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Bosnia hits hottest year on record in 2024: meteorologists 16 Dec 2024 - 06:03 pm

Sarajevo: After a scorching drought emptied one of Bosnia's largest lakes, the Balkan country is set to mark its hottest year on record...

Iran shuts power plants over fuel shortages 16 Dec 2024 - 05:52 pm

Tehran: Iran has suspended operations at several power plants over fuel shortages that have been intensified by rising demand during a spell of...

Malaysia launches first locally made electric vehicle 16 Dec 2024 - 05:02 pm

Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian automaker Proton unveiled the country's first locally-produced electric vehicle on Monday, after the government pledged to boost EV uptake on...

South Korea's Yoon resists questioning over failed martial law bid 16 Dec 2024 - 02:29 pm

Seoul: Impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol resisted investigators' calls on Monday for him to answer questions over his failed bid to...

Philippines ratifies key defence pact with Japan 16 Dec 2024 - 02:11 pm

Manila: The Philippines ratified on Monday a key defence pact with Japan, which allows them to deploy troops on each other's soil as...

Sri Lanka president in India in first overseas trip 16 Dec 2024 - 01:13 pm

New Delhi: Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake vowed to bolster ties with India Monday on his first overseas visit as head of...

Weight-loss drugmaker Novo Nordisk invests $1.2 bn in new factory in Denmark 16 Dec 2024 - 01:12 pm

Copenhagen: Danish pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk, maker of diabetes and weight-loss treatments Ozempic and Wegovy, said Monday it was investing 8.5 billion kroner...

Chinese politicians make rare Taiwan trip 16 Dec 2024 - 11:58 am

Taipei: A group of Chinese politicians arrived in Taiwan on Monday for a rare visit, as relations between Beijing and Taipei remain fraught....

Taiwan receives first batch of US-made Abrams tanks 16 Dec 2024 - 11:28 am

Taipei: Taiwan has received 38 advanced Abrams battle tanks from the United States, the defence ministry said Monday, reportedly the island's first new...

Race against time for Mayotte rescuers after cyclone 16 Dec 2024 - 10:53 am

Saint-Denis de la Reunion: Rescuers raced against time Monday to reach survivors after a powerful cyclone hit the French Indian Ocean territory of...

EU says sending envoy to talk to Syria's new leaders 16 Dec 2024 - 10:51 am

Brussels, Belgium: EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said Monday the bloc's envoy to Syria was going to Damascus to talk to the...

Filipina on Indonesia death row moved before transfer home 16 Dec 2024 - 10:41 am

Jakarta: A Filipina inmate sentenced to death in Indonesia was moved to capital Jakarta before she is expected to fly home on Wednesday,...

12 die of carbon monoxide poisoning in Georgia 16 Dec 2024 - 10:26 am

Tbilisi: Twelve people have died of carbon monoxide poisoning in what appeared to be an accident at a ski station in Georgia, police...

Bangladesh to hold elections in late 2025 or early 2026 16 Dec 2024 - 09:37 am

Dhaka: Bangladesh's interim leader Muhammad Yunus, who heads the caretaker government installed after an August revolution, said Monday that general elections would be...

West Africa bloc meets as military rulers vow to quit 15 Dec 2024 - 10:44 pm

Abuja: West African leaders from the regional group ECOWAS met on Sunday for a summit with three nation members led by military governments...

Qatar strongly condemns Israel's approval of settlement expansion plan in occupied Golan Heights 15 Dec 2024 - 08:53 pm

Doha: The State of Qatar strongly condemned the Israeli occupation government's approval of a plan to expand settlements in the occupied Golan Heights,...

'Definitely several hundred' killed as Cyclone Chido devastates France's Mayotte 15 Dec 2024 - 07:53 pm

Saint-Denis de la Reunion: Local authorities said on Sunday that the likely death toll from cycloneChido's passage across Mayotte was "definitely several hundred"...