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US seeks speedy Supreme Court review of Trump claim he is immune from prosecution

US seeks speedy Supreme Court review of Trump...

Washington, [US], December 12: The U.S. special counsel prosecuting Donald Trump on federal charges of trying to overturn his 2020...

EU set for summit showdown over Ukraine accession talks as Hungary stands firm

EU set for summit showdown over Ukraine accession...

Budapest [Hungary], December 12: Hungary said on Monday it would not bow to pressure from other European Union states to...

Russian opposition leader 'removed from penal colony'

Russian opposition leader 'removed from penal colony'

Moscow [Russia],December 12: Imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been removed from the penal colony where he was serving...

Russians banned from travel to hand over passports within five days

Russians banned from travel to hand over passports...

Moscow [Russia], December 12: Russians who have been banned from travelling abroad will have to hand over their passports to...

Texas top court rules against woman who sought abortion for medical emergency

Texas top court rules against woman who sought...

Texas [US], December 12: The Texas Supreme Court on Monday overturned a lower court's ruling that would have allowed a...

UN aid body cuts back on projects amid funding crisis

UN aid body cuts back on projects amid...

Geneva [Switzerland], December 12: The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) on Monday said lives were...

UK's Rishi Sunak to give evidence before COVID-19 inquiry

UK's Rishi Sunak to give evidence before COVID-19...

London [UK], December 12: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is due be grilled at a public inquiry on Monday into...

Sudan: Red Cross decries deadly, 'deliberate' convoy attack

Sudan: Red Cross decries deadly, 'deliberate' convoy attack

Khartoum [Sudan], December 12: The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) decried on Sunday what it said was a...

COP28 President congratulates Azerbaijan for hosting COP29

COP28 President congratulates Azerbaijan for hosting COP29

Abu Dhabi [UAE], December 12: The COP28 Presidency congratulated Azerbaijan for being chosen to host COP29 next year.

Sheraa brings five UAE startups and their climate-positive solutions to COP28 center stage

Sheraa brings five UAE startups and their climate-positive...

Dubai [UAE], December 12: The UAE's ambitious goal of achieving Net Zero emissions by 2050 is testament to its commitment...

SEWA seeks to enhance cooperation with Siemens Energy

SEWA seeks to enhance cooperation with Siemens Energy

Sharjah [UAE], December 12: Abdullah Abdul Rahman Al Shamsi, Director General of Sharjah Electricity, Water and Gas Authority (SEWA), received...

17 injured in Italy train crash

17 injured in Italy train crash

Rome [Italy], December 11: At least 17 people were injured after two trains crashed in northeast Italy late Sunday, Milan-based...

U.S. F-16 fighter jet crashes in S. Korea

U.S. F-16 fighter jet crashes in S. Korea

Seoul [South Korea], December 11: A U.S. F-16 fighter jet crashed in western South Korea, with no casualty being reported,...

Dengue cases surpass 80,000 in Sri Lanka so far this year

Dengue cases surpass 80,000 in Sri Lanka so...

Colombo [Sri Lanka], December 11: Total dengue cases reported in Sri Lanka so far this year surpassed 80,000, according to...

Australian scientists successfully test world-first water quality monitoring system

Australian scientists successfully test world-first water quality monitoring...

Canberra [Australia], December 11: Australia's national science agency has successfully tested a world-first monitoring and forecasting system for water quality...

Remains of another crew member from Osprey that crashs off Japan recovered

Remains of another crew member from Osprey that...

Tokyo [Japan], December 11: The U.S. military has recovered the remains of the seventh of eight crew members who was...

British army trains Ukrainian engineers to defend energy sector

British army trains Ukrainian engineers to defend energy...

London [UK], December 11: The British Army's Royal Engineers have trained Ukrainian civilian engineers how to defend their energy sector...

Putin denounces Ukraine's leaders and praises armaments industry

Putin denounces Ukraine's leaders and praises armaments industry

Moscow [Russia], December 11:Russian President Vladimir Putin has labelled the leadership of Ukraine, which he invaded, as "idiots and neo-fascists."...

Libertarian outsider Milei sworn in as president of Argentina

Libertarian outsider Milei sworn in as president of...

Buenos Aires [Argentina], December 11:The right-wing libertarian economist Javier Milei was to take office as president of Argentina on Sunday,...

Palestinian premier calls for sanctions against Israel

Palestinian premier calls for sanctions against Israel

Doha [Qatar], December 11: Prime Minister of the State of Palestine HE Mohammad Shtayyeh has called for holding Israel accountable,...

Israeli tanks reach centre of Khan Younis in new storm of southern Gaza

Israeli tanks reach centre of Khan Younis in...

Jerusalem [Israel], December 11: Israeli tanks battled their way to the heart of Khan Younis in a major new push...

Violence escalates between Israel, Lebanon's Hezbollah

Violence escalates between Israel, Lebanon's Hezbollah

Beirut [Lebanon], December 11: Violence escalated at Lebanon's border with Israel as Hezbollah launched explosive drones and powerful missiles at...

Trump says he will not testify in New York fraud trial

Trump says he will not testify in New...

Washington [US], December 11: Former President Donald Trump said Sunday that he would not testify in a New York courtroom...

White House to intensify push for Ukraine aid and border security deal

White House to intensify push for Ukraine aid...

Washington [US], December 11: The White House will step up its engagement with U.S. lawmakers trying to strike a bipartisan...

Indonesia: Hundreds more Rohingya land on Aceh beaches

Indonesia: Hundreds more Rohingya land on Aceh beaches

Jakarta [Indonesia], December 11: Around 300-400 Rohingya refugees, including many women and children, landed on beaches Sunday in Indonesia's northeastern...

Venezuela, Guyana agree to talks as border dispute flares

Venezuela, Guyana agree to talks as border dispute...

Caracas [Venezuela], December 11:Venezuela and Guyana are due to hold a high-level meeting in the coming days to discuss sovereignty...

Israel-Hamas war: UN warns aid in Gaza on verge of collapse

Israel-Hamas war: UN warns aid in Gaza on...

Gaza [Palestine], December 11:Philippe Lazarini, the chief of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), said...