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

Thick fog continues to cause flight disruption at...
London [UK], December 29: Disruption is continuing at some of the UK's busiest airports as thick fog blankets the country.

UK rail disruption warning after theft of £100k...
London [UK], December 29: Trains in the north of England will be disrupted after more than £100,000 ($125,750) worth of...

Putin apologizes after Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash
Moscow [Russia], December 29: Russian President Vladimir Putin has apologized to his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev following the crash of...

Lebanon arrests 67 Syrians over illegal entry
Beirut [Lebanon], December 28: Lebanese security forces on Friday arrested 67 Syrian nationals for illegally entering Lebanon, along with a...

Saudi Arabia allocates 500 mln USD to support...
Aden [Saudi Arabia], December 28: Saudi Arabia has allocated 500 million U.S. dollars to the Yemeni government to cover state...

Iran seeks calm rather than chaos in Syria:...
Tehran [Iran], December 28: Iran's Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi on Friday expressed concern over the "acts of sedition" in...

8 killed in Mexico bus accident
Mexico City [Mexico], December 28: At least eight people were killed and 27 others injured after a passenger bus collided...

Israel turns to Houthi forces in Yemen?
Jerusalem [Israel], December 28: The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it intercepted a missile apparently launched by Yemen's Houthi rebels...

'Virtual' money in the US promises to explode
Washington [US], December 28: The US Congress and the administration of President-elect Donald Trump are expected to bring about policies...

Cryptocurrency tycoon Do Kwon extradited to the US
Montenegro's Justice Ministry announced on December 27 that Minister Bojan Bozovic had ordered the extradition of South Korean cryptocurrency tycoon...

China sentences man to death for driving into...
Beijing [China], December 28: A man who drove his car into a crowd at a stadium in the city of...

Trump demands the right to decide TikTok's fate
Washington [US], December 28: US President-elect Donald Trump has asked the Supreme Court to suspend the enforcement of the law...

Billionaire Elon Musk urges US to add hypersonic...
Washington [US], December 28: Billionaire Elon Musk asserts that the US needs a large stockpile of hypersonic missiles and long-range...

The most powerful women in the world in...
Washington [US], December 28: As economic uncertainty and geopolitical tensions reshape the global order in 2024, a key question arises...

Homeless people in the US hit a record...
Washington [US], December 28: An annual report released by the US government on December 27 showed that the number of...

Israel raids north Gaza hospital, ministry says staff...
Gaza [Palestine], December 28: Israeli forces on Friday raided the Kamal Adwan Hospital, one of three medical facilities on the...

Survivors on Azerbaijani plane say they heard bangs...
Dubai [UAE], December 28: Two passengers and one crew member on the Azerbaijan Airlines plane that crashed in Kazakhstan told...

Abu Dhabi Police enforce comprehensive security plan for...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], December 28: Abu Dhabi Police have developed a comprehensive security plan to ensure the safety and security...