Afghan Taliban strike targets inside Pakistan
Kabul [Afghanistan], December 30: Afghanistan's Taliban government said on Saturday that it struck "several points" inside neighbouring Pakistan.
South Korea's acting president Han Duck-Soo impeached as Yoon goes on trial
Seoul [South Korea], December 29: South Korea's parliament impeached acting President Han Duck-soo on Saturday, less than two weeks after suspending President Yoon Suk Yeol's...
North Korean troops experience mass casualties on Ukraine front lines, White House...
Pyongyang [North Korea], December 29: North Korean forces are experiencing mass casualties on the front lines of Russia's war against Ukraine, with a thousand of...
German president dissolves parliament for Feb. 23 snap elections
Berlin [Germany], December 29: President Frank-Walter Steinmeier dissolved Germany's lower house of parliament to pave the way for snap elections on Feb. 23 following the...
Trump sides with Elon Musk in H-1B visa debate, says he's always...
New York [US], December 29: President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday sided with key supporter and billionaire tech CEO Elon Musk in a public dispute over...
Man dies after bitten by shark while fishing
Ǫueensland [Australia], December 29: A man has died after he was attacked by a shark while fishing with his family.
At least 28 dead in fiery aircraft crash in South Korea, Yonhap...
Seoul [South Korea], December 29: At least 28 people died on Sunday after an airliner went off the runway and crashed at South Korea's Muan...
Thousands protest in Georgia ahead of political showdown
Tbilisi [Georgia], December 29: Thousands of Georgian protesters have formed a human chain in the capital, Tbilisi, ahead of a political showdown as the new...
India mourns former prime minister Manmohan Singh in state funeral
New Delhi [India], December 29: Manmohan Singh, the former Indian prime minister widely regarded as the architect of the country's economic reform program, was cremated...
China approves the construction of world's largest hydropower dam in Tibet
Beijing [China], December 29: China has approved the construction of what will be the world's largest hydropower dam, stoking concerns about displacement of communities in...
Israel detains north Gaza hospital director as WHO condemns raids
Gaza [Palestine], December 29: Israel's army has detained the director of one of the last functioning hospitals in northern Gaza, as the World Health Organization...
PM Fico offers Slovakia's 'hospitality' in possible Ukraine, Russia talks
Bratislava [Slovakia], December 29: Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico has offered his country as a meeting place for possible talks on ending the war in...
Finland brings tanker suspected of damaging undersea cable to shore
Helsinki [Finland], December 29: Finnish police on Saturday transported a Russia- linked suspected of intentionally damaging a Baltic Sea power cable to shore.
Trump asks Supreme Court to delay law that could ban TikTok in...
Washington [US], December 29: US President-elect Donald Trump on Friday stepped into the ongoing dispute over the potential ban of the China-based video app TikTok...
'Alarming' rise in climate disasters in Brazil: Study
Brasilia [Brazil], December 29: Brazil has seen a dramatic rise of climate disasters in recent years, compared to two previous decades, a new study says.
World Health Organization finds no mysterious 'Disease X' in Congo
Geneva [Switzerland], December 29: International health experts believe the wave of illnesses in a remote region of the Democratic Republic of Congo, which had been...
Record number of children living in conflict zones: UNICEF
New York [US], December 29: More children than ever before live in conflict zones or have been forcibly displaced from their homes due to fighting,...
Thick fog continues to cause flight disruption at UK airports
London [UK], December 29: Disruption is continuing at some of the UK's busiest airports as thick fog blankets the country.
UK rail disruption warning after theft of £100k cable
London [UK], December 29: Trains in the north of England will be disrupted after more than £100,000 ($125,750) worth of high-voltage power cable was stolen...
Putin apologizes after Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash
Moscow [Russia], December 29: Russian President Vladimir Putin has apologized to his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev following the crash of an Azerbaijan Airlines plane in...
Voting begins in Chad as opposition calls for boycott
N'Djamena [Chad], December 29: Voting has begun in general elections in Chad, which President Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno has portrayed as a key step in...
Lebanon arrests 67 Syrians over illegal entry
Beirut [Lebanon], December 28: Lebanese security forces on Friday arrested 67 Syrian nationals for illegally entering Lebanon, along with a Lebanese bus driver who was...
Saudi Arabia allocates 500 mln USD to support Yemeni government
Aden [Saudi Arabia], December 28: Saudi Arabia has allocated 500 million U.S. dollars to the Yemeni government to cover state employees' salaries and other expenses,...
Iran seeks calm rather than chaos in Syria: FM
Tehran [Iran], December 28: Iran's Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi on Friday expressed concern over the "acts of sedition" in Syria while assuring that Iran...
8 killed in Mexico bus accident
Mexico City [Mexico], December 28: At least eight people were killed and 27 others injured after a passenger bus collided with a semi-trailer truck early...
Israel turns to Houthi forces in Yemen?
Jerusalem [Israel], December 28: The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it intercepted a missile apparently launched by Yemen's Houthi rebels early on Monday, after air...
'Virtual' money in the US promises to explode
Washington [US], December 28: The US Congress and the administration of President-elect Donald Trump are expected to bring about policies friendly to businesses and investors...