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Sudan's RSF says seizes back control of key...
Khartoum [Sudan], December 23: Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) seized back control of a key logistical base in North Darfur,...

Suspect in German Christmas market attack held on...
Magdeburg [Germany], December 23: A man suspected of ploughing a car through crowds at a German Christmas market in an...

Small plane crashes into Brazil tourist city, killing...
Gramado (Rio Grande do Sul) [Brazil], December 23: A small plane carrying 10 people crashed into shops in the center...

Trump threatens to retake control of Panama Canal
Washington [US], December 23: President-elect Donald Trump threatened to reassert U.S. control over the Panama Canal.

Four killed in helicopter crash at Turkish hospital
Istanbul [Turkey], December 23: Four people were killed in southwest Turkey when an ambulance helicopter collided with a hospital building...

US warplane shot down in Red Sea 'friendly...
Washington [US], December 23: An American fighter jet has been shot down over the Red Sea in an apparent "friendly...

Vanuatu hit by another earthquake as hundreds of...
Port-Vila [Vanuatu Islands], December 23: Vanuatu has been hit by another earthquake after hundreds of Australians landed on home soil...

Trump's tougher stance on Fentanyl
Washington [US], December 23: Donald Trump's return to power signifies a shakeup in the U.S. approach to addressing America's fentanyl...

Iraq, Oman sign two MoUs to strengthen cooperation
Baghdad [Iraq], December 23: Iraqi Foreign Minister Dr. Fuad Hussein and Omani Foreign Minister Badr bin Hamad bin Hamoud Al-Busaidi...

Unstable weather conditions expected across UAE until Thursday
Abu Dhabi [UAE], December 23: The UAE is expected to experience unstable weather conditions in the coming days due to...

Rival protests over S Korea's impeached President Yoon...
Seoul [South Korea], December 22: Demonstrators supporting and opposing South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol held rival protests several hundred...

Nine-year-old among five killed in Germany Christmas market...
Magdeburg [Germany], December 22: A nine-year-old child is among the five people killed in the car-ramming attack at a Christmas...

US Senate votes through last-gasp bill to keep...
Washington [US], December 22: The US Congress has averted a government shutdown following days of chaos on Capitol Hill, after...

Five killed in strike on Russia's Kursk after...
Kursk [Ukraine], December 22: Russia said five people had been killed in a Ukrainian strike in the western Kursk region....

Five killed in strike on Russia's Kursk after...
Moscow [Russia], December 22: Russia said five people had been killed in a Ukrainian strike in the western Kursk region....

32 die in bus accident in southeastern Brazil
At least thirty two people were killed in a bus crash in southeastern Brazil on Saturday, officials said, adding that...

8 sentenced in France over beheading of teacher
Paris [France], December 22: Eight people have been convicted in France in connection with the Islamist-motivated murder of teacher Samuel...

Frigid temperatures as winter solstice marks astronomical start...
Washington [US], December 22: Early Saturday morning, the occurrence of the 2024 winter solstice marked the astronomical start of winter,...

Extreme weather scaring off tourists
Sydney [Australia], December 22: Summer might be synonymous with beach days and barbecues, but more and more Australians are re-imagining...

King Charles' cancer treatment progressing well
London [UK], December 22: King Charles' cancer treatment is progressing well and will continue into next year, a Buckingham Palace...

German far right brings political edge to Magdeburg...
Berlin [Germany], December 22: A spontaneous memorial created by grieving families and local residents at a church overlooking Magdeburg's Christmas...

Senate passes government funding bill, averts shutdown
Washington [US], December 22: The U.S. Congress passed spending legislation early on Saturday in a down-to-the wire burst of activity...

Firefighters in race to contain massive bushfire
Sydney [Australia], December 22: Firefighters battling a massive uncontrolled bushfire in the nation's east are racing to get the...

Japanese anime industry sales top 3 trillion yen...
Tokyo [Japan], December 22: The market size of Japan's anime industry hit a record high of over three trillion yen...

23 dead in two crowd crushes in Nigeria
Lagos [Nigeria], December 22: At least 23 people died in two incidents in Nigeria on Saturday as crowds, mostly women...

Earthquake of magnitude 6.2 strikes Vanuatu Islands, GFZ...
Wellington [New Zealand], December 22: A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck the Vanuatu Islands on Sunday, the GFZ German Research Centre...

Mohammed Al Sharqi attends closing ceremony of Fujairah...
Fujairah [UAE], December 22: The ninth edition of the Fujairah International Arabian Horse Championship, held under the patronage of H.H....