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Israeli forces say they locate large underground weapons...
Jerusalem [Israel], January 10: Israeli forces located what they said was the largest weapons production site so far found in...
Ecuador's 'most-wanted' criminal disappears from prison
Quito [Ecuador], January 10: Ecuador's "most-wanted prisoner", the leader of the Los Choneros criminal group, disappeared from the jail where...
US top diplomat urges Israel to avoid harming...
Washington [US], January 10: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged Israeli leaders to avoid harming civilians as it presses...
Massive winter storm batters US
Washington [US], January 10: A massive winter storm moving across the eastern half of the U.S. on Tuesday knocked out...
Biden rejects calls for US defence secretary removal
Washington [US], January 10: US President Joe Biden does not plan to fire Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin after the...
Critical fuel loss derails US first moon landing...
Florida [US], January 10: The first US-based spacecraft to attempt a moon landing in more than half a century is...
Germany: Asylum applications rose sharply in 2023
Berlin [Germany], January 10: Altogether 352,000 people sought asylum in Germany in 2023, with some 329,000 putting in a first...
Gabriel Attal, 34, to become France's youngest prime...
Paris [France], January 10: French Education Minister Gabriel Attal has been tipped by President Macron as the new prime minister...
Bahrain hosts 4th meeting of Higher Committee of...
Manama [Bahrain], January 10: The Kingdom of Bahrain will host the fourth meeting of the Higher Committee of the Integrated...
UAE economy expected to grow by 3.8% in...
Washington [US], January 10: The World Bank expected the UAE's real GDP to grow by 3.4 percent in 2023, rising...
China trains high-quality farmers for rural revitalisation
Beijing [China], January 10: High-quality farmers are playing a pivotal role in driving China's comprehensive rural revitalization. According to People's...
World's first 100,000-tonne Green Hydrogen project starts operating...
Ulan Bator [Mongolia], January 10: A photovoltaic hydrogen demonstration project in Juungar Banner, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, was recently connected...
Freight train derailed in Russia's Far East region
Moscow [Russia], January 9: A freight train on Monday evening collided with an empty train when running along the Trans-Baikal...
21 injured in hotel explosion in U.S. Texas
Houston [US], January 9: At least 21 people were injured following an explosion on Monday at a hotel in downtown...
Polls open in Bhutan's general elections
Thimphu [Bhutan], January 9: Voters in Bhutan began casting their ballots Tuesday as polls opened for the country's final round...
Death toll rises to 180 in Japan's quake-hit...
Tokyo [Japan], January 9: The death toll climbed to 180 in the central Japanese prefecture of Ishikawa as of 9...
WHO unable to deliver medical supplies to northern...
Gaza [Palestine], January 9: The World Health Organization (WHO) says it has not been able to reach the north of...
French govt resigns after political wrangling over immigration
Paris [France], January 9: The centre-right government of French prime minister Élisabeth Borne has resigned, the presidential palace in Paris...
Rescuers free tourists and guides trapped in Slovenian...
Ljubljana [Slovenia], January 9: Rescuers successfully freed five people from a cave in Slovenia on Monday, two days after the...
Russia evacuates hundreds from border city amid Ukraine...
Kyiv [Ukraine], January 9: Russia said Monday it had moved some 300 people from the border city of Belgorod due...
Blinken meets MBZ, MBS on regional tour
Washington [US], January 9: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Monday with Saudi Arabia's crown prince before heading to...
Israeli strike kills a Hezbollah commander in Lebanon
Beirut [Lebanon], January 9: Israel killed a top Hezbollah commander in a strike in south Lebanon.
Pope calls for universal ban on surrogate parenting
Rome [Italy], January 9: Pope Francis called for a global ban on parenting via surrogacy, calling the practice "deplorable" and...
Israel shifts to deadlier strikes on Iran-linked targets...
Damascus [Syria], January 9: Israel is carrying out an unprecedented wave of deadly strikes in Syria.
US fighter jets to fly over Bosnia in...
Washington [US], January 9: Two F-16 fighter jets will fly over Bosnia.
Germany: Farmers' protest causes nationwide disruption
Munich [Germany], January 9: German farmers are angered by the government's plans to slash agricultural subsidies. Blockades are expected to...
US launches first moon lander in 50 years
Florida [US], January 9: The first US-based spacecraft to attempt a moon landing in more than half a century blasted...