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Cambodia jails 13 pregnant Filipino surrogates
Phnom Penh [Cambodia], December 4: Thirteen women from the Philippines have been convicted of human trafficking in Cambodia for intending...

Trump appears to threaten Hamas with 'all hell...
New York [US], December 4: US President-elect Donald Trump has issued an apparent warning to Hamas, threatening "all hell to...

Cairo Conference calls for increased humanitarian aid to...
Cairo [Egypt], December 4: The Cairo Ministerial Conference for Emergency Humanitarian Response to Gaza concluded with a firm stance on...

EU Commission commits €4.6 billion to support cleantech...
Brussels [Belgium], December 4: The newly appointed European Commission (EC) announced today plans to invest €4.6 billion in decarbonisation technology...

AFC Champions League Elite: Pakhtakor 1-1 Al Ain
Tashkent [Uzbekistan], December 4: Reigning continental champions Al Ain continue to cling on to their hopes of a place in...

UNHCR receives record $1.1 bn of early funding...
Geneva [Switzerland], December 4: Donor governments pledged a record US$ 1.143 billion today to provide protection, life-saving assistance and solutions...

People of Determination crucial component of social fabric,...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], December 4: The Muslim Council of Elders, led by His Eminence Prof. Dr. Ahmed Al-Tayeb, Grand Imam...

Maccabi Tel Aviv signs sponsorship deal with Chinese...
Jerusalem [Israel], December 3: Israeli Europa League club Maccabi Tel Aviv announced on Monday that it has signed a sponsorship...

Vanuatu leads calls for legal framework on climate
The Hague [Netherlands], December 3: Vanuatu on Monday urged the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague to declare...

Impeachment complaint filed against Philippine VP Duterte
Manila [Philippines], December 3: An impeachment complaint was filed on Monday against Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte on allegations of...

President Biden pardons son; Trump slams 'miscarriage of...
Washington [US], December 3: US President Joe Biden on Sunday said he has pardoned his son, Hunter Biden, despite previously...

6 dead after mass panic at football match...
Conakry [Guinea], December 3: At least 56 people have been killed in Guinea and many injured after a mass panic...

Thirteen charged in Australia over country's largest cocaine...
Sydney [Australia], December 3: Australian authorities have charged 11 men and two minors over what police on Monday called the...

Death toll in Syrian clashes rises above 500,...
Beirut [Lebanon], December 3: More than 500 people have been killed in the course of the new escalation in Syria...

In Kiev, Scholz promises Ukraine further weapons but...
Kyiv [Ukraine], December 3: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz visited Kiev for the first time in two and a half years...

Confidence vote looms in French parliament
Paris [France], December 3: French Prime Minister Michel Barnier on Monday pushed through his social security budget without a vote...

Bangladesh condemns attack on its diplomatic mission in...
Dhaka [Bangladesh], December 3: The Bangladeshi government has strongly condemned an attack on its consulate in Agartala, the capital of...

UK premier Starmer calls for ceasefire, return of...
London [UK], December 3: No ceasefire can be reached in Gaza that does not include the return of hostages by...

3,700 people killed or missing since Israel's siege...
Jerusalem [Israel], December 3: The Israeli military has continued "its intensive land, air and sea aggression on northern Gaza for...

NATO expected to sidestep Ukraine's call for quick...
Washington [US], December 3: NATO is highly unlikely to heed Ukraine's call for a membership invitation at a meeting.

Biden's Angola visit aims to showcase his attempts...
Washington [US], December 3: Joe Biden has begun his long-anticipated maiden visit to sub-Saharan Africa as US president but it...

Top UN court to rule on key climate...
New York [US], December 3: The world's top court has begun hearing evidence in a significant case that may clarify...

Australian police seize $500m of cocaine after boat...
Sydney [Australia], December 3: Australian Police have seized 2.3 tonnes of cocaine from a broken-down boat off the coast of...

Landmark World Drought Atlas reveals systemic nature of...
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], December 3: As record-breaking droughts are becoming a new normal around the globe, the UN Convention to...

Israeli attacks left 37 martyrs in Gaza over...
Gaza [Palestine], December 3: Israeli occupation forces committed four massacres against families in the Gaza Strip over the past 24...

UAE President, Rulers attend 53rd Eid Al Etihad...
AL Ain [UAE], December 3: UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, along with Their Highnesses the...

UAE's strength reflection of Mohamed bin Zayed's vision,...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], December 3: H.H. Sheikh Humaid bin Rashid Al Nuaimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Ajman, has...