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Tokyo prosecutors arrest ruling party lawmaker over slush funds scandal

Tokyo prosecutors arrest ruling party lawmaker over slush...

Tokyo [Japan], January 7: A Japanese lawmaker from the largest faction within the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) was arrested...

Blast kills 2, injures 14 in Afghanistan's Kabul

Blast kills 2, injures 14 in Afghanistan's Kabul

Kabul [Afghanistan], January 7: Two persons have been confirmed dead and 14 others sustained injury as a blast ripped through...

US appeals court prevents California from banning guns in most public places

US appeals court prevents California from banning guns...

Washington [US], January 7: A federal appeals court on Saturday reinstated a judge's ruling that barred California from enforcing a...

Death toll in Iran suicide attacks rises to 91 as secret service arrests 11 people

Death toll in Iran suicide attacks rises to...

Tehran [Iran], January 7: The death toll in the suicide blasts in Iran earlier this week has risen to 91,...

Taiwan accuses China of endangering aviation safety with balloons

Taiwan accuses China of endangering aviation safety with...

Taipei [Taiwan], January 7: Taiwan's Defence Ministry on Saturday strongly condemned China's releasing aerial balloons to fly over Taiwan, saying...

Al-Amal Hospital surroundings in Gaza comes under heavy fire

Al-Amal Hospital surroundings in Gaza comes under heavy...

Gaza [Palestine], January 7: The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) reported heavy shelling and drone fire near the Al-Amal Hospital...

Lebanon files complaint with UN chief, UNSC after Israel attacks

Lebanon files complaint with UN chief, UNSC after...

Beirut [Lebanon], January 7: Lebanon has sent a letter of complaint to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and the president of...

2024 a key year for democracy as elections loom: EU's von der Leyen

2024 a key year for democracy as elections...

Berlin [Germany], January 7: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says the year 2024 is "a key year for...

Russian strikes kill 11, including children: Ukrainian official

Russian strikes kill 11, including children: Ukrainian official

Kiev [Ukraine], January 7: A Russian missile strike has killed 11 people, including five children, in eastern Ukraine, a local...

Supreme Court to rule if Trump can run for president

Supreme Court to rule if Trump can run...

Washington [US], January 7: The US Supreme Court says it will hear a historic case to determine whether Donald Trump...

Kuwait urged to join genocide case against Zionist entity at ICJ

Kuwait urged to join genocide case against Zionist...

Gaza [Palestine], January 7: A statement issued by 30 civil society entities in Kuwait on Saturday called on the ministry...

Bangladesh arrests opposition members over train fire

Bangladesh arrests opposition members over train fire

Dhaka [Bangladesh], January 7: Bangladesh police on Saturday arrested seven opposition party members blamed for an alleged pre-election arson attack...

Blinken tackles Gaza, NATO with Erdogan

Blinken tackles Gaza, NATO with Erdogan

Istanbul [Turkey], January 7: Washington's top diplomat discussed the Zionist-Hamas war with Turkey's mercurial leader on Saturday before flying to...

Biden compares Trump to Nazis; tycoon hits back

Biden compares Trump to Nazis; tycoon hits back

Washington [US], January 7: US President Joe Biden launched his harshest attack yet on Donald Trump as he kickstarted his...

North Korea fires artillery close to border for second day

North Korea fires artillery close to border for...

Pyongyang [North Korea], January 7: The North Korean military fired more than 60 rounds of artillery close to a disputed...

FAA grounds some Boeing 737 Max 9 planes after mid-air scare

FAA grounds some Boeing 737 Max 9 planes...

Washington [US], January 7: The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Saturday ordered US airline operators to temporarily ground some...

Shanghai plans hundreds of intelligent factories to reinforce manufacturing leadership

Shanghai plans hundreds of intelligent factories to reinforce...

Shanghai [China], January 7: Shanghai plans to build 200 new smart factories and 20 demonstration sites by end of 2025...

UAE President receives Prime Minister of Qatar

UAE President receives Prime Minister of Qatar

Abu Dhabi [UAE], January 7: President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan received His Excellency Sheikh Mohammed bin...

At least 13 killed by Israeli airstrike in southern Gaza

At least 13 killed by Israeli airstrike in...

Gaza [Palestine], January 6: At least 13 Palestinians were killed in an Israeli air raid which targeted an inhabited house...

Türkiye ready to host peace talks to resolve Ukraine-Russia crisis: Erdogan

Türkiye ready to host peace talks to resolve...

Istanbul [Turkey], January 6: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday that his country is ready to mediate and...

Greece reopens ancient palace where Alexander the Great was crowned

Greece reopens ancient palace where Alexander the Great...

Athens [Greece], January 6: Greece is ready to reopen on Saturday a palace of the ancient kingdom of Macedonia where...

Light plane crashes, killing 4 in north Mexico

Light plane crashes, killing 4 in north Mexico

Mexico City [Mexico], January 6: Four people were killed when a light aircraft crashed Friday onto a lot belonging to...

Alaska Airlines flight makes emergency landing

Alaska Airlines flight makes emergency landing

Los Angeles [US], January 6: An Alaska Airlines flight made an emergency landing shortly after taking off from Oregon's Portland...

7 teens arrested for stealing car in Australia's Melbourne

7 teens arrested for stealing car in Australia's...

Melbourne [Australia], January 6: Police in the Australian state of Victoria said on Saturday that seven teenage boys were arrested...

Australia to expose companies' gender pay gaps

Australia to expose companies' gender pay gaps

Canberra [Australia], January 6: The Australian government will publish the gender pay gap at large companies in a bid to...

100 dead, 211 missing after powerful quakes jolt Japan

100 dead, 211 missing after powerful quakes jolt...

Tokyo [Japan], January 6: The death toll has risen to 100 in the central Japanese prefecture of Ishikawa after a...

Japan continues earthquake survivor search with more than 50 missing

Japan continues earthquake survivor search with more than...

Tokyo [Japan], January 6: Emergency services in Japan are continuing to look for survivors of Monday's severe earthquake, with more...