Kids' painting event held in Serbia, focusing on safety
Belgrade [Serbia], December 17: A children's painting competition was held on Monday at the HBIS Smederevo Steel Plant, Serbia, celebrating creativity and safety awareness while...
Hungary blocks EU funding for arms shipments to Ukraine
Budapest [Hungary], December 17: Hungary has once again vetoed the European Union's (EU) allocation of 6.5 billion euros (6.83 billion U.S. dollars) to member...
Italian inflation rate climbs to 1.3 pct in November
Rome [Italy], December 17: Italy's annual inflation rate rose to 1.3 percent in November, up from 0.9 percent in October, the National Institute of Statistics...
Long truck lines recorded at Lithuanian-Belarusian border
Vilnius [Lithuania], December 17: Long truck lines have formed at the Lithuanian border with Belarus, possibly due to system disruptions, Lithuania's Customs Department reported on...
EU approves six-month extension for Slovakia's Russian oil exemption
Bratislava [Slovakia], December 17: The European Union have approved a six-month extension of Slovakia's exemption on exporting oil products derived from Russian oil to the...
TCM training institute inaugurated in Malta
Valletta [Malta], December 17: A collaborative education institute dedicated to traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) skills training was inaugurated on Monday in Paola, marking a significant...
Iran to receive EAEU observer state status: Russian PM
Moscow [Russia], December 17: Iran will be granted observer state status in the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), local media quoted Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin...
OPEC Fund approves close to $1 billion in new development financing
Vienna [Austria], December 17: The OPEC Fund for International Development (OPEC Fund) has approved close to $1 billion in new development financing over the last...
12-year-old girl in UK charged with killing pensioner in park near his...
London [UK], December 17: A 12-year-old girl has appeared in court in central England charged with the manslaughter of pensioner Bhim Kohli, who died after...
Bashar al-Assad defends his rule, denies planning his departure from Syria
Damascus [Syria], December 17: In the first public remarks attributed to Bashar al-Assad since he left Syria, the deposed Syrian president has defended his rule...
Death toll from Israel's war on Gaza surpasses 45,000
Jerusalem [Israel], December 17: Israel's war on Gaza has now killed more than 45,000 people, the Ministry of Health in the besieged and battered Palestinian...
Canada's finance minister resigns over budget row with Prime Minister Trudeau
Ottawa [Canada], December 17: Chrystia Freeland, Canada's finance minister and one of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's closest allies, has resigned.
UN launches fresh attempt to resolve Libya's election impasse
Tripoli [Libya], December 17: The United Nations will convene a technical committee of Libyan experts in an attempt to resolve contentious issues and put the...
2 men arrested for 'hazardous drone operation' near Boston airport
Boston [Massachusetts], December 17: Two men were arrested after allegedly flying a drone "dangerously close to Logan International Airport," according to the Boston Police Department.
German Chancellor Scholz loses no-confidence vote
Berlin [German], December 17: The German parliament accepted Chancellor Olaf Scholz's invitation to withdraw its confidence in him and his government, clearing the way for...
Rescuers comb debris for survivors, count dead in cyclone-hit Mayotte
Paris [France], December 17: Emergency workers searched for survivors and battled to restore services in Mayotte, France's poorest overseas territory, where hundreds or even thousands,...
Women held as sex slaves in Sudan's South Kordofan
Khartoum [Sudan], December 17: Women from Sudan's South Kordofan state have been repeatedly raped and some held as sex slaves by fighters from the warring...
Almost 800 arrested over Nigerian crypto-romance scam
Lagos [Nigeria], December 17: Nigeria's anti-graft agency said it had arrested 792 suspects in a raid on a building believed to be a hub for...
Three killed in Wisconsin school shooting, including shooter
Madison [US], December 17: A juvenile student killed two people at a Wisconsin school before police found the suspect dead at the scene of the...
New train service linking Slovak, Ukrainian capitals launched
Bratislava [Slovakia], December 16: A new daily train service connecting the capitals of Slovakia and Ukraine officially launched on Sunday, according to spokesperson Dominik Drevicky...
Greek parliament approves 2025 state budget
Athens [Greece], December 16: The Greek Parliament approved the 2025 state budget on Sunday, projecting a 2.3 percent gross domestic product (GDP) growth for 2025,...
Brazil's President Lula discharged from hospital
BrasÃlia [Brazil], December 16: Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has been discharged from hospital after undergoing surgery for a brain haemorrhage.
One killed as Russian oil tankers run aground off Crimean Peninsula
Moscow [Russia], December 16: Two Russian tankers ran aground off the occupied Crimean Peninsula, the Russian civil protection agency reported on Sunday, with one crew...
Four injured as Tornado hits northern California town
Sacramento [California], December 16: At least four people were injured after a tornado struck northern California on Saturday afternoon, according to local authorities.
Italy's Giorgia Meloni steps down as president of ECR parliament party
Rome [Italy], December 16: Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni announced on Sunday she is resigning as president of the right-wing European Conservatives and Reformists Party....
More than 7,500 Syrian refugees have returned home, say Turkish authorities
Damascus [Syria], December 16: More than 7,500 refugees have returned to Syria from Turkey since the regime of long-time ruler Bashar al-Assad was toppled last...
Eight injured in Czech building blast
Czech Republic [Prague], December 16: Eight people have been injured in an explosion in a residential building in the southern Czech town of Znojmo, two...