Donald Trump nominates 'hawkish' former Senator as Ambassador to China
Washington DC [US], December 10: US President-elect Donald Trump has named former Georgia Senator David Perdue as his pick for the US Ambassador to China,...
Germany to close loophole that let human smugglers stash boats there
Berlin [Germany], December 10: Germany will close a legal loophole that enabled human traffickers to store the small boats they use to cross the English...
Syria's new administration moves to form govt
Damascus [Syria], December 10: Syria's Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) group said they are working on taking complete control of the Syrian capital Damascus and promised...
Netanyahu corruption trial: What you need to know
Jerusalem [Israel], December 10: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will testify for the first time in his long-running corruption trial.
First agreement under Taiwan-US trade initiative to come into force
Taipei City [Taiwan]/Washington DC [US], December 10: The first agreement signed under a trade initiative between Taiwan and the United States will come into force,...
With Assad gone, new era starts in Syria as the world watches
Damascus [Syria], December 10: Damascus stirred back to life at the start of a hopeful but uncertain era after rebels seized the Syrian capital and...
South Korea President Yoon banned from foreign travel
Seoul [South Korea], December 10: South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has been banned from leaving the country over a failed attempt at imposing martial...
Japan revises Q3 GDP growth up to 1.2 pct
Tokyo [Japan], December 9: Japan's Cabinet Office on Monday revised the country's economic growth for the third quarter to an annualized rate of 1.2 percent,...
Turkish FM underscores need to prevent terrorists from exploiting Syria's situation
Doha [Qatar], December 9: Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan stressed here on Sunday the need to prevent terrorist organizations from exploiting the situation in Syria...
Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral officially reopens after restoration
Paris [France], December 9: Five years after being devastated by a fire, the restored Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral officially reopened on Saturday with a grand...
Israeli airstrikes hit military sites in Damascus, Quneitra
Damascus [Syria], December 9: Israeli warplanes carried out multiple strikes on Sunday against the former Syrian government's military and security sites in and around Damascus,...
4 dead, 10 missing as minibus plunges into canal in Egypt's Asyut
Cairo [Egypt], December 9: Rescue teams in Egypt's Asyut province recovered the bodies of four people on Sunday after a minibus carrying 14 passengers plunged...
Syria updates: Rebels announce curfew after Assad's fall
Damascus [Syria], December 9: The Syrian armed opposition command has said it will impose a curfew in Damascus, starting at 4 p.m. local time (1300...
Pakistan: Lahore's Anti-Terror court extends interim bail of former PM Imran Khan's...
Lahore [Pakistan], December 9: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Lahore has extended the interim bail of Pakistan Tehreek-I-Insaaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan's sisters Aleema Khan,...
Kaspersky joins UNIDO's Global Alliance on Artificial Intelligence for Industry and Manufacturing
Vienna [Austria], December 9: The United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) has announced that Kaspersky, a global cybersecurity and digital privacy company, has joined the...
UN stresses need to support comprehensive political transition in Syria
New York [US], December 9: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has emphasised the need for international support to ensure that any political transition in Syria...
Ukraine War 1019: Confusing Information on Russian and Ukrainian Casualties
Kiev [Ukraine], December 9: The Ukrainska Pravda newspaper quoted Zelensky on December 8 as saying that since the war began, Ukraine has lost 43,000 soldiers...
South Korea in the midst of leadership crisis
Seoul [South Korea], December 9: Prosecutors also seized his phone and arrested former Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun, who advised President Yoon to declare martial law...
Syrian President and family are refugees in Russia
Moscow [Russia], December 9: The RIA Novosti and TASS news agencies on December 8 quoted Kremlin sources as saying that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and...
US airstrikes IS, is handling chemical weapons stockpile in Syria
New York [US], December 9: The US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced that US military aircraft carried out airstrikes on more than 75 IS targets in...
Trump announces plan to deport illegal immigrants from the US
New York [US], December 9: President-elect Trump made the statement in an interview with NBC News' "Meet the Press" host Kristen Welker on December 8....
Trump says Russia abandoned Assad
New York [US], December 9: U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Sunday that Russia's abandonment of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad led to his downfall, adding...
Joyous celebrations mark The end of Assad's reign
Damascus [Syria], December 9: Syrians poured out into the streets across Syria and around the world, jubilant at the end of Bashar al-Assad's rule.
President Bashar al Assad flees as Syrian opposition fighters capture Damascus
Beirut [Lebanon] /Cairo [Egypt], December 9: Syrian opposition fighters have declared that they have overthrown President Bashar al Assad after seizing control of Damascus on...
Hope & fear as world powers absorb Assad's stunning end in Syria
Beirut [Lebanon], December 9: United Nations "What is important is that we are able to find a situation where there is a political way out...
Syrian army command tells officers that Assad's rule has ended, officer saysrule...
Damascus [Syria], December 8: Syria's army command notified officers on Sunday that President Bashar al-Assad's 24-year authoritarian rule has ended, a Syrian officer who was...
UN General Assembly boosts global fight against illegal trade in cultural artifacts
New York [US], December 20: The UN General Assembly on Friday adopted a resolution helping strengthen the fight against illicit trafficking of cultural property and...