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Seven babies dead from cold weather, lack of shelter: UNRWA

Seven babies dead from cold weather, lack of...

Gaza [Palestine], January 6: At least seven babies have died due to cold weather and a lack of shelter in...

Rwanda-backed rebel forces seize key town in DR Congo: Reports

Rwanda-backed rebel forces seize key town in DR...

Kinshasa [Congo], January 6: Rebel forces backed by Rwanda have captured the town of Masisi in the east of the...

Over 100 killed in battle between Syria's Kurds and Turkey allies

Over 100 killed in battle between Syria's Kurds...

Cairo [Egypt], January 6: Intense clashes between Kurdish forces and Turkish-backed factions in northern Syria have killed more than 100...

Taiwan asks South Korea for help over Chinese ship after subsea cable damaged

Taiwan asks South Korea for help over Chinese...

Taipei City [Taiwan], January 6: Taiwan has asked South Korea for assistance investigating a Chinese-owned ship suspected of cutting a...

Israeli attacks kill 200 in three days in Gaza, overwhelming hospitals

Israeli attacks kill 200 in three days in...

Jerusalem [Israel], January 6: Israeli attacks have killed more than 200 Palestinians across Gaza over the last three days as...

10 killed, 30 injured in airstrike south of Sudanese capital

10 killed, 30 injured in airstrike south of...

Khartoum [Sudan], January 6: At least 10 people were killed and 30 others injured on Sunday in an airstrike that...

Tunisian passenger traffic in airports up 9.4 pct in 2024

Tunisian passenger traffic in airports up 9.4 pct...

Tunis [Tunisia], January 6: The number of passengers traveling through airports in Tunisia reached a record high of 9,646,949 in...

Russia clears beaches after Black Sea oil spill

Russia clears beaches after Black Sea oil spill

Moscow [Russia], January 6: Russia declared a regional state of emergency in Crimea, which it seized from Ukraine in 2014,...

Another 75 Guatemalan soldiers arrive in Haiti to battle gangs

Another 75 Guatemalan soldiers arrive in Haiti to...

Port-au-Prince [Haiti], January 6: A second group of 75 Guatemalan soldiers arrived in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince to boost a...

Rebels seize key town in eastern Congo

Rebels seize key town in eastern Congo

Kigali [Rwanda], January 6: Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have seized a strategic eastern town near the provincial capital Goma in Democratic...

Erdogan expects support from Syria in Turkey's battle with PKK

Erdogan expects support from Syria in Turkey's battle...

Ankara [Turkey], January 6: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said that Syria's new leadership is determined to root out separatists there,...

Former Greek prime minister Simitis dies aged 88

Former Greek prime minister Simitis dies aged 88

Athens [Greek], January 6: Former Greek prime minister Costas Simitis, who led the country into the European Union's single currency...

Austria heads towards coalition talks led by far right

Austria heads towards coalition talks led by far...

Vienna [Austria], January 6: Austria headed towards coalition talks led by the far-right Freedom Party (FPO) after efforts to form...

US President Joe Biden awards Presidential Medal of Freedom to Hillary Clinton, George Soros and others

US President Joe Biden awards Presidential Medal of...

Washington DC [US], January 5: US President Joe Biden has awarded 19 individuals with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the...

Another 75 Guatemalan soldiers arrive in Haiti to battle gangs

Another 75 Guatemalan soldiers arrive in Haiti to...

Washington DC [US], January 5: A second group of 75 Guatemalan soldiers arrived in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince to boost...

Explainer: Why Biden blocks Japan's Nippon Steel from acquiring U.S. Steel and what comes next?

Explainer: Why Biden blocks Japan's Nippon Steel from...

Washington [US], January 5: U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday blocked Japan's Nippon Steel's proposed acquisition of U.S. Steel, citing...

World Insights: Johnson reelected U.S. House speaker, but tough road ahead for GOP

World Insights: Johnson reelected U.S. House speaker, but...

Washington [US], January 5: Republican Mike Johnson was elected House speaker Friday. But the GOP faces a tough road ahead,...

California egg prices continue to rise amid bird flu outbreaks

California egg prices continue to rise amid bird...

Los Angeles [California], January 5: California's egg prices have continued to rise due to ongoing outbreaks of the highly pathogenic...

Zambia reports 4th mpox case

Zambia reports 4th mpox case

Lusaka [Zambia], January 5: Zambia's health authorities reported the country's fourth case of mpox on Friday.

Libya launches anti-crime military operation in west coast

Libya launches anti-crime military operation in west coast

Tripoli [Libya], January 5: The West Coast Military Zone of the Libyan Defense Ministry said Saturday it launched a large-scale...

Ethiopia earns over 216 mln USD from horticulture exports

Ethiopia earns over 216 mln USD from horticulture...

Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], January 5: Ethiopia has earned more than 216 million U.S. dollars from exports of horticultural commodities during...

8 killed, 53 injured in paramilitary attacks in Sudan's capital, western city

8 killed, 53 injured in paramilitary attacks in...

Khartoum [Sudan], January 5:At least eight civilians were killed and 53 others injured in artillery shelling by the paramilitary Rapid...

Russia intercepts 4 drones over Leningrad region

Russia intercepts 4 drones over Leningrad region

Saint Petersburg [Russia], January 5: Four drones were shot down in Russia's Leningrad Oblast, regional Governor Alexander Drozdenko said...

Croatia records 21.3 mln tourists arrivals in 2024

Croatia records 21.3 mln tourists arrivals in 2024

Zagreb [Croatia], January 5: Croatia recorded over 21.3 million tourist arrivals and more than 108.7 million overnight stays in 2024,...

Germany dissatisfied with debt brake policy amid economic struggles

Germany dissatisfied with debt brake policy amid economic...

Frankfurt [Germany], January 5: Up to 98 percent of respondents in a survey by Deutsche Bank believe Germany's debt brake...

Austrian chancellor to resign after coalition talks collapse

Austrian chancellor to resign after coalition talks collapse

Vienna [Austria], January 5: Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer said Saturday that he would step down in the coming days after...

Russian journalist killed in drone attack

Russian journalist killed in drone attack

Moscow [Russia], January 5: A Russian war correspondent was killed and four other media workers injured in a Ukrainian drone...