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Russia pounds Ukraine's two biggest cities in new wave of attacks

Russia pounds Ukraine's two biggest cities in new...

Moscow [Russia], January 3: Russia pounded Ukraine's two biggest cities in a new wave of heavy air strikes, killing at...

China breaks heat records in 2023 as sweltering weather baked cities from north to south

China breaks heat records in 2023 as sweltering...

Beijing [China], January 3: The heat in China was relenting in 2023 with temperature records broken from Beijing to Shanghai,...

Powerful earthquakes leave at least 48 dead, destroy buildings in Japan

Powerful earthquakes leave at least 48 dead, destroy...

Tokyo [Japan], January 3: A series of powerful earthquakes hit western Japan, leaving at least 48 people dead and damaging...

Close shave for 379 passengers and crew of a Japan Airlines aircraft at Tokyo airport; 5 dead in collision

Close shave for 379 passengers and crew of...

Tokyo [Japan], January 3: All 379 passengers and crew of a Japan Airlines (JAL) plane miraculously escaped from a fire...

Dragon Oil commences production of crude oil from the Al Wasl field in Egypt

Dragon Oil commences production of crude oil from...

Dubai [UAE], January 3: Dragon Oil, wholly owned by the Dubai Government, began the New Year by commencing the production...

AD Ports Group announces Noatum's acquisition of APM Terminals Castellon in Spain

AD Ports Group announces Noatum's acquisition of APM...

Madrid [Spain], January 3: AD Ports Group (ADX: ADPORTS), one of the world's premier facilitators of logistics, industry, and trade,...

Iran says it reserves right to respond to IRGC commander's assassination

Iran says it reserves right to respond to...

Tehran [Iran], January 2: Iran said on Monday it would reserve the right to respond to the recent assassination of...

Israel shells Syrian sites after militants attack Golan Heights

Israel shells Syrian sites after militants attack Golan...

Damascus [Syria], January 2: Militants in Syria fired projectiles at Israeli settlements in the occupied Golan Heights on Monday, prompting...

Putin says shelling of Belgorod is "terrorist act"

Putin says shelling of Belgorod is "terrorist act"

Moscow [Russia], January 2: Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday that Ukraine's shelling of the Russian city of Belgorod...

S. Korea's opposition party chief taken to hospital after being attacked

S. Korea's opposition party chief taken to hospital...

Seoul [South Korea], January 2: Lee Jae-myung, chief of South Korea's main opposition Democratic Party, was taken to a hospital...

Poland's president accuses govt of breaking law

Poland's president accuses govt of breaking law

Warsaw [Poland], January 2: In his New Year's address, Polish President Andrzej Duda warned the new government against violating the...

UK 'considering air strikes' to stop Red Sea attacks

UK 'considering air strikes' to stop Red Sea...

London [UK], January 2: Britain is reportedly considering air strikes on Houthis after the US said its navy sank three...

Hamas fires rockets towards Israel on New Year's Eve

Hamas fires rockets towards Israel on New Year's...

Tel Aviv [Israel], January 2: The armed branch of the Hamas, the Qassam Brigades, said it launched rocket attacks on...

Russian women demand return of their men from Ukraine front

Russian women demand return of their men from...

Moscow [Russia], January 2: It started with a morning knock on the door just days into Russia's mobilization drive in...

Xi, Biden exchange congratulations on 45 years of diplomatic ties

Xi, Biden exchange congratulations on 45 years of...

Beijing [China], January 2: China's President Xi Jinping exchanged congratulations with U.S. President Joe Biden on the 45th anniversary of...

Israel to pull some troops from Gaza as war enters new phase

Israel to pull some troops from Gaza as...

Jerusalem [Israel], January 2: Israel is withdrawing some forces from Gaza to shift to more targeted operations against Hamas.

US Navy ending aircraft carrier's Middle East deployment

US Navy ending aircraft carrier's Middle East deployment

Washington [US], January 2: The Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier will return to its home port, the U.S. Navy said,...

Ukraine's Zelenskiy says Russia is suffering major losses

Ukraine's Zelenskiy says Russia is suffering major losses

Kyiv [Ukraine], January 2: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in an interview published that the notion that Russia was winning...

Pope denounces continuing crackdown on Church in Nicaragua

Pope denounces continuing crackdown on Church in Nicaragua

Vatican City [Italy], January 2: Pope Francis on Monday denounced a growing crackdown on the Catholic Church in Nicaragua by...

In 2024, Germany's foreign policy will work in crisis mode

In 2024, Germany's foreign policy will work in...

Berlin [Germany], January 2: In early December, the Association for the German Language chose the term Krisenmodus, or "crisis mode,"...

Over 57,000 new investors flocked to Dubai Financial Market in 2023, driving 12.5% growth in new accounts

Over 57,000 new investors flocked to Dubai Financial...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], January 2: Brokerage firms at the Dubai Financial Market (DFM) opened 57,054 new investor accounts in 2023,...

Egyptian Navy receives German-made MEKO-A200 frigate

Egyptian Navy receives German-made MEKO-A200 frigate

Cairo [Egypt], January 1: The Egyptian naval forces received on Sunday a new German-made MEKO-A200 frigate at a base in...

Iran, Britain discuss Red Sea tension

Iran, Britain discuss Red Sea tension

Tehran [Iran], January 1: Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and his British counterpart David Cameron on Sunday exchanged views on...

Turkish medical group warns of flu epidemic, urging use of masks

Turkish medical group warns of flu epidemic, urging...

Istanbul [Turkey], January 1: The Turkish Medical Association has recently warned about the potential escalation of a flu epidemic across...

Malta gov't promises more reforms to curb inflation in 2024: PM

Malta gov't promises more reforms to curb inflation...

Valletta [Malta], January 1: Malta's Prime Minister Robert Abela on Sunday pledged more measures to tackle inflation in 2024 as...

2 dead in Philippine capital house fire

2 dead in Philippine capital house fire

Manila [Philippines], January 1: Two people died due to a house fire in Taguig City in Metro Manila on Sunday,...

Sri Lanka faces challenges to achieve economic stability in 2024: president

Sri Lanka faces challenges to achieve economic stability...

Colombo [Sri Lanka], January 1: Sri Lanka must continue to forge ahead on a demanding path with formidable challenges in...