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Trump and Netanyahu discuss Gaza hostages and Syria

Trump and Netanyahu discuss Gaza hostages and Syria

Gaza City [Gaza]/Damascus [Syria], December 16: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump about developments in...

Several hundreds, maybe thousands, may have died in Mayotte cyclone

Several hundreds, maybe thousands, may have died in...

Mamoudzou [Mayotte], December 16: Several hundred people and possibly even thousands may have been killed when the most powerful cyclone...

Macron has a new prime minister but the same old problems

Macron has a new prime minister but the...

Paris [France], December 16: When veteran centrist Francois Bayrou, France's new prime minister, was education minister in the 1990s, his...

Israel attacks schools and homes in Gaza, a day after Nuseirat massacre

Israel attacks schools and homes in Gaza, a...

Gaza border [Israel], December 15: Israel is still attacking homes and schools across the Gaza Strip, killing and injuring several...

South Korea's President Yoon impeached over martial law debacle

South Korea's President Yoon impeached over martial law...

Seoul [South Korea], December 15: South Korea's parliament on Saturday voted to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol, almost two weeks...

Turkey reopens its Syrian embassy after 12 years

Turkey reopens its Syrian embassy after 12 years

Istanbul [Turkey], December 15: Turkey reopened its embassy in the Syrian capital Damascus on Saturday, state broadcaster TRT reported, a...

PA forces move against Hamas in West Bank

PA forces move against Hamas in West Bank

Tel Aviv [Israel], December 15: Palestinian Authority (PA) security forces moved against the Hamas movement and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ)...

Iran jails journalist for 'hostile' US collaboration

Iran jails journalist for 'hostile' US collaboration

Tehran [Iran], December 15: A court in Iran has sentenced Iranian-American journalist Reza Valizadeh to 10 years in prison after...

Arab FMs urge support for inclusive and 'peaceful' Syria transition

Arab FMs urge support for inclusive and 'peaceful'...

Aqaba [Jordan], December 15: Top diplomats from eight Arab countries, meeting in Jordan on Saturday, called for a peaceful transition...

Efforts to find a peaceful solution for Ukraine

Efforts to find a peaceful solution for Ukraine

Kyiv [Ukraine], December 15: US President-elect Donald Trump's team is preparing to push for peace talks, while many others hope...

TikTok continues to be rejected in the US

TikTok continues to be rejected in the US

Washington [US], December 15: Reuters reported on December 13 that the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia...

Injured while on a business trip abroad, Nancy Pelosi must have hip replacement surgery

Injured while on a business trip abroad, Nancy...

Washington [US], December 15: Ian Krager, spokesman for Nancy Pelosi , said the former US House Speaker is...

Trump chooses CEO of social network Truth Social as intelligence adviser

Trump chooses CEO of social network Truth Social...

Washington [US], December 15: On December 14, US President-elect Donald Trump selected Mr. Devin Nunes, CEO of social networking company...

ABC News apologizes, pays $15 million for defaming Trump on air

ABC News apologizes, pays $15 million for defaming...

Washington [US], December 15: ABC News will pay $15 million to settle a lawsuit with US President-elect Donald Trump and...

First European country to join CPTPP

First European country to join CPTPP

Washington [US], December 15: Britain today, December 15, became the first European country to officially join the Comprehensive and Progressive...

Doctor sued for sending abortion pills to patient

Doctor sued for sending abortion pills to patient

Washington [US], December 15: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has sued New York state physician Margaret Carpenter after she prescribed...

Ukraine replaces commander as Russia advances fast in the east

Ukraine replaces commander as Russia advances fast in...

Kyiv [Ukraine], December 15: Ukraine's military leadership has replaced the commander overseeing defences in the eastern Donetsk region where Russian...

Founder of fashion chain Mango dies in cave accident

Founder of fashion chain Mango dies in cave...

Spain [Barcelona], December 15: Isak Andic, the billionaire founder of high street fashion chain Mango, died in an accident on...

Three killed and dozens injured by bomb at Thai festival

Three killed and dozens injured by bomb at...

Bangkok [Thailand], December 15: At least three people have been killed and dozens more wounded after an explosive was thrown...

Sharjah Ruler attends ceremony honouring winners of SSACSY

Sharjah Ruler attends ceremony honouring winners of SSACSY

Sharjah [UAE], December 15: H.H. Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, emphasised...

Ukraine dismisses commander as Russia advances on key logistics hub?

Ukraine dismisses commander as Russia advances on key...

Kyiv [Ukraine], December 14: A Ukrainian official confirmed to the Financial Times on December 13 that Oleksandr Lutsenko had been...

South Korea arrests more military and police commanders ahead of impeachment vote against President Yoon

South Korea arrests more military and police commanders...

Seoul [South Korea], December 14: Lee Jin-woo is the third senior military official to be arrested in connection with the...

DEWA offers over 740 charging points across Dubai to support growing EV adoption

DEWA offers over 740 charging points across Dubai...

Dubai [UAE], December 14: Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) now provides a network of more than 740 electric vehicle...

Magnitude 6.2 earthquake strikes Maule, Chile, ESMC says

Magnitude 6.2 earthquake strikes Maule, Chile, ESMC says

Santiago [Chile], December 14: A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck Maule, Chile on Friday, according to Reuters.

Britain's economy shrinks for second month in a row

Britain's economy shrinks for second month in a...

London [UK], December 14: Britain's economy shrank by 0.1% in October, for the second month in a row, the UK's...

Sharjah Ruler witnesses launch of Desert Theatre Festival

Sharjah Ruler witnesses launch of Desert Theatre Festival

Sharjah [UAE], December 14: His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah,...

Saud bin Saqr attends evening of Finnish music

Saud bin Saqr attends evening of Finnish music

Ras Al Khaimah [UAE], December 14: H.H. Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Ras...