No functional hospital left in northern Gaza, WHO says
Tel Aviv [Israel], December 22: Northern Gaza has been left without a functional hospital due to a lack of fuel, staff and supplies, the World...
UN calls for probe as Israeli army 'summarily execute' Palestinians
London [UK], December 22: The United Nations human rights office has called for an independent inquiry into allegations that Israeli forces "summarily executed" at least...
Tehran warned of 'danger' in allowing Houthis to target ships
London [UK], December 22: Iran has been warned about the danger of allowing Tehran-backed Houthis to target shipping in the Red Sea.
US plans to send astronaut to moon this decade
Washington [US], December 22: The United States has announced that alongside American astronauts, it plans to land an international astronaut on the surface of the...
Venezuela releases 10 US hostages in exchange for Maduro ally
Washington [US], December 22: Venezuela has agreed to release 10 US hostages and extradite a fugitive billionaire in exchange for the release of Alex Saab,...
Australia must make remand 'exception' and ban use of spit hoods, UN...
Sydney [Australia], December 22: The United Nations Committee against Torture has slammed Australia for the "extraordinary number" of people on remand in the country, in...
Argentina's ultra-liberal President Milei issues hard reform decree
Buenos Aires [Argentina], December 22: The new Argentinian government of ultra-liberal President Javier Milei has begun to restructure the South American country's strictly regulated economy.
Gunman kills 15, wounds 24 at Prague university
Prague [Czech Republic], December 22: A gunman opened fire at a university in the centre of Prague on Thursday afternoon, killing at least 15 people...
German authorities shut down illegal darknet marketplace
Berlin [Germany], December 21: German authorities have shut down the server infrastructure of the illegal darknet marketplace "Kingdom Market," the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA)...
Vietnam to increase regional minimum salary
Hanoi [Vietnam], December 21: Vietnam will lift regional minimum salary for laborers by 6 percent next year, local media reported on Wednesday.
S. Korea's top court orders Japanese firms to compensate WWII forced labor...
Seoul [South Korea], December 21: South Korea's top court on Thursday ordered Japanese firms to compensate the victims who were forced into harsh labor without...
UNICEF chief raises alarm about drinking water crisis for children in Gaza
United Nations, December 21: The head of the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Wednesday issued a dire warning that the absence of safe drinking water...
Hurricane Otis kills 52 in Mexico
Mexico City [Mexico], December 21: Hurricane Otis has killed 52 and left 32 missing in Mexico, Governor of Guerrero state, Evelyn Salgado, said Wednesday.
EU migrant pact hailed by Italian gov't, slammed by groups
Rome [Italy], December 21: The European Union's (EU) New Pact on Migration and Asylum has been welcomed by government officials in Italy -- one of...
Polish gov't dismisses public media chiefs
Warsaw [Poland], December 21: Poland's Culture Minister sacked the heads of three state media outlets on Wednesday, leading to protests from the conservatives.
Australia rebuffs U.S. request for warship in Red Sea
Canberra [Australia], December 21: The Australian government has announced that it will not send a warship to the Red Sea but will deploy additional troops...
Behind the 'revolution' led by Myanmar's ethnic minority fighters
Namhsan [Myanmar], December 21: Pickup trucks carrying ethnic minority fighters rolled into a town in Myanmar's northeastern Shan state recently cleared of junta troops...
Survivors of China's deadliest quake brave freezing cold
Jishishan [China], December 21: Survivors of China's deadliest earthquake in years huddled in makeshift aid tents despite freezing temperatures on Wednesday, too scared to return...
Egypt seeks to broker Gaza ceasefire as Hamas
Cairo [Egypt], December 21: The U.S. said "very serious" negotiations were taking place on a new Gaza ceasefire and release of more Israeli hostages, but...
Polish government takes public TV news channel off air amid reform drive
Warsaw [Poland], December 21: Poland's new government took a public news channel off the air on Wednesday and dismissed executives from state media to restore...
Macron defends new French migration law despite political tensions
Paris [France], December 21: French President Emmanuel Macron defended a bill to toughen immigration laws despite an embarrassing parliamentary vote that put his ruling alliance...
Trump urges US Supreme Court not to expedite 2020 immunity claim
Washington [US], December 21: Former President Donald Trump urged the U.S. Supreme Court to reject a request by federal prosecutors to immediately review his claim...
Anti-war candidate Duntsova applies to run in election against Russia's Putin
Moscow [Russia], December 21: Former TV journalist Yekaterina Duntsova put her name forward on Wednesday to stand in a Russian presidential election in March that...
Biden attacks Trump's anti-immigrant 'blood' comments in Wisconsin visit
Washington [US], December 21: U.S. President Joe Biden criticized presidential opponent Donald Trump's recent anti-immigrant comments as he visited a Black-owned business in Milwaukee, Wisconsin,...
Ukrainians prepare for first wartime Christmas on new calendar
Kyiv [Ukraine], December 21: Ukrainians are gearing up to celebrate their first Christmas according to a new calendar, another step towards erasing all traces of...
Kazakhstan starts building new railroad to China
Astana [Kazakhstan], December 21: Abai region of Kazakhstan started building a new 272 km-long railway line en route Bakhty-Ayagoz, a railway line leading to the...
German court orders repeat of 2021 election in parts of Berlin
Berlin [Germany], December 20: Germany's Federal Constitutional Court ruled on Tuesday that the 2021 national election must be repeated in parts of Berlin in February...