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UAE, Mauritius conclude Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement
Abu Dhabi [UAE], December 23: The United Arab Emirates and Mauritius have concluded the terms of a Comprehensive Economic Partnership...

Manchester City crowned FIFA Club World Cup winners...
Jeddah [Saudi Arabia], December 23: Manchester City won the FIFA Club World Cup for the first time in its history,...

Mexican, U.S. presidents discuss economy, immigration by phone
Mexico City [Mexico], December 23: Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Friday that he has discussed economic and...

6 laborers killed in firing in NW Pakistan
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 23: Six laborers were killed in firing by unknown gunmen in Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in...

Kyrgyz president signs law on changing national flag...
Bishkek [Kyrgyzstan], December 23: Kyrgyzstan will partially change the design on the country's national flag, with a corresponding law signed...

Southeast Asia increases vigilance against Covid-19
Washington [US], December 23: Governments in Southeast Asia are stepping up response efforts as the number of Covid-19 infections increases...

The US Supreme Court refused to expedite a...
Washington [US], December 23: The US Supreme Court has not provided an explanation or voting results for the decision not...

Cuba passes euthanasia law
Havana [Cuba], December 23: Cuba has become the second country in Latin America and the Caribbean to license euthanasia, after...

The US accuses Iran of being 'deeply involved'...
Washington [US], December 23: The US is more harsh in accusing Iran of involvement in attacks on commercial ships in...

Biden pardons marijuana offenders, cuts non-violent drug sentences
Washington [US], December 23: U.S. President Joe Biden reduced the prison terms of 11 people serving decades-long sentences for non-violent...

U.N. pushes for more aid into Gaza, Israel...
Tel Aviv [Israel], December 23: The U.N. Security Council approved a toned-down bid to boost humanitarian aid to Gaza on...

US takes aim at financial institutions with new...
Washington [US], December 23: U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday signed an executive order threatening penalties for financial institutions that...

After same-sex blessing ruling, pope decries inflexible ideologies
Vatican City, December 22: Pope Francis warned against inflexible ideological positions that can hinder the Church from seeing reality and...

WHO expresses concern over escalating public health needs...
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], December 22: The World Health Organization (WHO) has raised concern over the escalating public health needs in...

Sudan's army chief rejects peace deal without paramilitary...
Khartoum [Sudan], December 22: Sudan's army chief Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan on Thursday said the army would not sign any...

Putin, Maduro exchange views on establishing fair world...
Moscow [Russia], December 22: Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro expressed common ground on establishing a...

UN chief shocked by Czech mass shooting
United Nations, December 22: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was shocked and saddened by a mass shooting at a university...

Over 4.5 mln stimulant tablets seized in central...
Yangon [Myanmar], December 22: Myanmar authorities have seized over 4.5 million stimulant tablets, 124 kg of methamphetamine and 40.7 kg...

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...

Former Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani files for bankruptcy...
New York [US], December 22: Rudy Giuliani, who once worked as a personal lawyer for former U.S. President Donald Trump,...

Guinea declares 3-day national mourning after deadly fuel...
Conakry [Guinea], December 22: The transitional president of Guinea, Colonel Mamadi Doumbouya, has declared a three-day national mourning across the...

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...

Israel intensifies Gaza strikes, Hamas fires rockets amid...
Tel Aviv [Israel], December 22: Fighting in the Gaza Strip escalated with some of the most intense Israeli bombardment of...

France welcomes UN General Assembly's adoption of the...
Paris [France], December 22: France welcomes the UN General Assembly's adoption on December 18 of the resolution it introduced with...

No functional hospital left in northern Gaza, WHO...
Tel Aviv [Israel], December 22: Northern Gaza has been left without a functional hospital due to a lack of fuel,...

UN calls for probe as Israeli army 'summarily...
London [UK], December 22: The United Nations human rights office has called for an independent inquiry into allegations that Israeli...

Tehran warned of 'danger' in allowing Houthis to...
London [UK], December 22: Iran has been warned about the danger of allowing Tehran-backed Houthis to target shipping in the...