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

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