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Second Qatar-Saudi Coordination Council's security and military committee meeting convenes 25 Dec 2024 - 06:53 pm

Doha:Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Defense Affairs HE Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman bin Hassan Al-Thani and Minister of Interior of...

Serbian students protest in Belgrade over train station tragedy 25 Dec 2024 - 06:40 pm

Belgrade: Hundreds of students protested on Wednesday in Serbia's capital Belgrade demanding that the authorities take responsibility for the collapse of a train...

Turkish President says Turkiye to open consulate in Aleppo 25 Dec 2024 - 06:06 pm

Ankara:Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that his country intends to soon open its consulate general in Aleppo, Syria, and pledged to eliminate...

Russia asserts using all possibilities to protect its property in reaction to frozen-asset transfers to Ukraine 25 Dec 2024 - 05:51 pm

Moscow: Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov on Wednesday said that Russia will surely use all possibilities to protect its rights and the rights...

Romania says no violation of airspace by Russian missile 25 Dec 2024 - 05:42 pm

Bucharest: NATO member Romania said Wednesday it had not detected any Russian missile passing through its airspace to target Ukraine as claimed by...

Suriname ex-dictator and fugitive Desi Bouterse dead: president 25 Dec 2024 - 05:31 pm

Paramaribo, Suriname: Desi Bouterse, the former dictator of Suriname who was a fugitive from justice for the murder of political opponents four decades...

Syria authorities say torched 1 million captagon pills 25 Dec 2024 - 03:55 pm

Damascus: Syria's new authorities torched a large stockpile of drugs on Wednesday, two security officials told AFP, including one million pills of captagon,...

32 survivors as Azerbaijani jet crashes in Kazakhstan 25 Dec 2024 - 03:26 pm

Astana, Kazakhstan: An Azerbaijan Airlines passenger jet with 67 people on board crashed on Wednesday in western Kazakhstan after veering from its scheduled...

Train driver suicide causes massive rail delays in France 25 Dec 2024 - 03:19 pm

Paris: The suicide by a train driver on the job has caused widespread delays in France's rail traffic, operator SNCF said Wednesday. Some...

28 survivors as Azerbaijani jet crashes in Kazakhstan 25 Dec 2024 - 01:04 pm

Astana, Kazakhstan: An Azerbaijan Airlines passenger jet with 67 people on board crashed on Wednesday in western Kazakhstan after veering from its scheduled...

Pope's sombre message in Christmas under shadow of war 25 Dec 2024 - 12:29 pm

Rome: Christians across the world celebrated Christmas Wednesday, with the mood darkened by wars and chaos and a plane crash in Kazakhstan. With...

Once a war zone, southern Philippines rebrands as tourist destination 25 Dec 2024 - 11:58 am

Tawi-tawi, Philippines: As rebrands go, the southern islands of the Philippines face what has to be among the toughest challenges. For a long...

Pakistan air strikes kill 46 in Afghanistan: Taliban spokesman 25 Dec 2024 - 11:47 am

Kabul: Pakistan air strikes in an eastern border province of Afghanistan killed 46 people, the Taliban government spokesman told AFP on Wednesday, as...

14 survivors from Kazakh plane crash hospitalised: health authorities 25 Dec 2024 - 11:09 am

Astana, Kazakhstan: Fourteen survivors from the crash of an Azerbaijan Airlines plane in western Kazakhstan have been hospitalised, local health officials said on...

Azerbaijan Airlines plane crashes near Kazakhstan's Aktau airport 25 Dec 2024 - 10:33 am

Astana, Kazakhstan: AnAzerbaijanAirlines passenger jet flying from the capital Baku to Grozny in Russia crashed on Wednesday in western Kazakhstan, the Kazakh transport...

Sweeping Vietnam internet law comes into force 25 Dec 2024 - 09:09 am

Bangkok: New Vietnamese internet rules requiring Facebook and TikTok to verify user identities and hand over data to authorities came into force on...

'Massive' ballistic missile attack on Ukraine's Kharkiv: mayor 25 Dec 2024 - 08:16 am

Kyiv, Ukraine: A "massive missile attack" pummelled Ukraine's northeastern city of Kharkiv, Mayor Igor Terekhov said on Wednesday morning. "Kharkiv is under a...

Cyclone death toll in Mayotte rises to 39 24 Dec 2024 - 10:48 pm

Mamoudzou: The death toll from cyclone Chido in the French Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte has reached 39, according to the latest count...