NASA to launch new mission to help build 3D map of Milky...
Los Angeles [US], December 20: NASA is preparing to launch a new mission that will stare at the space between stars, helping build a 3D...
Mexican president to challenge U.S. new anti-immigrant law
Mexico City [Mexico], December 20: Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Tuesday that his government plans to challenge a law recently approved by...
Italy to request 5th installment of EU recovery fund
Rome [Italy], December 20: Italy said on Tuesday it is on course to formally request the fifth installment of the European Union (EU)'s post-COVID recovery...
Australian government defends weather agency from criticism amid floods
Canberra [Australia], December 20: Australia's Emergency Management Minister has defended the weather service agency from criticism over its warning system in the lead-up to flooding...
UN official warns attacks likely to rise in Gaza over holiday period
Geneva [Switzerland], December 20: A senior United Nations (UN) official on Tuesday warned that the holiday period would likely bring an increase in attacks in...
Zelensky: "No one knows" when Russia-Ukraine conflict ends
Kyiv [Ukraine], December 20: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said at his annual press conference on Tuesday that "no one knows" when the Russia-Ukraine conflict...
Radio sets make a comeback in war-torn Gaza
Gaza [Gaza Strip], December 20: Before war broke out in Gaza, Mahmud al-Daoudi could never have imagined the radio sets gathering dust in his shop...
Erdogan, Orban pledge deeper ties in Budapest
Budapest [Hungary], December 20: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Monday that he would seek deeper ties with Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban, during his...
Ukraine army short of new recruits for front
Bakhmut [Ukraine], December 20: After 22 months of war with a horrific human cost, the Ukrainian army is struggling to find recruits to battle Russian...
Putin says Russia is ready to talk on Ukraine
Moscow [Russia], December 20: President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Russia would be prepared to talk to Ukraine, the United States and Europe about...
Iceland volcano unlikely to impact flights; lava flows away from town
Reykjavík [Iceland], December 20: Lava spewing from a volcano in Iceland appeared to be flowing away from the only nearby town and the intensity of...
US judge halts removal of Confederate Memorial at Arlington Cemetery
Washington [US], December 20: A federal judge on Monday ordered a halt to the removal of a Confederate monument at Arlington National Cemetery shortly after...
Colorado Supreme Court disqualifies Trump from holding office
Washington [US], December 20: The Colorado Supreme Court on Tuesday disqualified former President Donald Trump from the ballot in the state's presidential election next year...
Kim Jong Un warns US after North Korea ICBM test
Pyongyang [North Korea], December 20: North Korea's leader threatened "more offensive actions" against military threats after supervising the third test of its most advanced missile...
Dubai Municipality Launches Future Foresight Plan
Dubai [UAE], December 20: Dubai Municipality has announced the launch of its Future Foresight Plan which provides a roadmap for imagining, designing and building the...
UAQ Ruler congratulates emirate's police delegation on achieving prestigious 5-star rating
Umm Al Quwain [UAE], December 20: H.H. Sheikh Saud bin Rashid Al Mu'alla, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Umm Al Qaiwain, today received at...
UAE Ambassador meets with Speaker of Jordanian Senate; discusses bilateral relations, cooperation
Amman [Jordan], December 20: Sheikh Khalifa bin Mohammed bin Khalid Al Nahyan, Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, met...
King Hamad bin Isa confers First Class Medal of Independence on Sheikh...
Manama [Bahrain], December 20: His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, King of the Kingdom of Bahrain, awarded the First Class Medal of Independence...
Iranian FM urges Pakistan to designate Jaish-ul-Adl as terrorist group
Tehran [Iran], December 19: Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian on Monday called on Pakistan to designate Jaish-ul-Adl as a terrorist group as it was...
EU takes legal steps against Musk's X over disinformation
Brussels [Belgium], December 19: The European Commission announced on Monday legal steps against Elon Musk's social media platform X, formerly Twitter, over the spread of...
Sunak presses for 'sustainable ceasefire' in Gaza
London [UK], December 19: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said too many innocent lives had been lost in the Israel-Hamas war, as the country's former...
Mexican gunmen kill 12 people at Christmas celebration
Mexico City [Mexico], December 19: Police in Mexico say 12 people were killed and another 11 injured when gunmen stormed a venue at which a...
Houthis attack two more vessels
Sanaa [Yemen], December 19: Yemen's Houthi fighters say they have launched a drone attack targeting two cargo vessels in the Red Sea, the latest in...
Hundreds evacuated as flood disaster unfolds in Australia
Cairns [Australia], December 19: Stranded residents sheltered on a hospital roof as flash floods swamped northeastern Australia on Monday, with raging waters severing roads and...
Cyberattack cuts Iran fuel supplies
Tehran [Iran], December 19: Iran said it suffered a cyberattack by the Zionist entity and the United States that disrupted fuel distribution across 60 percent...
Pope says Roman Catholic priests can bless same-sex couples
Vatican City [Italy], December 19: Pope Francis has allowed priests to bless same-sex couples, a significant advance for LGBT people in the Roman Catholic Church.
Death toll rises to 111 after earthquake in China's remote northwest
Beijing [China], December 19: A magnitude-6.2 earthquake jolted a remote and mountainous county on the northern edge of the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau around midnight on Tuesday,...