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UAE Attorney-General receives Indonesian Ambassador
Abu Dhabi [UAE], December 18: Chancellor Dr. Hamad Saif Al Shamsi, UAE Attorney-General, received Husin Bagis, Ambassador of the Republic...

Dubai Municipality receives three new international standards certificates
Dubai [UAE], December 18: Dubai Municipality has added three new international standards certificates to its impressive list of achievements, including...

Dubai unveils 2025 Retail Calendar
Dubai [UAE], December 18: Dubai Festivals and Retail Establishment (DFRE), part of the Dubai Department of Economy and Tourism (DET),...

Israel destroyed 93% of bank branches in Gaza:...
Jerusalem [Israel], December 18: The World Bank reported that the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip has destroyed approximately 93...

12 staff members, their families trapped west of...
Gaza [Israel], December 18: Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), known as Doctors Without Borders, reported that 12 of its staff members...

V4 leaders discuss security, Ukraine, floods
Warsaw [Poland], December 17: The leaders of the Visegrad Group (V4) countries met on Monday in Wisla, Southern Poland, to...

Kids' painting event held in Serbia, focusing on...
Belgrade [Serbia], December 17: A children's painting competition was held on Monday at the HBIS Smederevo Steel Plant, Serbia, celebrating...

Hungary blocks EU funding for arms shipments to...
Budapest [Hungary], December 17: Hungary has once again vetoed the European Union's (EU) allocation of 6.5 billion euros (6.83...

Italian inflation rate climbs to 1.3 pct in...
Rome [Italy], December 17: Italy's annual inflation rate rose to 1.3 percent in November, up from 0.9 percent in October,...

Long truck lines recorded at Lithuanian-Belarusian border
Vilnius [Lithuania], December 17: Long truck lines have formed at the Lithuanian border with Belarus, possibly due to system disruptions,...

EU approves six-month extension for Slovakia's Russian oil...
Bratislava [Slovakia], December 17: The European Union have approved a six-month extension of Slovakia's exemption on exporting oil products derived...

TCM training institute inaugurated in Malta
Valletta [Malta], December 17: A collaborative education institute dedicated to traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) skills training was inaugurated on Monday...

Iran to receive EAEU observer state status: Russian...
Moscow [Russia], December 17: Iran will be granted observer state status in the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), local media quoted...

OPEC Fund approves close to $1 billion in...
Vienna [Austria], December 17: The OPEC Fund for International Development (OPEC Fund) has approved close to $1 billion in new...

12-year-old girl in UK charged with killing pensioner...
London [UK], December 17: A 12-year-old girl has appeared in court in central England charged with the manslaughter of pensioner...

Bashar al-Assad defends his rule, denies planning his...
Damascus [Syria], December 17: In the first public remarks attributed to Bashar al-Assad since he left Syria, the deposed Syrian...

Death toll from Israel's war on Gaza surpasses...
Jerusalem [Israel], December 17: Israel's war on Gaza has now killed more than 45,000 people, the Ministry of Health in...

Canada's finance minister resigns over budget row with...
Ottawa [Canada], December 17: Chrystia Freeland, Canada's finance minister and one of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's closest allies, has resigned.

UN launches fresh attempt to resolve Libya's election...
Tripoli [Libya], December 17: The United Nations will convene a technical committee of Libyan experts in an attempt to resolve...

2 men arrested for 'hazardous drone operation' near...
Boston [Massachusetts], December 17: Two men were arrested after allegedly flying a drone "dangerously close to Logan International Airport," according...

German Chancellor Scholz loses no-confidence vote
Berlin [German], December 17: The German parliament accepted Chancellor Olaf Scholz's invitation to withdraw its confidence in him and his...

Rescuers comb debris for survivors, count dead in...
Paris [France], December 17: Emergency workers searched for survivors and battled to restore services in Mayotte, France's poorest overseas territory,...

Women held as sex slaves in Sudan's South...
Khartoum [Sudan], December 17: Women from Sudan's South Kordofan state have been repeatedly raped and some held as sex slaves...

Almost 800 arrested over Nigerian crypto-romance scam
Lagos [Nigeria], December 17: Nigeria's anti-graft agency said it had arrested 792 suspects in a raid on a building believed...

Three killed in Wisconsin school shooting, including shooter
Madison [US], December 17: A juvenile student killed two people at a Wisconsin school before police found the suspect dead...

New train service linking Slovak, Ukrainian capitals launched
Bratislava [Slovakia], December 16: A new daily train service connecting the capitals of Slovakia and Ukraine officially launched on Sunday,...

Greek parliament approves 2025 state budget
Athens [Greece], December 16: The Greek Parliament approved the 2025 state budget on Sunday, projecting a 2.3 percent gross domestic...