Brasília [Brazil], December 16: Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has been discharged from hospital after undergoing surgery for...

Moscow [Russia], December 16: Two Russian tankers ran aground off the occupied Crimean Peninsula, the Russian civil protection agency reported...

Sacramento [California], December 16: At least four people were injured after a tornado struck northern California on Saturday afternoon, according...

Rome [Italy], December 16: Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni announced on Sunday she is resigning as president of the right-wing...

Damascus [Syria], December 16: More than 7,500 refugees have returned to Syria from Turkey since the regime of long-time ruler...

Czech Republic [Prague], December 16: Eight people have been injured in an explosion in a residential building in the southern...

Ukraine [Kyiv], December 16: The Russian military is now deploying North Korean soldiers in greater numbers for attacks in Kursk...

Gaza City [Gaza], December 16: At least 15 Palestinians have been killed after Israeli forces stormed a Gaza school sheltering...

Damascus [Syria], December 16: Israeli air forces have carried out dozens of attacks targeting military and ammunition sites across Syria,...

Canberra [Australia], December 16: Seven tourists in Fiji have been sent to hospital with suspected alcohol poisoning and are reported...

Damascus [Syria], December 16: Students and government employees began returning to their institutions in Damascus on Sunday, signalling a gradual...

Jerusalem [Israel], December 16: At least 22 Palestinians were killed in Israeli airstrikes in Gaza on Saturday, medics said, while...

Damascus [Syria], December 16: Syrian Christians attended regular Sunday services for the first time since the dramatic overthrow of President...

Gaza City [Gaza]/Damascus [Syria], December 16: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump about developments in...

Mamoudzou [Mayotte], December 16: Several hundred people and possibly even thousands may have been killed when the most powerful cyclone...

Canberra [Australia], December 16: The remaining five members of the "Bali Nine" Australian drug ring have returned from Indonesia after...

Kigali [Rwanda], December 16: A meeting between the presidents of Rwanda and Democratic Republic of Congo will not take place...

Paris [France], December 16: When veteran centrist Francois Bayrou, France's new prime minister, was education minister in the 1990s, his...

Gaza border [Israel], December 15: Israel is still attacking homes and schools across the Gaza Strip, killing and injuring several...

Seoul [South Korea], December 15: South Korea's parliament on Saturday voted to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol, almost two weeks...

Istanbul [Turkey], December 15: Turkey reopened its embassy in the Syrian capital Damascus on Saturday, state broadcaster TRT reported, a...

Tel Aviv [Israel], December 15: Palestinian Authority (PA) security forces moved against the Hamas movement and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ)...

Geneva [Switzerland], December 15: At least nine people have been killed and 20 others injured following a drone strike that...

Tehran [Iran], December 15: A court in Iran has sentenced Iranian-American journalist Reza Valizadeh to 10 years in prison after...

Aqaba [Jordan], December 15: Top diplomats from eight Arab countries, meeting in Jordan on Saturday, called for a peaceful transition...

Cape Town [South Africa], December 15: German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier arrived in Lesotho on Saturday for the final stop on...

Kyiv [Ukraine], December 15: US President-elect Donald Trump's team is preparing to push for peace talks, while many others hope...