Venezuela, Guyana agree to talks as border dispute flares
Caracas [Venezuela], December 11:Venezuela and Guyana are due to hold a high-level meeting in the coming days to discuss sovereignty over the oil-rich region, after...
Israel-Hamas war: UN warns aid in Gaza on verge of collapse
Gaza [Palestine], December 11:Philippe Lazarini, the chief of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), said on Sunday that his agency...
Egypt presidential election: El-Sissi vies for third term
Cairo [Egypt], December 11:Egyptians headed to the polls on Sunday as voting began in a presidential election in which President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi faces no...
10 Emirati female volunteers depart for Gaza to join the UAE field...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], December 11: Ten female volunteers from the medical field departed from the UAE today heading for Gaza to join the integrated field...
COP28: UN launches ground-breaking plan to transform world's agrifood systems
Dubai [UAE], December 11:As COP28 heads into its final working days in Dubai, the UN's agriculture wing launched on Sunday a ground-breaking plan that looks...
Hezbollah militant killed in Israeli attacks on Lebanon's southern border
Beirut [Lebanon], December 10: A Hezbollah militant was killed on Saturday in Israeli attacks on border areas in southern Lebanon, a Lebanese military source said.
Apartment building explosion in Germany injures 3
Berlin [Germany], December 10: Three people were injured Saturday night when an apartment building was hit by a fire and a subsequent explosion in the...
3 killed, 1 wounded in U.S. shooting
New York [US], December 10: Three young adults were killed and another was wounded in a shooting on Saturday evening in Atlanta, capital city of...
Australia to increase fees for foreign property investors
Canberra [Australia], December 10: Foreign investors in the Australian housing market will be hit with higher taxes under a government plan to address housing affordability.
Sri Lanka probing nationwide power outage
Colombo [Sri Lanka], December 10: Sri Lanka's state-owned electricity producer and supplier Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) said on Sunday that it will conduct an internal...
US, Japan, S Korea step up efforts to counter North Korea cyber-threats
Seoul [South Korea], December 10: The United States, South Korea and Japan have agreed on new efforts to respond to North Korea's threats in cyberspace,...
Ukraine's first lady warns of 'mortal danger' if Western support ends
Kiev [Ukraine], December 10:Ukrainians face "mortal danger" if the West backs down over financial support for the resistance against the forces of Russian President Vladimir...
Several dead after hospital fire near Rome; 200 patients evacuated
Rome [Italy], December 10:At least three people died in a fire at a hospital near Rome late on Friday, the fire brigade announced the following...
EU agrees on landmark law to more closely regulate AI
Brussels [Belgium], December 10: Stricter rules will apply to the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the European Union in future, as negotiators from the...
Teenager killed, 15 detained in Israeli raids in occupied West Bank
Jerusalem [Israel], December 10: The Israeli military has carried out multiple raids in the occupied West Bank as heavy fighting continued across the Gaza Strip...
'Double standards': World reacts to US veto on Gaza truce resolution at...
New York [US], December 10: World leaders, international rights groups and United Nations officials have criticised the United States for vetoing a UN resolution calling...
UN raises alarm on attempts to annul Guatemala's general election results
Guatemala City [Guatemala], December 10: The United Nations high commissioner for human rights deplored "persistent and systematic" attempts to undermine the outcome of Guatemala's elections...
MahsaAmini's family blocked from leaving Iran for EU prize
Paris [France], December 10: The family of MahsaAmini, the Iranian Kurdish woman who died in custody, have been banned from travelling to France to collect...
French court convicts six teens for role in beheading of teacher
Paris [France], December 10: A French court on Friday convicted six teenagers for their role in the 2020 beheading of a teacher by a radicalised...
Texas court halts ruling allowing abortion under strict law
Washington [US], December 10:The Supreme Court of Texas late Friday temporarily blocked an emergency abortion for a woman whose fetus was determined to be not...
COP28 clashes over fossil fuel phase-out after OPEC pushback
Dubai [UAE], December 10:Countries clashed on Saturday over a possible agreement to phase out fossil fuels at the COP28 summit in Dubai, jeopardising attempts to...
Israel orders more evacuations in Khan Younis after US blocks Gaza ceasefire...
Jerusalem [Israel], December 10:Israel ordered residents out of the centre of Gaza's main southern city Khan Younis on Saturday and pounded the length of the...
Could Egypt's presidential elections be a chance for change?
Cairo [Egypt], December 10:Egypt's presidential elections, which will take place on December 10 -12, will most likely see the 69-year-old incumbent Abdel Fattah el-Sissi winning...
Nigeria to plant 10 million mangrove seedlings in next 3 years: Minister...
Dubai [UAE], December 10: Dr.IshaqSalako, Minister of State for Environment in the Federal Republic of Nigeria, said that Nigeria, the third-largest country in the world...
Tennessee tornadoes leave at least 6 dead, tens of thousands without power
Washington [US], December 10:Severe storms and tornadoes in Tennessee left at least six people dead on Saturday and caused what local emergency services described as...
IS attack kills 7 in Syria
Damascus [Syria], December 9: Seven soldiers and pro-government fighters were killed on Friday during an Islamic State (IS) attack on military sites in the...
South African airports ready for festive visitors
Johannesburg [South Africa], December 9: South Africa has revamped its airports and introduced technology to provide seamless services, and is ready to welcome tourists during...