Death penalty confirmed in Vietnam's biggest-ever financial fraud case

Bangkok [Thailand], December 4: The death sentence for Vietnamese real-estate tycoon Truong My Lan was upheld on Tuesday as the plaintiff in the country's largest-ever...

Syrian government says forces fighting back against rebel advance

Damascus [Syria], December 4: The Syrian government, backed by Russian planes and their allies among pro-Iranian militias, has thwarted some rebel advances in the northern...

Yemen's Houthis say they targeted Israel despite Lebanon ceasefire

Sanaa [Yemen], December 4: Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels said they have targeted Israel with drones three times in the past 48 hours in cooperation with...

Israel continues to pound Gaza, issues new evacuation orders

Jerusalem [Israel], December 4: Israel has continued to pound Gaza, killing dozens and issuing new evacuation threats.

Georgian PM agrees to meet opposition leaders amid protests

Tbilisi [Georgia], December 4: Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze on Tuesday agreed to hold talks with two former ministers and an opposition party on the...

Send Ukraine more weapons: NATO chief

Brussels [Belgium], December 4: NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said on Tuesday he wants members of the Western military alliance to focus more on arming...

King Charles welcomes Qatar's emir as state visit begins

Doha [Qatar], December 4: King Charles and Keir Starmer welcomed Qatar's emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, for a state visit to Britain on...

Gazans displaced by war now face a new threat: winter

Gaza [Palestine], December 4: The beaches of Gaza are no longer for day trips. Tens of thousands of people now have to live on the...

US firms race to get ahead of Trump tariffs

New York [US], December 4: When handbag designer Sherrill Mosee learned that roughly 2,700 purses and backpacks she had ordered from her Chinese manufacturing partner...

Cambodia jails 13 pregnant Filipino surrogates

Phnom Penh [Cambodia], December 4: Thirteen women from the Philippines have been convicted of human trafficking in Cambodia for intending to sell babies they carried...

Trump appears to threaten Hamas with 'all hell to pay' over hostages

New York [US], December 4: US President-elect Donald Trump has issued an apparent warning to Hamas, threatening "all hell to pay" if hostages held in...

Cairo Conference calls for increased humanitarian aid to Gaza

Cairo [Egypt], December 4: The Cairo Ministerial Conference for Emergency Humanitarian Response to Gaza concluded with a firm stance on increasing humanitarian aid and ensuring...

EU Commission commits €4.6 billion to support cleantech projects

Brussels [Belgium], December 4: The newly appointed European Commission (EC) announced today plans to invest €4.6 billion in decarbonisation technology and clean hydrogen projects, utilising...

AFC Champions League Elite: Pakhtakor 1-1 Al Ain

Tashkent [Uzbekistan], December 4: Reigning continental champions Al Ain continue to cling on to their hopes of a place in the knockout rounds of the...

UNHCR receives record $1.1 bn of early funding to provide protection, life-saving...

Geneva [Switzerland], December 4: Donor governments pledged a record US$ 1.143 billion today to provide protection, life-saving assistance and solutions to millions of people uprooted...

People of Determination crucial component of social fabric, role models of resolve:...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], December 4: The Muslim Council of Elders, led by His Eminence Prof. Dr. Ahmed Al-Tayeb, Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, emphasised that people...

Maccabi Tel Aviv signs sponsorship deal with Chinese carmaker BYD

Jerusalem [Israel], December 3: Israeli Europa League club Maccabi Tel Aviv announced on Monday that it has signed a sponsorship deal with Chinese car company...

Vanuatu leads calls for legal framework on climate

The Hague [Netherlands], December 3: Vanuatu on Monday urged the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague to declare failure to address climate change...

Impeachment complaint filed against Philippine VP Duterte

Manila [Philippines], December 3: An impeachment complaint was filed on Monday against Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte on allegations of corruption, breach of public trust...

President Biden pardons son; Trump slams 'miscarriage of justice'

Washington [US], December 3: US President Joe Biden on Sunday said he has pardoned his son, Hunter Biden, despite previously promising he would not do...

Death toll in Syrian clashes rises above 500, says monitor group

Beirut [Lebanon], December 3: More than 500 people have been killed in the course of the new escalation in Syria between Islamist rebels and government...

In Kiev, Scholz promises Ukraine further weapons but not NATO invite

Kyiv [Ukraine], December 3: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz visited Kiev for the first time in two and a half years on Monday with a message...

Confidence vote looms in French parliament

Paris [France], December 3: French Prime Minister Michel Barnier on Monday pushed through his social security budget without a vote in the National Assembly, making...

Bangladesh condemns attack on its diplomatic mission in India

Dhaka [Bangladesh], December 3: The Bangladeshi government has strongly condemned an attack on its consulate in Agartala, the capital of the Indian state of Tripura,...

UK premier Starmer calls for ceasefire, return of hostages

London [UK], December 3: No ceasefire can be reached in Gaza that does not include the return of hostages by Hamas, British Prime Minister Keir...

3,700 people killed or missing since Israel's siege of northern Gaza, says...

Jerusalem [Israel], December 3: The Israeli military has continued "its intensive land, air and sea aggression on northern Gaza for 60 days" that also wounded...

NATO expected to sidestep Ukraine's call for quick invite

Washington [US], December 3: NATO is highly unlikely to heed Ukraine's call for a membership invitation at a meeting.