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Three killed in Wisconsin school shooting, including shooter
Madison [US], December 17: A juvenile student killed two people at a Wisconsin school before police found the suspect dead...
New train service linking Slovak, Ukrainian capitals launched
Bratislava [Slovakia], December 16: A new daily train service connecting the capitals of Slovakia and Ukraine officially launched on Sunday,...
Greek parliament approves 2025 state budget
Athens [Greece], December 16: The Greek Parliament approved the 2025 state budget on Sunday, projecting a 2.3 percent gross domestic...
One killed as Russian oil tankers run aground...
Moscow [Russia], December 16: Two Russian tankers ran aground off the occupied Crimean Peninsula, the Russian civil protection agency reported...
Four injured as Tornado hits northern California town
Sacramento [California], December 16: At least four people were injured after a tornado struck northern California on Saturday afternoon, according...
Italy's Giorgia Meloni steps down as president of...
Rome [Italy], December 16: Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni announced on Sunday she is resigning as president of the right-wing...
More than 7,500 Syrian refugees have returned home,...
Damascus [Syria], December 16: More than 7,500 refugees have returned to Syria from Turkey since the regime of long-time ruler...
Eight injured in Czech building blast
Czech Republic [Prague], December 16: Eight people have been injured in an explosion in a residential building in the southern...
Zelensky says more N Korean soldiers fighting
Ukraine [Kyiv], December 16: The Russian military is now deploying North Korean soldiers in greater numbers for attacks in Kursk...
Israeli forces storm Gaza school, killing at least...
Gaza City [Gaza], December 16: At least 15 Palestinians have been killed after Israeli forces stormed a Gaza school sheltering...
Israel intensifies Syria attacks; HTS leader says doesn't...
Damascus [Syria], December 16: Israeli air forces have carried out dozens of attacks targeting military and ammunition sites across Syria,...
Education institutions reopen after al-Assad's overthrow
Damascus [Syria], December 16: Students and government employees began returning to their institutions in Damascus on Sunday, signalling a gradual...
22 killed in Israeli Gaza strikes
Jerusalem [Israel], December 16: At least 22 Palestinians were killed in Israeli airstrikes in Gaza on Saturday, medics said, while...
Syrian Christians attend services, schools reopen a week...
Damascus [Syria], December 16: Syrian Christians attended regular Sunday services for the first time since the dramatic overthrow of President...
Trump and Netanyahu discuss Gaza hostages and Syria
Gaza City [Gaza]/Damascus [Syria], December 16: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump about developments in...
Several hundreds, maybe thousands, may have died in...
Mamoudzou [Mayotte], December 16: Several hundred people and possibly even thousands may have been killed when the most powerful cyclone...
Macron has a new prime minister but the...
Paris [France], December 16: When veteran centrist Francois Bayrou, France's new prime minister, was education minister in the 1990s, his...
Israel attacks schools and homes in Gaza, a...
Gaza border [Israel], December 15: Israel is still attacking homes and schools across the Gaza Strip, killing and injuring several...
South Korea's President Yoon impeached over martial law...
Seoul [South Korea], December 15: South Korea's parliament on Saturday voted to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol, almost two weeks...
Turkey reopens its Syrian embassy after 12 years
Istanbul [Turkey], December 15: Turkey reopened its embassy in the Syrian capital Damascus on Saturday, state broadcaster TRT reported, a...
PA forces move against Hamas in West Bank
Tel Aviv [Israel], December 15: Palestinian Authority (PA) security forces moved against the Hamas movement and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ)...
Iran jails journalist for 'hostile' US collaboration
Tehran [Iran], December 15: A court in Iran has sentenced Iranian-American journalist Reza Valizadeh to 10 years in prison after...
Arab FMs urge support for inclusive and 'peaceful'...
Aqaba [Jordan], December 15: Top diplomats from eight Arab countries, meeting in Jordan on Saturday, called for a peaceful transition...
Efforts to find a peaceful solution for Ukraine
Kyiv [Ukraine], December 15: US President-elect Donald Trump's team is preparing to push for peace talks, while many others hope...
TikTok continues to be rejected in the US
Washington [US], December 15: Reuters reported on December 13 that the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia...
Injured while on a business trip abroad, Nancy...
Washington [US], December 15: Ian Krager, spokesman for Nancy Pelosi , said the former US House Speaker is...
Trump chooses CEO of social network Truth Social...
Washington [US], December 15: On December 14, US President-elect Donald Trump selected Mr. Devin Nunes, CEO of social networking company...