World

In Gaza, 'people lost everything': UNRWA
Tel Aviv [Israel], December 28: The UN agency's director of communications Juliette Touma says people's needs in Gaza are "huge".

Architect of modern EU Jacques Delors dies aged...
Washington [US], December 28: Former European Commission President Jacques Delors - described as the architect of the modern EU -...

Many reported dead in strike in southern Gaza
Tel Aviv [Israel], December 28: A suspected Israeli strike on a building near a hospital in Khan Younis in the...

Dutch Dy PM Sigrid Kaag named UN Humanitarian...
Tel Aviv [Israel], December 28: A veteran Dutch diplomat and outgoing minister who previously held top UN positions has been...

Gaza conflict more than a war of annihilation,...
Tel Aviv [Israel], December 28: Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has called the ongoing Israeli onslaught in the Gaza Strip "more...

Nawaz Sharif aims for fourth term as Pakistani...
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 28: Former Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif will seek a fourth term in office in elections scheduled...

Israel issues travel alert after blast near embassy...
New Delhi [India], December 28: In the wake of a suspected explosion outside the Israeli Embassy in Indian capital New...

Iran rejects IAEA report on increased highly enriched...
Tehran [Iran], December 28: The head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization has rejected a report by the International Atomic Energy...

40 killed following heavy rains in eastern DR...
Kinshasa [Congo], December 28: Heavy rains hit overnight Tuesday Bukavu, capital of South Kivu Province in the eastern Democratic Republic...

Mexico, US officials discuss urgency to reopen border...
Mexico City [Mexico], December 28: Mexico's Foreign Minister Alicia Barce said she spoke with U.S. authorities about the importance of...

Trump wins Michigan state court battle to qualify...
Washington [US], December 28: Donald Trump scored a victory in his fight against challenges to his eligibility to run for...

Turkey's Erdogan says Israeli PM Netanyahu no different...
Ankara [Turkey], December 28: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was no different from Adolf...

Israeli attacks in Gaza add to heavy Palestinian...
Tel Aviv [Israel], December 28: Israeli forces pounded central Gaza by land, sea and air and Palestinian authorities reported dozens...

Child among 10 killed after severe storms hit...
Sydney [Australia], December 28: At least 10 people, including a nine-year-old girl, have died in eastern Australia during severe thunderstorms...

Moldova's president says Putin must be stopped
Moscow [Russia], December 28: Russian President Vladimir Putin must be stopped in his war against Ukraine or all of Europe...

Russia tells South Korea not to be surprised...
Moscow [Russia], December 28: Russia told South Korea not to be surprised if Moscow retaliates against Seoul for expanding the...

Gold rises on weaker U.S. dollar
Washington [US], December 27: Gold futures on the COMEX division of the New York Mercantile Exchange rose on Tuesday as...

S. Korean banks' lending rate rises for 3rd...
Seoul [South Korea], December 27: South Korean banks' lending rate rose for the third successive month on the prolongation of...

'World not prepared for another pandemic'
Geneva [Switzerland], December 27: UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has said the world is not yet prepared for a possible...

Over 50 killed in strikes on Gaza
Tel Aviv [Israel], December 27: Dozens of Israeli fighter jets have attacked more than 100 targets in Gaza, the Israel...

33-year-old man held in France for murdering wife...
Paris [France], December 27: French police have arrested a 33-year-old man suspected of murdering his wife and four children.

UN 'gravely concerned' by Israeli bombardment
Tel Aviv [Israel], December 27: The UN's human rights office spokesperson, Seif Magango, said the agency was "gravely concerned" by...

More generals were killed, Iran threatened to retaliate...
Tehran [Iran], December 27: Tehran accused Israel's new attack in Syria of killing a veteran general of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary...

Blizzards threaten the North American plains
Washington [US], December 27: CNN reported that more than 1.1 million people in the North American Great Plains of the...

US warns of 'zombie deer' disease
Washington [US], #December 27: The discovery of the first case of chronic wasting disease (CWD), also known as 'zombie deer'...

Mr. Trump launched a series of attacks on...
Washington [US], December 27: Former US President Donald Trump expressed many grievances on his social networking platform on Christmas day.

Ukraine's Commander-in-Chief spoke amid controversy over the plan...
Kyiv [Ukraine], December 27: The Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Army expressed dissatisfaction with the performance of military recruitment offices, while...