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Death penalty confirmed in Vietnam's biggest-ever financial fraud case

Death penalty confirmed in Vietnam's biggest-ever financial fraud...

Bangkok [Thailand], December 4: The death sentence for Vietnamese real-estate tycoon Truong My Lan was upheld on Tuesday as the...

Syrian government says forces fighting back against rebel advance

Syrian government says forces fighting back against rebel...

Damascus [Syria], December 4: The Syrian government, backed by Russian planes and their allies among pro-Iranian militias, has thwarted some...

Yemen's Houthis say they targeted Israel despite Lebanon ceasefire

Yemen's Houthis say they targeted Israel despite Lebanon...

Sanaa [Yemen], December 4: Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels said they have targeted Israel with drones three times in the past...

Israel continues to pound Gaza, issues new evacuation orders

Israel continues to pound Gaza, issues new evacuation...

Jerusalem [Israel], December 4: Israel has continued to pound Gaza, killing dozens and issuing new evacuation threats.

Georgian PM agrees to meet opposition leaders amid protests

Georgian PM agrees to meet opposition leaders amid...

Tbilisi [Georgia], December 4: Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze on Tuesday agreed to hold talks with two former ministers and...

Send Ukraine more weapons: NATO chief

Send Ukraine more weapons: NATO chief

Brussels [Belgium], December 4: NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said on Tuesday he wants members of the Western military alliance...

King Charles welcomes Qatar's emir as state visit begins

King Charles welcomes Qatar's emir as state visit...

Doha [Qatar], December 4: King Charles and Keir Starmer welcomed Qatar's emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, for a...

Gazans displaced by war now face a new threat: winter

Gazans displaced by war now face a new...

Gaza [Palestine], December 4: The beaches of Gaza are no longer for day trips. Tens of thousands of people now...

US firms race to get ahead of Trump tariffs

US firms race to get ahead of Trump...

New York [US], December 4: When handbag designer Sherrill Mosee learned that roughly 2,700 purses and backpacks she had ordered...

Cambodia jails 13 pregnant Filipino surrogates

Cambodia jails 13 pregnant Filipino surrogates

Phnom Penh [Cambodia], December 4: Thirteen women from the Philippines have been convicted of human trafficking in Cambodia for intending...

Trump appears to threaten Hamas with 'all hell to pay' over hostages

Trump appears to threaten Hamas with 'all hell...

New York [US], December 4: US President-elect Donald Trump has issued an apparent warning to Hamas, threatening "all hell to...

Cairo Conference calls for increased humanitarian aid to Gaza

Cairo Conference calls for increased humanitarian aid to...

Cairo [Egypt], December 4: The Cairo Ministerial Conference for Emergency Humanitarian Response to Gaza concluded with a firm stance on...

EU Commission commits €4.6 billion to support cleantech projects

EU Commission commits €4.6 billion to support cleantech...

Brussels [Belgium], December 4: The newly appointed European Commission (EC) announced today plans to invest €4.6 billion in decarbonisation technology...

AFC Champions League Elite: Pakhtakor 1-1 Al Ain

AFC Champions League Elite: Pakhtakor 1-1 Al Ain

Tashkent [Uzbekistan], December 4: Reigning continental champions Al Ain continue to cling on to their hopes of a place in...

UNHCR receives record $1.1 bn of early funding to provide protection, life-saving assistance to millons of refugees, displaced people

UNHCR receives record $1.1 bn of early funding...

Geneva [Switzerland], December 4: Donor governments pledged a record US$ 1.143 billion today to provide protection, life-saving assistance and solutions...

People of Determination crucial component of social fabric, role models of resolve: Muslim Council of Elders

People of Determination crucial component of social fabric,...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], December 4: The Muslim Council of Elders, led by His Eminence Prof. Dr. Ahmed Al-Tayeb, Grand Imam...

Maccabi Tel Aviv signs sponsorship deal with Chinese carmaker BYD

Maccabi Tel Aviv signs sponsorship deal with Chinese...

Jerusalem [Israel], December 3: Israeli Europa League club Maccabi Tel Aviv announced on Monday that it has signed a sponsorship...

Vanuatu leads calls for legal framework on climate

Vanuatu leads calls for legal framework on climate

The Hague [Netherlands], December 3: Vanuatu on Monday urged the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague to declare...

Impeachment complaint filed against Philippine VP Duterte

Impeachment complaint filed against Philippine VP Duterte

Manila [Philippines], December 3: An impeachment complaint was filed on Monday against Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte on allegations of...

President Biden pardons son; Trump slams 'miscarriage of justice'

President Biden pardons son; Trump slams 'miscarriage of...

Washington [US], December 3: US President Joe Biden on Sunday said he has pardoned his son, Hunter Biden, despite previously...

Death toll in Syrian clashes rises above 500, says monitor group

Death toll in Syrian clashes rises above 500,...

Beirut [Lebanon], December 3: More than 500 people have been killed in the course of the new escalation in Syria...

In Kiev, Scholz promises Ukraine further weapons but not NATO invite

In Kiev, Scholz promises Ukraine further weapons but...

Kyiv [Ukraine], December 3: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz visited Kiev for the first time in two and a half years...

Confidence vote looms in French parliament

Confidence vote looms in French parliament

Paris [France], December 3: French Prime Minister Michel Barnier on Monday pushed through his social security budget without a vote...

Bangladesh condemns attack on its diplomatic mission in India

Bangladesh condemns attack on its diplomatic mission in...

Dhaka [Bangladesh], December 3: The Bangladeshi government has strongly condemned an attack on its consulate in Agartala, the capital of...

UK premier Starmer calls for ceasefire, return of hostages

UK premier Starmer calls for ceasefire, return of...

London [UK], December 3: No ceasefire can be reached in Gaza that does not include the return of hostages by...

3,700 people killed or missing since Israel's siege of northern Gaza, says Media Office

3,700 people killed or missing since Israel's siege...

Jerusalem [Israel], December 3: The Israeli military has continued "its intensive land, air and sea aggression on northern Gaza for...

NATO expected to sidestep Ukraine's call for quick invite

NATO expected to sidestep Ukraine's call for quick...

Washington [US], December 3: NATO is highly unlikely to heed Ukraine's call for a membership invitation at a meeting.