Trump gives TikTok the green light
Washington [US], December 23: US President-elect Donald Trump on December 22 signaled that he supports allowing TikTok to continue operating in the US for at...
Sudan's RSF says seizes back control of key Darfur base from army...
Khartoum [Sudan], December 23: Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) seized back control of a key logistical base in North Darfur, the paramilitary group said, a...
Suspect in German Christmas market attack held on murder charges
Magdeburg [Germany], December 23: A man suspected of ploughing a car through crowds at a German Christmas market in an attack that killed five people...
Small plane crashes into Brazil tourist city, killing at least 10
Gramado (Rio Grande do Sul) [Brazil], December 23: A small plane carrying 10 people crashed into shops in the center of the tourist city of...
Trump threatens to retake control of Panama Canal
Washington [US], December 23: President-elect Donald Trump threatened to reassert U.S. control over the Panama Canal.
Four killed in helicopter crash at Turkish hospital
Istanbul [Turkey], December 23: Four people were killed in southwest Turkey when an ambulance helicopter collided with a hospital building and crashed into the ground.
US warplane shot down in Red Sea 'friendly fire' incident
Washington [US], December 23: An American fighter jet has been shot down over the Red Sea in an apparent "friendly fire" incident.
Vanuatu hit by another earthquake as hundreds of Australians return home
Port-Vila [Vanuatu Islands], December 23: Vanuatu has been hit by another earthquake after hundreds of Australians landed on home soil from the islands and the...
Trump's tougher stance on Fentanyl
Washington [US], December 23: Donald Trump's return to power signifies a shakeup in the U.S. approach to addressing America's fentanyl crisis and what counternarcotic officials...
Iraq, Oman sign two MoUs to strengthen cooperation
Baghdad [Iraq], December 23: Iraqi Foreign Minister Dr. Fuad Hussein and Omani Foreign Minister Badr bin Hamad bin Hamoud Al-Busaidi signed two memorandums of understanding...
Unstable weather conditions expected across UAE until Thursday
Abu Dhabi [UAE], December 23: The UAE is expected to experience unstable weather conditions in the coming days due to an extension of a surface...
Rival protests over S Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol held in...
Seoul [South Korea], December 22: Demonstrators supporting and opposing South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol held rival protests several hundred metres apart in Seoul on...
Nine-year-old among five killed in Germany Christmas market attack
Magdeburg [Germany], December 22: A nine-year-old child is among the five people killed in the car-ramming attack at a Christmas market in the central German...
US Senate votes through last-gasp bill to keep govt open
Washington [US], December 22: The US Congress has averted a government shutdown following days of chaos on Capitol Hill, after the Senate passed a stop-gap...
Five killed in strike on Russia's Kursk after deadly missile attack on...
Kursk [Ukraine], December 22: Russia said five people had been killed in a Ukrainian strike in the western Kursk region. Ukrainian officials reported earlier that...
Five killed in strike on Russia's Kursk after deadly missile attack on...
Moscow [Russia], December 22: Russia said five people had been killed in a Ukrainian strike in the western Kursk region. Ukrainian officials reported earlier that...
32 die in bus accident in southeastern Brazil
At least thirty two people were killed in a bus crash in southeastern Brazil on Saturday, officials said, adding that the death toll could still...
8 sentenced in France over beheading of teacher
Paris [France], December 22: Eight people have been convicted in France in connection with the Islamist-motivated murder of teacher Samuel Paty four years ago. French...
Frigid temperatures as winter solstice marks astronomical start of season
Washington [US], December 22: Early Saturday morning, the occurrence of the 2024 winter solstice marked the astronomical start of winter, and it's been greeted with...
Extreme weather scaring off tourists
Sydney [Australia], December 22: Summer might be synonymous with beach days and barbecues, but more and more Australians are re-imagining their hot season, concerned about...
King Charles' cancer treatment progressing well
London [UK], December 22: King Charles' cancer treatment is progressing well and will continue into next year, a Buckingham Palace source said, as the British...
German far right brings political edge to Magdeburg attack site
Berlin [Germany], December 22: A spontaneous memorial created by grieving families and local residents at a church overlooking Magdeburg's Christmas market evolved during Saturday into...
Senate passes government funding bill, averts shutdown
Washington [US], December 22: The U.S. Congress passed spending legislation early on Saturday in a down-to-the wire burst of activity that will avert a destabilizing...
Firefighters in race to contain massive bushfire
Sydney [Australia], December 22: Firefighters battling a massive uncontrolled bushfire in the nation's east are racing to get the upper hand before temperatures soar...
Japanese anime industry sales top 3 trillion yen for 1st time
Tokyo [Japan], December 22: The market size of Japan's anime industry hit a record high of over three trillion yen in 2023, buoyed by brisk...
23 dead in two crowd crushes in Nigeria
Lagos [Nigeria], December 22: At least 23 people died in two incidents in Nigeria on Saturday as crowds, mostly women and children, scrambled for charity,...
Earthquake of magnitude 6.2 strikes Vanuatu Islands, GFZ says
Wellington [New Zealand], December 22: A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck the Vanuatu Islands on Sunday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said, revising up...