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Russia confirms 2-star general assassinated, convenes Security Council...
Moscow [Russia], December 18: Russia has confirmed that its chemical weapons chief was assassinated in Moscow and will raise the...
NATO takes over coordination of aid to Ukraine...
Washington [US], December 18: Reuters on December 17 quoted a source confirming that NATO had just taken over the coordination...
Electors vote to confirm Trump as US President
Washington [US], December 18: On December 17, electors in 50 states met to confirm the election results in each state,...
Drug driver who killed 16-year-old jailed for 14...
Washington [US], December 18: A high and drunk driver who sped through three red lights and killed a 16-year-old girl...
Women rescued from floodwaters as deluge continues
Washington [US], December 18: Two people have been rescued from floodwaters after a rain-hit state was again struck by storms...
Teen girl's motive unclear in Wisconsin Christian school...
Washington [US], December 18: Police in Wisconsin were interviewing friends and family and examining the online presence of a 15-year-old...
UAE Attorney-General receives Indonesian Ambassador
Abu Dhabi [UAE], December 18: Chancellor Dr. Hamad Saif Al Shamsi, UAE Attorney-General, received Husin Bagis, Ambassador of the Republic...
Dubai Municipality receives three new international standards certificates
Dubai [UAE], December 18: Dubai Municipality has added three new international standards certificates to its impressive list of achievements, including...
Dubai unveils 2025 Retail Calendar
Dubai [UAE], December 18: Dubai Festivals and Retail Establishment (DFRE), part of the Dubai Department of Economy and Tourism (DET),...
Israel destroyed 93% of bank branches in Gaza:...
Jerusalem [Israel], December 18: The World Bank reported that the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip has destroyed approximately 93...
12 staff members, their families trapped west of...
Gaza [Israel], December 18: Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), known as Doctors Without Borders, reported that 12 of its staff members...
V4 leaders discuss security, Ukraine, floods
Warsaw [Poland], December 17: The leaders of the Visegrad Group (V4) countries met on Monday in Wisla, Southern Poland, to...
Kids' painting event held in Serbia, focusing on...
Belgrade [Serbia], December 17: A children's painting competition was held on Monday at the HBIS Smederevo Steel Plant, Serbia, celebrating...
Hungary blocks EU funding for arms shipments to...
Budapest [Hungary], December 17: Hungary has once again vetoed the European Union's (EU) allocation of 6.5 billion euros (6.83...
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
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...
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
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 [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
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...
Paris [France], December 17: Emergency workers searched for survivors and battled to restore services in Mayotte, France's poorest overseas territory,...