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Turkey hits 71 targets in Iraq, Syria in retaliation for soldiers' deaths

Turkey hits 71 targets in Iraq, Syria in...

Ankara [Turkey], December 28: Turkey has hit 71 sites allegedly linked to Kurdish groups in Syria and northern Iraq during...

In Gaza, 'people lost everything': UNRWA

In Gaza, 'people lost everything': UNRWA

Tel Aviv [Israel], December 28: The UN agency's director of communications Juliette Touma says people's needs in Gaza are "huge".

Architect of modern EU Jacques Delors dies aged 98

Architect of modern EU Jacques Delors dies aged...

Washington [US], December 28: Former European Commission President Jacques Delors - described as the architect of the modern EU -...

Many reported dead in strike in southern Gaza

Many reported dead in strike in southern Gaza

Tel Aviv [Israel], December 28: A suspected Israeli strike on a building near a hospital in Khan Younis in the...

Dutch Dy PM Sigrid Kaag named UN Humanitarian Coordinator For Gaza

Dutch Dy PM Sigrid Kaag named UN Humanitarian...

Tel Aviv [Israel], December 28: A veteran Dutch diplomat and outgoing minister who previously held top UN positions has been...

Gaza conflict more than a war of annihilation, says Palestinian leader

Gaza conflict more than a war of annihilation,...

Tel Aviv [Israel], December 28: Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has called the ongoing Israeli onslaught in the Gaza Strip "more...

Nawaz Sharif aims for fourth term as Pakistani prime minister

Nawaz Sharif aims for fourth term as Pakistani...

Islamabad [Pakistan], December 28: Former Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif will seek a fourth term in office in elections scheduled...

Israel issues travel alert after blast near embassy in Indian capital

Israel issues travel alert after blast near embassy...

New Delhi [India], December 28: In the wake of a suspected explosion outside the Israeli Embassy in Indian capital New...

Iran rejects IAEA report on increased highly enriched uranium output

Iran rejects IAEA report on increased highly enriched...

Tehran [Iran], December 28: The head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization has rejected a report by the International Atomic Energy...

40 killed following heavy rains in eastern DR Congo

40 killed following heavy rains in eastern DR...

Kinshasa [Congo], December 28: Heavy rains hit overnight Tuesday Bukavu, capital of South Kivu Province in the eastern Democratic Republic...

Mexico, US officials discuss urgency to reopen border crossings

Mexico, US officials discuss urgency to reopen border...

Mexico City [Mexico], December 28: Mexico's Foreign Minister Alicia Barce said she spoke with U.S. authorities about the importance of...

Trump wins Michigan state court battle to qualify for primary election ballot

Trump wins Michigan state court battle to qualify...

Washington [US], December 28: Donald Trump scored a victory in his fight against challenges to his eligibility to run for...

Turkey's Erdogan says Israeli PM Netanyahu no different from Hitler

Turkey's Erdogan says Israeli PM Netanyahu no different...

Ankara [Turkey], December 28: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was no different from Adolf...

Israeli attacks in Gaza add to heavy Palestinian toll in war on Hamas

Israeli attacks in Gaza add to heavy Palestinian...

Tel Aviv [Israel], December 28: Israeli forces pounded central Gaza by land, sea and air and Palestinian authorities reported dozens...

Child among 10 killed after severe storms hit country's east

Child among 10 killed after severe storms hit...

Sydney [Australia], December 28: At least 10 people, including a nine-year-old girl, have died in eastern Australia during severe thunderstorms...

Moldova's president says Putin must be stopped

Moldova's president says Putin must be stopped

Moscow [Russia], December 28: Russian President Vladimir Putin must be stopped in his war against Ukraine or all of Europe...

Russia tells South Korea not to be surprised if Moscow retaliates

Russia tells South Korea not to be surprised...

Moscow [Russia], December 28: Russia told South Korea not to be surprised if Moscow retaliates against Seoul for expanding the...

Gold rises on weaker U.S. dollar

Gold rises on weaker U.S. dollar

Washington [US], December 27: Gold futures on the COMEX division of the New York Mercantile Exchange rose on Tuesday as...

S. Korean banks' lending rate rises for 3rd month in November

S. Korean banks' lending rate rises for 3rd...

Seoul [South Korea], December 27: South Korean banks' lending rate rose for the third successive month on the prolongation of...

'World not prepared for another pandemic'

'World not prepared for another pandemic'

Geneva [Switzerland], December 27: UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has said the world is not yet prepared for a possible...

Over 50 killed in strikes on Gaza

Over 50 killed in strikes on Gaza

Tel Aviv [Israel], December 27: Dozens of Israeli fighter jets have attacked more than 100 targets in Gaza, the Israel...

33-year-old man held in France for murdering wife and four children

33-year-old man held in France for murdering wife...

Paris [France], December 27: French police have arrested a 33-year-old man suspected of murdering his wife and four children.

UN 'gravely concerned' by Israeli bombardment

UN 'gravely concerned' by Israeli bombardment

Tel Aviv [Israel], December 27: The UN's human rights office spokesperson, Seif Magango, said the agency was "gravely concerned" by...

More generals were killed, Iran threatened to retaliate against Israel

More generals were killed, Iran threatened to retaliate...

Tehran [Iran], December 27: Tehran accused Israel's new attack in Syria of killing a veteran general of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary...

Blizzards threaten the North American plains

Blizzards threaten the North American plains

Washington [US], December 27: CNN reported that more than 1.1 million people in the North American Great Plains of the...

US warns of 'zombie deer' disease

US warns of 'zombie deer' disease

Washington [US], #December 27: The discovery of the first case of chronic wasting disease (CWD), also known as 'zombie deer'...

Mr. Trump launched a series of attacks on Christmas

Mr. Trump launched a series of attacks on...

Washington [US], December 27: Former US President Donald Trump expressed many grievances on his social networking platform on Christmas day.