winter

Twenty-day-old baby dies from severe cold in Gaza;...

Gaza [Palestine], December 30: A 20-day-old baby in Gaza has died from severe cold, the fifth such fatality from hypothermia...

Taliban reiterate ban on women working for non-governmental organizations

Taliban reiterate ban on women working for non-governmental...

Kabul [Afghanistan], December 30: The Afghan Ministry of Economy on Sunday reiterated its call for all non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in...

What's a bird strike in aviation?

What's a bird strike in aviation?

London [UK], December 30: A bird strike is a collision between a plane in flight and a bird. They are...

179 people dead as plane crashes in South Korea

179 people dead as plane crashes in South...

Seoul [South Korea], December 30: Rescuers suspect 179 people died when a plane veered off a South Korean airport runway...

Aliyev calls on Russia to fully admit causing Azerbaijan plane crash

Aliyev calls on Russia to fully admit causing...

Moscow [Russia], December 30: Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has demanded a full admission of responsibility from Russia for causing the...

French officials say three people dead in Channel as migrant crossings continue

French officials say three people dead in Channel...

London [UK], December 30: At least three people have died attempting to cross the Channel in small boats, French authorities...

S Korea's Yoon again ignores summons to appear

S Korea's Yoon again ignores summons to appear

Seoul [South Korea], December 30: South Korea's suspended president, Yoon Suk Yeol, has for the third time in a row...

Pakistan Defence Minister slams Imran Khan, questions his loyalty for seeking help from the US

Pakistan Defence Minister slams Imran Khan, questions his...

Islamabad [Pakistan], December 30: Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Asif lashed out at former Prime Minister Imran Khan, accusing him of...

Afghan Taliban strike targets inside Pakistan

Afghan Taliban strike targets inside Pakistan

Kabul [Afghanistan], December 30: Afghanistan's Taliban government said on Saturday that it struck "several points" inside neighbouring Pakistan.

South Korea's acting president Han Duck-Soo impeached as Yoon goes on trial

South Korea's acting president Han Duck-Soo impeached as...

Seoul [South Korea], December 29: South Korea's parliament impeached acting President Han Duck-soo on Saturday, less than two weeks after...

North Korean troops experience mass casualties on Ukraine front lines, White House says

North Korean troops experience mass casualties on Ukraine...

Pyongyang [North Korea], December 29: North Korean forces are experiencing mass casualties on the front lines of Russia's war against...

German president dissolves parliament for Feb. 23 snap elections

German president dissolves parliament for Feb. 23 snap...

Berlin [Germany], December 29: President Frank-Walter Steinmeier dissolved Germany's lower house of parliament to pave the way for snap elections...

Trump sides with Elon Musk in H-1B visa debate, says he's always been in favor of the program

Trump sides with Elon Musk in H-1B visa...

New York [US], December 29: President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday sided with key supporter and billionaire tech CEO Elon Musk...

At least 28 dead in fiery aircraft crash in South Korea, Yonhap reports

At least 28 dead in fiery aircraft crash...

Seoul [South Korea], December 29: At least 28 people died on Sunday after an airliner went off the runway and...

Thousands protest in Georgia ahead of political showdown

Thousands protest in Georgia ahead of political showdown

Tbilisi [Georgia], December 29: Thousands of Georgian protesters have formed a human chain in the capital, Tbilisi, ahead of a...

India mourns former prime minister Manmohan Singh in state funeral

India mourns former prime minister Manmohan Singh in...

New Delhi [India], December 29: Manmohan Singh, the former Indian prime minister widely regarded as the architect of the country's...

China approves the construction of world's largest hydropower dam in Tibet

China approves the construction of world's largest hydropower...

Beijing [China], December 29: China has approved the construction of what will be the world's largest hydropower dam, stoking concerns...

Israel detains north Gaza hospital director as WHO condemns raids

Israel detains north Gaza hospital director as WHO...

Gaza [Palestine], December 29: Israel's army has detained the director of one of the last functioning hospitals in northern Gaza,...

PM Fico offers Slovakia's 'hospitality' in possible Ukraine, Russia talks

PM Fico offers Slovakia's 'hospitality' in possible Ukraine,...

Bratislava [Slovakia], December 29: Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico has offered his country as a meeting place for possible talks...

Finland brings tanker suspected of damaging undersea cable to shore

Finland brings tanker suspected of damaging undersea cable...

Helsinki [Finland], December 29: Finnish police on Saturday transported a Russia- linked suspected of intentionally damaging a Baltic Sea power...

Trump asks Supreme Court to delay law that could ban TikTok in the US

Trump asks Supreme Court to delay law that...

Washington [US], December 29: US President-elect Donald Trump on Friday stepped into the ongoing dispute over the potential ban of...

'Alarming' rise in climate disasters in Brazil: Study

'Alarming' rise in climate disasters in Brazil: Study

Brasilia [Brazil], December 29: Brazil has seen a dramatic rise of climate disasters in recent years, compared to two previous...

World Health Organization finds no mysterious 'Disease X' in Congo

World Health Organization finds no mysterious 'Disease X'...

Geneva [Switzerland], December 29: International health experts believe the wave of illnesses in a remote region of the Democratic Republic...

Record number of children living in conflict zones: UNICEF

Record number of children living in conflict zones:...

New York [US], December 29: More children than ever before live in conflict zones or have been forcibly displaced from...