World

Germany to close loophole that let human smugglers...
Berlin [Germany], December 10: Germany will close a legal loophole that enabled human traffickers to store the small boats they...

Syria's new administration moves to form govt
Damascus [Syria], December 10: Syria's Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) group said they are working on taking complete control of the...

Dial-a-dealer coke sellers targeted for 'silly season'
Sydney [Australia], December 10: Small-time drug pushers operating dial-a-dealer schemes are in police sights in the lead-up to Christmas as...

Haiti gang massacres around 180 people in Cite...
Port-au-Prince [Haiti], December 10: Around 180 people were killed over the weekend in Haiti's Cite Soleil area, Haiti's prime minister's...

New Zealand spy agency says terror attack remains...
Wellington [New Zealand], December 10: A terror attack in New Zealand remains a "realistic possibility" over the next year as...

Netanyahu corruption trial: What you need to know
Jerusalem [Israel], December 10: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will testify for the first time in his long-running corruption trial.

First agreement under Taiwan-US trade initiative to come...
Taipei City [Taiwan]/Washington DC [US], December 10: The first agreement signed under a trade initiative between Taiwan and the United...

With Assad gone, new era starts in Syria...
Damascus [Syria], December 10: Damascus stirred back to life at the start of a hopeful but uncertain era after rebels...

South Korea President Yoon banned from foreign travel
Seoul [South Korea], December 10: South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has been banned from leaving the country over a...

Talks target worker safety in Pacific labour scheme
Canberra [Australia], December 10: Safety for tens of thousands of Pacific islander workers in Australia as part of a labour...

Police investigating after body found near Sydney Airport
Sydney [Australia], December 9: A major police investigation is underway after a body was found dumped near Sydney Airport on...

Japan revises Q3 GDP growth up to 1.2...
Tokyo [Japan], December 9: Japan's Cabinet Office on Monday revised the country's economic growth for the third quarter to an...

Turkish FM underscores need to prevent terrorists from...
Doha [Qatar], December 9: Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan stressed here on Sunday the need to prevent terrorist organizations from...

Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral officially reopens after restoration
Paris [France], December 9: Five years after being devastated by a fire, the restored Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral officially reopened...

Israeli airstrikes hit military sites in Damascus, Quneitra
Damascus [Syria], December 9: Israeli warplanes carried out multiple strikes on Sunday against the former Syrian government's military and security...

Libya approves national strategy to achieve food self-sufficiency
Tripoli [Libya], December 9: Libyan Prime Minister Abdul-Hamed Dbeibah on Sunday approved the National Food Security Strategy 2025-2035, the Libyan...

4 dead, 10 missing as minibus plunges into...
Cairo [Egypt], December 9: Rescue teams in Egypt's Asyut province recovered the bodies of four people on Sunday after a...

Syria updates: Rebels announce curfew after Assad's fall
Damascus [Syria], December 9: The Syrian armed opposition command has said it will impose a curfew in Damascus, starting at...

Pakistan: Lahore's Anti-Terror court extends interim bail of...
Lahore [Pakistan], December 9: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Lahore has extended the interim bail of Pakistan Tehreek-I-Insaaf (PTI) founder...

Kaspersky joins UNIDO's Global Alliance on Artificial Intelligence...
Vienna [Austria], December 9: The United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) has announced that Kaspersky, a global cybersecurity and digital...

UN stresses need to support comprehensive political transition...
New York [US], December 9: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has emphasised the need for international support to ensure that...

Ukraine War 1019: Confusing Information on Russian and...
Kiev [Ukraine], December 9: The Ukrainska Pravda newspaper quoted Zelensky on December 8 as saying that since the war began,...

South Korea in the midst of leadership crisis
Seoul [South Korea], December 9: Prosecutors also seized his phone and arrested former Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun, who advised President...

Syrian President and family are refugees in Russia
Moscow [Russia], December 9: The RIA Novosti and TASS news agencies on December 8 quoted Kremlin sources as saying that...

US airstrikes IS, is handling chemical weapons stockpile...
New York [US], December 9: The US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced that US military aircraft carried out airstrikes on more...

Trump announces plan to deport illegal immigrants from...
New York [US], December 9: President-elect Trump made the statement in an interview with NBC News' "Meet the Press" host...

Trump says Russia abandoned Assad
New York [US], December 9: U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Sunday that Russia's abandonment of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad...