EU migrant pact hailed by Italian gov't, slammed by groups
Rome [Italy], December 21: The European Union's (EU) New Pact on Migration and Asylum has been welcomed by government officials in Italy -- one of...
Polish gov't dismisses public media chiefs
Warsaw [Poland], December 21: Poland's Culture Minister sacked the heads of three state media outlets on Wednesday, leading to protests from the conservatives.
Australia rebuffs U.S. request for warship in Red Sea
Canberra [Australia], December 21: The Australian government has announced that it will not send a warship to the Red Sea but will deploy additional troops...
Behind the 'revolution' led by Myanmar's ethnic minority fighters
Namhsan [Myanmar], December 21: Pickup trucks carrying ethnic minority fighters rolled into a town in Myanmar's northeastern Shan state recently cleared of junta troops...
Survivors of China's deadliest quake brave freezing cold
Jishishan [China], December 21: Survivors of China's deadliest earthquake in years huddled in makeshift aid tents despite freezing temperatures on Wednesday, too scared to return...
Egypt seeks to broker Gaza ceasefire as Hamas
Cairo [Egypt], December 21: The U.S. said "very serious" negotiations were taking place on a new Gaza ceasefire and release of more Israeli hostages, but...
Polish government takes public TV news channel off air amid reform drive
Warsaw [Poland], December 21: Poland's new government took a public news channel off the air on Wednesday and dismissed executives from state media to restore...
Macron defends new French migration law despite political tensions
Paris [France], December 21: French President Emmanuel Macron defended a bill to toughen immigration laws despite an embarrassing parliamentary vote that put his ruling alliance...
Trump urges US Supreme Court not to expedite 2020 immunity claim
Washington [US], December 21: Former President Donald Trump urged the U.S. Supreme Court to reject a request by federal prosecutors to immediately review his claim...
Anti-war candidate Duntsova applies to run in election against Russia's Putin
Moscow [Russia], December 21: Former TV journalist Yekaterina Duntsova put her name forward on Wednesday to stand in a Russian presidential election in March that...
Biden attacks Trump's anti-immigrant 'blood' comments in Wisconsin visit
Washington [US], December 21: U.S. President Joe Biden criticized presidential opponent Donald Trump's recent anti-immigrant comments as he visited a Black-owned business in Milwaukee, Wisconsin,...
Ukrainians prepare for first wartime Christmas on new calendar
Kyiv [Ukraine], December 21: Ukrainians are gearing up to celebrate their first Christmas according to a new calendar, another step towards erasing all traces of...
Kazakhstan starts building new railroad to China
Astana [Kazakhstan], December 21: Abai region of Kazakhstan started building a new 272 km-long railway line en route Bakhty-Ayagoz, a railway line leading to the...
German court orders repeat of 2021 election in parts of Berlin
Berlin [Germany], December 20: Germany's Federal Constitutional Court ruled on Tuesday that the 2021 national election must be repeated in parts of Berlin in February...
NASA to launch new mission to help build 3D map of Milky...
Los Angeles [US], December 20: NASA is preparing to launch a new mission that will stare at the space between stars, helping build a 3D...
Mexican president to challenge U.S. new anti-immigrant law
Mexico City [Mexico], December 20: Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Tuesday that his government plans to challenge a law recently approved by...
Italy to request 5th installment of EU recovery fund
Rome [Italy], December 20: Italy said on Tuesday it is on course to formally request the fifth installment of the European Union (EU)'s post-COVID recovery...
Australian government defends weather agency from criticism amid floods
Canberra [Australia], December 20: Australia's Emergency Management Minister has defended the weather service agency from criticism over its warning system in the lead-up to flooding...
UN official warns attacks likely to rise in Gaza over holiday period
Geneva [Switzerland], December 20: A senior United Nations (UN) official on Tuesday warned that the holiday period would likely bring an increase in attacks in...
Zelensky: "No one knows" when Russia-Ukraine conflict ends
Kyiv [Ukraine], December 20: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said at his annual press conference on Tuesday that "no one knows" when the Russia-Ukraine conflict...
Radio sets make a comeback in war-torn Gaza
Gaza [Gaza Strip], December 20: Before war broke out in Gaza, Mahmud al-Daoudi could never have imagined the radio sets gathering dust in his shop...
Erdogan, Orban pledge deeper ties in Budapest
Budapest [Hungary], December 20: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Monday that he would seek deeper ties with Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban, during his...
Ukraine army short of new recruits for front
Bakhmut [Ukraine], December 20: After 22 months of war with a horrific human cost, the Ukrainian army is struggling to find recruits to battle Russian...
Putin says Russia is ready to talk on Ukraine
Moscow [Russia], December 20: President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Russia would be prepared to talk to Ukraine, the United States and Europe about...
Iceland volcano unlikely to impact flights; lava flows away from town
Reykjavík [Iceland], December 20: Lava spewing from a volcano in Iceland appeared to be flowing away from the only nearby town and the intensity of...
US judge halts removal of Confederate Memorial at Arlington Cemetery
Washington [US], December 20: A federal judge on Monday ordered a halt to the removal of a Confederate monument at Arlington National Cemetery shortly after...
Colorado Supreme Court disqualifies Trump from holding office
Washington [US], December 20: The Colorado Supreme Court on Tuesday disqualified former President Donald Trump from the ballot in the state's presidential election next year...