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South Korean plane crash flight recorder data recovered
Seoul [South Korea], January 2: Experts have successfully transmitted data from one of the two flight recorders recovered after the...

Migrants reaching UK up by 25%
London [UK], January 2: The number of migrants arriving in the UK in 2024 after crossing the English Channel in...

Romania and Bulgaria enter Schengen Area
Sofia [Bulgaria], January 2: Eighteen years after joining the European Union, Bulgaria and Romania on Wednesday became full members of...

Estonia's second president Arnold Rüütel dies on New...
Riga [Estonia], January 2: Estonia's former president Arnold Rüütel died on New Year's Eve at the age of 96, authorities...

United States: Pentagon appeals court upholds plea deals...
Washington DC [US], Janauary 2: The US government may move forward with the controversial plea agreements involving three men accused...

Elon Musk insults German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier
Berlin [German], Janauary 2: Billionaire Elon Musk on Tuesday extended his record of personal insults against European politicians with a...

Milan imposes outdoor limits on smoking
Italy [Rome], Janauary 2: The Italian city of Milan on Wednesday began enforcing strict limits on smoking tobacco products to...

South Korea's presidential aides offer to resign amid...
Seoul [South Korea], Janauary 2: Senior aides to South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol offered to resign en masse...

Israel strikes Gaza City suburb, Palestinian medics say
Jerusalem [Israel], Janauary 2: The Israeli military kept up the pressure on northern Gaza on Wednesday, striking in a suburb...

Montenegro shooting incident leaves at least ten dead,...
Podgorica [Montenegro], Janauary 2: A gunman in Montenegro killed at least ten people, including two children, after opening fire on...

UN human rights chief calls for investigation into...
Gaza [Palestine], January 1: Israeli attacks on hospitals in Gaza have pushed the region's healthcare system to "the brink of...

Car bomb wounds 4 in Syria's Aleppo: monitor
Damascus [Syria], January 1: A car bomb exploded in the northern Aleppo town of Tel Rifaat on Tuesday, injuring at...

Uzbekistan declares 2025 as year of environmental protection,...
Tashkent [Uzbekistan], January 1: Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has announced 2025 as the year of environmental protection and green economy...

Myanmar announces provisional population figures for 2024 census
Yangon [Myanmar], January 1: The provisional results of Myanmar's 2024 population and housing census show a total population of 51,316,756...

Panama celebrates 25th anniversary of Canal's handover
Panama, January 1: Panama on Tuesday celebrated the 25th anniversary of the handover of the Panama Canal, which had been...

'Everything will be fine,' Putin tells Russians in...
Moscow [Russia], January 1: Russian President Vladimir Putin has called on the population to unite in a new year that...

Hundreds rally in Dublin vigil for killed Palestinian...
Dublin [Ireland], January 1: Hundreds of people have taken part in a vigil in Dublin to show support for Palestinian...

World welcomes 2025
New York [US], January 1: In plazas and parks and restaurants and homes across the globe, people gathered to commemorate...

Pre-flight checks found 'no issues' before South Korea...
Seoul [South Korea], January 1: A pre-flight inspection of a Jeju Air passenger plane hours before it crashed in South...

Heavy rainfall causes flooding in war-torn Gaza
Gaza [Palestine] / Tel Aviv [Israel], January 1: Heavy rainfall has caused widespread flooding in war-torn Gaza.

Yemen's Houthis claim attacks on Tel Aviv airport,...
Sana'a [Yemen], January 1: The Iranian-backed Houthi militia in Yemen on Tuesday claimed to have attacked the international airport in...

Guantanamo Bay prison inmate repatriated to Tunisia after...
Washington [US], January 1: One of the first inmates to be detained at the notorious US-run Guantanamo Bay prison has...

Pakistan suffers surge in militant attacks in 2024
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 1: Pakistan witnessed an alarming surge in militant attacks in 2024 amid ongoing threats from Islamist militants...

US reports cyberattack on Treasury Department, points finger...
Washington [US], January 1: The US Treasury Department says it was the target of a Chinese cyberattack, according to US...

China rejects WHO criticism over lack of cooperation...
Beijing [China], January 1: China has rejected claims from the World Health Organization (WHO) accusing it of refusing full cooperation...

South Korea court approves arrest of President Yoon...
Seoul [South Korea], January 1: A South Korean court gave authorities approval on Tuesday to arrest President Yoon Suk Yeol...

Pakistan: Talks to demilitarise Kurram district end in...
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [Pakistan], January 1: Efforts to demilitarise Kurram district and resolve tensions between warring factions were stalled after a...