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French officials say three people dead in Channel...
London [UK], December 30: At least three people have died attempting to cross the Channel in small boats, French authorities...

S Korea's Yoon again ignores summons to appear
Seoul [South Korea], December 30: South Korea's suspended president, Yoon Suk Yeol, has for the third time in a row...

Pakistan Defence Minister slams Imran Khan, questions his...
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 30: Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Asif lashed out at former Prime Minister Imran Khan, accusing him of...

Afghan Taliban strike targets inside Pakistan
Kabul [Afghanistan], December 30: Afghanistan's Taliban government said on Saturday that it struck "several points" inside neighbouring Pakistan.

South Korea's acting president Han Duck-Soo impeached as...
Seoul [South Korea], December 29: South Korea's parliament impeached acting President Han Duck-soo on Saturday, less than two weeks after...

North Korean troops experience mass casualties on Ukraine...
Pyongyang [North Korea], December 29: North Korean forces are experiencing mass casualties on the front lines of Russia's war against...

German president dissolves parliament for Feb. 23 snap...
Berlin [Germany], December 29: President Frank-Walter Steinmeier dissolved Germany's lower house of parliament to pave the way for snap elections...

Trump sides with Elon Musk in H-1B visa...
New York [US], December 29: President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday sided with key supporter and billionaire tech CEO Elon Musk...

Man dies after bitten by shark while fishing
Ǫueensland [Australia], December 29: A man has died after he was attacked by a shark while fishing with his family.

At least 28 dead in fiery aircraft crash...
Seoul [South Korea], December 29: At least 28 people died on Sunday after an airliner went off the runway and...

Thousands protest in Georgia ahead of political showdown
Tbilisi [Georgia], December 29: Thousands of Georgian protesters have formed a human chain in the capital, Tbilisi, ahead of a...

India mourns former prime minister Manmohan Singh in...
New Delhi [India], December 29: Manmohan Singh, the former Indian prime minister widely regarded as the architect of the country's...

China approves the construction of world's largest hydropower...
Beijing [China], December 29: China has approved the construction of what will be the world's largest hydropower dam, stoking concerns...

Israel detains north Gaza hospital director as WHO...
Gaza [Palestine], December 29: Israel's army has detained the director of one of the last functioning hospitals in northern Gaza,...

PM Fico offers Slovakia's 'hospitality' in possible Ukraine,...
Bratislava [Slovakia], December 29: Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico has offered his country as a meeting place for possible talks...

Finland brings tanker suspected of damaging undersea cable...
Helsinki [Finland], December 29: Finnish police on Saturday transported a Russia- linked suspected of intentionally damaging a Baltic Sea power...

Trump asks Supreme Court to delay law that...
Washington [US], December 29: US President-elect Donald Trump on Friday stepped into the ongoing dispute over the potential ban of...

'Alarming' rise in climate disasters in Brazil: Study
Brasilia [Brazil], December 29: Brazil has seen a dramatic rise of climate disasters in recent years, compared to two previous...

World Health Organization finds no mysterious 'Disease X'...
Geneva [Switzerland], December 29: International health experts believe the wave of illnesses in a remote region of the Democratic Republic...

Record number of children living in conflict zones:...
New York [US], December 29: More children than ever before live in conflict zones or have been forcibly displaced from...

Thick fog continues to cause flight disruption at...
London [UK], December 29: Disruption is continuing at some of the UK's busiest airports as thick fog blankets the country.

UK rail disruption warning after theft of £100k...
London [UK], December 29: Trains in the north of England will be disrupted after more than £100,000 ($125,750) worth of...

Putin apologizes after Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash
Moscow [Russia], December 29: Russian President Vladimir Putin has apologized to his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev following the crash of...

Voting begins in Chad as opposition calls for...
N'Djamena [Chad], December 29: Voting has begun in general elections in Chad, which President Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno has portrayed...

Lebanon arrests 67 Syrians over illegal entry
Beirut [Lebanon], December 28: Lebanese security forces on Friday arrested 67 Syrian nationals for illegally entering Lebanon, along with a...

Saudi Arabia allocates 500 mln USD to support...
Aden [Saudi Arabia], December 28: Saudi Arabia has allocated 500 million U.S. dollars to the Yemeni government to cover state...

Iran seeks calm rather than chaos in Syria:...
Tehran [Iran], December 28: Iran's Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi on Friday expressed concern over the "acts of sedition" in...