Israel bombards southern Gaza as residents fear new ground offensive

Tel Aviv [Israel], December 3: Israeli war planes and artillery bombarded the south of the Gaza Strip on Saturday, hitting mosques, homes and close to...

France: 1 dead, 2 injured in central Paris attack

Paris [France], December 3: French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said late on Saturday that a German tourist had been killed and another person injured in...

Israel-Hamas war: Netanyahu pulls negotiators from Qatar

Tel Aviv [Israel], December 3: Israel said on Saturday that it has reached a "dead end" in negotiations in Qatar over an end to the...

Death toll from cholera outbreak in Ethiopia surpasses 400: WHO

Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], December 2: An ongoing cholera outbreak in Ethiopia has claimed more than 400 lives so far, the World Health Organization (WHO) said...

Nigeria launches strategic plan toward ending HIV/AIDS epidemic

Abuja [Nigeria], December 2: The Nigerian government on Friday launched a comprehensive national strategic plan to end the HIV and AIDS epidemic in line with...

Somalia flooding kills 100: UN agency

United Nations, December 2: Flooding caused by heavy rains has killed almost 100 people and left some 750,000 people homeless in Somalia, the UN...

Slovak city Kosice declares state of crisis due to deficit

Bratislava [Slovakia], December 2: Kosice, the second largest city in Slovakia, declared a state of crisis on Friday due to an expected 44-million-euro (48 million...

Ukraine plans to produce 100-km-range air defense systems

Kyiv [Ukraine], December 2: Ukraine has set out plans to produce air defense systems capable of intercepting aerial threats at a distance of 100 kilometers,...

NASA's Webb space telescope reveals rocky planets can form in extreme environments

Los Angeles [US], December 2: An international team of astronomers has used NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to provide the first observation of water and...

Mexican president unveils 20 pct minimum wage hike by 2024

Mexico City [Mexico], December 2: Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Friday announced a 20 percent increase in the minimum wage starting 2024, calling...

Terror attack claims 6 lives in west Afghanistan

Herat[Afghanistan], December 2: A terrorist attack claimed six lives in west Afghanistan's Herat province on Friday, the Ministry of Interior Affairs said.

Illicit opium imports into Australia on rise, authorities warn

Canberra [Australia], December 2: Imports of illicit opium into Australia are on the rise, authorities have warned.

Scores reported killed in Gaza as fighting shatters Israel-Hamas truce

Tel Aviv [Israel], December 2: Israel's warplanes pounded Gaza on Friday after talks to extend a week-old truce with Hamas collapsed, sending wounded and dead...

Judge rejects Trump immunity claim in federal 2020 election case

New York [US], December 2: Donald Trump does not have immunity from criminal charges for actions he took as president, a U.S. judge ruled on...

Indicted Republican lawmaker George Santos expelled from US House

Washington [US], December 2: Indicted Republican George Santos' brief career in the U.S. House of Representatives came to an end on Friday, when fellow lawmakers...

Israel-Hamas war: Gaza death toll climbs after truce ends

Gaza Strip [Palestine], December 2: Health authorities in Hamas-run Gaza said at least 178 people had been killed by late Friday afternoon after the seven-day...

Heavy snows hit southern Germany, flights in Munich cancelled

Bavaria [Germany], December 2: Heavy snowfalls hit southern Germany and particularly Bavaria on Friday night, causing major disruptions at Munich Airport, the second-busiest hub in...

UN Security Council ends political mission in Sudan

Khartoum [Sudan], December 2: The UN Security Council on Friday ended its political mission in Sudan at the country's request. Fourteen of the Security Council's...

UAE President and Presidents of Brazil and Paraguay witness signing of joint...

Dubai [UAE], December 2: UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan; Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, President of the Federative Republic of...

UAE President discusses bilateral relations and climate challenges with delegation heads at...

Dubai [UAE], December 2: President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan met today with various heads of delegations participating in the UN Climate...

UAE President honours 11 winners of Zayed Sustainability Prize at COP28

Dubai [UAE], December 2: President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan today honoured the winners of the Zayed Sustainability Prize in a ceremony...

OFID €50 million loan supports SMEs and green energy in West Africa

Vienna [Austria], December 2: The OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID) has signed a €50 million loan with the West African Development Bank (BOAD) to...

Saudi Space Agency, US Sierra Space sign MoU to develop national capabilities...

Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], December 2: The Saudi Space Agency (SSA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Sierra Space, a US leading company in the...

Moscow court fines Apple over refusal to localize Russian user data

Moscow [Russia], December 1: The Tagansky District Court of Moscow fined Apple Inc. 12 million rubles (about 133,370 U.S. dollars) for repeatedly refusing to store...

Canada launches three-digit suicide crisis helpline

Ottawa [Canada], December 1: The Canadian government on Thursday launched 988, a new three-digit suicide crisis helpline to provide suicide prevention support.

Japan's jobless rate falls to 2.5 pct in October

Tokyo [Japan], December 1: Japan's unemployment rate in October fell 0.1 percentage points from the previous month to 2.5 percent, government data showed on Friday.

At least 13 dead in Kazakhstan hostel fire

Moscow [Russia], December 1: At least 13 people have died in a hostel fire in the Central Asian republic of Kazakhstan, according to authorities.