More tensions as M23 fights on in DRC despite deal
Doha [Qatar], December 24: When Qatar helped secure a peace deal to end ongoing conflict between the M23 rebel group and Democratic Republic of the...
Contact lost with jet carrying Libyan army chief near Ankara
Istanbul [Turkiye], December 24: Radio contact has been lost with a jet carrying Libya's army chief of staff, Mohammed Ali Ahmed al-Haddad, and four other...
Violence up in Myanmar ahead of military-controlled elections
Geneva [Switzerland], December 24: Violence is on the rise in war-torn Myanmar ahead of planned "military-controlled" elections in the country later this week, the UN...
Yemen's govt, Houthis agree to exchange 2,900 prisoners
Sana'a [Yemen], December 24: Yemen's government and their rivals, the Houthis, have reached a prisoner swap agreement which will see the release of 2,900 people,...
Gaza patients facing death as Israel blocks medical supplies
Gaza [Palestine], December 24: Gaza's health system is on the brink of an unprecedented collapse, with thousands of patients facing death or disability amid a...
Israel's Katz raises prospect of northern Gaza settlements
Jerusalem [Israel], December 24: Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz has spoken of establishing settlements in northern Gaza, contradicting a peace plan by US President Donald...
Malay court denies former PM Najib Razak house arrest
Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], December 23: A court in Malaysia has dismissed former Prime Minister Najib Razak's bid to serve the remainder of his jail sentence...
France to build new aircraft carrier: Macron
Paris [France], December 23: French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday said that France planned to build a new aircraft carrier.
Nigeria: Remaining 130 abducted schoolchildren released
Papiri [Nigeria], December 23: Another 130 children abducted in November in a raid on a school in Niger state in north-central Nigeria have been released,...
US pursuing third oil tanker near Venezuela: Reports
Washington DC [US], December 23: The United States is pursuing an oil tanker in waters near Venezuela, according to multiple news agency reports.
Japan to restart world's largest nuclear power plant
Niigata [Japan], December 23: Japan is a step closer to restarting the world's largest nuclear power plant for the first time since the Fukushima disaster.
Bondi shooters threw unexploded pipe bombs at crowd: Police
Sydney [Australia], December 23: Newly released court documents have revealed a mass of new information about the Australian police investigation into the Bondi beach shooting.
Thailand, Cambodia to discuss truce amid fierce fighting
Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], December 23: Defence officials from Thailand and Cambodia agreed to meet on Wednesday to revive a collapsed ceasefire as deadly border fighting...
Ukraine calls Miami meetings "productive, constructive", discusses development of 20-point plan with...
Florida [US], December 23: Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine, Rustem Umerov, termed the Ukrainian delegation's meetings with American and European...
UAE Deputy PM meets Elon Musk, discusses technological transformations
Abu Dhabi [UAE], December 23: Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence of...
Ecuador soldiers sentenced to decades in prison over disappearance of murdered boys
Quito [Ecuador], December 23: An Ecuadorean court has sentenced 11 of 17 soldiers to more than 34 years in prison over the forced disappearance of...
Russian, Venezuelan FMs voice concern over U.S. actions in Caribbean
Moscow [Russia], December 23: Russian and Venezuelan foreign ministers on Monday voiced grave concern over "increasing escalatory actions" by Washington in the Caribbean Sea, the...
Greece backs two-state solution as Palestinian president seeks int'l pressure on Israel
Ramallah [Palestine], December 23: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday urged the international community to pressure Israel to halt actions he said are undermining Palestinian...
Explosion at French laboratory near Lyon injures at least 4
Paris [France], December 23: An explosion at a laboratory in eastern France on Monday injured at least four people, three of them seriously, according to...
US to announce start of phase 2 of Gaza deal in new...
Gaza City [Gaza], December 23: Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Monday he expects US President Donald Trump to announce the start of the...
Boats stranded after 'sinkhole' opens up in English canal
London [UK], December 23: Ten people have been helped to safety after a 50-metre-long sinkhole breached a canal near the border between England and Wales,...
Israeli military storms West Bank towns, carries out demolition
Jerusalem [Israel], December 23: Israeli forces have stormed towns in the occupied West Bank and demolished a residential building.
130 kidnapped schoolchildren freed after a month, say Nigerian authorities
Lagos [Nigeria], December 23: Nigerian authorities on Sunday said that 130 children abducted from a Catholic school last month are now free.
Sixteen people die in bus crash on Indonesia's Central Java highway
Jakarta [Indonesia], December 23: A long-distance bus overturned at a toll road exit in Indonesia's Central Java province early Monday, killing 16 people, police said.
Suspect in Sydney terror attack transferred from hospital to prison
Sydney [Australia], December 23: The 24-year-old man alleged to be one of two gunmen responsible for the Bondi Beach terror attack has been transferred from...
Russian general dies in Moscow car bomb attack
Moscow [Russia], December 23: A Russian general has been killed in a bomb blast in Moscow, state investigators said on Monday, the latest in a...
Nigeria confirms release of remaining abducted schoolchildren in central state
Abuja [Nigeria], December 22: The Nigerian government on Sunday confirmed that all remaining schoolchildren and staff held hostage by suspected terrorists following an attack on...