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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Israel intensifies Syria attacks; HTS leader says doesn't...
Damascus [Syria], December 16: Israeli air forces have carried out dozens of attacks targeting military and ammunition sites across Syria,...

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

Education institutions reopen after al-Assad's overthrow
Damascus [Syria], December 16: Students and government employees began returning to their institutions in Damascus on Sunday, signalling a gradual...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Turkey reopens its Syrian embassy after 12 years
Istanbul [Turkey], December 15: Turkey reopened its embassy in the Syrian capital Damascus on Saturday, state broadcaster TRT reported, a...

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

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

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

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

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

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