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Sweden moves closer to NATO after important move...
Ankara [Turkey], December 27: The Foreign Affairs Committee of the Turkish parliament accepted Sweden's request to join NATO on December...
Russia confirms damage to warship in Black Sea
Moscow [Russia], December 27: Russia has confirmed one of its warships has been damaged in a Ukrainian attack on a...
Gaza war to last months, Israel says, as...
Tel Aviv [Israel], December 27: Israel's war on Hamas will last months, Israel's military chief said, as a string of...
Serbian opposition figure to press on with hunger...
Belgrade [Serbia], December 27: A leading figure in Serbia's main opposition party vowed to press on with a hunger strike...
Death toll at Indonesia smelter fire rises to...
Jakarta [Indonesia], December 27: The death toll from a fire at an Indonesian nickel smelter has risen to 18 as...
No embassy staff hurt in blast near Israeli...
New Delhi [India], December 27: An explosion near the Israeli Embassy in New Delhi did not kill or wound any...
Nigerian villagers missing two days after suspected nomadic...
Abuja [Nigeria], December 27: Nigerian mother-of-three Grace Godwin was preparing food on Christmas Eve when her husband burst into the...
Ukraine strikes Russian naval landing warship, Moscow admits...
Kyiv [Ukraine], December 27: Ukraine struck a large Russian landing warship in Crimea with cruise missiles in an overnight attack...
Egyptian, Iranian FMs discuss situation in war-ravaged Gaza
Cairo [Egypt], December 26: Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shoukry and his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amir-Abdollahian discussed on Monday...
2 Hezbollah fighters killed, 5 civilians wounded in...
Beirut [Lebanon], December 26: Two Hezbollah fighters were killed and five civilians were wounded on Monday in confrontations on the...
Iraq condemns drone attack on U.S. base in...
Baghdad [Iraq], December 26: The Iraqi government on Monday condemned an attack by a bomb-laden drone on an airbase housing...
Russia commissions 3 new warships into its navy
Moscow [Russia], December 26: Russian President Vladimir Putin attended a flag-raising ceremony for three new warships that are set to...
Ukraine denies loss of Maryinka to Russia
Kiev [Ukraine], December 26: Ukrainian military spokesman Oleksandr Shtupun on Monday denied the reports that Russian forces have gained full...
Russia lambasts "unacceptable" U.S. claims in Arctic region:...
Moscow [Russia], December 26: Russia is taking all necessary measures to secure its national interests in the Arctic amid Washington's...
Loud blasts heard in Crimean town of Feodosia...
Beijing [China], December 26: The Feodosia region of Crimea has been attacked, resulting in the blockade of the port area,...
U.S. witnesses elevated flu cases: CDC
Los Angeles [US], December 26: Seasonal influenza activity is elevated in the United States and continues to increase in most...
New COVID variant JN.1 makes nearly half latest...
Los Angeles [US], December 26: A new coronavirus subvariant JN.1 is spreading fast in the United States, and is...
'Unprecedented' scale of human devastation in 2023: Red...
London [UK], December 26: A top aid worker has described the "unprecedented scale" of human devastation in 2023 as he...
Pope Francis urges end to all wars in...
Vatican City [Italy], December 26: Pope Francis implored an end to all wars and weapon production in a Christmas message...
Floods affect tens of thousands in southern Thailand:...
Bangkok [Thailand], December 26: Floods have inundated thousands of homes housing some 50,000 people in two provinces of southern Thailand...
Plane held for four days over trafficking fears...
Paris [France], December 26: A plane carrying about 275 Indian nationals who were held for four days at an airport...
Israel accepts to pay the price for its...
Tel Aviv [Israel], December 26: The Gaza Strip experienced one of its deadliest days, while fighting threatened to prolong with...
Russia and Ukraine announced they shot down each...
Moscow [Russia], December 26: On December 25, the Ukrainian Air Force announced that it had destroyed 28/31 unmanned aerial vehicles...
Japan is getting closer to its goal of...
Tokyo [Japan], December 26: The SLIM space probe entered lunar orbit on December 25, an important step in Japan's efforts...
Thunderstorms and rain set to hit holiday spots...
Washington [US], December 26: Popular holiday spots are the North Island may be in for a Boxing Day dousing as...
Hamas, Islamic Jihad reject Gaza gov. overhaul for...
Cairo [Egypt], December 26: Hamas and the allied Islamic Jihad have rejected an Egyptian proposal that they relinquish power in...
Israel's Netanyahu vows no let-up in war against...
Tel Aviv [Israel], December 26: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to keep up the fight against Hamas militants while...