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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...

Joyous celebrations mark The end of Assad's reign
Damascus [Syria], December 9: Syrians poured out into the streets across Syria and around the world, jubilant at the end...

President Bashar al Assad flees as Syrian opposition...
Beirut [Lebanon] /Cairo [Egypt], December 9: Syrian opposition fighters have declared that they have overthrown President Bashar al Assad after...

Hope & fear as world powers absorb Assad's...
Beirut [Lebanon], December 9: United Nations "What is important is that we are able to find a situation where there...

Syrian army command tells officers that Assad's rule...
Damascus [Syria], December 8: Syria's army command notified officers on Sunday that President Bashar al-Assad's 24-year authoritarian rule has ended,...

UN General Assembly boosts global fight against illegal...
New York [US], December 20: The UN General Assembly on Friday adopted a resolution helping strengthen the fight against illicit...

U.S. announces nearly 1 bln USD in longer-term...
Washington [US], December 8: The U.S. Department of Defense announced on Saturday that it will provide weapons worth 988 million...

Murder, memes, snark: A killing lays bare US...
Washington [US], December 8: Jokes, snark, and a striking absence of sympathy have dominated public sentiment since the murder of...