Zelensky says more N Korean soldiers fighting
Ukraine [Kyiv], December 16: The Russian military is now deploying North Korean soldiers in greater numbers for attacks in Kursk near the Ukrainian border, Ukrainian...
Israeli forces storm Gaza school, killing at least 15
Gaza City [Gaza], December 16: At least 15 Palestinians have been killed after Israeli forces stormed a Gaza school sheltering displaced people, sources have told...
Israel intensifies Syria attacks; HTS leader says doesn't want conflict
Damascus [Syria], December 16: Israeli air forces have carried out dozens of attacks targeting military and ammunition sites across Syria, as the de facto Syrian...
Seven tourists, including Australians, in Fiji hospital with alcohol poisoning
Canberra [Australia], December 16: Seven tourists in Fiji have been sent to hospital with suspected alcohol poisoning and are reported to be in a critical...
Education institutions reopen after al-Assad's overthrow
Damascus [Syria], December 16: Students and government employees began returning to their institutions in Damascus on Sunday, signalling a gradual return to normal everyday life...
22 killed in Israeli Gaza strikes
Jerusalem [Israel], December 16: At least 22 Palestinians were killed in Israeli airstrikes in Gaza on Saturday, medics said, while the Israeli military said it...
Syrian Christians attend services, schools reopen a week after Assad's overthrow
Damascus [Syria], December 16: Syrian Christians attended regular Sunday services for the first time since the dramatic overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad a week ago,...
Trump and Netanyahu discuss Gaza hostages and Syria
Gaza City [Gaza]/Damascus [Syria], December 16: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump about developments in Syria and a recent push...
Several hundreds, maybe thousands, may have died in Mayotte cyclone
Mamoudzou [Mayotte], December 16: Several hundred people and possibly even thousands may have been killed when the most powerful cyclone in nearly a century hit...
Australia says remaining 'Bali Nine' members have returned from Indonesia
Canberra [Australia], December 16: The remaining five members of the "Bali Nine" Australian drug ring have returned from Indonesia after diplomatic efforts between the countries...
Congo and Rwanda say peace talks in Angola will not take place
Kigali [Rwanda], December 16: A meeting between the presidents of Rwanda and Democratic Republic of Congo will not take place as planned, both countries said,...
Macron has a new prime minister but the same old problems
Paris [France], December 16: When veteran centrist Francois Bayrou, France's new prime minister, was education minister in the 1990s, his plan to increase subsidies for...
Israel attacks schools and homes in Gaza, a day after Nuseirat massacre
Gaza border [Israel], December 15: Israel is still attacking homes and schools across the Gaza Strip, killing and injuring several people just one day after...
South Korea's President Yoon impeached over martial law debacle
Seoul [South Korea], December 15: South Korea's parliament on Saturday voted to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol, almost two weeks following his botched attempt to...
Turkey reopens its Syrian embassy after 12 years
Istanbul [Turkey], December 15: Turkey reopened its embassy in the Syrian capital Damascus on Saturday, state broadcaster TRT reported, a week after a rebel alliance...
PA forces move against Hamas in West Bank
Tel Aviv [Israel], December 15: Palestinian Authority (PA) security forces moved against the Hamas movement and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) in Jenin in the West...
Nine killed in drone attack on hospital in Sudan
Geneva [Switzerland], December 15: At least nine people have been killed and 20 others injured following a drone strike that hit a hospital in the...
Iran jails journalist for 'hostile' US collaboration
Tehran [Iran], December 15: A court in Iran has sentenced Iranian-American journalist Reza Valizadeh to 10 years in prison after finding him guilty of "collaborating...
Arab FMs urge support for inclusive and 'peaceful' Syria transition
Aqaba [Jordan], December 15: Top diplomats from eight Arab countries, meeting in Jordan on Saturday, called for a peaceful transition in Syria with UN and...
Steinmeier ends Africa trip as first German president in Lesotho
Cape Town [South Africa], December 15: German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier arrived in Lesotho on Saturday for the final stop on his four-day trip to Africa,...
Efforts to find a peaceful solution for Ukraine
Kyiv [Ukraine], December 15: US President-elect Donald Trump's team is preparing to push for peace talks, while many others hope for a ceasefire between Russia...
TikTok continues to be rejected in the US
Washington [US], December 15: Reuters reported on December 13 that the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has rejected TikTok's request related...
Injured while on a business trip abroad, Nancy Pelosi must have hip...
Washington [US], December 15: Ian Krager, spokesman for Nancy Pelosi , said the former US House Speaker is recovering from hip replacement surgery....
Trump chooses CEO of social network Truth Social as intelligence adviser
Washington [US], December 15: On December 14, US President-elect Donald Trump selected Mr. Devin Nunes, CEO of social networking company Truth Social, to serve as...
ABC News apologizes, pays $15 million for defaming Trump on air
Washington [US], December 15: ABC News will pay $15 million to settle a lawsuit with US President-elect Donald Trump and apologize for anchor George Stephanopoulos'...
First European country to join CPTPP
Washington [US], December 15: Britain today, December 15, became the first European country to officially join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP),...
Doctor sued for sending abortion pills to patient
Washington [US], December 15: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has sued New York state physician Margaret Carpenter after she prescribed and sent abortion pills to...