Over 4.5 mln stimulant tablets seized in central Myanmar
Yangon [Myanmar], December 22: Myanmar authorities have seized over 4.5 million stimulant tablets, 124 kg of methamphetamine and 40.7 kg of heroin in Mandalay region,...
Japan issues alert for heavy snow
Tokyo [Japan], December 22: The Japanese weather agency on Friday issued a heavy snow alert for northern Japanese prefectures, as heavy snow continued to hit...
Former Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani files for bankruptcy protection
New York [US], December 22: Rudy Giuliani, who once worked as a personal lawyer for former U.S. President Donald Trump, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy...
Guinea declares 3-day national mourning after deadly fuel depot fire
Conakry [Guinea], December 22: The transitional president of Guinea, Colonel Mamadi Doumbouya, has declared a three-day national mourning across the country, following the deadly fire...
Czech gov't declares state mourning after university shooting
Prague [Czech Republic], December 22: The Czech Republic on Thursday night announced a state mourning on Dec. 23 following a university shooting in the capital...
Israel intensifies Gaza strikes, Hamas fires rockets amid truce talks
Tel Aviv [Israel], December 22: Fighting in the Gaza Strip escalated with some of the most intense Israeli bombardment of the war and Hamas demonstrated...
France welcomes UN General Assembly's adoption of the resolution concerning the Ocean...
Paris [France], December 22: France welcomes the UN General Assembly's adoption on December 18 of the resolution it introduced with Costa Rica establishing the terms...
No functional hospital left in northern Gaza, WHO says
Tel Aviv [Israel], December 22: Northern Gaza has been left without a functional hospital due to a lack of fuel, staff and supplies, the World...
UN calls for probe as Israeli army 'summarily execute' Palestinians
London [UK], December 22: The United Nations human rights office has called for an independent inquiry into allegations that Israeli forces "summarily executed" at least...
Tehran warned of 'danger' in allowing Houthis to target ships
London [UK], December 22: Iran has been warned about the danger of allowing Tehran-backed Houthis to target shipping in the Red Sea.
US plans to send astronaut to moon this decade
Washington [US], December 22: The United States has announced that alongside American astronauts, it plans to land an international astronaut on the surface of the...
Venezuela releases 10 US hostages in exchange for Maduro ally
Washington [US], December 22: Venezuela has agreed to release 10 US hostages and extradite a fugitive billionaire in exchange for the release of Alex Saab,...
Australia must make remand 'exception' and ban use of spit hoods, UN...
Sydney [Australia], December 22: The United Nations Committee against Torture has slammed Australia for the "extraordinary number" of people on remand in the country, in...
Argentina's ultra-liberal President Milei issues hard reform decree
Buenos Aires [Argentina], December 22: The new Argentinian government of ultra-liberal President Javier Milei has begun to restructure the South American country's strictly regulated economy.
Gunman kills 15, wounds 24 at Prague university
Prague [Czech Republic], December 22: A gunman opened fire at a university in the centre of Prague on Thursday afternoon, killing at least 15 people...
Hundreds battling wildfire near Cape Town in South Africa
Cape Town [South Africa], December 21: Hundreds of firefighters were battling a wildfire for a second day Wednesday on a mountain near Cape Town, the...
German authorities shut down illegal darknet marketplace
Berlin [Germany], December 21: German authorities have shut down the server infrastructure of the illegal darknet marketplace "Kingdom Market," the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA)...
Vietnam to increase regional minimum salary
Hanoi [Vietnam], December 21: Vietnam will lift regional minimum salary for laborers by 6 percent next year, local media reported on Wednesday.
S. Korea's top court orders Japanese firms to compensate WWII forced labor...
Seoul [South Korea], December 21: South Korea's top court on Thursday ordered Japanese firms to compensate the victims who were forced into harsh labor without...
UNICEF chief raises alarm about drinking water crisis for children in Gaza
United Nations, December 21: The head of the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Wednesday issued a dire warning that the absence of safe drinking water...
Hurricane Otis kills 52 in Mexico
Mexico City [Mexico], December 21: Hurricane Otis has killed 52 and left 32 missing in Mexico, Governor of Guerrero state, Evelyn Salgado, said Wednesday.
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.
Cambodia records 11,506 new business establishments in first 11 months
Phnom Penh [Cambodia], December 21: Cambodia issued operating licenses to 11,506 new companies and enterprises in the first 11 months of 2023, up 14.5 percent...
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...