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Shakhboot bin Nahyan tours warehouses of Emirati relief...
Al-Arish [Egypt], January 1: Sheikh Shakhboot bin Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of State, and the accompanying UAE delegation...

Israel launches missile attack near Aleppo int'l airport...
Damascus [Syria], December 31: Israel launched a missile attack near the international airport of Aleppo city in northern Syria on...

EU members agree to lift air, maritime internal...
Brussels [Belgium], December 31: European Union (EU) member states reached a unanimous agreement on Saturday to eliminate air and maritime...

Sri Lanka receives highest monthly tourist arrivals in...
Colombo [Sri Lanka], December 31: Tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka passed 200,000 in December, the highest number for a month...

6.4-magnitude earthquake hits off eastern Indonesia
Jakarta [Indonesia], December 31: A 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck off Indonesia's eastern province of Papua earlier Sunday, with no potential to...

Albania's ex-PM Berisha placed under house arrest in...
Berlin [Germany], December 31: Albania's right-wing opposition leader, Sali Berisha, has been placed under house arrest following allegations of corruption...

US State Dept approves arms sale to Israel,...
Washington [US], December 31: The US State Department has approved the sale of further weapons to Israel worth millions of...

Death toll from Israeli strikes in Gaza Strip...
Gaza [Palestine], December 31: The death toll from Israeli strikes in the Gaza Strip has reached 21,672, and the number...

UN says 81 aid trucks entered Gaza, number...
Gaza [Palestine], December 31: Eighty-one trucks carrying humanitarian aid entered the Gaza Strip through the Kerem Shalom and Rafah crossings...

Eurostar trains cancelled due to UK tunnel floods
London [UK], December 31: British authorities announced Saturday the cancellation of Eurostar trains linking London to French, Belgian and Dutch...

Russia says seeking UN Security Council meeting on...
Moscow [Russia], December 31: Russia on Saturday requested a meeting of the United Nations Security Council to discuss what it...

Xi urges Chinese envoys to create 'diplomatic iron...
Beijing [China], December 31: Chinese President Xi Jinping urged Chinese ambassadors to forge a "diplomatic iron army" loyal to the...

Massive waves on California coast cause flooding
California [US], December 31: Coastal communities in California faced another day of towering waves and possible flooding as officials issued...

McDonald's Malaysia sues Israel boycott movement for $1...
Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], December 31: McDonald's Malaysia has sued a movement promoting boycotts against Israel for "false and defamatory statements"...

Russia says 20 dead after 'indiscriminate' Ukrainian strikes...
Moscow [Russia], December 31: Russia said 20 people including two children had been killed and 111 injured in "indiscriminate" Ukrainian...

Palestinian economy hard hit by Israeli aggression in...
Ramallah [Palestine], December 31: Palestinian economy was hard hit by the Israeli aggression which started on October 7 and has...

Sharjah takes part in honouring Historical Lexicon
Cairo [Egypt], December 31: On December 18, the Sharjah Arabic Language Academy (ALA) participated in an event organised by the...

RAK Ruler attends conclusion of Mohamed bin Zayed...
Ras al-Khaimah [UAE], December 31: H.H. Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Ras Al...

At least 2 inmates killed, 6 injured in...
Montevideo [Uruguay], December 30: At least two inmates were killed and six others injured after prisoners started a fire...

Qatar presents new initiative to end Israel-Hamas conflict
Gaza [Palestine], December 30: Qatar has proposed a new deal to end Israel's offensive on the Gaza Strip and...

Türkiye announces destruction of 16 Kurdish militant targets...
Ankara [Turkey], December 30: The Turkish forces on Friday carried out cross-border airstrikes against the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in...

Italy's lower house approves 28-bln-euro 2024 budget
Rome [Italy], December 30: Italy's lower house passed the new budget law on Friday, providing a definitive green light to...

Poliovirus detected from parts of Pakistan: health ministry
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 30: Polioviruses have been detected in the environmental samples from four districts in Pakistan, according to the...

1,432 Bangladeshis killed in work-related incidents in 2023
Dhaka [Bangladesh], December 30: A total of 1,432 workers were killed in Bangladesh due to different occupational accidents in 2023,...

Biden urges Congress to take urgent action on...
Washington [US], December 30: US President Joe Biden reiterated the call for the Congress to pass "without any further delay"...

Maine elections official disqualifies Trump from presidential primary...
Washington [US], December 30: Maine disqualified Donald Trump from the state ballot in next year's U.S. presidential primary election, becoming...

Russia's biggest air attack of war kills 31...
Moscow [Russia], December 30: Russia unleashed its biggest air attack of the war on Ukraine, killing 31 civilians, wounding more...