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Italian inflation rate climbs to 1.3 pct in November

Italian inflation rate climbs to 1.3 pct in...

Rome [Italy], December 17: Italy's annual inflation rate rose to 1.3 percent in November, up from 0.9 percent in October,...

Long truck lines recorded at Lithuanian-Belarusian border

Long truck lines recorded at Lithuanian-Belarusian border

Vilnius [Lithuania], December 17: Long truck lines have formed at the Lithuanian border with Belarus, possibly due to system disruptions,...

EU approves six-month extension for Slovakia's Russian oil exemption

EU approves six-month extension for Slovakia's Russian oil...

Bratislava [Slovakia], December 17: The European Union have approved a six-month extension of Slovakia's exemption on exporting oil products derived...

TCM training institute inaugurated in Malta

TCM training institute inaugurated in Malta

Valletta [Malta], December 17: A collaborative education institute dedicated to traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) skills training was inaugurated on Monday...

Iran to receive EAEU observer state status: Russian PM

Iran to receive EAEU observer state status: Russian...

Moscow [Russia], December 17: Iran will be granted observer state status in the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), local media quoted...

OPEC Fund approves close to $1 billion in new development financing

OPEC Fund approves close to $1 billion in...

Vienna [Austria], December 17: The OPEC Fund for International Development (OPEC Fund) has approved close to $1 billion in new...

12-year-old girl in UK charged with killing pensioner in park near his home

12-year-old girl in UK charged with killing pensioner...

London [UK], December 17: A 12-year-old girl has appeared in court in central England charged with the manslaughter of pensioner...

Bashar al-Assad defends his rule, denies planning his departure from Syria

Bashar al-Assad defends his rule, denies planning his...

Damascus [Syria], December 17: In the first public remarks attributed to Bashar al-Assad since he left Syria, the deposed Syrian...

Death toll from Israel's war on Gaza surpasses 45,000

Death toll from Israel's war on Gaza surpasses...

Jerusalem [Israel], December 17: Israel's war on Gaza has now killed more than 45,000 people, the Ministry of Health in...

Canada's finance minister resigns over budget row with Prime Minister Trudeau

Canada's finance minister resigns over budget row with...

Ottawa [Canada], December 17: Chrystia Freeland, Canada's finance minister and one of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's closest allies, has resigned.

2 men arrested for 'hazardous drone operation' near Boston airport

2 men arrested for 'hazardous drone operation' near...

Boston [Massachusetts], December 17: Two men were arrested after allegedly flying a drone "dangerously close to Logan International Airport," according...

German Chancellor Scholz loses no-confidence vote

German Chancellor Scholz loses no-confidence vote

Berlin [German], December 17: The German parliament accepted Chancellor Olaf Scholz's invitation to withdraw its confidence in him and his...

Rescuers comb debris for survivors, count dead in cyclone-hit Mayotte

Rescuers comb debris for survivors, count dead in...

Paris [France], December 17: Emergency workers searched for survivors and battled to restore services in Mayotte, France's poorest overseas territory,...

Three killed in Wisconsin school shooting, including shooter

Three killed in Wisconsin school shooting, including shooter

Madison [US], December 17: A juvenile student killed two people at a Wisconsin school before police found the suspect dead...

New train service linking Slovak, Ukrainian capitals launched

New train service linking Slovak, Ukrainian capitals launched

Bratislava [Slovakia], December 16: A new daily train service connecting the capitals of Slovakia and Ukraine officially launched on Sunday,...

Greek parliament approves 2025 state budget

Greek parliament approves 2025 state budget

Athens [Greece], December 16: The Greek Parliament approved the 2025 state budget on Sunday, projecting a 2.3 percent gross domestic...

One killed as Russian oil tankers run aground off Crimean Peninsula

One killed as Russian oil tankers run aground...

Moscow [Russia], December 16: Two Russian tankers ran aground off the occupied Crimean Peninsula, the Russian civil protection agency reported...

Four injured as Tornado hits northern California town

Four injured as Tornado hits northern California town

Sacramento [California], December 16: At least four people were injured after a tornado struck northern California on Saturday afternoon, according...

Italy's Giorgia Meloni steps down as president of ECR parliament party

Italy's Giorgia Meloni steps down as president of...

Rome [Italy], December 16: Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni announced on Sunday she is resigning as president of the right-wing...

More than 7,500 Syrian refugees have returned home, say Turkish authorities

More than 7,500 Syrian refugees have returned home,...

Damascus [Syria], December 16: More than 7,500 refugees have returned to Syria from Turkey since the regime of long-time ruler...

Eight injured in Czech building blast

Eight injured in Czech building blast

Czech Republic [Prague], December 16: Eight people have been injured in an explosion in a residential building in the southern...

Zelensky says more N Korean soldiers fighting

Zelensky says more N Korean soldiers fighting

Ukraine [Kyiv], December 16: The Russian military is now deploying North Korean soldiers in greater numbers for attacks in Kursk...

Israeli forces storm Gaza school, killing at least 15

Israeli forces storm Gaza school, killing at least...

Gaza City [Gaza], December 16: At least 15 Palestinians have been killed after Israeli forces stormed a Gaza school sheltering...

Israel intensifies Syria attacks; HTS leader says doesn't want conflict

Israel intensifies Syria attacks; HTS leader says doesn't...

Damascus [Syria], December 16: Israeli air forces have carried out dozens of attacks targeting military and ammunition sites across Syria,...

Education institutions reopen after al-Assad's overthrow

Education institutions reopen after al-Assad's overthrow

Damascus [Syria], December 16: Students and government employees began returning to their institutions in Damascus on Sunday, signalling a gradual...

22 killed in Israeli Gaza strikes

22 killed in Israeli Gaza strikes

Jerusalem [Israel], December 16: At least 22 Palestinians were killed in Israeli airstrikes in Gaza on Saturday, medics said, while...

Syrian Christians attend services, schools reopen a week after Assad's overthrow

Syrian Christians attend services, schools reopen a week...

Damascus [Syria], December 16: Syrian Christians attended regular Sunday services for the first time since the dramatic overthrow of President...