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Iran starts air defence drills at Natanz nuclear...
Tehran [Iran], January 8: Amid rising tensions with Israel and with less than two weeks left before the inauguration of...

US transfers 11 Yemeni inmates from Guantanamo Bay...
Washington [US], January 8: The United States has sent 11 Yemeni detainees of the notorious Guantanamo Bay prison to Oman,...

Aid efforts in Gaza at breaking point: UN
Gaza [Palestine], January 8: The efforts of United Nations agencies to supply humanitarian aid in Gaza are at "breaking point",...

Hungarian officials criticize U.S. sanctions on gov't minister
Budapest [Hungary], January 8: Hungary's foreign minister criticized the outgoing U.S. administration and its ambassador on Tuesday for imposing sanctions...

Two killed, one injured in shooting in Germany
Berlin [Germany], January 8: Two men were shot dead and one got injured on Tuesday evening at a company in...

Slovenia's 2024 budget deficit lowest in 5 yrs
Ljubljana [Slovenia], January 8: Slovenia's budget deficit fell to 1.2 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2024, according to...

News Analysis: Experts expect gradual ECB rate cuts...
Brussels [Belgium], January 8: Eurozone inflation, as Eurostat reported, hit 2.4 percent in December, the highest since July, but experts...

Earthquake in Tibet kills more than 120
Lhasa [Tibet], January 8: A strong earthquake, opens new tab struck the foothills of the Himalayas near one of Tibet's...

US, Taliban in talks to swap detainees
Washington DC [US], January 8: The Biden administration is negotiating with Afghanistan to exchange Americans detained in the country for...

Ghana's Mahama returns as president, vowing to boost...
Accra [Ghana], January 8: John Dramani Mahama was sworn in for a second term as Ghana's president at a ceremony...

Austrian far right demands conservatives be 'honest' in...
Vienna [Austria], January 8: Austrian far-right Freedom Party (FPO) leader Herbert Kickl called on the conservative People's Party (OVP) to...

Jean-Marie Le Pen, founder of France's post-war far...
Paris [France], January 8: Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of France's far-right National Front party who tapped into blue-collar anger...

Trump will not rule out force to take...
Nuuk [Greenland], January 8: U.S. President-elect Donald Trump refused on Tuesday to rule out using military or economic action to...

Egypt discovers 4,000-year-old tomb near Cairo
Cairo [Egypt], January 7: A joint French-Swiss archaeological mission has discovered an over 4,000-year-old mastaba at the Saqqara archaeological site,...

US Congress ratifies Trump's victory
New York [US], January 7: As President of the US Senate, US Vice President Kamala Harris, who lost to Mr....

First person dies of bird flu in the...
New York [US], January 7: On January 6, the Louisiana Department of Health announced that a patient over 65 years...

Suspicious fire engulfs Caulfield Racecourse grandstand
Melbourne [Australia], January 7: A suspicious blaze has engulfed a Caulfield Racecourse grandstand, sparking a police investigation.

Indonesia joins BRICS bloc as full member
Bali [Indonesia], January 7: Brazil's government said in a statement that Indonesia is formally joining BRICS as a full member,...

Blinken calls for push to get Gaza truce...
New York [US], January 7: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken called for a final push for a Gaza ceasefire...

Three Israelis killed in northern West Bank Shooting
Gaza [Palestine], January 7: Three Israelis were killed and several injured in a shooting attack on a car and bus...

Venezuela to free 146 more election protesters
Caracas [Venezuela], January 7: Venezuelan Attorney General Tarek Saab said that 146 more people arrested after a July election are...

Russians capture strategic town of Kurakhove in east...
Moscow [Russia] / Kiev [Ukraine], January 7: Russian troops have captured the strategically important small town of Kurakhove in the...

Far-right Freedom Party of Austria tasked with forming...
Vienna [Austria], January 7: Austrian President Alexander van der Bellen has officially tasked the far-right Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ)...

Canada's Trudeau resigns as party leader and PM
New York [US], January 7: Justin Trudeau said on Monday he plans to step down as leader of his governing...

Indonesia gives free meals to children and pregnant...
Bali [Indonesia], January 7: Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto's ambitious multibillion-dollar programme to provide free meals to more than a quarter...

Israel and Hamas close to hostage deal: Report
Gaza [Palestine], January 7: Hamas has approved a list of 34 Israeli hostages to be exchanged in a possible ceasefire...

HMPV virus cases rising across world
Beijing [China], January 7: A Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV) outbreak in China has sparked global concern, prompting countries like India to...