Gaza conflict more than a war of annihilation, says Palestinian leader

Tel Aviv [Israel], December 28: Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has called the ongoing Israeli onslaught in the Gaza Strip "more than a war of annihilation"...

Iran rejects IAEA report on increased highly enriched uranium output

Tehran [Iran], December 28: The head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization has rejected a report by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to the effect...

Trump wins Michigan state court battle to qualify for primary election ballot

Washington [US], December 28: Donald Trump scored a victory in his fight against challenges to his eligibility to run for the White House again.

Turkey's Erdogan says Israeli PM Netanyahu no different from Hitler

Ankara [Turkey], December 28: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was no different from Adolf Hitler.

Israeli attacks in Gaza add to heavy Palestinian toll in war on...

Tel Aviv [Israel], December 28: Israeli forces pounded central Gaza by land, sea and air and Palestinian authorities reported dozens more deaths.

Moldova's president says Putin must be stopped

Moscow [Russia], December 28: Russian President Vladimir Putin must be stopped in his war against Ukraine or all of Europe will pay a much higher...

Russia tells South Korea not to be surprised if Moscow retaliates

Moscow [Russia], December 28: Russia told South Korea not to be surprised if Moscow retaliates against Seoul for expanding the list of goods which cannot...

Gold rises on weaker U.S. dollar

Washington [US], December 27: Gold futures on the COMEX division of the New York Mercantile Exchange rose on Tuesday as the U.S. dollar weakened.

S. Korean banks' lending rate rises for 3rd month in November

Seoul [South Korea], December 27: South Korean banks' lending rate rose for the third successive month on the prolongation of restrictive monetary policy, central bank...

'World not prepared for another pandemic'

Geneva [Switzerland], December 27: UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has said the world is not yet prepared for a possible new pandemic.

Over 50 killed in strikes on Gaza

Tel Aviv [Israel], December 27: Dozens of Israeli fighter jets have attacked more than 100 targets in Gaza, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on...

33-year-old man held in France for murdering wife and four children

Paris [France], December 27: French police have arrested a 33-year-old man suspected of murdering his wife and four children.

UN 'gravely concerned' by Israeli bombardment

Tel Aviv [Israel], December 27: The UN's human rights office spokesperson, Seif Magango, said the agency was "gravely concerned" by continued Israeli bombings in the...

More generals were killed, Iran threatened to retaliate against Israel

Tehran [Iran], December 27: Tehran accused Israel's new attack in Syria of killing a veteran general of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

Blizzards threaten the North American plains

Washington [US], December 27: CNN reported that more than 1.1 million people in the North American Great Plains of the United States have received storm...

US warns of 'zombie deer' disease

Washington [US], #December 27: The discovery of the first case of chronic wasting disease (CWD), also known as 'zombie deer' disease, in Yellowstone National Park...

Mr. Trump launched a series of attacks on Christmas

Washington [US], December 27: Former US President Donald Trump expressed many grievances on his social networking platform on Christmas day.

Ukraine's Commander-in-Chief spoke amid controversy over the plan to mobilize 500,000 people

Kyiv [Ukraine], December 27: The Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Army expressed dissatisfaction with the performance of military recruitment offices, while information about military mobilization plans...

Israel expands campaign to refugee camps in Gaza

Tel Aviv [Israel], December 27: Israeli forces began targeting refugee camps in the Gaza Strip, while casualties continued to mount.

Sweden moves closer to NATO after important move in Türkiye

Ankara [Turkey], December 27: The Foreign Affairs Committee of the Turkish parliament accepted Sweden's request to join NATO on December 26, an important development towards...

Russia confirms damage to warship in Black Sea

Moscow [Russia], December 27: Russia has confirmed one of its warships has been damaged in a Ukrainian attack on a Black Sea port.

Gaza war to last months, Israel says, as fears of conflict spread...

Tel Aviv [Israel], December 27: Israel's war on Hamas will last months, Israel's military chief said, as a string of incidents outside the Gaza Strip...

Serbian opposition figure to press on with hunger strike after health worsens

Belgrade [Serbia], December 27: A leading figure in Serbia's main opposition party vowed to press on with a hunger strike to protest against election fraud,...

Death toll at Indonesia smelter fire rises to 18, operation halted

Jakarta [Indonesia], December 27: The death toll from a fire at an Indonesian nickel smelter has risen to 18 as of Tuesday from 13 on...

No embassy staff hurt in blast near Israeli mission in Delhi

New Delhi [India], December 27: An explosion near the Israeli Embassy in New Delhi did not kill or wound any staff members, authorities said, adding...

Ukraine strikes Russian naval landing warship, Moscow admits damage

Kyiv [Ukraine], December 27: Ukraine struck a large Russian landing warship in Crimea with cruise missiles in an overnight attack that killed at least one...

Egyptian, Iranian FMs discuss situation in war-ravaged Gaza

Cairo [Egypt], December 26: Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shoukry and his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amir-Abdollahian discussed on Monday the situation in the Gaza...