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Austria drops veto on Bulgaria, Romania fully joining...
Vienna [Austria], December 12: Austria is dropping its veto on Romania and Bulgaria becoming full members of Europe's Schengen free-travel...
Finance Minister Keller-Sutter to be next president of...
Bern [Switzerland], December 12: Swiss Finance Minister Karin Keller-Sutter will become president of her country in 2025, after her formal...
Hungary's Orban calls Putin to discuss diplomacy options...
Moscow [Russia] / Kiev [Ukraine], December 12: Russian President Vladimir Putin and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban have spoken on...
Girl, 11, rescued in Med after 3 days...
Freetown [Sierra Leone], December 12: An 11-year-old girl has been rescued after clinging to inner tubes for three days in...
Ex-defence chief in South Korea tries to kill...
Seoul [South Korea], December 12: South Korea's previous defence minister was stopped from attempting suicide while in detention over last...
Afghanistan's refugee minister Haqqani killed in suicide blast...
Kabul [Afghanistan], December 12: Afghanistan's acting minister for refugees has been killed in an explosion in the capital, Kabul, the...
Iran blames Israel, US for overthrow of al-Assad
Tehran [Iran], December 12: Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has blamed his archenemies the United States and Israel for...
Syria's new PM appeals to refugees: 'Come back!'
Rome [Italy], December 12: Syria's new interim prime minister, Mohammed al-Bashir, is calling on Syrian refugees around the world to...
EU to discuss potential sanctions on Georgia after...
Brussels [Belgium], December 12: The European Union is threatening the Georgian government with sanctions in light of the violence against...
Taiwan urges China to stop military activities in...
Taipei [Taiwan], December 12: Taiwan on Wednesday called on China to immediately halt its military activities in the island's surrounding...
Billions of malaria cases prevented this century
Geneva [Switzerland], December 12: The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that around 2.2 billion cases of malaria have been prevented...
Israel 'more optimistic' on prospects of Gaza hostage...
Gaza [Palestine], December 11: Israel is now more optimistic about a possible hostage deal in Gaza, Foreign Minister Gideon Saar...
UN Security Council appears united on Syria
Damascus [Syria], December 11: United Nations Security Council members will work on a statement on Syria in the coming days,...
Kenyan police fire teargas at protesters marching against...
Nairobi [Kenya], December 11: Kenyan police fired teargas and arrested at least three people as hundreds protested against a wave...
Russia would not invade NATO, says Latvian foreign...
Moscow [Russia], December 11: Russia would not invade NATO as it has too many complications with the fighting in Ukraine,...
France begins military withdrawal from Chad
Paris [France], December 11: France has started the withdrawal of its military from Chad with the departure of two warplanes...
Prince Harry faces four days in witness box...
London [UK], December 11: Prince Harry could be quizzed for four days in the witness box by lawyers for Rupert...
Trump offers fast permits for $1B
New York [US], December 11: U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Tuesday that any person or company investing at least...
Russian missile strike kills three, injures 14 in...
Kiev [Ukraine], December 11: At least three people have been killed and 14 injured in a Russian missile attack on...
Nobel Prize winners receive awards on anniversary of...
Copenhagen [Denmark], December 11: The winners of this year's Nobel Prizes, including 10 scientists, one writer and one peace organization,...
Georgian intelligence service warns of plot before presidential...
Tbilisi [Georgia], December 11: Georgia's intelligence services issued a warning on Tuesday of a potential plot by criminal elements to...
At least 13 Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks...
Jerusalem [Israel], December 11: At least 13 people have been killed in Israeli attacks in central and southern Gaza as...
Israeli attacks destroy military sites in Syria
Jerusalem [Israel], December 11: Israel has unleashed a barrage of aerial attacks across Syria, battering key military sites amid a...
Al-Bashir named caretaker PM of Syria
Damascus [Syria], December 11: Syrian forces who toppled President Bashar al-Assad have appointed Mohammed al-Bashir as the country's caretaker prime...
239,000 deaths attributable to poor air; but situation...
Copenhagen [Denmark], December 11: At least 239,000 deaths can be attributed to exposure to fine particulates in the air, the...
Suspect in UnitedHealthcare executive's killing charged with murder...
New York [US], December 11: The suspect in the shooting death of UnitedHealthcare's chief executive was charged with intentional murder...
Dutch police detain three in connection to apartment...
Amsterdam [Netherlands], December 11: Dutch police have detained three suspects in connection with the deadly explosions that destroyed an apartment...