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ERC participates in Zayed Charity Marathon in Egypt,...
Cairo [Egypt], December 30: A delegation of the Emirates Red Crescent Authority visited, in Egypt, 'Al Nas' Hospital, the largest...
UAE authorities extradite the accused Gergely Franc to...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], December 30: Today, on December 29th 2023, the UAE authorities have extradited Gergely Franc, an Albanian national,...
Zambia heightens measures to contain cholera outbreak
Lusaka [Zambia], December 29: Zambian health authorities on Thursday announced that measures have been heightened to contain the outbreak...
Venezuela launches military operation against "threat" from Britain
Caracas [Venenzuela], December 29: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Thursday ordered a "joint military action" by the Bolivarian National Armed...
Egypt seals 29 oil, gas deals in 2023:...
Cairo [Egypt], December 29: The Egyptian Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources announced on Thursday that 29 agreements with a...
Pakistan's anti-narcotics force seizes over 2,000 kg of...
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 29: The Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) of Pakistan seized over 2,000 kg of narcotics in five separate...
Israeli army raids Ramallah, occupied West Bank cities
Tel Aviv [Israel], December 29: Israeli forces have launched their most intense raids yet on cities in the occupied West...
'Every day a struggle for survival:' 40% of...
Tel Aviv [Israel], December 29: As hostilities between Israel and Hamas show no sign of abating, 40 percent of the...
Egypt makes proposal to halt Gaza war, but...
Cairo [Egypt], December 29: Egypt has proposed a plan to halt the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza but...
Ten dead, over 60 injured in Turkey traffic...
Ankara [Turkey], December 29: At least 10 people were killed and 61 injured after a multiple-vehicle collision in northern Turkey...
German sea rescue groups save some 200 migrants
Rome [Italy], December 29: Sea rescuers from German aid organizations have taken more than 200 migrants on board their ships...
China advocates solving Red Sea tensions through dialogue
Beijing [China], December 29: Beijing advocates solving pressing regional problems, including the current tensions in the Red Sea, through dialogue...
S Korea's Yoon orders army to retaliate in...
Seoul [South Korea], December 29: South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol ordered the armed forces during his visit to a front-line...
Over 40 killed as gas tanker explodes in...
Monrovia [Liberia], December 29: At least 40 people have died after a gas tanker exploded in northcentral Liberia, the country's...
Travel disrupted, thousands without power after Storm Gerrit
London [UK], December 29: Thousands of homes remained without power and motorists and rail passengers faced continued disruption after Storm...
Thousands of Palestinians flee central Gaza as Israeli...
Tel Aviv [Israel], December 29: An estimated 150,000 Palestinians are being forced to flee areas of central Gaza, the UN...
US military's secretive X-37B spaceplane ready for launch...
Washington [US], December 29: After weeks of false starts and delays, SpaceX teams prepared again to launch the military's secretive...
Terraform Labs sold unregistered securities, US judge rules...
Washington [US], December 29: A federal judge ruled in favor of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on claims that...
Israeli tanks push deep into central Gaza town,...
Tel Aviv [Israel], December 29: Israeli tanks thrust deep into a town in the central Gaza Strip after days of...
ongo rules out election re-run as observers flag...
Washington [US], December 29: The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) refused opposition calls for a re-run of...
US, Mexico agree to keep border crossings open
Washington [US], December 29: Mexican and U.S. officials agreed to keep border crossings open.
US allies reluctant on Red Sea task force
Washington [US], December 29: U.S. President Joe Biden hoped to present a firm international response to Yemen's Houthi attacks on...
German hospitals face record insolvencies due to rising...
Berlin [Germany], December 28: The situation in Germany's hospitals is "worse than ever before," with insolvencies expected to reach record...
Canada selecting place for nuclear waste storage
Ottawa [Canada], December 28: Canada is searching for a place to store its stockpile of spent nuclear fuel with two...
Ukraine launches mass production of long-range kamikaze drones
Kyiv [Ukraine], December 28: Ukraine has launched mass production of long-range kamikaze drones, the Ukrayinska Pravda media outlet reported...
Turkey hits 71 targets in Iraq, Syria in...
Ankara [Turkey], December 28: Turkey has hit 71 sites allegedly linked to Kurdish groups in Syria and northern Iraq during...
In Gaza, 'people lost everything': UNRWA
Tel Aviv [Israel], December 28: The UN agency's director of communications Juliette Touma says people's needs in Gaza are "huge".