Illicit opium imports into Australia on rise, authorities warn
Canberra [Australia], December 2: Imports of illicit opium into Australia are on the rise, authorities have warned.
Scores reported killed in Gaza as fighting shatters Israel-Hamas truce
Tel Aviv [Israel], December 2: Israel's warplanes pounded Gaza on Friday after talks to extend a week-old truce with Hamas collapsed, sending wounded and dead...
Judge rejects Trump immunity claim in federal 2020 election case
New York [US], December 2: Donald Trump does not have immunity from criminal charges for actions he took as president, a U.S. judge ruled on...
Indicted Republican lawmaker George Santos expelled from US House
Washington [US], December 2: Indicted Republican George Santos' brief career in the U.S. House of Representatives came to an end on Friday, when fellow lawmakers...
Israel-Hamas war: Gaza death toll climbs after truce ends
Gaza Strip [Palestine], December 2: Health authorities in Hamas-run Gaza said at least 178 people had been killed by late Friday afternoon after the seven-day...
Heavy snows hit southern Germany, flights in Munich cancelled
Bavaria [Germany], December 2: Heavy snowfalls hit southern Germany and particularly Bavaria on Friday night, causing major disruptions at Munich Airport, the second-busiest hub in...
UAE President and Presidents of Brazil and Paraguay witness signing of joint...
Dubai [UAE], December 2: UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan; Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, President of the Federative Republic of...
UAE President discusses bilateral relations and climate challenges with delegation heads at...
Dubai [UAE], December 2: President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan met today with various heads of delegations participating in the UN Climate...
UAE President honours 11 winners of Zayed Sustainability Prize at COP28
Dubai [UAE], December 2: President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan today honoured the winners of the Zayed Sustainability Prize in a ceremony...
OFID €50 million loan supports SMEs and green energy in West Africa
Vienna [Austria], December 2: The OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID) has signed a €50 million loan with the West African Development Bank (BOAD) to...
Saudi Space Agency, US Sierra Space sign MoU to develop national capabilities...
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], December 2: The Saudi Space Agency (SSA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Sierra Space, a US leading company in the...
Moscow court fines Apple over refusal to localize Russian user data
Moscow [Russia], December 1: The Tagansky District Court of Moscow fined Apple Inc. 12 million rubles (about 133,370 U.S. dollars) for repeatedly refusing to store...
Canada launches three-digit suicide crisis helpline
Ottawa [Canada], December 1: The Canadian government on Thursday launched 988, a new three-digit suicide crisis helpline to provide suicide prevention support.
Japan's jobless rate falls to 2.5 pct in October
Tokyo [Japan], December 1: Japan's unemployment rate in October fell 0.1 percentage points from the previous month to 2.5 percent, government data showed on Friday.
At least 13 dead in Kazakhstan hostel fire
Moscow [Russia], December 1: At least 13 people have died in a hostel fire in the Central Asian republic of Kazakhstan, according to authorities.
German terror group leader gets 6 years in prison
Stuttgart [Germany], December 1: The ringleader of a far-right German terrorist group that allegedly plotted violent attacks on Muslims in hopes of provoking a civil...
Biden welcomes release of more hostages
Washington [US], December 1: US President Joe Biden has welcomed the release of hostages by Hamas, including an American woman.
Guterres calls for true humanitarian truce
Gaza Strip [Palestine], December 1: An extension of the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza war is not enough, according to UN Secretary...
Spanish PM: Recognizing Palestine only solution ending Middle East crisis
Madrid [Spain], December 1: Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez affirmed Thursday that recognizing the State of Palestine was the only solution to end the crisis...
Divisive US envoy Henry Kissinger dies aged 100
Washington [US], December 1: Henry Kissinger, the relentlessly ambitious US diplomat whose unapologetic promotion of raw American power helped shape the post-World War II world,...
Zelensky visits front as Russia ups attacks
Kyiv [Ukraine], December 1: Ukrainian President VolodymyrZelensky on Thursday visited a frontline command post in eastern Ukraine, where Russian forces have been stepping up attacks...
Nepal registers first same-sex marriage; 'historic', say activists
Kathmandu [Nepal], December 1: Local authorities in a village in Nepal registered the Himalayan nation's first same-sex marriage, officials and activists said, five months after...
COP28 kicks off with climate disaster fund victory
Dubai [UAE], December 1: The U.N. climate summit clinched an early victory Thursday, with delegates adopting a new fund to help poor nations cope with...
Hamas hands over two female hostages, others expected after truce extended
Gaza Strip [Palestine], December 1: Hamas handed two female hostages to the Red Cross in Gaza City's central Palestine Square and further hostages are expected...
World at risk of losing malaria fight as cases rise, report says
Geneva [Switzerland], December 1: The world is in danger of losing the fight against malaria, as cases of the disease rose by around 5 million...
UN peacekeepers try to stay safe amid Lebanon-Israel border flare-ups
Beirut [Lebanon], December 1: While trying to fulfil their mandate to keep the peace, U.N. soldiers deployed along Lebanon's border with Israel during the worst...
Gaza conflict: Middle East tourism struggles for survival
Cairo [Egypt], December 1: Moustafa Hassan is slowly starting to worry.