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Romania's ruling coalition agrees to hold presidential election...
Bucharest [Romania], January 9: Romania's ruling coalition has agreed to have the first round of the presidential elections on May...

Wildfires rage out of control near Los Angeles,...
Los Angeles [California], January 9: At least two people were killed as a trio of fast-growing wildfires raged out of...

Urgency mounts in search for survivors of powerful...
Lhasa [Tibet], January 9: More than 400 people trapped by rubble in earthquake-stricken Tibet have been rescued.

Russian strike kills 13 in Ukrainian city of...
Moscow [Russia], January 9: A Russian guided bomb attack killed at least 13 people and injured 29 others in Ukraine's...

Italian journalist Sala freed from Iran prison, returns...
Rome [Italy], January 9: Italian journalist Cecilia Sala was freed by Iran and returned home, three weeks after she was...

WHO says respiratory virus HMPV in China is...
Geneva [Switzerland], January 8: The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday offered reassurance about HMPV, a respiratory infection that is...

Bangladesh revokes passport of ousted prime minister Sheikh...
Dhaka [Bangladesh], January 8: Bangladesh's interim administration has revoked the passport of its ousted prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, and 74...

US authorities seek to identify bodies found in...
Florida [US], January 8: Authorities in the United States have been working to identify two bodies discovered in the wheel...

Facebook and Instagram get rid of fact checkers
New York [US], January 8: Meta is abandoning the use of independent fact checkers on Facebook and Instagram, replacing them...

German couple confess to killing Ukrainian refugee and...
Mannheim [Germany], January 8: A German couple on Tuesday confessed to killing a Ukrainian refugee and her mother in March...

Thai elephant centres criticized after death of tourist
Bangkok [Thailand], January 8: Animal rights activists on Tuesday lashed out at elephant sanctuaries in Thailand after a Spanish holidaymaker...

Airport in Damascus resumes international operations
Damascus [Syria], January 8: Syria's main airport in Damascus resumed full operations on Tuesday after they were halted following the...

Iran starts air defence drills at Natanz nuclear...
Tehran [Iran], January 8: Amid rising tensions with Israel and with less than two weeks left before the inauguration of...

US transfers 11 Yemeni inmates from Guantanamo Bay...
Washington [US], January 8: The United States has sent 11 Yemeni detainees of the notorious Guantanamo Bay prison to Oman,...

Aid efforts in Gaza at breaking point: UN
Gaza [Palestine], January 8: The efforts of United Nations agencies to supply humanitarian aid in Gaza are at "breaking point",...

Hungarian officials criticize U.S. sanctions on gov't minister
Budapest [Hungary], January 8: Hungary's foreign minister criticized the outgoing U.S. administration and its ambassador on Tuesday for imposing sanctions...

Two killed, one injured in shooting in Germany
Berlin [Germany], January 8: Two men were shot dead and one got injured on Tuesday evening at a company in...

Slovenia's 2024 budget deficit lowest in 5 yrs
Ljubljana [Slovenia], January 8: Slovenia's budget deficit fell to 1.2 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2024, according to...

News Analysis: Experts expect gradual ECB rate cuts...
Brussels [Belgium], January 8: Eurozone inflation, as Eurostat reported, hit 2.4 percent in December, the highest since July, but experts...

Earthquake in Tibet kills more than 120
Lhasa [Tibet], January 8: A strong earthquake, opens new tab struck the foothills of the Himalayas near one of Tibet's...

US, Taliban in talks to swap detainees
Washington DC [US], January 8: The Biden administration is negotiating with Afghanistan to exchange Americans detained in the country for...

Ghana's Mahama returns as president, vowing to boost...
Accra [Ghana], January 8: John Dramani Mahama was sworn in for a second term as Ghana's president at a ceremony...

Austrian far right demands conservatives be 'honest' in...
Vienna [Austria], January 8: Austrian far-right Freedom Party (FPO) leader Herbert Kickl called on the conservative People's Party (OVP) to...

Jean-Marie Le Pen, founder of France's post-war far...
Paris [France], January 8: Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of France's far-right National Front party who tapped into blue-collar anger...

Trump will not rule out force to take...
Nuuk [Greenland], January 8: U.S. President-elect Donald Trump refused on Tuesday to rule out using military or economic action to...

Egypt discovers 4,000-year-old tomb near Cairo
Cairo [Egypt], January 7: A joint French-Swiss archaeological mission has discovered an over 4,000-year-old mastaba at the Saqqara archaeological site,...

US Congress ratifies Trump's victory
New York [US], January 7: As President of the US Senate, US Vice President Kamala Harris, who lost to Mr....