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Austria drops veto on Bulgaria, Romania fully joining Schengen Travel Zone

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 Switzerland

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 in Ukraine war

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 clinging to tyre tubes

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 himself after being arrested

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 in Kabul

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

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!'

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 protest violence

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 surrounding waters

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

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 deal

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

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 femicide

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 minister

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

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 in Murdoch papers trial

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

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 Zaporizhzhya

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 founder's death

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 poll

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 on Gaza

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

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

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 improving

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 in New York

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 blasts

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...