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Rain in Tehran brings relief from nationwide drought 11 Dec 2025 - 03:32 pm

Tehran: Tehran's first rains of the autumn, rare so late in the year, have brought relief to inhabitants suffering from a nationwide drought...

Swiss yodelling joins world cultural heritage list 11 Dec 2025 - 03:27 pm

Geneva: Yodelling, the traditional singing of herders in the Swiss Alps, was recognised by the United Nations on Thursday as part of the...

Toll in deadly Indonesia floods near 1,000, frustrations grow 11 Dec 2025 - 02:59 pm

Lhokseumawe, Indonesia: The death toll in Indonesia's devastating floods closed in on the 1,000 mark Thursday as hundreds of thousands more continued to...

UN seeks emergency funding to support cyclone-hit Sri Lanka 11 Dec 2025 - 02:31 pm

Colombo: The United Nations called on international donors on Thursday to help provide crucial assistance to Sri Lanka, grappling with the aftermath of...

General strike hits planes, trains and services in Portugal 11 Dec 2025 - 12:52 pm

Lisbon, Portugal: Widespread disruption hit Portuguese air travel and trains, hospitals and schools Thursday as the unions called the biggest nationwide strike action...

Qatar participates in proceedings of 15th Meeting of GCC Customs Union Authority 11 Dec 2025 - 12:42 pm

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: The State of Qatar participated in the proceedings of the 15th meeting of the Customs Union Authority of the Gulf...

Fog temporarily halts flights at Baghdad airport 11 Dec 2025 - 11:54 am

Baghdad, Iraq: Iraqi authorities temporarily closed Baghdad International Airport early Thursday due to a thick fog that has reduced visibility, the transport ministry...

Vietnam's capital chokes through week of toxic smog 11 Dec 2025 - 11:51 am

Hanoi, Vietnam: Toxic smog has blanketed Vietnam's capital for more than a week, blotting out the skyline and leaving residents wheezing as Hanoi's...

Skydiver survives plane-tail dangling incident in Australia 11 Dec 2025 - 10:54 am

Sydney, Australia: Heart-stopping footage released Thursday by Australian authorities showed the moment a skydiver was left dangling thousands of metres in the air...

Divided US Fed makes third straight rate cut on jobs risk 10 Dec 2025 - 10:21 pm

Washington, United States: A divided US Federal Reserve lowered interest rates Wednesday for a third consecutive time this year, flagging labor market concerns...

Pathway to Gaza's just, enduring peace passes through enforcing two-state solution: Turkish President 10 Dec 2025 - 08:30 pm

Ankara: The Pathway to a just and enduring peace in the Gaza Strip passes through the enhancement of the ceasefire deal and the...

Egyptian dish koshary added to UNESCO's intangible cultural heritage list 10 Dec 2025 - 08:03 pm

Cairo: Egypt's beloved national dish Koshary has been officially inscribed on the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Representative List of...

6.0-magnitude quake hits near east coast of Honshu, Japan: GFZ 10 Dec 2025 - 07:35 pm

Hong Kong: An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 jolted near east coast of Honshu, Japan at 14:52:25 GMT on Wednesday, the GFZ...

Greenlandic forced contraception victims can claim $47,000: Denmark 10 Dec 2025 - 07:11 pm

Copenhagen: Denmark on Wednesday announced that women affected by a forced contraception programme in Greenland will be able to claim 300,000 Danish kroner...

Israeli occupation 'weaponising winter cold against Palestinian prisoners,' Palestinian commission warns 10 Dec 2025 - 06:16 pm

Ramallah: The Israeli occupation uses winter and the plummeting temperatures as a repression weapon against the Palestinian prisoners through depriving them of the...

US plans to order foreign tourists to disclose social media histories 10 Dec 2025 - 04:45 pm

Washington, United States: The administration of US President Donald Trump plans to order visa-exempt foreign tourists to disclose their social media histories from...