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Spain to ask for more than $89bn in fresh EU funds 20 Dec 2022 - 09:02 pm
In this handout image released by La Moncloa on December 20, 2022, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez gives an institutional statement in Madrid. (Photo by Borja Puig de la Bellacasa / LA MONCLOA / AFP)
Norway queen says King Harald 'very well' in hospital 20 Dec 2022 - 05:34 pm
Photo by Mads Claus Rasmussen / Ritzau Scanpix / AFP) / Denmark OUT
Germany convicts 97-year-old woman of Nazi war crimes - media 20 Dec 2022 - 12:43 pm
(Files) This file photo taken on December 6, 2022 shows defendant Irmgard F as she waits for the continuation of her trial at court in Itzehoe, northern Germany. (Photo by Marcus Brandt / POOL / AFP) / GERMAN COURT
London Arabic bookshop to shut after 45 years 20 Dec 2022 - 10:29 am
Bookshop director Salwa Gaspard poses for pictures at Middle Eastern specialist bookshop, Al Saqi Books, in Bayswater, west London, on December 14, 2022. (Photo by Isabel Infantes / AFP)
EU countries agree gas price cap to contain energy crisis 19 Dec 2022 - 11:49 pm
The gas compressor station, a part of Polish section of the Yamal pipeline that links Russia with western Europe which is owned by a joint venture of Gazprom and PGNiG but it is operated by Poland's state-owned gas transmission company Gaz-System, is seen in Gabinek near Wloclawek, Poland on May 23, 2022. File Photo / Reuters
Swedish spy sibling faces life term 19 Dec 2022 - 11:11 pm
Police officers stand outside the Stockholm District Court on November 25, 2022. File Photo / Reuters
UN chief believes Ukraine-Russia war 'will go on' 19 Dec 2022 - 09:34 pm
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres delivers remarks during the End of Year Press Conference at the UN headquarters in New York City on December 19, 2022. (Photo by Ed Jones / AFP)
Germany pauses orders of new tanks after mass breakdown 19 Dec 2022 - 07:16 pm
German Defence Minister Christine Lambrecht meets with Slovak Defence Minister Jaroslav Nad in Bratislava, Slovakia, December 19, 2022. REUTERS/Radovan Stoklasa
Belarus strongman urges unity with Moscow in 'difficult times' 19 Dec 2022 - 06:47 pm
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko shake hands before their meeting at the Palace of Independence in Minsk, Belarus on December 19, 2022. Sputnik/Konstantin Zavrazhin/Pool via REUTERS
Sweden hits record with 60 shot dead in 2022 19 Dec 2022 - 06:22 pm
Sweden's Moderate Party leader Ulf Kristersson walks, after being confirmed as new prime minister, in Stockholm, Sweden, on October 17, 2022. File Photo / Reuters
Netherlands PM Rutte apologises for role of Dutch state in slavery 19 Dec 2022 - 06:08 pm
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte apologizes as he responds to recommendations from a panel of experts to accept the role of the Netherlands in the history of slavery and its current consequences in The Hague, Netherlands, on December 19, 2022. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw
COVID-19 still Spain's leading cause of deaths this year 19 Dec 2022 - 04:05 pm
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UK's Rwanda asylum seeker deportation plan is lawful, court rules 19 Dec 2022 - 03:12 pm
Protesters demonstrate outside the High Court over the legal challenge against the government's policy to deport illegal immigrants to Rwanda in London, Britain December 19, 2022. Reuters/Peter Nicholls
France bans disposable packaging, utensils in fast-food restaurants 19 Dec 2022 - 02:45 pm
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Greek PM pledges 10-percent food subsidy for families 17 Dec 2022 - 11:53 pm
Greece's Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis arrives for a European Union leaders' summit in Brussels, Belgium, on December 15, 2022. REUTERS/Johanna Geron
Fog-shrouded Kiev recovers after Russia strikes, power restored to 6 million 17 Dec 2022 - 11:20 pm
People walk past a Christmas tree during heavy fog at the Sofiyska square, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in Kiev, Ukraine December 17, 2022. REUTERS/Vladyslav Musiienko TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
Polish police chief says exploding gift was grenade launcher 17 Dec 2022 - 07:38 pm
A general view of a building of the Polish Police Headquarters, where, according to Poland's interior ministry, top cop was injured by an exploding official gift, in Warsaw, Poland December 15, 2022. REUTERS/Kuba Stezycki
Russia denounces Moldova's ban of TV channels as 'political censorship' 17 Dec 2022 - 07:06 pm
Moldovan President Maia Sandu delivers a joint statement with French President Emmanuel Macron before a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France May 19, 2022. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes

Africa

Representational file photo. Malaria kills 122 in Namibia as cases top 122,000
Pic from social media. Low S.African stadium flyover under review, next scrapped
Peninsula Tunisia's summer wildfires destroy over 14,000 hectares of forest: Civil Defense
Stranded passengers sit on the pavement as they wait with their luggage by the departure terminal of the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) after staff from the Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) and Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) airport workers' go-slow strike action continued into its second day, in Nairobi, on August 31, 2026. Photo by SIMON MAINA / AFP Kenya airport staff end strike

Americas

Peninsula Judge blocks new Trump bid against birthright citizenship
Representational image New US tariffs on drones take effect
A State Police officer walks amid remains caused by a car bomb explosion outside the municipal police station in Ojocaliente, Zacatecas, Mexico, on August 31, 2026. Photo by JESS MIRELES / AFP Mexico detains suspect in cartel-linked car bombing
US President Donald Trump looks on during an announcement on Healthcare Affordability in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on August 31, 2026. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP) Trump suggests renaming Strait of Hormuz 'Trump Strait'

Gulf

Peninsula Arab League condemns Iranian attacks against Kuwait
Peninsula Kuwaiti Army intercepts missile attacks and hostile drones
Peninsula Kuwait says blaze at residential complex contained after Iranian drone strike
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