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Venezuela to free 146 more election protesters

Venezuela to free 146 more election protesters

Caracas [Venezuela], January 7: Venezuelan Attorney General Tarek Saab said that 146 more people arrested after a July election are...

Russians capture strategic town of Kurakhove in east Ukraine

Russians capture strategic town of Kurakhove in east...

Moscow [Russia] / Kiev [Ukraine], January 7: Russian troops have captured the strategically important small town of Kurakhove in the...

Far-right Freedom Party of Austria tasked with forming government

Far-right Freedom Party of Austria tasked with forming...

Vienna [Austria], January 7: Austrian President Alexander van der Bellen has officially tasked the far-right Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ)...

Canada's Trudeau resigns as party leader and PM

Canada's Trudeau resigns as party leader and PM

New York [US], January 7: Justin Trudeau said on Monday he plans to step down as leader of his governing...

Indonesia gives free meals to children and pregnant women

Indonesia gives free meals to children and pregnant...

Bali [Indonesia], January 7: Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto's ambitious multibillion-dollar programme to provide free meals to more than a quarter...

Israel and Hamas close to hostage deal: Report

Israel and Hamas close to hostage deal: Report

Gaza [Palestine], January 7: Hamas has approved a list of 34 Israeli hostages to be exchanged in a possible ceasefire...

HMPV virus cases rising across world

HMPV virus cases rising across world

Beijing [China], January 7: A Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV) outbreak in China has sparked global concern, prompting countries like India to...

US warns of Kremlin plan to share satellite technology with Pyongyang

US warns of Kremlin plan to share satellite...

Seoul [South Korea], January 7: Russia intends to share advanced space and satellite technology with its ally North Korea, US...

S Korean police asked to arrest Yoon

S Korean police asked to arrest Yoon

Seoul [South Korea], January 7: South Korea's police have been asked to arrest suspended president Yoon Suk Yeol, the Yonhap...

Seoul says Pyongyang launched ballistic missile towards Sea of Japan

Seoul says Pyongyang launched ballistic missile towards Sea...

Seoul [South Korea], January 7: North Korea has fired an unidentified ballistic missile, the South Korean military said on Monday.

Italy reports drop in migrant arrivals via Mediterranean Sea in 2024

Italy reports drop in migrant arrivals via Mediterranean...

Rome [Italy], January 7: Significantly fewer irregular migrants arrived in Italy via the Mediterranean Sea last year than in previous...

Tyres burst as Etihad pilot aborts Melbourne take-off at last moment

Tyres burst as Etihad pilot aborts Melbourne take-off...

Bangkok [Thailand], January 7: The pilot of a fast-moving Etihad Airways passenger jet slammed on the emergency brakes moments before...

Former French president Sarkozy on trial over Libyan campaign funding

Former French president Sarkozy on trial over Libyan...

Paris [France], January 7: The trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy on charges related to alleged Libyan funding of...

Egypt, US Foreign Ministers discuss developments in Gaza, Syria

Egypt, US Foreign Ministers discuss developments in Gaza,...

Cairo [Egypt], January 6: Egyptian Foreign Minister Dr. Badr Abdel Aaty and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken held a...

Germany's Scholz outraged over 'indecent' Moscow visit speculation

Germany's Scholz outraged over 'indecent' Moscow visit speculation

Berlin [Germany], January 6: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has sharply dismissed speculation by an opposition conservative politician regarding a possible...

Ukrainian forces begin new offensive in Russia's Kursk

Ukrainian forces begin new offensive in Russia's Kursk

Kiev [Ukraine], January 6: Ukrainian forces have begun a new offensive in the western Russian region of Kursk, following their...

South Korea's Yoon seeks probe into officers trying to detain him

South Korea's Yoon seeks probe into officers trying...

Beijing [China], January 6: Following the failed attempt by South Korean authorities to detain suspended president Yoon Suk Yeol, he...

Russia captured 3,600sqkm of Ukraine in 2024: Reports

Russia captured 3,600sqkm of Ukraine in 2024: Reports

Moscow [Russia], January 6: Russia has captured nearly 3,600 square kilometres of Ukrainian territory in the past year, media reports...

Flights, trains cancelled as snow hits UK

Flights, trains cancelled as snow hits UK

London [UK], January 6: Passengers were facing cancellations and delays after several major airports in England had to shut their...

Winter storm hammers US; over 60mn face blizzard conditions

Winter storm hammers US; over 60mn face blizzard...

Kentucky [US], January 6: A severe winter storm has hammered the United States, with meteorologists warning more than 60 million...

Over 100 killed in battle between Syria's Kurds and Turkey allies

Over 100 killed in battle between Syria's Kurds...

Cairo [Egypt], January 6: Intense clashes between Kurdish forces and Turkish-backed factions in northern Syria have killed more than 100...

Taiwan asks South Korea for help over Chinese ship after subsea cable damaged

Taiwan asks South Korea for help over Chinese...

Taipei City [Taiwan], January 6: Taiwan has asked South Korea for assistance investigating a Chinese-owned ship suspected of cutting a...

Israeli attacks kill 200 in three days in Gaza, overwhelming hospitals

Israeli attacks kill 200 in three days in...

Jerusalem [Israel], January 6: Israeli attacks have killed more than 200 Palestinians across Gaza over the last three days as...

Tunisian passenger traffic in airports up 9.4 pct in 2024

Tunisian passenger traffic in airports up 9.4 pct...

Tunis [Tunisia], January 6: The number of passengers traveling through airports in Tunisia reached a record high of 9,646,949 in...

Russia clears beaches after Black Sea oil spill

Russia clears beaches after Black Sea oil spill

Moscow [Russia], January 6: Russia declared a regional state of emergency in Crimea, which it seized from Ukraine in 2014,...

Erdogan expects support from Syria in Turkey's battle with PKK

Erdogan expects support from Syria in Turkey's battle...

Ankara [Turkey], January 6: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said that Syria's new leadership is determined to root out separatists there,...

Former Greek prime minister Simitis dies aged 88

Former Greek prime minister Simitis dies aged 88

Athens [Greek], January 6: Former Greek prime minister Costas Simitis, who led the country into the European Union's single currency...