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France, Germany firm up ties as European 'driving...
Paris [France], January 23: Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz and France's President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday pledged to drive Europe forward...

US attacked IS in Syria after base was...
Washington [US], January 23: US forces in Syria staged an attack against the Islamic State group (IS) in Syria and...

Monterey Park shooting: Local residents in shock and...
Washington [US], January 23: Local residents are expressing their shock after a mass shooting in Monterey Park, California, that left...

Labour urges probe into claims BBC chair helped...
London [UK], January 23: Labour is calling for a parliamentary investigation into claims the chairman of the BBC helped Boris...

Ten killed in shooting near Los Angeles during...
Los Angeles [US], January 23: A man fatally shot 10 people and injured at least 10 others at a ballroom...

Erdogan says Turkish elections to be held on...
Ankara [Turkey], January 23: Turkish president announces the date for the country's presidential and parliamentary polls.

Jamaica under scrutiny for fraud scandal that hit...
Kingston [Jamaica], January 23: An investigation into a private investment firm in Jamaica where $12.7 million belonging to sprinter Usain...

Germany would not block Poland sending tanks to...
Berlin [Germany], January 23: Germany is ready to authorise Poland to send German-made Leopard tanks to Ukraine to help Kyiv...

NZ's incoming PM calls Ardern abuse 'abhorrent'
Wellington [New Zealand], January 23: New Zealand's incoming prime minister has vowed to protect his family from what he called...

Global Council for Tolerance and Peace condemns burning...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], January 23: The Global Council for Tolerance and Peace has expressed its utmost condemnation of the burning...

Explosion kills 2 gov't soldiers in Yemen's oil-rich...
Aden[Yemen], January 22: Two soldiers of Yemen's government forces were killed and four others injured in an explosion in the...

Colombian government, guerrilla group to resume peace talks...
Caracus [Venezuela], January 22: The Colombian government and the guerrilla group National Liberation Army (ELN) will resume peace talks next...

World Insights: Global economy facing "turning point" amid...
Davos [Switzerland], January 22: The global economy has regained steam after a difficult COVID-19 pandemic, but experts at the World...

1st Chinese tourist group arrives in Egypt since...
Cairo [Egypt], January 22: Ahead of the upcoming Chinese New Year, Egypt received the first Chinese tourist group on Friday...

Burkina Faso Unrest: Dozens Of Kidnapped Women Freed
Ouagadougou [Burkina Faso], January 22: (BBC)-Security forces in Burkina Faso have rescued 66 women and children after they were kidnapped...

Palestinian man shot dead in West Bank
Ramallah [Palestine], January 22: A Palestinian man has been shot dead in the occupied West Bank in the latest incident...

European Parliament head under scrutiny after luxury hotel...
Brussels [Belgium], January 22: European Parliament President Roberta Metsola is facing questions over a gifted stay with her husband in...

Turkey cancels Swedish minister visit over right-wing protest
Ankara [Turkey], January 22: Turkey has cancelled a visit by Sweden's defence minister over a planned demonstration by a right-wing...

Kiev, Moscow fight for Donetsk, Zaporizhzhya
London [UK], January 22: Russian and Ukrainian forces are currently at a deadlock according to a daily British intelligence update...

People smuggling boss who went on run arrested...
London [UK], January 22: The head of a Kurdish people-smuggling ring has been arrested after going on the run ahead...

Germany refuses to give Ukraine tanks
Kyiv [Ukraine], January 22: Germany faced a strong backlash from allies on Saturday over its refusal to supply Ukraine with...

Iran Islamic Revolutionary Guards warn EU terror label...
Tehran [Iran], January 22: Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on Saturday warned the European Union against making a "mistake" by...

Anti-government protests move from regions to Lima
Lima (Peru), January 22: Protesters have brought their calls for President Dina Boluarte's resignation to Peru's capital city. The number...

UK police fine PM for not wearing seat...
London [UK], January 22: Lancashire police have asked a "42-year-old man from London" to pay a small fine for a...

Abortion opponents celebrate end of Roe amid backlash
Washington [US], January 22: Seven months after the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, anti-abortion activists are pushing for...

California celebrates first official Lunar New Year
California [US], January 22: The alleyways have been cleaned, ruby-red lanterns hang overhead and Reverend Norman Fong is on the...

Brazil's army chief sacked after congress riots
Brasilia [Brazil], January 22: Brazil's president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, has sacked the country's army chief, two weeks after...