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LIVE UPDATES: Israel bombs south Gaza as death toll nears 18,000 11 Dec 2023 - 10:48 am

Doha, Qatar: Civilians in Gaza are being killed at historic pace as overnight bombardment continued across the Strip. Violent airstrikes launched by the...

UN needs $46.4 billion for aid in 'bleak' 2024 11 Dec 2023 - 10:47 am

Geneva: The United Nations said Monday that it needed $46.4 billion next year to bring life-saving help to around 180 million people in...

S. Korean president flies to Netherlands for chip-focused visit 11 Dec 2023 - 10:38 am

Seoul: South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol headed to the Netherlands Monday for a state visit that he said would focus on boosting...

US F-16 crashes into sea off South Korea after in-flight problem 11 Dec 2023 - 10:34 am

A US F-16 jet on a training mission crashed into waters off the coast of South Korea, stoking safety concerns after eight US...

UK Covid-19 inquiry to grill PM Sunak over Eat Out scheme 11 Dec 2023 - 10:26 am

London: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak faces questions Monday over whether his "Eat Out to Help Out" scheme to help the struggling hospitality...

Ukraine's Zelenskyy in Argentina to win support from developing nations 10 Dec 2023 - 11:26 pm

KYIV: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy traveled to Buenos Aires to witness the swearing-in on Sunday of Argentina’s new president, Javier Milei. It is...

Javier Milei prepares Argentina for painful shock adjustment in inaugural speech 10 Dec 2023 - 09:20 pm

Buenos Aires, Argentina:It wasn't the most uplifting of inaugural addresses. Rather, Argentina's newly empowered President JavierMileipresented figures to lay bare the scope of...

War-torn Sudan faces 'catastrophe' as UN runs out of funds 10 Dec 2023 - 08:16 pm

Port Sudan: Of nearly 25 million people in need, the United Nations has only been able to reach a fraction, according to the...

Divers recover the seventh of 8 crew members killed in crash of a US military Osprey off Japan 10 Dec 2023 - 06:18 pm

Tokyo:Navy divers on Sunday recovered the remains of the seventh of the eight crew members from a U.S. military Osprey aircraft that crashed...

Original Asterix cover for auction despite legal challenge 10 Dec 2023 - 05:29 pm

Brussels: An original cover painting from the 1963 comic book "Asterix and Cleopatra" was to go under the hammer on Sunday despite a...

Australia to cut record high migration as housing crisis bites 10 Dec 2023 - 05:12 pm

Australia plans to bring record-high levels of migration under control by cracking down on student visas and unskilled migration, as the country struggles...

West Africa leaders meet as region struggles with coups 10 Dec 2023 - 04:37 pm

Abuja: West African leaders met in Nigeria's capital Abuja on Sunday for talks on their region in deepening crisis, after four countries fell...

Five Bangladesh opposition figures die in prison: BNP 10 Dec 2023 - 03:54 pm

Dhaka, Bangladesh: Five members of Bangladesh's main opposition party have died in prison in the past two weeks, officials and relatives said Sunday,...

Polish parliament chief becomes unlikely viral sensation 10 Dec 2023 - 03:17 pm

Warsaw: As Polish pro-EU parties prepare to take power, a new star has shot to fame: a parliament speaker whose wit has drawn...

China's respiratory disease control remains stable in elderly care facilities 10 Dec 2023 - 03:13 pm

BEIJING: The overall respiratory disease prevention and control situation in elderly care institutions across China has remained stable, an official with the Chinese...