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US to hold national day of mourning for former President Jimmy Carter

US to hold national day of mourning for...

New York [US], December 31: Former President Jimmy Carter's state funeral will take place on January 9 at the Washington...

Russia, Ukraine exchange hundreds of prisoners

Russia, Ukraine exchange hundreds of prisoners

Kiev [Ukraine] / Moscow [Russia], December 31: Russia and Ukraine have exchanged hundreds of prisoners of war in a deal...

S Korean authorities identify most of plane crash victims

S Korean authorities identify most of plane crash...

Beijing [China], December 31: South Korean authorities had on Monday identified 140 of the 179 people killed the previous day...

Israel kills 27 across Strip

Israel kills 27 across Strip

Tel Aviv [Israel], December 31: Israeli attacks have killed 27 Palestinians and wounded 149 in the latest 24-hour reporting period,...

At least three foreign tourists dead in Bangkok hotel fire: Authorities

At least three foreign tourists dead in Bangkok...

Bangkok [Thailand], December 31: At least three foreign tourists lost their lives in a hotel fire near Bangkok's renowned Khaosan...

Five charged in Argentina for death of One Direction musician

Five charged in Argentina for death of One...

Buenos Aires [Argentina], December 31: Five people have been charged in Argentina in connection with the death of One Direction...

Charges brought against 13 in Serbia roof collapse

Charges brought against 13 in Serbia roof collapse

Zagreb [Croatia], December 31: The Serbian Chief Public Prosecutor's Office has brought charges against 13 people over last month's fatal...

Wedding party crash claims at least 71 lives in southern Ethiopia

Wedding party crash claims at least 71 lives...

Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], December 31: At least 71 members of a wedding party travelling in the Sidama region in southern...

Chinese teen sentenced to life in prison for killing

Chinese teen sentenced to life in prison for...

Beijing [China], December 31: A Chinese court on Monday sentenced a 13-year-old to life imprisonment after founding him guilty of...

EU vows counter measures against Russian 'shadow fleet'

EU vows counter measures against Russian 'shadow fleet'

Brussels [Belgium], December 31: The European Union on Monday warned about Russia's so-called "shadow fleet" and vowed to take stronger...

WHO chief demands Israel to release Gaza hospital director

WHO chief demands Israel to release Gaza hospital...

Tel Aviv [Israel] / Gaza [Palestine], December 31: The head of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, on...

UAE plane crash kills 2

UAE plane crash kills 2

Abu Dhabi [UAE], December 30: A light aircraft belonging to Jazirah Aviation Club crashed into the sea off the coast...

Global refugee numbers surpass 122 million: UNHCR

Global refugee numbers surpass 122 million: UNHCR

Bonn [Germany], December 30: The number of refugees worldwide has exceeded 122 million in 2024, surpassing last year's figures, according...

Remote airstrip used in spycraft cocaine smuggling plot

Remote airstrip used in spycraft cocaine smuggling plot

Sydney [Australia], December 30: Two men are accused of trafficking 200kg of cocaine into Australia in a clandestine plot involving...

Financial help on its way as bushfires hit livelihoods

Financial help on its way as bushfires hit...

Sydney [Australia], December 30: Bushfire-hit workers and sole traders can apply for income support as the prime minister visits the...

Jimmy Carter, former US president, dies at 100

Jimmy Carter, former US president, dies at 100

New York [US], December 30: Jimmy Carter, the earnest Georgia peanut farmer who as U.S. president struggled with a bad...

School chaplain killed in shark attack on Australia's Great Barrier Reef

School chaplain killed in shark attack on Australia's...

Sydney [Australia], December 30: A 40-year-old man has died after being attacked by a shark on the edge of Australia's...

Polls close in Chad's contentious election

Polls close in Chad's contentious election

N'Djamena [Chad], December 30: Polls have closed in Chad's first parliamentary election in 13 years, which the government has presented...

Georgia's new president sworn in amid political crisis, protests

Georgia's new president sworn in amid political crisis,...

Tbilisi [Georgia], December 30: Mikheil Kavelashvili was sworn in as Georgian president in a ceremony in parliament in Tbilisi on...

Three dead in suspected Christmas cake poisoning in southern Brazilian state

Three dead in suspected Christmas cake poisoning in...

Brasília [Brazil], December 30: Arsenic has been found in the blood of one of three women who died after eating...

Jeju Air boss says crash not down to maintenance issues

Jeju Air boss says crash not down to...

Seoul [South Korea], December 30: The crash was not due to "any maintenance issues", the head of Jeju Air's management...

Israel's attack on Gaza hospital kills seven, prompts evacuation

Israel's attack on Gaza hospital kills seven, prompts...

Gaza [Palestine] / Tel Aviv [Israel], December 30: The Israeli military killed seven people in a missile attack on a...

Twenty-day-old baby dies from severe cold in Gaza; fifth such fatality this winter

Twenty-day-old baby dies from severe cold in Gaza;...

Gaza [Palestine], December 30: A 20-day-old baby in Gaza has died from severe cold, the fifth such fatality from hypothermia...

Taliban reiterate ban on women working for non-governmental organizations

Taliban reiterate ban on women working for non-governmental...

Kabul [Afghanistan], December 30: The Afghan Ministry of Economy on Sunday reiterated its call for all non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in...

What's a bird strike in aviation?

What's a bird strike in aviation?

London [UK], December 30: A bird strike is a collision between a plane in flight and a bird. They are...

179 people dead as plane crashes in South Korea

179 people dead as plane crashes in South...

Seoul [South Korea], December 30: Rescuers suspect 179 people died when a plane veered off a South Korean airport runway...

Aliyev calls on Russia to fully admit causing Azerbaijan plane crash

Aliyev calls on Russia to fully admit causing...

Moscow [Russia], December 30: Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has demanded a full admission of responsibility from Russia for causing the...