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Massive waves on California coast cause flooding
California [US], December 31: Coastal communities in California faced another day of towering waves and possible flooding as officials issued...
Burundi's president says gay people should be stoned
Gitega [Burundi], December 31: Burundi's President Evariste Ndayishimiye has called on citizens to stone gay people, escalating a crackdown on...
McDonald's Malaysia sues Israel boycott movement for $1...
Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], December 31: McDonald's Malaysia has sued a movement promoting boycotts against Israel for "false and defamatory statements"...
Russia says 20 dead after 'indiscriminate' Ukrainian strikes...
Moscow [Russia], December 31: Russia said 20 people including two children had been killed and 111 injured in "indiscriminate" Ukrainian...
Palestinian economy hard hit by Israeli aggression in...
Ramallah [Palestine], December 31: Palestinian economy was hard hit by the Israeli aggression which started on October 7 and has...
Sharjah takes part in honouring Historical Lexicon
Cairo [Egypt], December 31: On December 18, the Sharjah Arabic Language Academy (ALA) participated in an event organised by the...
RAK Ruler attends conclusion of Mohamed bin Zayed...
Ras al-Khaimah [UAE], December 31: H.H. Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Ras Al...
At least 2 inmates killed, 6 injured in...
Montevideo [Uruguay], December 30: At least two inmates were killed and six others injured after prisoners started a fire...
AU welcomes signing of grant agreement to sustain...
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], December 30: Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission Moussa Faki Mahamat on Friday welcomed the signing...
Qatar presents new initiative to end Israel-Hamas conflict
Gaza [Palestine], December 30: Qatar has proposed a new deal to end Israel's offensive on the Gaza Strip and...
Türkiye announces destruction of 16 Kurdish militant targets...
Ankara [Turkey], December 30: The Turkish forces on Friday carried out cross-border airstrikes against the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in...
Italy's lower house approves 28-bln-euro 2024 budget
Rome [Italy], December 30: Italy's lower house passed the new budget law on Friday, providing a definitive green light to...
Tunisia extends state of emergency for another month
Tunis [Tunisia], December 30: Tunisian President Kais Saied has extended the state of emergency across the country for an additional...
Poliovirus detected from parts of Pakistan: health ministry
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 30: Polioviruses have been detected in the environmental samples from four districts in Pakistan, according to the...
1,432 Bangladeshis killed in work-related incidents in 2023
Dhaka [Bangladesh], December 30: A total of 1,432 workers were killed in Bangladesh due to different occupational accidents in 2023,...
Biden urges Congress to take urgent action on...
Washington [US], December 30: US President Joe Biden reiterated the call for the Congress to pass "without any further delay"...
Maine elections official disqualifies Trump from presidential primary...
Washington [US], December 30: Maine disqualified Donald Trump from the state ballot in next year's U.S. presidential primary election, becoming...
Russia's biggest air attack of war kills 31...
Moscow [Russia], December 30: Russia unleashed its biggest air attack of the war on Ukraine, killing 31 civilians, wounding more...
South Africa files genocide case against Israel at...
Johannesburg [South Africa], December 30: South Africa asked the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Friday for an urgent order...
Fighting between Israeli forces and Hamas rages after...
Gaza [Palestine], December 30: Fierce Israeli tank fire and aerial bombing struck Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip on Friday...
Ex-Trump fixer Michael Cohen says AI created fake...
New York [US], December 30: Michael Cohen, Donald Trump's former fixer and lawyer, said in court papers unsealed on Friday...
Mexico, US agree to cooperate on border amid...
Matamoros [Mexico], December 30: Mexico and the United States have agreed to strengthen efforts to regulate migration, officials said on...
Germany: Flooded safari park relocates smaller animals
Lower Saxony [Germany], December 30: Large portions of the premises of the Serengeti Park zoo and outdoor leisure park in...
Sudan: RSF leader visits Ethiopia in rare public...
Khartoum [Sudan], December 30: Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, the leader of Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, has arrived in Ethiopia on...
Arab Strategy Forum commences on 3rd January in...
Dubai [UAE], December 30: Under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister,...
ERC participates in Zayed Charity Marathon in Egypt,...
Cairo [Egypt], December 30: A delegation of the Emirates Red Crescent Authority visited, in Egypt, 'Al Nas' Hospital, the largest...
UAE authorities extradite the accused Gergely Franc to...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], December 30: Today, on December 29th 2023, the UAE authorities have extradited Gergely Franc, an Albanian national,...