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Death penalty confirmed in Vietnam's biggest-ever financial fraud...
Bangkok [Thailand], December 4: The death sentence for Vietnamese real-estate tycoon Truong My Lan was upheld on Tuesday as the...
Syrian government says forces fighting back against rebel...
Damascus [Syria], December 4: The Syrian government, backed by Russian planes and their allies among pro-Iranian militias, has thwarted some...
Yemen's Houthis say they targeted Israel despite Lebanon...
Sanaa [Yemen], December 4: Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels said they have targeted Israel with drones three times in the past...
Israel continues to pound Gaza, issues new evacuation...
Jerusalem [Israel], December 4: Israel has continued to pound Gaza, killing dozens and issuing new evacuation threats.
Georgian PM agrees to meet opposition leaders amid...
Tbilisi [Georgia], December 4: Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze on Tuesday agreed to hold talks with two former ministers and...
Send Ukraine more weapons: NATO chief
Brussels [Belgium], December 4: NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said on Tuesday he wants members of the Western military alliance...
King Charles welcomes Qatar's emir as state visit...
Doha [Qatar], December 4: King Charles and Keir Starmer welcomed Qatar's emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, for a...
Gazans displaced by war now face a new...
Gaza [Palestine], December 4: The beaches of Gaza are no longer for day trips. Tens of thousands of people now...
US firms race to get ahead of Trump...
New York [US], December 4: When handbag designer Sherrill Mosee learned that roughly 2,700 purses and backpacks she had ordered...
Cambodia jails 13 pregnant Filipino surrogates
Phnom Penh [Cambodia], December 4: Thirteen women from the Philippines have been convicted of human trafficking in Cambodia for intending...
Trump appears to threaten Hamas with 'all hell...
New York [US], December 4: US President-elect Donald Trump has issued an apparent warning to Hamas, threatening "all hell to...
Cairo Conference calls for increased humanitarian aid to...
Cairo [Egypt], December 4: The Cairo Ministerial Conference for Emergency Humanitarian Response to Gaza concluded with a firm stance on...
EU Commission commits €4.6 billion to support cleantech...
Brussels [Belgium], December 4: The newly appointed European Commission (EC) announced today plans to invest €4.6 billion in decarbonisation technology...
AFC Champions League Elite: Pakhtakor 1-1 Al Ain
Tashkent [Uzbekistan], December 4: Reigning continental champions Al Ain continue to cling on to their hopes of a place in...
UNHCR receives record $1.1 bn of early funding...
Geneva [Switzerland], December 4: Donor governments pledged a record US$ 1.143 billion today to provide protection, life-saving assistance and solutions...
People of Determination crucial component of social fabric,...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], December 4: The Muslim Council of Elders, led by His Eminence Prof. Dr. Ahmed Al-Tayeb, Grand Imam...
Maccabi Tel Aviv signs sponsorship deal with Chinese...
Jerusalem [Israel], December 3: Israeli Europa League club Maccabi Tel Aviv announced on Monday that it has signed a sponsorship...
Vanuatu leads calls for legal framework on climate
The Hague [Netherlands], December 3: Vanuatu on Monday urged the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague to declare...
Impeachment complaint filed against Philippine VP Duterte
Manila [Philippines], December 3: An impeachment complaint was filed on Monday against Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte on allegations of...
President Biden pardons son; Trump slams 'miscarriage of...
Washington [US], December 3: US President Joe Biden on Sunday said he has pardoned his son, Hunter Biden, despite previously...
Death toll in Syrian clashes rises above 500,...
Beirut [Lebanon], December 3: More than 500 people have been killed in the course of the new escalation in Syria...
In Kiev, Scholz promises Ukraine further weapons but...
Kyiv [Ukraine], December 3: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz visited Kiev for the first time in two and a half years...
Confidence vote looms in French parliament
Paris [France], December 3: French Prime Minister Michel Barnier on Monday pushed through his social security budget without a vote...
Bangladesh condemns attack on its diplomatic mission in...
Dhaka [Bangladesh], December 3: The Bangladeshi government has strongly condemned an attack on its consulate in Agartala, the capital of...
UK premier Starmer calls for ceasefire, return of...
London [UK], December 3: No ceasefire can be reached in Gaza that does not include the return of hostages by...
3,700 people killed or missing since Israel's siege...
Jerusalem [Israel], December 3: The Israeli military has continued "its intensive land, air and sea aggression on northern Gaza for...
NATO expected to sidestep Ukraine's call for quick...
Washington [US], December 3: NATO is highly unlikely to heed Ukraine's call for a membership invitation at a meeting.